Prison Break Season 4 Episode 17 The Mother Lode airs Friday April 17 at 9/8c on Fox.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

**SERIES RETURN**”PRISON BREAK”(9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

MICHAEL AND SARAH HIT THE ROAD, WHILE T-BAG AND SELF’S SEARCH FOR SCYLLA LEADS TO AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY ON THE SERIES RETURN OF “PRISON BREAK” FRIDAY, APRIL 17, ON FOX

Michael and Sarah learn the dangers of hitchhiking as they make their way to Miami, and Lincoln meets with Christina who informs him of her plans to take over the Company. Meanwhile, Pad Man feels the heat from an new enemy, and T-Bag and Self’s search for Scylla leads to an unexpected discovery on “The Mother Lode” episode of PRISON BREAK airing Friday, April 17 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (PB-417) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows; Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield; Michael Rapaport as Don Self; Robert Knepper as Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell; Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi; William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone

Guest Cast: Kathleen Quinlan as Christina Scofield; Leon Russom as General Jonathan Krantz/Pad Man; Shaun Duke as Griffin Oren; Ted King as Downey; Dan Sachoff as Krantz’s Aide; David Parker as Trucker; Daniel Zacapa as Priest; Roberto Sanchez as Rubin

Promo

Fox has scheduled the series finale of Prison Break for Friday May 15. The two hour final episode, Rate of Exchange/Killing Your Number, will air from 8-10.

Merely cancelling the show wasn’t good enough. In a not overly surprising move, Fox will now be moving the show’s final episodes to the Friday at 8/7c time slot when it returns on April 17. That will allow the show currently in that time period, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, to finish off what are likely to be its final episodes.

This has been expected for some time due to the struggling ratings, and Fox confirmed it today. Prison Break will air its final four episodes (possibly more) starting Friday April 17 at 8/7c (yes, Friday). The good news is that we can hopefully expect a worthwhile conclusion since it’s planned out well in advance.

Lincoln agreed to let Michael have his operation done by company doctors in Prison Break Season 4 Episode 15, in exchange for agreeing to return Scylla to the company safely. While he was having the operation, the vivid dreams gave Michael the answers he was looking for as to what Scylla really is. Gretchen and Self, having lost Scylla to the buyer without being paid, now have a new set of allies they don’t trust. T-Bag’s in the mix as well.

Lincoln meets with a girl who it turns out set him up. By the time he figured it out, he was being shot at. It’s a good thing he stole her wallet.

Sara tells the general that she wants to help rehabilitate Michael. He declines and tells her to just wait a few days or so. Also, he wants to put an end to the exhausting cat and mouse and to utilize Michael to his full potential.

Self decides that Burrows’ plan is wasting time, and he wants to change the regime. T-Bag doesn’t have a problem with that.

Gretchen believes it’s an inside job, which doesn’t change anything but just makes it harder.

Self informs Lincoln that he’s no longer in charge. Lincoln doesn’t trust him, but just as he’s about to start pounding him, Mahone arrives. Lincoln informs Self he’ll either keep doing what he’s told, or he’ll have his brains blown out.

Michael’s having a chat with a company doctor who’s trying to convince him he knows everything about him.

The group believes that someone’s trying to get Scylla out of the country by boat undetected. Mahone and Self head to the marina looking for Tia. The guy working there pretends he doesn’t know anything until he finds out Homeland’s involved. He admits that he moved a boat further down the dock. The boat’s headed to Nassau, Bahamas, and it’s leaving as they speak. They stop the passengers and begin a luggage search. The guy who’s running away might be a good place to start. Except he’s just carrying some joints.

Sara’s waiting for a phone call at a pay phone. The phone rings. She picks it up. And some masked men hop out of a van and grab her. She meets up with Lisa, who tells her where Michael is, says she’s on her side (or at least not on the company’s side), and that she better hurry because Michael’s personality is being carved out in an effort to recruit him. She could be setting her up, but it’s not like Sara has much choice.

Following a search of the people getting on the boat, they’ve come up with nothing.

