"Prison Break" Brother's Keeper (2006)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Greg Yaitanes

Writers:

Paul Scheuring (creator)
Zack Estrin (written by)

TV Series:

"Prison Break" (2005)

Original Air Date:

3 April 2006 (Season 1, Episode 16)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Flashbacks provide exposition on how the inmates arrived at Fox River Penitentiary from The Company's framing of Lincoln to the creation of Michael's plan to save his brother's life.

Plot Keywords:

Debt | Kuwait | Brother | Murder | Female President

Cast

Dominic Purcell	...	Lincoln Burrows
Wentworth Miller	...	Michael Scofield
Robin Tunney	...	Veronica Donovan
Amaury Nolasco	...	Fernando Sucre
Marshall Allman	...	LJ Burrows (credit only)
Wade Williams	...	Brad Bellick
Paul Adelstein	...	Paul Kellerman
Robert Knepper	...	Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell
Rockmond Dunbar	...	Benjamin Miles 'C-Note' Franklin
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Dr. Sara Tancredi
Michelle Forbes	...	Samantha Brinker
Danny McCarthy	...	Daniel Hale
Camille Guaty	...	Maricruz Delgado
Mike Jones	...	Darius
Kurt Caceres	...	Hector Avila

Language:

English | Spanish

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Rat Entertainment

Goofs:

Factual errors: The name tape of Captain Meyers is on the wrong side of the uniform. It is supposed to be above the right chest pocket instead of the left.

Quotes:

Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell: [to Susan, the lady who sent him back to prison] I think that's where you're right... 'Cause when you sent me here... in this place... with these people... it brought that old dirty bastard right back home! Like there was a candle... in the window... just waiting for me to walk up them front steps.
[pause]
Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell: You know, I'm going to get out of here someday. And when I do... don't think I won't remember what your front steps look like, Susan.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Prison Break: Dead Fall (#2.8)" (2006)

Three years ago...

After the cliffhanger from the previous episode, 'By The Skin And Teeth' - in true Prison Break style, you'd have expected to tune into the latest episode eagerly hoping for a conclusion to the cliffhanger and how Michael and the rest of the escapees will battle on with the plan. That's not what you get with 'Brother's Keeper' - nevertheless, it doesn't disappoint and remains a personal favourite.

This episode is set entirely out of context of the rest of the season, it takes place three years before Michael was ever incarcerated in Fox River, with little reference to the prison itself. Amongst those stories of the two brother's been told, we also see what led to the incarceration of Fernando Sucre, Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell and Benjamin 'C-Note' Franklin and exactly what they want from the outside after the escape. We also get to see how Dr. Sara Tancredi has a slightly dark past of her own she's kept hidden, as well as a little more of an insight in Captain Bellick's character.

From this episode, we get see how Michael came to believe in his brother's innocence and give up everything to devise his brilliant plan to rescue him before execution. Also, watch out for designs for his tattoos and things Michael does that seem to have no apparent relevance in the escape from Fox River - these are foreboding moments for season 2 and shows how his tattoos also hold the key to staying on the outside.

Watching the story of the conspiracy unfold, and exactly how The Company and the Secret Service framed Lincoln and pushed for the death penalty is brilliant, and it answers a lot of questions you still may have about it. Danny McCarthy also gets the chance to reprise his role as Secret Service Agent Danny Hale and we see how he and Kellerman have been involved in the thing from the beginning.

The episode also includes a brief snippet from America's Most Wanted, which includes a special guest appearance from John Walsh.