Prison Break : Season Synopsis

Recently ( August 2009 - September 2009) RCTI has been airing Prison Break Season 2. Here the full synopsis of Prison Break from season 1 until season 4 :

Season 1

The first season follows the rescue of Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell), who is accused of murdering Terrence Steadman (Jeff Perry), the brother of the Vice President of the United States. Lincoln is sentenced to death and is incarcerated in Fox River State Penitentiary where he awaits his execution. Lincoln’s brother, brilliant structural engineer Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), is convinced of Lincoln’s innocence and formulates an escape plan. In order to gain access to Fox River, Michael commits armed robbery. Michael befriends the prison doctor Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies) when he pretends to suffer from Type 1 diabetes, in order to gain daily access to the prison’s infirmary. The brothers’ fight to ward off the execution is aided by their lifelong friend Veronica Donovan (Robin Tunney), who begins to investigate the conspiracy that put Lincoln in jail. However, they are hindered by covert agents, members of an organization known as The Company. The Company was responsible for framing Lincoln, and they did so because of Lincoln’s father, Aldo Burrows, and his former connections to the company. The brothers, along with six other inmates, Fernando Sucre (Amaury Nolasco), Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell (Robert Knepper), Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin (Rockmond Dunbar), David "Tweener" Apolskis (Lane Garrison), John Abruzzi (Peter Stormare), and Charles "Haywire" Patoshik (Silas Weir Mitchell), who come to be known as the Fox River Eight, escape in the season finale.

Season pertama menceritakan tentang pembebasan Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell), yang menghadapi hukuman mati dengan tuduhan membunuh Terrence Steadman (Jeff Perry), saudara kandung wakil presiden Amerika. Lincoln ditahan di penjara Fox River State sembari menunggu eksekusinya. Adik Lincoln, seorang insinyur jenius, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), percaya bahwa Lincoln tidak bersalah dan membuat sebuah rencana pelarian. Untuk mendapatkan akses penuh ke penjara Fox River Michael melakukan perampokan dan membiarkan dirinya tertangkap. Di Fox River, Michael berteman dengan dokter penjara Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies) dan berpura-pura mengidap diabetes tipe 1 supaya ia mendapatkan akses harian ke klinik. Perjuangan Linc dan Michael juga dibantu oleh sahabat mereka Veronica Donovan (Robin Tunney), seorang pengacara yang menyelidiki konspirasi apa yang menjebloskan Linc ke dalam penjara. Namun, sepak terjang mereka selalu dibayangi agen The Company. Company adalah organisasi yang menjebak Lincoln, dan mereka melakukan ini karena ayah Lincoln, Aldo Burrows, yang dulunya bekerja untuk Company. Lincoln dan Michael, bersama enam narapidana lainnya, Fernando Sucre (Amaury Nolasco), Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell (Robert Knepper), Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin (Rockmond Dunbar), David "Tweener" Apolskis (Lane Garrison), John Abruzzi (Peter Stormare), and Charles "Haywire" Patoshik (Silas Weir Mitchell), yang kemudian dikenal dengan sebutan Fox River Eight, berhasil melarikan diri dari Fox River di episode akhir season 1.

Season 2

The second season begins eight hours after the escape, focusing mainly on the escapees. Series creator Paul Scheuring describes the second season as "The Fugitive times eight" and likens it to the "second half of The Great Escape".[6] The fugitives split up and journey to locations across the country with the authorities close behind them as they each pursue their individual goals. Brad Bellick (Wade Williams) gets fired from the prison where he worked as a guard and chases after the inmates himself for the reward money. Several of the escapees reunite in search of a large cache of money buried long ago by another prisoner. Federal agent Alexander Mahone (William Fichtner) is assigned to track down and capture the eight fugitives, but is revealed to be working for The Company, which wants all eight men dead. When Sara discovers her dead father, Governor Frank Tancredi, she meets with Michael, remaining with him as the brothers try to bring down the current President, a Company member. To ensure the brothers’ safety, Sara allows herself to be arrested and faces trial. During the trial, the testimony of former Secret Service agent Paul Kellerman, who used to work for the Company-controlled President, exonerates Lincoln and Sara. Several of the escapees are killed or recaptured, but the brothers make it to Panama. Michael, T-Bag, Mahone, and Bellick are arrested by the Panamanian authorities and imprisoned at the Penitenciaría Federal de Sona.