Sara calls Lincoln to let him know what’s going on. An eavesdropping T-Bag calls the general to tell him the news, but if he was hoping for some reward, the phone hanging up on him doesn’t make it look too promising. The general instructs the doctor to get Scofield ready for transit, even if it kills him.

The boys believe they’ve found their guy, but Gretchen doesn’t need to do much looking. She’s ahead of them and already arranged a meeting. He offers her $10 million to serve up whoever’s on his tail.

As the doctor’s about to inject Scofield, he hears a noise. Scofield has arranged a disturbance that allows him to grab a gun and get the doctor drugged.

Gretchen tells the boys that the buyer is Lawrence Wilcox, who got on a plane and flew to the Bahamas, then got on a boat.

Michael’s on foot, but his head start isn’t very big as he’s fleeing from gun toting maniacs, who catch up to him. Luckily, Sara’s driving by and runs them off the road.

As Gretchen’s allegedly bringing the boys to the buyer, some guys show up and pull their guns on them, and she pulls her gun on them as well. More interested in getting her life back than the money, though, she shoots the goons instead. She leaves one man standing, who tries to stall but eventually is forced to fire on her before being shot himself. Self wants them to kill her, but the others have some compassion and let her lay there and bleed.

Michael’s learned from his experience that his mother may be alive.

Lincoln answers the dead guy’s phone and warns the person on the other line that he’s coming after her. When she’s asked who was on the phone, she answers that it was her son.

That’s where we leave things for now. Prison Break will be returning in the spring (schedule as yet undetermined… presumably March or April) for what will most likely be the final episodes leading up to the series finale. While the show has not yet been officially cancelled, it does not appear there will be a season 5.

Prison Break Season 4 Episode 16 The Sunshine State airs Monday December 22 at 9/8c on Fox.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 22

**FALL FINALE**”PRISON BREAK”(9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

THE CAT’S OUT OF THE BAG ON THE FALL FINALE OF “PRISON BREAK” MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, ON FOX

Series to Return with All-New Episodes in Spring 2009

Lincoln and his new partners arrive in Miami to recover Scylla from its shocking new owner, and Sarah searches for a missing Michael who learns some surprising info about his past. Meanwhile, a double-crossing leads to a death and an arrest in “The Sunshine State” episode of PRISON BREAK airing Monday, Dec. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (PB-416) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows; Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield; Michael Rapaport as Don Self; Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre; Robert Knepper as Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell; Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Gretchen; Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi; William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone

Guest Cast: Kathleen Quinlan as Mystery Woman; Leon Russom as General Jonathan Krantz/Pad Man; Stacy Haiduk as Lisa Tabak; Graham McTavish as Ferguson; Titus Welliver as The Representative; John Getz as Dr. Roger Knowlton; Crystal Allen as Tia; James Ferris as Brent; Jad Mager as Mark

Sneak Peek

Michael’s refusal to go to the hospital finally caught up with him in Prison Break Season 4 Episode 14. While attempting to flee with Scylla, he collapsed, winding up in the hands of the company. They offered to do the operation, in exchange for assistance in getting Scylla returned safely.

Sara shows up and is assured that everything will be okay. Not surprisingly, she’s not so sure she can trust the general.

Michael wants to know what hospital he’s in, but he’s not given an answer. Sara tells him to not worry about Scylla.

Lincoln doesn’t want to leave until he makes sure Michael’s alright, but the general doesn’t want to start the surgery until Lincoln can prove he can hold up his end of the deal.

The general does happen to be holding an accomplice. T-Bag tries to negotiate, but lucky for Lincoln he already hates T-Bag and doesn’t mind torturing him. After ripping out some teeth, he gets the answer he wanted about where Gretchen and Self are.

Mahone’s being transported and asks to use the bathroom. His request is denied because he’ll probably run, but since he used to work for the government, he knows it legally can’t be denied and lets this be known. With a warning that he can be shot if he attempts to flee, they reluctantly agree to let him out.

Michael’s being operated on in such a way that he’s having vivid memories. In one of them, he’s back in Fox River, where he’s greeted by Charles Westmoreland (DB Cooper). Westmoreland tells him he’s not dead, although he doesn’t know why he’s there.

