Prison Break
VS.
TV Flash files “VS.” as hour 75 of 88 in the TV Flash guide — Prison Break (2005–2009) on Fox, season 4, episode 18, aired 2009-04-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E18: listed hour 75 of 88 in the Prison Break guide, hour 18 of 22 in season 4. It aired 2009-04-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Mother Lode” (S04E17). Next is “S.O.B.” (S04E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Michael and Lincoln square-off over Scylla as Christina orders a kill shot and set sets her plan in motion. Sara receives some unexpected news, T-Bag causes a scene at the Indian Embassy and Pad Man's paranoia leads to a death.
Viewer FAQ
Where does VS. sit in the Prison Break guide?
S04E18 is listed hour 75 of 88 — hour 18 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 18.
When did Prison Break S04E18 air?
VS. aired 2009-04-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is season one of Prison Break the whole pitch?
Season one is the clean hit of adrenaline architecture — the tattoo as blueprint. Later seasons and a revival stretch the cage; start with the first escape.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Engineer Michael Scofield tattoos a prison blueprint on his body to free his brother — high-concept serialization as summer obsession. Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell as the faces of escape-as-plot. Season one is the clean hit of adrenaline architecture; later cages stretch the premise.
The first useful image is ink, not a lock. Engineer Michael Scofield tattoos a prison blueprint on his body to free wrongfully accused brother Lincoln Burrows — high-concept serialization as summer obsession. Paul Scheuring's Fox thriller premiered August 29, 2005; Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell became the faces of escape-as-plot beside Sarah Wayne Callies, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper's T-Bag, and Robin Tunney. Twists, conspiracies, and ever-larger cages kept the engine screaming. Original run 2005–2009…
Filed against
- Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield
Wentworth Miller’s Michael Scofield tattooed a prison blueprint onto Prison Break — high-concept serialization as summer obsession, engineer as escape artist, Dominic Purcell as the brother the ink was for. Season one is the clean hit of…
- Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows
Dominic Purcell’s Lincoln Burrows made Prison Break a brother with a death sentence — Michael Scofield tattooing a blueprint to free him, high-concept serialization as summer obsession, Wentworth Miller as the engineer face. Season one…
- Sarah Wayne Callies as Sara Tancredi
Sarah Wayne Callies's Sara Tancredi gave Prison Break a doctor inside the walls — high-concept serialization as summer obsession, Michael Scofield's tattooed blueprint, Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell as escape-as-plot. Season one as…
- Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre
Amaury Nolasco’s Fernando Sucre gave Prison Break its heartbeat under the tattooed blueprint — Fox summer serialization as escape-as-plot, Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell as the faces, season one as clean adrenaline architecture.…
- Robert Knepper as Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell
Robert Knepper's Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell made Prison Break's summer obsession feel dangerous on purpose — engineer Michael Scofield's tattooed blueprint, Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell as escape-as-plot, Knepper the smile that…
- Robin Tunney as Veronica Donovan
Robin Tunney's Veronica Donovan kept Prison Break's first-season adrenaline from becoming only a tattoo — lawyer-sister weather beside Michael Scofield's blueprint, Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell as escape-as-plot. High-concept…