I heart PRISON BREAK: Episode Guide & Trivia

Pilot

Episode Number: 1

Season Num: 1

First Aired: Monday August 29, 2005

Michael Scofield, a structural engineer, attempts to rob a bank in order to get incarcerated at Fox River State Penitentiary, where his brother Lincoln Burrows, accused of murdering the Vice President's brother, is scheduled to be executed.At Fox River, Michael approaches a number of inmates, all of whom play an important role in his plan to free his brother from the inside.Meanwhile, agents Kellerman and Hale are determined to make sure the execution goes through as planned.Lincoln's son LJ gets into trouble.

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Several characters are named after presidents and politicians. Lincoln Burrows is named after President Abraham Lincoln. Michael Scofield and Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin are named after politicians Edward Scofield and Benjamin Franklin. Agent Paul Kellerman may have been named after Roy Kellerman, the Secret Service agent who was riding in President John F. Kennedy's limousine at the time of his assassination