<P> After recovering from her drug overdose in "Manhunt", Sara loses her medical license and becomes a target of The Company - the mysterious organization behind Lincoln's murder setup . Posing as Lance, a homosexual addict at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, Agent Kellerman (Paul Adelstein) attempts to befriend Sara to find out the whereabouts of Michael Scofield . Learning that six other convicts joined Michael's escape, Sara feels betrayed by him, and the two characters initially have a strained relationship . After her father alerts her of Kellerman's suspicious identity and her father's subsequent death in episode "Buried", Sara becomes part of the show's conspiracy plot as she holds the key (left by her father) to information that may exonerate Lincoln . Following this, several attempts on Sara's life are made by The Company, which force her to find Michael via his coded messages . She meets with Michael in the episode "Rendezvous" at Gila, New Mexico but their reunion is short - lived when Kellerman and Agent Mahone (William Fichtner) find out about their rendezvous point . At first, Sara is reluctant to leave with Michael to Panama but is captured by Kellerman shortly after . Kellerman proceeds to torture Sara in episode "Bolshoi Booze", in an effort to obtain information about a USB drive he thinks her father gave her . Sara escapes from Kellerman and decides to change her appearance and throws her wallet and ID away . </P> <P> Two episodes later, Sara returns in "The Message". She reunites with Michael in Evansville, Indiana in "Chicago". Together with the brothers, Sara travels to Chicago where her father has hidden the audio file that can help prove Lincoln's innocence . On the train to Chicago, Sara admits to Michael that she has fallen in love with him, and they kiss . Later in the episode, Michael admits he has fallen in love with her . Michael, Sara and Lincoln eventually retrieve the audio file but discover that it's not legally valid as evidence . They decide to use it to blackmail President Reynolds for a presidential pardon instead . When this fails, Michael and Lincoln are forced to leave the country . When Sara realizes she is being tailed by the FBI, she surrenders herself in order to let the brothers escape . Sara is then faced with a 12 - year prison sentence but as she is about to plead guilty, Kellerman comes forward to testify on her behalf . His testimony exonerates Sara and Lincoln in "Sona", and Sara reunites with the brothers in Panama and tells them of the news . However, when Agent Kim suddenly appears and tries to kill Lincoln and capture Michael, Sara shoots Kim in the chest . With nowhere to run, Michael and Sara surrender themselves to the Panamanian police but to Sara's surprise, Michael confesses to Kim's killing instead of her . She is last seen in a crowd by Lincoln . </P> <P> In this season, standbys are used to portray the character, including Katie A. Keane in the photographs for the episode "Call Waiting". She is revealed to have been kidnapped by The Company, and is said in "Good Fences" to have been murdered in response to a failed rescue attempt . She was decapitated and her head was sent to Lincoln Burrows in a box . Michael swears to avenge her death . </P> <P> In Season 4, Sara's death is retconned and she returns as a main cast member for all 24 episodes . After Gretchen reveals to Michael in the season premiere that Sara's death was faked, Michael contacts Bruce Bennett, the former aide of Governor Tancredi (Sara's father) and asks him for help tracking down Sara . The two are reunited later in the episode . Much of Sara's plotline in the fourth season focuses on the character processing what happened to her in Panama and making a new life with Michael . After they are tracked down by the Company hitman Wyatt, Sara escapes with Michael and Lincoln and accompanies them as they strike a deal with, they must get their hands on Scylla, The Company's little black book . Sara joins the rest of team as they work to copy the cards, such as in "Breaking and Entering" where she slips, most notably in "Eagles and Angels" where Sara is informed that Bruce Bennett was found dead and goes out to a bar . She manages not to drink, and instead tells the bartender stories from her childhood and the importance Bruce had for her . In the next episode, she realizes that Wyatt is following her back from the bar and manages to lose him . In "Five the Hard Way" Sara's character takes part in holding the general's daughter, Lisa, hostage . The team is then betrayed by Self, who takes Scylla for himself to sell it to a buyer . Other homeland security agents chase after them to arrest them for the murder of Trishanne and Self (Self murdered Trishanne, faked his own death and framed the Scylla team for all of it). Michael offers Sara and Sucre to take a bus back to Chicago, although they decided to stay and help . In the next episode, Sara finds it increasingly difficult to watch as Michael neglects his health to continue chasing after Scylla . Sara urges him to get medical attention, but he resists despite her insistence, and refuses to have the necessary operation until Scylla has been acquired . She is forced to provide temporary relief from his condition through a series of injections . However she warns him that he is developing a tolerance, and that they are no substitute for proper medical attention . Nevertheless, Sara helps the team to track down Gretchen and Self . Despite their best efforts, they are unsuccessful and lose both the missing piece of Scylla, and Michael, who is captured by The Company at the end of "Just Business". </P>

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