Prison Break (TV Series) VS. (2009) User Reviews

Near to the End

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 8 July 2009]

Mahone, Self and T-Bag save Lincoln from the sniper and they kill the guy. They follow a lead and find Christina in the Indian Embassy negotiating Scylla; T-Bag creates a diversion with the security guards while the rest of the team breaks in the building. Meanwhile Michael and Sara go to the airport trying to find the mysterious VS; they plot a successful plan, but they are intercepted by Christina's men and saved by Lincoln's team that abducts VS. General Krantz tells Stuart that a group leaded by Christina wants to take over the power in the Company and he eliminates the co-worker.

"VS" is a reasonable episode of this former excellent and now wasted show, fortunately near to the end. In this moment, Lincoln and Michael are against each other and in common they against their powerful mother. General Krantz decides to move to take the situation back to his control in the Company. The despicable T-Bag rats his team again. And Sara is apparently pregnant (how? – there is no intimacy or romance with Michael). My vote is seven.

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Scofield versus Scofield

[igoatabase · 8/10 · 27 April 2009]

When the previous episode had a few cons this one succeeded in rubberizing most of them, if not all. First the Scofield brothers relationship has never been so tense. Moreover it's not pictured as only black and white like in so many other productions. The characters have grown on us so much in the past seasons that watching them collide against each other is nearly fascinating. Lincoln's flashbacks were particularly interesting and revealed how much he loves Michael. He really thinks working for the Company is the right think to do but now it's obvious he would never hurt Michael. He helped him to break out so now it's his turn to save him, again. They're nearly like twins, the sides of the same coin. We also learned more about Christina and her ambiguous intentions. But like if it wasn't enough character development already the writers even managed to dedicate a few emotional scenes with Sara. She brings so much to the show and I'm glad the production took the fans seriously. So I can't wait to learn more about their relationship. This time I was also gladly surprised by the editing because it didn't feel as boring as last time. Every scenes were interesting and I enjoyed every single seconds of it. Last but not least Lincoln's team was back and that story arc was just perfect entertainment. It was like playing one of the titles of the Hit-man video game series : Guards to distract or kill, cameras to avoid or shoot, a door to unlock or explode… I let you guess if they chose the stealth or berserker way. Moreover they made good use of their skills and their profiles are quite original. I mean even if T-Tab is dangerous, how can you hate him ? Also thanks to him we learned something important to anticipate the upcoming episode…

Only a few episodes remain but I have never been so excited about a show. In fact I think Prison Break will be remembered as one as the most rock solid action show ever aired. Of course it had a few missteps but overall I think you couldn't dream for better last episodes. The Scylla arc also manages to link the fiction to the reality so it's hard not to believe in the story and like its characters. I mean its events could be happening right now… But in which city Michael would probably ask ?