If you go into it wanting to see Michael and Lincoln share the screen again, and you can ignore the plot holes the size of the Grand Canyon, you will have a great time. The final scene—featuring a very specific paper swan—finally gives the Scofield family the happy ending they deserved 8 years ago.
So when Fox announced in 2016 that the show was returning for a 9-episode “event series” (Season 5), the fanbase was split. Were we getting a masterpiece, or a cash-grab? season five prison break
Now that the dust has settled, let’s go back inside the Ogygia Prison and ask: The Setup: How Do You Bring Back a Dead Man? Season 5’s biggest hurdle was its own premise. We watched Michael die of a brain tumor-related nosebleed in The Final Break . To get around this, the writers pulled a classic soap opera move: Michael isn’t dead; he’s been held in a Yemeni prison for four years. If you go into it wanting to see