Prison Break Best To Worst
Ranking all episodes of FOX's "Prison Break" from best to worst:
Average Rating: (Total; 1st Half; 2nd Half)
Season 1 (81,1; 79,8; 82,4)
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
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Average Rating: (Total; 1st Half; 2nd Half)
Season 1 (81,1; 79,8; 82,4)
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
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- DirectorDean WhiteStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyThe team start the escape from the hole in Scofield's cell.S1E21
Best Episode of Season 1
92 - 2005–20171hTV-149.2 (6.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert MandelStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyMichael's idea to get more drilling time by provoking a lock-down backfires horribly.S1E6
2nd Best Episode of Season 1
90 - DirectorSanford BookstaverStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyThe escape is about to go through when the team hits a stainless steel snag, while Veronica is just a moment too late to get all the information she needs to prove Lincoln's innocence.S1E13
3rd Best Episode of Season 1
Best Scene of Season 1: "We're Not Getting Out Of Here"
89 - DirectorKevin HooksStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyAs the escape continues, lives are lost and Pope and Bellick do everything in their power to capture the convicts.S1E22
4th Best Episode of Season 1
88 - DirectorBobby RothStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyWestmoreland uses Bellick to plug a hole in the escape plan, which forces Michael to move up the breakout timetable. A fearful Tweener pledges his loyalty to Michael and in return may get out of jail for free; Michael feels that he has no choice but to involve Sara in the plan and must betray his father figure; and Veronica finds her life in jeopardy from her closest ally, who has a surprising connection to a Fox River inmate.S1E20
5th Best Episode of Season 1
87 - 2005–20171hTV-149.1 (5.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorVern GillumStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyMichael saves Dr. Tancredi from the rioting prisoners, but Lincoln and Veronica are in need of their own rescue.S1E7
6th Best Episode of Season 1
86 - DirectorKevin HooksStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyWith the pipe to the infirmary replaced and Lincoln's life hanging in the balance, Michael must rethink his plan to escape and save his brother's life. A fellow inmate may hold the key to preventing Lincoln's execution.S1E14
7th Best Episode of Season 1
85 - DirectorRandy ZiskStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyMichael gains a necessary piece of information to effect his escape, but can he keep the Warden from kicking him out?S1E5
8th Best Episode of Season 1
84 - DirectorSergio Mimica-GezzanStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyAfter the crash Kellerman tries to suffocate Lincoln, but he is saved in the last moment by a stranger. Sucre leaves solitary confinement and Michael tells to his partners that he has completed the map, but he needs the key to the infirmary. Abruzzi is back to Fox River, apparently converted into a religious man. Warden Pope sends Captain Bellick to find Lincoln before notifying the authorities. Nick tries to convince Veronica that they are losing time checking the calls of Quinn's cell phone. Michael kisses Sara and asks her to wait for him. Tweener is in trouble with Avocado and he castrates the abuser. Lincoln sees that the stranger is actually his father, and he explains that he worked for the powerful Company and Lincoln is a victim of a big plot against him. He had leaked information of EcoField and they used Lincoln to force him to show up. Michaels asks for help from Nika. Veronica finds many calls from Montana on Quinn's phone. The Vice-President tells her brother that he is alive just because of her, and he replies that he does not understand how they have not killed her yet. Abruzzi meets T-Bag and asks him to forget everything, and they make a truce. Nika seeks out Sara and tells her about her life and how Michael helped her, but she actually steals Sara's key. A guy sees the Mustang in a junkyard where Aldo and Lincoln are hidden, but Kellerman bugs the conversation and goes to the spot. However, the police arrive and Captain Bellick arrests Lincoln, saving him from Kellerman. Sara seeks her key and recalls her meeting with Nika Volek; she calls maintenance service to replace the lock. Nick works for Abruzzi. Michael invites David and he betrays the plan to Captain Bellick. Lincoln is back to Fox River under 24 hours surveillance.S1E19
9th Best Episode of Season 1
83 - DirectorJace AlexanderStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyVeronica, Nick and LJ must go into hiding, while Bellick unwittingly provides Westmoreland's motivation to aid the escape.S1E8
