Prison Break season 5 undid the emotional death of Michael Scofield in season 4, ruining the closure it provided and making the revival series a mistake. The unnecessary addition of convoluted conspiracies and twists turned off fans and divided critics, making season 5 the worst of the entire series. Although there were initial plans for a season 6, recent statements from the series creator and Wentworth Miller indicate that there are no current plans to revive Prison Break, closing the book on its future.

Prison Break season 5 may have finally given Michael Scofield and his brother Lincoln a happy ending, but for many, the revival series was a mistake. Prison Break season 1 was a pulpy, highly entertaining thriller with great characters and provided a fresh take on the prison subgenre. From the beginning though, the series had an inbuilt flaw – the concept itself. The show had to end with the Scofields escaping in Prison Break...