UK/IE: "Prison Break - The Final Break" [SPOILERS WITHIN]

Rick_ · 15-05-2009 12:03pm #1

WARNING: THIS THREAD WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE FINAL EVER EPISODES OF PRISON BREAK "THE FINAL BREAK"

These are the final 2 episodes of Prison Break and are being shown together as a 'movie' to finish off the show. They are known by the titles of "The Old Ball And Chain" and "Free" but are being referred to in the media as "Prison Break - The Final Break" and as a movie although they are the last two episodes of the show being shown together as one long feature length episode.

'The Final Break' shall air on:
(Israel)- yes stars Action Sunday 24th May 2009

(USA) - FOX - NOT BEING BROADCAST - RELEASED ON DVD ONLY
(UK/IE) - SKY 1 - Wednesday 27th May 2009 at 10:00pm
(IE) - RTÉ TWO - UNKNOWN IF RTÉ WILL BE SHOWING THIS, BUT WILL BE ON SKY1 IRELAND AS ABOVE ANYWAY

If you are sure you have seen the finale as mentioned above (on the channels on those original airdates), you can move down further in order to discuss the episode.

Otherwise, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED - there shall be major plot details of the finale revealed and discussed below with no spoiler tags used!

Rick_ · 17-05-2009 5:33pm

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Just making sure it's all in place! I don't know anything about the episodes coming this week or the finale but I can bet there will be major discussion about how it all ended and what has happened to each character. It is a massively loved show after all, even from those who don't like it any more, they still watch it regardless and are bound to have an opinion on the ending...!

Our man in Havana · 18-05-2009 2:03pm

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This is way too early. I shall lock the thread until the correct time.

Our man in Havana · 25-05-2009 1:36pm

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Well the cousins in Tel Aviv have delivered so we can now discuss the finale.

Mossy Monk · 25-05-2009 1:59pm

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Postman is on his way right now.

Mossy Monk · 25-05-2009 4:42pm

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Wasn't great but at least we find out how Michael dies. What a hero

Our man in Havana · 25-05-2009 5:35pm

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Mossy Monk wrote: »

Wasn't great but at least we find out how Michael dies. What a hero

Indeed. It was all really pointless. Michael died the hero sacrificing himself so that Sara and his son could escape.

The only redeeming aspect of it:

Mossy Monk · 25-05-2009 5:58pm

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He was going to die anyway

Unearthly · 25-05-2009 6:44pm

It was decent enough. I much prefer Prison Break when they are trying to escape from prisons

The female T-Bag type character is officially the worst tv character ever. Fact.

Sherifu · 25-05-2009 7:21pm

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Was that a preview of Cherry Hill?

Have to say I liked it. Much better way for Michael to die than a tumor.

Some hot lezzer action and an obvious twist with Mahone.

It is better in prisons. Fact.

9/10

Free at last.

Creamy Goodness · 25-05-2009 8:34pm

wrapped up the show quite nicely i thought.

when i first heard michael say, "we're gonna break her out" i was like ffs this is ridiculous and it was, but the main thing was it was entertaining a good to watch.

Mr E · 25-05-2009 8:44pm

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Very enjoyable.... Michael was selfless as always. He sacrificed his freedom for his brother 4 years ago, and sacrificed his life for his family.

And yep, the woman with the comedy glasses was totally ridiculous.

Sherifu · 25-05-2009 9:46pm

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Those glasses were great. Too bad she was a T-Bag clone without any acting talent

O/T

As a curious aside; it shows me 4 people gave this ep. a 10 but only counts 2 of those votes...

Stab in the dark but low post count/restricted features maybe?

Our man in Havana · 25-05-2009 9:51pm

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No. The thread was started last week and 2 people voted 10 last week. I locked the thread and reset the count to zero but it seems to keep the 2 names.

lukin · 25-05-2009 9:56pm

Dammit I thought Michael was going to do what Brad Pitt did at the start of that in that film SpyGame;"kill" himself by electrocution and get someone to revive him later.
Wishful thinking I suppose, seems like the entire four seasons were a waste as he never got the chance to enjoy his freedom in the end.
Great to see Gretchen back, I think she was only thinking of her kid when she let Sara escape but I thought her sister was looking after her anyway?
Farewell Michael Scofield, thanks for the memories.

Sherifu · 25-05-2009 10:03pm

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Bond-007 wrote: »

2 people voted 10 last week

LOL

They had great faith in the episode so.

awhir · 25-05-2009 10:52pm

who wants some fired micheal scofield :P

Sosa · 25-05-2009 11:10pm

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I have just watched it ( through other sources )and it is a really good finish to it.
I got fed up of prison break because it got out of control but just stuck with it to see how it would end.
I have to say...it was a really good ending.
Complete closure on everything which is good...the screen did not go black !

