"Prison Break: The Final Break" is a standalone film that wraps up the storyline of the TV series. The film's events take place before the epilogue of the season 4 finale, filling in missing pieces. Watching the film after the episode is fine, but the show's revival in 2017 changed certain elements.

Following the (tentative) ending of Prison Break in 2009, Fox released a standalone made-for-television film, Prison Break: The Final Break. The movie takes place in the same universe as the drama series, but its place in the show's timeline is not as straightforward as it seems. The series, which stars Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield and Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows, revolved around Michael trying to break his brother, Lincoln, out of prison after he was sentenced to death for a crime he was innocent of committing. Given its premise, there was only so much story for the Fox show to tell,...