The Message

Season 2, Episode 15, Aired
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In Mexico, Sucre gets a car but gets in trouble with the police. Bellick has more trouble as prisoners who suffered under him want revenge.
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  • this was a good ep

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By cube2k8, May 29, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show prison break sucrey is in mexico and he takes a car and he gets introuble with the police down there the guy lets him take the car and thing is his car does not last long. also kellerman has a plan in this one and bleic is getting beaten the prison by guys that hate him. this was a good ep i thought it was really exciting and it was intense most of the way through it and that isw why i gave it a 9 instead of anything lower then that and i think season 2 is going someweremoreless

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  • This is a filler episode, with only one important scene.

    5.9
    "Mediocre"
    By Dante_Edy, Apr 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    Details/Progress (To point A to B) - (5/10). Dont expect progress. Michael, Lincoln are in the same place, running. The only thing here is that Sara received a message. Haywire is pure filler. Sucre scenes is filler too, but at least, had one good scene.

    Plot Details/Holes- (8/10). Good details on that tape recorded by Michael and Lincoln

    Drama - (8/10). Even if Sucre scene was a filler, at least can make you feel something. Bellick situation is nice too.

    Suspense/Tension - (3/10). Dont expect this.

    Surprises/Shocks - (5/10). At least a message was send.

    Time and Scene Management - (5/10). Haywire is pure filler. Sucre situation too was a filler, like Michael, and other scenes. Only Bellick plot advanced a little, its very hard to not notice filler scenes.

    Beginning - (9/10). Good presentation, with tension and a impossible situation that was quickly solved.

    Complication Phase - (7/10). There wasnt any type of worth complication here, just fillers, was all about making time.

    Climax - (5/10). Didnt notice, but was Sara phone call to Michael

    Ending - (6/10). Michael, Lincoln and Sara are in big trouble, again.

    What I liked - The last scene in Sucre filler.

    What I Didnt Liked - All the rest, pure filler, with only one important scene.

    This is a filler episode, with only one important scene.moreless

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  • Amazing.

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    By Sarah_LOST, Feb 07, 2009 Report Abuse
    In order to broadcast a message to Sara on television, Michael, Lincoln and Kellerman kidnap a cameraman. Bellick is sent to the infirmary. Haywire buys beer for two teenagers, while Sucre steals a car in Mexico. What an episoe, I mean I loved every minute of it. I loved it when Sara gave a message to Michael, I miss those to together! I feel sorry for Haywire in this episode I love him so much and the dog. When I see him on here I just feel sorry for him. He is awesome though and so, so funny! He helps a girl whos father has been hurting her. This episode was so nerve wrecking, with lots of action. I can't wait to see more episode like this because this was so awesome!moreless

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  • Kellerman is up to something!

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    By therockstop, Jul 10, 2008 Report Abuse
    In this episode we find that Sucre has made his way to a mexican village where he receives help from a man who has just lost his wife. Meanwhile Michael and Lincoln make a tape with a coded message in it for Sara. Sara contacts Michael by phone while Kellerman is contacted by the president. As it stands now I have no idea what Kellerman's motives are and who side he is on. If Sara sees him with Michael I would think that things are going to get ugly. Mahone is close behind the trail with the help of Bellick. I wonder if Bellick gets out of gen pop for helping him? This was another good episode that kind of leaves us hanging a bit. Kellerman is the key to things right now and I want to know what he is up to. I wonder when this show first started if the writers ever thought Kellerman would be around this long. I thought he would be dead by the end of season one, but he a grown into quite a role for this show.moreless

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  • Sarah is the Key

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    By vman85, Jun 24, 2008 Report Abuse
    Police have surrounded the motel room, and there's only one way out. Kellerman resorts to his wily ways and leads Michael and Lincoln out into the open, announcing himself as FBI and claiming to have the brothers in custody. They manage to escape the fracas but not before finding another kidnap victim. This time it's a cameraman, and with his help, it's not long before a tape containing allegations against Steadman, Reynolds and Mahone hits the airwaves, leaving Kim no choice but to plan some serious damage control. As Mahone analyses the tape of Michael and Lincoln, he realises that Kellerman's given them some cunning advice: their body language is all over the place, and it's throwing everyone but him off track. He knows that this is more than an expos; it's a message for Sara. And as he discovers, a badly beaten Bellick who's only too willing to bargain his inside information for a transfer to Ad Seg provides the key to deciphering the video's hidden code. While Sucre befriends a widower along the road to Ixtapa, and Haywire's sympathies with an abused youth lead him to trouble, Michael, Lincoln and Kellerman are outside St Thomas Hospital waiting for Sara to show. Just as Lincoln's losing hope, a voice comes over the loudspeaker announcing a phone call for Michael Crane. Knowing that it can only be Sara, Michael steps inside to speak to her, leaving Lincoln to contemplate Kellerman's shady behaviour as he too takes a call. It's the President, and she wants to strike a deal: she wants the brothers. What will Kellerman decide?moreless

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    • When the cops brings Sucre to the Mexican man, he says "Me alegra que lo trajeran para atras", and it's subtitled as "I'm glad you brought him back". It's correct, except that instead of "Para atras" it should be "De vuelta". "Para atras" is "Backwards". Edit
    • The Mexican man says that it's rare to find people from Puerto Rico (like Sucre) in the part of Mexico where they were. The actor playing that man (Ismael "East" Carlo) is from Puerto Rico. Edit
    • Michael, Lincoln and Kellerman were listening to the station 1630 AM in the car. Edit

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    • Though credited, neither Rockmond Dunbar nor Robert Knepper appear in this episode. Edit
    • International Airdates: Denmark: 12 March, 2007 on TV3 Greece: July 22, 2008 at 23.00 on ANT1 Edit

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    • Lincoln (about Kellerman): What if the reason this guy's helping us, is to get whatever information Sara has? Edit
    • Lincoln: They've buried it. Dumped it off the front page and buried it. Kellerman: It's what they do. Michael: They can spin it all they want. It's out there now. Give it time. The tape is going to work. Edit
    • Lincoln (on video): My name's Lincoln Burrows, and I'm innocent. I escaped from Fox River Penitentiary because I was sentenced to death for a crime I did not commit. I did not murder Terrance Steadman. He committed suicide last night in the Cutback Motel thirty miles outside of his home in Blackfoot, Montana. Michael: He killed himself out of fear. Fear of the people who have been hiding him for the past three years. The same people who want my brother dead. They don't want you to know who they are, but know this: They've stolen billions of dollars and murdered dozens of people, and yet they plaster our faces on the news and tell you to be afraid. Lincoln: They are a group of multi-nationals, corporate interests. Together they are known as 'The Company' Michael: They are working with the highest levels of government including the President of the United States. All told they've stolen billions of dollars and murdered dozens of innocent people....and they offer it with impunity. Under the cover of the Secret Service, the very people meant to protect and serve. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Boy (to Haywire): Good luck, Gilligan. Gilligan is a character from the show Gilligan's Island, played by Bob Denver. The show followed the comic adventures of seven castaways, a representative microcosm of white American society, as they attempted to escape from a previously-uninhabited island where they were shipwrecked and stranded. Edit
    • Nuannuan: The scenario about Sucre's doings in Mexico in this episode is a perfect allusion to the masterpiece "Les Miserables" of the French author Victor Hugo. Jean Valjean, the hero, an escaped prisoner, was sheltered by a priest from whom he had stolen some silver ornaments in order to get away. He was caught later but the priest had let him go and given him even more ornaments. Edit
    • Kellerman: Tell them you're the Green Lantern. The Green Lantern is a superhero created by DC Comics. Edit

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