I can’t believe January is over – for some people, it is the slowest month ever (mostly for those who do Detty December and are almost broke from excessive chilling, LOL!), for others it also comes really fast! But whichever group you belong to…February is almost here (the month of love they say -.-). This year, I have decided to try my best to write a blog post at least once a month (I will try and do this!)
For the month of January, I was chilled – not doing much – just binge watching a certain TV show that had me hooked (why did I not watch this earlier) Ugh!
So a friend of mine spoke about this show and the nostalgia that came with it so when I saw that it was showing on Netflix, I was like BRING IT ON. The TV show is none other than the unbeatable, PRISON BREAK which was released in August 2005 (almost 20 years old!)
Towards the end of last year, I started the pilot episode and since I was not feeling too well I could not really get in until the beginning of the year and MY OH MY I was HOOKED!
I am sure many of you may have heard of this show and may have watched it but if you haven’t, please do! It will be totally worth your time! The impression this show has left on me has never happened with any other even though I have watched a couple – this is how you know how good a series is. In fact, I stayed up all night binge watching this series with the ‘off the hook’ cliff hangers – I ended up sleeping at 7am and waking up 3 hours later to continue (LOL!). IT IS THAT GOOD!
I would not want to bore you with the storyline but to summarise briefly – the story centers on two brothers, Michael Scofield (played by the eye candy, Wentworth Miller) & Lincoln Burrows (played by Dominic Purcell). Lincoln was framed for the murder of the Vice President’s brother due to his parents’ affiliation with ‘The Company’ (a corrupt cabal involving the US government that controls every aspect of the country’s economy) and his genius of a brother believing his innocence, gets himself into prison devising a risky but well calculated plan (tattooing the blueprint of the prison on his body) & other well laid out strategies to break him out of prison before he gets killed.
All actors on the show brought their A game and depending on your taste your favourite may differ from others but for me, it definitely has to be Michael Scofield (played by Wentworth Miller) – his ingenuity is INCREDIBLE and after watching just the first season, I became a fan and started looking him up on socials. He seems to be a private person (which is the best!) and went off Instagram some time last year but regardless, I love him as the character Michael and as Wentworth. Other notable characters that made an impression on me is the cunning T- Bag (the wicked and sly paedophile) played by Robert Knepper (a character you will LOVE & HATE), Fernando Sucre – Michael’s cellmate & best friend (played by Amaury Nolasco) & of course our leading lady, Mrs. Scofield (Dr. Sara Tancredi) played by Sarah Wayne-Callies.
My reason for writing about this show is the central theme which is love for family and how far a person can or will be willing to go to save their loved ones or sacrifice their almost perfect lives for them – which is exactly what Michael did. A successful structural engineer throwing away his whole career to get his brother out of prison (with the possibility of failure) and being a fugitive on the run for the next 5 + years of his life – how many people would do that if they were in Michael’s shoes? Very few actually or maybe nobody? Quite hard to tell!
Michael’s good heart & genuine willingness to help others is worth emulating (maybe not all the choices he made to achieve his goal) but hey sometimes, a man has to do what he has to do! I mean, he was flirting with the prison doctor, Sara Tancredi from the onset (who was a backup in his plan to break out of prison) but he didn’t envisage he will fall in love with her – THAT’S LIFE FOR YOU!
The last season (Season 5 with 9 episodes) came through 7 years after Season 4 giving him a perfect ending – though people seem to have mixed reviews, I loved it! I only wish it had one more episode or at least gave us a glimpse of Michael spending time with his family, taking Sarah on that date (that never happened) and all that but hey our boy finally got his family back and at least can live a decent life (HOPEFULLY!). After breaking out of 4 prisons (WHEEW!), he TRULY DESERVES IT! And oh! I have rewatched a couple of times since I watched lol! Especially the Michael & Sarah’s scenes! ❤️
Have you watched Prison Break? What did you think of it? Definitely on my top 3 series watched so far and it is not number 2 or 3. If you haven’t, it is currently streaming on Netflix. Don’t slack! And feel free to be charmed by the beauty of Wentworth Miller – even T Bag knows this and called him ‘Pretty’ throughout the series!
Thank you so much for reading today’s post. See you soon with another one shortly!
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