Several years ago, when the show 1st premiered, I wondered how a show could keep going for an entire season when the whole plot of the show was… a prison break. But with the two leads from two brilliant but cancelled shows - Joan of Arcadia (Wentworth Miller) and John Doe (Dominic Purcell), I took a chance… and loved it.
Over the years the show has had a few downs, and very many ups. This show has by definition been “edge of your seat” entertainment. At its best, it was better than 24.
Unfortunately, 24 and Jack Bauer continue to live on and fight more and more asinine threats, while Michael Scofield has left us.
My wife and I don’t like all that many of the same shows- but we both love Prison Break. We both have friends that we talk about the show with on Mondays.
Since the show returned with its last few episodes, the show has seemed weaker. Michael Scofield was no longer one of the most intelligent and interesting characters on television. As the finale progressed, I grew more and more irritated and couldn’t believe what the show was doing to Michael.
Then with five minutes left…
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I saw it coming. The consistent rubbing of his head and the nose bleed at the end. Someone was paying for everything that had happened in the show… and it was the one person that we all wanted to see come out alive and safe. My wife was crying when they revealed Michael’s headstone. And I cannot deny, that even with seeing it coming from a mile away… I began to tear up as well. It did not matter how much the finale had sucked- at the end, the finale was a winner.
Don.
(Photo borrowed from http://pro.imdb.com/media/rm1532401920/tt0455275)
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