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The twist? His body is covered in a full-sleeve tattoo that is actually a complex cipher containing the blueprints of the prison, chemical recipes, and escape routes.

Michael fakes a psychotic break to get moved to the psych ward (where Haywire has drawn the blueprint on his own wall). This is a high-wire act. Wentworth Miller’s performance here—cold, calculating, fake catatonic—is an Emmy snub of epic proportions. Tagline: "Sara holds the lock." prison break season 1 all episodes exclusive

Bellick gets suspicious. He searches the cell but misses the hole because Michael has cleverly repainted the floor. "J-Cat" refers to a prison classification (Juggalo? No—Just Cat). The tension is unbearable. Tagline: "All in." The twist

The pre-escape. Everything goes wrong. Abruzzi gets shanked. T-Bag steals the money. The pipe collapses. The countdown clock hits zero. This episode has six separate "abort" signals. It is the most stressful 42 minutes of television ever produced. Tagline: "Run." This is a high-wire act

The escape. They drop through the pipe, climb the rope, and run through the yard. Bellick wakes up. The sirens. The razor wire. They make the fence. Exclusive detail: Only eight of the planned ten make it. Two are left behind. The shot of the empty hole as the guards scream is iconic. Episode 22: "Flight" Tagline: "There's no turning back."

A flashback episode. We see why Lincoln owed $90k. We see Michael designing the tattoo. We see the betrayal of L.J. (Lincoln’s son). Exclusive note: This episode reveals that the escape was actually planned for two years . Tagline: "The escape is a drug."