Mahone’s given an escort into the bathroom and allowed 15 minutes to go. He doesn’t flee, but he does take a piece of the sink with him. As he’s walking out, he tells Lang she should have trusted him, like he trusted her.

Michael apologizes to Charles, who tells him it doesn’t have to be all for nothing because he does have the answers.

Gretchen gets a call from her sister. Self tells her not to answer. She responds that he should just shoot her then. Rita called to say they’re free and that some guys have taken T-Bag. Then she asks Gretchen to stay away from them for everyone’s sake.

Lincoln and Sucre arrive at the rendezvous point T-Bag gave them, but Gretchen and Self appear to have fled. The buyer arrives to see that the seller’s not there.

Mahone asks Lang when she decided to turn her back on him. She says the only thing she ever wanted was his safety, which she wasn’t going to get as long as he was on the run. Mahone proceeds to smash a window and hops out of the car.

Sara’s worried about the procedure she’s watching because she’s never seen it or the equipment being used. It’s an experimental procedure that’s only been used once before. The general tells her the other patient lived a long happy life.

Michael’s feeling guilty about how many people had to die in the process of saving his brother’s life, but he wouldn’t have done it different anyway.

Gretchen tells Don that if he actually knew what was on Scylla, he’d have second thoughts about who he’s selling it to.

In the dash through the woods, Lang manages to catch Mahone. He tells her he’s as good as dead if she takes him in, so if she wants to stop him, she’ll have to shoot. As threatened, she pulls the trigger, but she misses on purpose and lets him go, sending the other agent the opposite way.

Lincoln and Sucre stop by the store where Gretchen and Self stopped to buy a phone. After beating up the guy at the store, Lincoln gets the receipt from the purchase.

The doctor tells Sara that the tumor has spread and that the procedure may remove some of his memories. Just then, Michael’s vitals start to fall. Westmoreland tells him it’s time to go, but not to die. With that, he bounces back.

Self doesn’t want to give up Scylla until he sees the money, but Gretchen lets him know to stop screwing around and just give the guy Scylla. As the seller’s verifying the data, Lincoln and Sucre show up. The seller starts shooting, hitting Self, and then takes off.

Michael’s awake and seems to be okay, but his dream is creeping into the conversation. He thinks that Scylla is more than just the company’s little black book. The general said that as long as they have Scylla, they have power. Michael believes this means energy, harnessed from the sun. They’re not protecting the past; they’re protecting the future.

Sucre tells Lincoln he can’t do this any more. Michael being okay is enough for him.

The general tells Lincoln that he’s going to work with Gretchen and Self because they all took something from him and are all going to get it back. Lincoln agrees to tell Michael that they have to retrieve Scylla. It turns out their mom worked for the company before she died.

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Self got his hands on Scylla by tricking everybody, but in Prison Break Season 4 Episode 13, he found out that he was tricked, too, as he was unable to sell Scylla without the missing piece that Scofield’s got stashed away.

Michael’s still refusing to go to the hospital no matter how hard Sara tries to convince him.

Scofield calls Self, who promptly fires a smoke canister in through the window. They try to escape, but shots fire. Self says to come out with Scylla, or he’ll gas them out. Scofield’s not budging, so in come the 30 canisters Self warned him about. They’re wondering where Lincoln is. Probably right behind Self looking to punch someone.

Now that he’s got a gun to his head, the traitor has an offer. He’s got a buyer and is willing to split the money. He says the buyer is an ex-company guy with a bone to pick. Michael wants to meet, and he agrees to setup a meeting.

Mahone’s elsewhere, meeting with Agent Lang. He asks if she knows anyone in the Bureau who might be able to help.

Michael doesn’t want to sell Scylla because he fears that, if they do, the company will burn, but another company will just be built right on top of the old one.

Sucre has hitched a ride in the trunk with Self and Gretchen.

Michael tells Lincoln that, however this may play out, he has no regrets.