I laughed out loud when he said he was going to break her out....he only had an hour to do it...not a full season...
but all in all top class.
I like the way they got t-bag....very similar to superman fooling lex luthor in superman 2...
It redeemed itslef with the finale and then this special ...fitting end

Our man in Havana · 26-05-2009 12:09am

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This thread is for those that have watched the finale and not a place for those that don't like the show to have a moan. I have deleted a load of unhelpful posts. Take the bitching else where.

endaob · 26-05-2009 12:52am

He's obviously getting very good at the old breakouts: Season 1 it took 22 episodes to get out, Season 3 took him 12, and now he breaks in and out in 2! Although he didn't make it all the way out this time....

One thing about the escape scene - where did all the guards go? We saw them all piling into the room, but they never followed Sarah down the tunnel?

Shanegggg · 26-05-2009 2:08am

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It was a good final two eps. More of a dvd filler more than anything else. Maybe breaking sarah out was the idea for the fifth season?

Storyline was very predictable with some horrible acting too! It was a major coincidence that the general, t-bag, sarah and grechen all ended up in the same prison! You think they would've learnt not to put them all in the same prison!

In the finale it showed T-bag back in fox river aswell.

Pity after so many years of being on the run, micheal never got to enjoy his freedom. Could have told us that from the start!

All in all it's been a pretty amazing show. Glad that it tied up most loose ends and we can close the case and let it be. Lets hope we can say the same thing this time next year for lost!!

Sherifu · 26-05-2009 12:40pm

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endaob wrote: »

One thing about the escape scene - where did all the guards go? We saw them all piling into the room, but they never followed Sarah down the tunnel?

My understanding(open to correction) from what Michael said was the hatch would be unlocked for a few seconds. Could be the same applied when he shorted the wires.

Shanegggg wrote: »

IIn the finale it showed T-bag back in fox river aswell.

The had 2 years to transfer him there. Not beyond the bounds of possibility.

Shanegggg wrote: »

Pity after so many years of being on the run, micheal never got to enjoy his freedom. Could have told us that from the start!

I believe the writers decided he should die as a kind of atonement for all the people that had been killed indirectly by Michael's actions. I think that for him to decide to give up his life for his family is probably the best way he could have gone since they decided he should die.

lukin · 26-05-2009 1:36pm

Sherifu wrote: »

I believe the writers decided he should die as a kind of atonement for all the people that had been killed indirectly by Michael's actions. I think that for him to decide to give up his life for his family is probably the best way he could have gone since they decided he should die.

Possibly, but it was really The Company that were responsible for all those people that were killed. All Scofield was trying to do was save his brother's life.

endaob · 26-05-2009 5:58pm

Sherifu wrote: »

My understanding(open to correction) from what Michael said was the hatch would be unlocked for a few seconds. Could be the same applied when he shorted the wires.

I had considered that - but then they could have tried to shoot out the electrics or radio back to the control unit and tell someone else to check that door that leads straight out of the prison grounds thats left unguarded....
see if there's a group of people just standing around shooting the breeze rather than scarpering as quickly as possible...

lukin · 27-05-2009 12:19pm

In a way the writers kind of messed things up by having the gang break Sarah out. Even though they got away to Puerto Rico or wherever they are still fugitives from the law (again).
The very last ep was called "Free" but technically they are not free at all.
At the end of ep 22 they had all been exonerated and could go wherever they wanted. Those extra two eps were "filler" and not needed at all as Mr.S said.

Our man in Havana · 27-05-2009 12:45pm

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+1 I agree.

It would have been much tidier to have left it at the end of ep 22.

JP Liz · 27-05-2009 9:06pm

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Its on in hour

but so is the champions league final at the moment

Ron DMC · 28-05-2009 12:00am

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Very much enjoyed it.

Good finish to the series as a whole.

Breaking out of prisons is real classic stuff, exactly why I loved this show in the first place.

Gavin "shels" · 28-05-2009 1:28am

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Thought it was a great ending all in all. It's all over now.:(

dade · 28-05-2009 8:35am

thought it was good, started to hate Alex for a minute though. really did think he had turned on them. should have realised the leve of his loyalty after the end of E22 when he tricked christina.

Oh an at least we know i didn't imagine that scar on sarah's back.

I couldn't believe they were actually using T-bag to help them. i should have known better at this stage that they we're using him just not how he expected it to be. still it would have been nice to have seen him being someone's b*itch in fox river.

I began to dislike the show during season 3, but thought i'd watch this season in teh hope that it redemed itself and it did toward teh end. pit iys gone now. course they have left it open coz afterall there was no body. i mean they showed the sheet going over christina's body, they showed what happened to everyone else all we see of michael is a head stone and unless kellerman pulled some strings there's no body under there.

but then wentworth miller did say he dies in recent interviews so i guess i'm deluded LOL

Clareman · 28-05-2009 8:44am

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I quite enjoyed it, it tied off a lot of loose ends, leaves the possibility of a spin off and it gave closure to the whole thing. I think I would have prefered if Michael wasn't going to die anyway, that he just sacrificed himself, but that's not a biggie.

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