But when they get to an air field their escape plane is nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile the Fox River Eight hatch their plan and successfully break out of the prison. Sara reluctantly helps, but her guilt drives her to overdose on pills. He tells her about his plan to break out of the prison, and asks her to leave the infirmary door unlocked on the night of the escape. Michael and Sara become romantically involved. Michael reveals that his architecture firm had previously worked on retrofitting Fox River, meaning that he had access to its blueprints.īefore the robbery, he spent four months having a huge tattoo inked on to his torso, which contains the plans to the prison and details of their escape plot.Īs the men prepare to escape Michael feigns diabetes in order to get daily access to the infirmary, with the intention of stealing a key from Sara. As the police approach, they start running.After Lincoln is imprisoned, Michael stages a bank robbery and is sent to Fox River where he meets inmates such as John Abruzzi – who helps to arrange a getaway plane, and Charles Westmoreland – also known as DB Cooper, who has $5 million hidden in cash. The team arrives at the strip just after the plane leaves. Apolskis passes the checkpoint inside an animal transferring vehicle. Donovan goes to a mansion in Montana and meets Steadman. The police enter Tancredi's apartment and find her overdosed.

Reynolds quickly swears as the President, making the Company respect her. Meanwhile, the President dies as a result of a heart attack, implied to be an assassination. They leave Bagwell behind and run towards the airstrip. They get in a warehouse, where Abruzzi cuts off Bagwell's left hand, freeing Scofield. Scofield forces Apolskis to leave the team because of his betrayal. They leave the van behind and continue on foot. Realizing that Abruzzi will certainly kill him, Bagwell cuffs himself to Scofield and swallows the key. They leave Patoshik behind and escape with the van. The eight escapees (Scofield, Burrows, Sucre, Abruzzi, Bagwell, Franklin, Apolskis and Patoshik) start running towards a van parked by Abruzzi's men.

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