10th Best Episode of Season 1
82 - DirectorBobby RothStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyC-Note overhears Michael and Lincoln discussing that there are too many fugitives for available time and they share the information with the group telling that one shall be left behind. T-Bag feels threatened and calls his cousin James Bagwell, disclosing the escape plan and asking James to call the Warden Pope in case T-Bag does not contact him later. Abruzzi asks his outside man to kidnap James, but things go wrong and the mobster kills James and his five year old son Jimmy. Abruzzi feels guilty for the death of the child and feels the need of God's forgiveness, but T-Bag betrays Abruzzi like Judas. Meanwhile Veronica and LJ bring Nick to the hospital and while in surgery, LJ escapes to see the funeral of his mother. Daniel Hale sees the teenager in the cemetery but he does not arrest him; later he tells his wife that they should move West and makes an anonymous call to Veronica scheduling a meeting in the Highland Cafe. Maricruz tells Sucre that she is pregnant but she will marry Hector. Captain Bellick presses David to rat Michael, reporting everything he says. Michael tests the escape plan and informs the group that they are ready to go that night, but Lincoln was sent to solitary confinement protecting his brother.S1E12
11th Best Episode of Season 1
81 - DirectorBrett RatnerStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyMichael Scofield is imprisoned in Fox River State Penitentiary. He finds his brother, Lincoln Burrows, who is a death row prisoner, and tells him that he is going to break them both out of the prison.S1E1
12th Best Episode of Season 1
80 - DirectorJesús Salvador TreviñoStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyMichael gets a visit from his wife, while Veronica and Nick get a visit from Quinn.S1E11
13th Best Episode of Season 1
79 - DirectorGreg YaitanesStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyFlashbacks provide exposition on how the inmates arrived at Fox River Penitentiary from The Company's framing of Lincoln to the creation of Michael's plan to save his brother's life.S1E16
14th Best Episode of Season 1
78 - DirectorMichael W. WatkinsStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyTrouble is inevitable in the prison, with a race riot imminent. Michael has problems retrieving a screw from the bleachers. Veronica receives a security tape that shows Lincoln shooting Terrence Steadman.S1E2
15th Best Episode of Season 1
78 - DirectorMatt Earl BeesleyStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyMichael gets more of the tools and people he needs, but someone very high up has taken notice and started wondering what he's up to.S1E4
16th Best Episode of Season 1
77 - DirectorFred GerberStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyMichael's plan to escape has failed. While Lincoln is strapped to the electric chair, he sees an oddly familiar face in the crowd. Is there one last hope to save Lincoln's life, or has his journey reached an end?S1E15
17th Best Episode of Season 1
76 - DirectorMatt Earl BeesleyStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyWith Abruzzi becoming more desperate to regain authority within the prison, it seems that Fibonacci's number is up.S1E9
18th Best Episode of Season 1
75 - DirectorJace AlexanderStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyImprovising a new plan, Michael seeks out an acquaintance who may hold the key to his escape plan. In gen pop, the other members of the P.I. crew learn that the guards are auctioning Michael's cell to the highest bidder. Lincoln and Sucre devise a scheme to get Michael returned to gen pop. Veronica informs Lincoln that L.J will be tried for his mother's murder, and Lincoln desires to see his son.S1E18
19th Best Episode of Season 1
75 - DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyMichael hands over an address to Falzone, allowing work to resume on the tunnel. Meanwhile, the VP enlists the help of a dangerous specialist.S1E10
20th Best Episode of Season 1
74 - DirectorBrad TurnerStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyTwo steps forward and one step back. Michael gets Abruzzi on his side and proves Sucre's trustworthiness, but then loses a valuable piece of his plan.S1E3
21st Best Episode of Season 1
73 - DirectorGuy FerlandStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerRobin TunneyHaving burned his shoulder, Michael's tattoo that showed the path through psych ward is now incomplete. With another inmate intimidated into snitching about the escape plans, Michael Scofield must use his wits to find a new way out of Fox River.S1E17
Worst Episode of Season 1
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