

Michael gets more of the tools and people he needs, but someone very high up has taken notice and started wondering what hes up to. Veronica receives a security tape that shows Lincoln shooting Terrence Steadman. Trouble is inevitable in the prison, with a race riot imminent. He finds his brother, Lincoln Burrows, who is a death row prisoner, and tells him that he is going to break them both out of the prison. Michael Scofield is imprisoned in Fox River State Penitentiary. When the season comes to and end The Brothers and the other inmates break out of Fox River.

However, they are hindered by covert agents, who belong to an organization known as The Company.Īs the season goes on Michael is successful in recruiting other inmates into his escape plan.

Lincolns brother, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), is convinced of Lincolns innocence and hatches an escape plan.Īfter installing himself at Fox River, time works against Michael as he must overcome various obstacles and make the right connections among the inmates and prison staff to be successful in breaking out his brother.The Brothers are aided by Veronica Donovan (Robin Tunney), who begins to investigate the conspiracy that put Lincoln in jail. With strong evidence supporting the charges of first degree murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm against him, Lincoln is sentenced to death and is sent to Fox River State Penitentiary to await his execution. Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) is accused of the murder of Terrence Steadman, who is the brother of the female Vice President of the United States. An average of 9.2 million viewers was recorded for the season.
