Prison Break (2005)
Just have a little faith.
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 29 August 2005 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 30 May 2017 |
| Genre | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama |
| Created by | Paul T. Scheuring |
| Starring | Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell and Sarah Wayne Callies |
| Seasons | 5 seasons, 88 episodes |
| Episode length | about 45 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 66 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.1/10 |
Where to watch Prison Break
Prison Break is streaming on Hulu ($18.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 2 months of Hulu, or $37.98 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Prison Break trades in a specific kind of adrenaline. It is a serialized puzzle where the solution is always worse than the problem. The format leans into the rhythm of a ticking clock, borrowing structural DNA from 24 to keep the stakes pinned to the present moment. You get 88 episodes and 66 hours of commitment. That is a heavy lift. The series ends when the writers decide the stories have been told, preferring a strong finish to a weak drag.
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- Prison Break on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
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- “Prison Break” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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