<P> In later episodes, though, Sara attempts to distance herself from Michael . After she discovers that he is married and had a conjugal visit in the episode "And Then There Were 7", she announces that they will now be doctor - patient only . In the following episodes, her tone with Michael is more distant, though she continues to help him in subsequent episodes despite their relationship . After meeting with Lincoln Burrows' lawyers on his execution day in episode "The Rat", Sara becomes convinced that Lincoln is innocent and attempts to persuade her father to ask him to review Lincoln's case after Michael pleads with her . Her father denies the appeal, but additional information emerges to postpone the execution . Sara's character plays a critical role in the episode "The Key", where Michael must take possession of a key to the infirmary door . He ultimately kisses her as a distraction to steal her keys, but is caught up in the moment and unable to go through with it . Instead, he has his wife meet Sara and steal the keys . His plan backfires when she discovers that Michael's wife has stolen the keys from her, and becomes very cold towards him . At the end of the episode, she has the locks to the infirmary door changed, thwarting his efforts . Michael is then forced to come clean in "Tonight" and reveals to her his intent to break Lincoln out of prison . Sara is confronted with the decision whether she should help Michael or not . Eventually, Sara returns to Fox River and unlocks the infirmary door . Horribly distressed at what she has done, Sara injects herself with morphine from the infirmary . Suspected for being an accessory to the escape, police officers charge into her apartment with an emergency warrant in the Season Finale to find her nearly dead from a morphine overdose . The character's fate is left unresolved at the end of the first season . </P> <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>

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