Gretchen and Self believe they’ve found where Scofield stashed the missing piece of Scylla. Gretchen talks to her daughter and tells her that the mean man will go away soon, but Self has other plans. He tells T-Bag to kill both of them if he doesn’t hear from him in two hours. After that, T-Bag gets a visit from a bible salesman, who he promptly hits and ties up.

Lang brings Mark, another agent, with her to meet with Mahone. They believe he’s got the Attorney General’s ear. Mark agrees to help, with the right proof.

Lisa comes to pay a visit to her father. She’s resigning because she knows who he really is now. That’s okay because he wanted a son anyway.

T-Bag continues to beat up the bible salesman. He insists they just blend in well.

Sucre and Sara go inside the hotel and get Gretchen’s room number with a little bribery. The bribery’s not enough to hold off the hotel guy from giving Self and Gretchen a heads up, though. Gretchen heads out to kick a bum in the stairwell, who happens to be Sucre covered up and waiting to get into a brawl. Then Scofield sends a smoke canister inside the room to smoke out Self. Gretchen wins the brawl with Sucre until Sara throws her down the stairs. Self’s outside now, and Michael manages to grab something from him. As he runs away from the enusing gun fight, Scofield’s nose begins bleeding profusely, and he collapses.

Self comes up to him and grabs his bag back. Gretchen stops by and picks him up. The guy shooting at her grabs Michael and puts him in the back of their van.

Thanks to his high tech surveillance equipment, Self was right about where the missing piece of Scylla is, and he goes to the warehouse to grab it.

When Michael wakes up, he’s tied down and listening to some medical talk.

Without Scylla, Mahone doesn’t think he can get anywhere.

Before long, Michael’s being operated on. A bunch of faces surround him, but we finally see a recognizeable one: the general.

Self calls T-Bag. He instructs him to kill the company operative. Or the bible salesman, who can easily get past St. Peter if he really is a bible salesman. With some convincing from Rita and some scripture from the bible salesman, T-Bag ignores this directive. He frees the guy and tells him to go be free. His compassion is his undoing, since once he’s untied, his captive turns the tables and knocks him out.

Burrows arrives and tells the general he wants to see his brother.

Gretchen and Self are meeting with the conduit again. This time Scylla is complete. With confirmation that the buyer’s on the way, Self shoots the conduit and the other guy there. He says he doesn’t want this guy to get a cut for just making introductions.

Lang tells Mahone that, even without Scylla, the Attorney General’s willing to hear him out, but he’s still not sure he can trust the guy she’s sending him to Washington with. Then Mahone realizes he’s been set up and there really is no meeting.

The general agrees to provide Michael’s operation at a cost: the safe return of Scylla.

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Prison Break Season 4 Episode 14 Just Business airs Monday December 8 at 9/8c on Fox.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8

–”PRISON BREAK”(9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

MICHAEL AND LINCOLN COMPETE FOR SCYLLA, AND T-BAG’S FAITH IS PUT TO THE TEST ON “PRISON BREAK” MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, ON FOX

Michael and Lincoln race to get Scylla back from Gretchen and her new partner who are just as determined to get a missing piece of the puzzle from the brothers. Meanwhile, Mahone meets with an old colleague who is torn between friendship and duty, and T-Bag’s faith is put to the test while holding Gretchen’s family hostage on the “Just Business” episode of PRISON BREAK airing Monday, Dec. 8 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (PB-414) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows; Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield; Michael Rapaport as Don Self; Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre; Robert Knepper as Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell; Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Gretchen; Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi; William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone

Guest Cast: Leon Russom as General Jonathan Krantz/Pad Man; Barbara Eve Harris as Felicia Lang; Jason Davis as Wheeler; Stacy Haiduk as Lisa Tabek; Graham McTavish as Ferguson; Heather McComb as Rita; Mark Pellegrino as Patrick Vikan; Regan Licciardello as Emily; Raphael Sbarge as Ralph Becker

Sneak Peek 1

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They managed to get their hands on Scylla during Prison Break Season 4 Episode 12, which has been the whole mission this season… only to lose it again to a double crossing Agent Self.