Season kedua bermula delapan jam sejak pelarian. Fox River Eight berpisah dan memulai perjalanan masing-masing dengan pihak berwajib yang terus membayangi mereka. Brad Bellick (Wade Williams) dipecat dari Fox River dan mengejar mereka untuk mendapatkan hadiah uang. Beberapa narapidana bertemu kembali untuk mendapatkan sejumlah besar uang hasil rampokan narapidana lain yang dikubur di suatu tempat. Agen Federal Alexander Mahone (William Fichtner) diberi tugas untuk melacak dan menangkap kedelapan narapidana, namun ternyata ia juga bekerja untuk Company, yang menginginkan kedelapan orang tersebut mati. Ketika Sara mendapati ayahnya, Gubernur Frank Tancredi, meninggal, ia bertemu Michael, dan tetap bersama mereka sementara Michael dan Lincoln berusaha membuktikan keterlibatan sang Presiden dengan Company. Untuk memastikan keselamatan kakak-beradik itu, Sara membiarkan dirinya tertangkap dan menghadapi persidangan. Dalam persidangan tersebut, kesaksian mantan agen rahasia Paul Kellerman (Paul Adelstein)-yang tadinya bekerja untuk sang Presiden (yang dikontrol Company)- membebaskan Lincoln dan Sara. Beberapa dari Fox River Eight terbunuh atau tertangkap, tetapi Linc dan Michael berhasil sampai ke Panama. Namun kemudian Michael, T-Bag, Mahone, dan Bellick ditangkap pihak berwajib Panama dan dipenjara di Sona.

Season 3

The third season follows both Michael inside Sona and Lincoln on the outside in Panama. Sona is a prison that has been run by the inmates and guarded only from the outside since a riot the year before. Burrows is quickly contacted by Gretchen Morgan (a Company operative who was in charge of operations in Panama) who kidnapped his son LJ (Marshall Allman) and Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies), the woman Michael loves. He is told that The Company wants Scofield to break James Whistler (Chris Vance) out of Sona. The season follows Michael and Whistler’s trials in formulating an escape plan, as Michael has to deal with extreme tension and as Lincoln deals with the Company’s operative Gretchen Morgan (Jodi Lyn O’Keefe). Sucre gets a job at the prison to aid Michael in his escape plan. When Lincoln attempts to rescue Sara and LJ following a clue provided by Sara, Gretchen claims to have beheaded Sara and sends Lincoln a head in a box as a warning. As the season ends, the pair manage to escape along with Mahone, and another inmate McGrady leaving behind several accomplices including T-Bag and Bellick. Sucre’s identity is discovered by a prison guard and is thrown into Sona just after the escape. LJ and Sofia (who was captured for a guarantee that Whistler would go with her) are traded for Whistler, and Michael seeks revenge against Gretchen for Sara’s death.