Mahone knows that Self’s government and can do as he pleases. Michael suggests calling Homeland Security and seeing how much they know. Self is beating them to the punch. He calls up and pretends he’s been shot by Scofield and Burrows. Then he fires shots and hangs up.

Michael calls and asks to speak to Self’s supervisor. Herb Stanton answers. Michael responds by hanging up.

The general’s not any happier, even if he is less sober. When he’s asked what his plan is, he just kills the guy who asked. Nobody else seems to have any further questions.

Michael takes something out of his pocket and hides it. It appears to be a computer chip. Then he collapses.

Lincoln spoke to LJ yesterday and told him it was almost over. He plans to keep his word.

Stanton calls Michael and asks him to come back to the warehouse. He apparently doesn’t know that Self set them up, and his new terms are to either turn themselves in or be hunted down like animals. Dumb terms.

Sucre wants to flee to Mexico, but Michael still insists that they take down the company and finish what they started. They figure that Self planned to unload Scylla with Gretchen’s assistance.

The news has picked up the story at Gate, and police have sketches of T-Bag and Gretchen.

Burrows calls Gretchen to tell her Self double crossed them. She claims she’s looking for Self, too. Then she gets a call from her sister, who tells her that her daughter’s been in an accident. Not falling for it, she wants to speak to whoever’s go the gun to her head. It’s Self, who tells her to come home.

Senator Dallow tells Stanton it’s madness because nobody knows, leaving himself and a couple of agents responsible for capturing the band of ex-cons. The US Marshalls are now on the case and want to know about this situation that nobody knows about.

Gretchen walks in on a captive Rita, promising everything will be alright. Self agrees everything will be okay, as long as she helps him find a new buyer for Scylla. Perhaps having her daughter hostage will help persuade her.

Realizing too late they’ve been setup by the feds as they wait for Gretchen, Lincoln has been captured by homeland security.

Self tells Michael that he likes him because he’s a smart guy. He’s just not smart enough. With that said, he’s got some advice, though: get his pals and start running.

While Gretchen takes Self to someone who may be able to help with a buy, T-Bag will stay behind to watch over her sister and daughter. Not the most stable character to leave them with, and not one who’s at all happy with her either. Her sister’s not too believing of the assurances she receives from her and starts swinging.

It turns out Self has a new identity and an escape out of the country ready to go. Lincoln gets an apology and a new offer. Either help them nail Self, or rot in prison. Sounds a lot like the old deal they got from Self. Senator Dallow gets Michael on the phone and pitches him this deal, telling him to come in so they can end this.

He agrees to hear the Senator out, but he’s got a plan just in case they, too, try to screw him. Sara tells him that, although she doesn’t like how he’s acting lately, nothing will come between them.

Gretchen tells Self that, when this is all over, he’s going to be just as alone as he is now. So he calls T-Bag and asks him to take out his gun and point it at Rita’s head. Gretchen will get Self on the plane by the end of the day or else.

Mahone comes to meet Sucre and Sara where Michael sent them, in a parking lot, which they realize doesn’t make sense. Michael didn’t really want them to look out for him. Rather, he wanted to look out for them, sending them to a bus that will take them out of the city. Sara believes that, if the deal is legit, there’s no need for them to run.

The punishment for conducting this operation without Congressional approval is 15 years in jail. If they get caught. Michael pushes for a deal where the others can run free while he and his brother testify, and when that attempt doesn’t fly, he knows there was no deal. As Michael’s being threatened at gunpoint with a countdown to five, shots are fired from behind them, taking out their immediate threat.

Only the shooter’s no ally, and he leads them off by gunpoint to bring them to the general. Good thing Sucre’s back, and with some more shots fired, they’re now back in control. Dallow blames Stanton and says it wasn’t his doing and tells them that, once they dispose of a folder in the briefcase on a table, none of this ever happened. Michael decides to let him go back to his wife and not kill him.

The conduit who’s working with Self will do business with him on Scylla. Once it’s complete. It seems there’s a piece missing. Time to go back to the people he just screwed over. Scofield tells him to come and get it.

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