Season ketiga bercerita tentang Michael di Sona dan Lincoln yang ada di luar, yaitu di Panama. Sona dalah penjara yang dikuasai oleh narapidana dan dijaga hanya dari luar sejak kerusuhan yang terjadi setahun sebelumnya. Lincoln segera dikontak oleh Susan alias Gretchen Morgan (agen Company yang bertanggung jawab atas kegiatan di Panama) yang menculik anaknya LJ (Marshall Allman) dan Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies), wanita yang dicintai Michael. Gretchen mengatakan pada Lincoln bahwa Company menginginkan Scofield membebaskan James Whistler (Chris Vance) dari Sona. Episode selanjutnya mengisahkan tentang bagaimana Michael dan Whistler mencoba membuat rencana pelarian di bawah tekanan penjara yang sangat berbeda dari Fox River. sementara itu Lincoln juga berusaha membuat kesepakatan dengan Gretchen Morgan (Jodi Lyn O’Keefe). Sucre mendapatkan pekerjaan di Sona untuk membantu Michael dalam menjalankan rencana pelariannya. Ketika Lincoln berusaha membebaskan Sara dan LJ, Gretchen mengirimkan potongan kepala Sara sebagai peringatan. Di akhir season, Michael dan Whistler berhasil keluar bersama Mahone, an narapidana lain McGrady tertinggal, juga T-Bag dan Bellick. Identitas Sucre terungkap oleh salah satu penjaga penjara dan ia dipenjara di Sona sesaat setelah pelarian Michael. LJ dan Sofia (yang ditangkap sebagai jaminan) ditukar untuk Whistler, dan Michael hendak membalas dendam terhadap Gretchen atas kematian Sara.

Season 4

The major storyline for the fourth season concerns a team recruited by Homeland Security agent Don Self (Michael Rapaport) to obtain Scylla. Although the team initially believes it to be the Company’s "black book", it is later revealed to contain information on an advanced renewable power cell. Over the course of the first half of the season, the team obtain cards to access Scylla, and break into Company headquarters to steal it. In the first half, Sara is discovered to be alive, Bellick is killed, and Self is revealed to be a double agent and is planning to sell Scylla to the highest bidder. Reluctantly, Lincoln decides to join the Company to get it back, while Michael suffers from a brain aneurysm. He is treated and operated on by the Company. He later learns that his mother, Christina is still alive and was an agent of the Company, who is revealed to acquire Scylla to sell to the highest bidder. Eventually, the series ends in Miami, where Scylla is recovered by Michael and the team, the General and the Company are taken down, and Christina is killed. In Prison Break: The Final Break, a story is told explaining what happened following the events of the last episode (before the four-year flash-forward) and the strange scar on Sara’s shoulder. This story involves the incarceration of Sara in Miami-Dade county penitientiary due to budgetary cutbacks; there are cots installed there acting as the county jail. With the General and T-Bag in the adjacent Men’s facility, the General wants Sara dead and offers a $100,000 bounty. Largely echoing season one, Sara is involved in common prison fare before Micheal hears of the bounty and plans are devised for her escape.

Plot utama season keempat adalah tentang tim yang direkrut oleh Agen Keamanan Nasional (Homeland Security), Don Self (Michael Rapaport) untuk mendapatkan Scylla. Meski pada awalnya tim tersebut yakin bahwa Scylla adalah "buku hitam" Company, kemudian terungkap bahwa Scylla memuat informasi tentang sumber energi yang dapat diperbaharui. Paruh pertama season keempat, tim ini berhasil mendapatkan kartu untuk mengakses Scylla dan menerobos ke markas Company. Sara teryata masih hidup, Bellick terbunuh dan Self ternyata agen ganda dan menjual Scylla ke penawar tertinggi. Meski enggan, Lincoln memutuskan untuk membantu Company untuk mendapatkan Scylla kembali, sementara Michael didiagnosis menderita semacam kanker otak. Ia dirawat dan dioperasi oleh Company. Kemudian ia mengetahui bahwa ibunya, Christina, masih hidup dan menjadi agen Company, yang juga memburu Scylla untuk menjualnya ke penawar tertinggi. Season ini berakhir dengan diserahkannya Scylla ke pihak berwenang, Jenderal Krantz dan Company dijatuhkan, Christina terbunuh, dan nama mereka semua dibersihkan. Dalam dua episode terakhir, yang menceritakan apa yang terjadi selama empat tahun berselang yang ada di episode terakhir, menjelaskan bagaimana Sara ditahan di penjara Miami dan bagaimana Michael berusaha membebaskan Sara sebelum suruhan Jenderal Krantz (yang melibatkan T-Bag dan Gretchen) membunuhnya.
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Source : Prison Break on Wikipedia ( English/Indonesia)