<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 5 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 9 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> April 4, 2017 (2017 - 04 - 04) </Td> <Td> May 30, 2017 (2017 - 05 - 30) </Td> </Tr> <P> The first season follows the rescue of Lincoln Burrows, who is accused of murdering Terrence Steadman, the brother of Vice President of the United States Caroline Reynolds . 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, is convinced of Lincoln's innocence and formulates an escape plan . In order to gain access to Fox River, Michael commits an armed robbery which results in him being sentenced to Fox River . In prison, Michael befriends the prison doctor Sara Tancredi when he pretends to suffer from Type 1 diabetes, in order to gain daily access to the prison's infirmary, when he receives his daily insulin shots . The brothers' fight to ward off the execution is aided by their lifelong friend Veronica Donovan, 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 with The Company . The brothers, along with six other inmates, Fernando Sucre, Theodore "T - Bag" Bagwell, Benjamin Miles "C - Note" Franklin, David "Tweener" Apolskis, John Abruzzi, and Charles "Haywire" Patoshik, who come to be known as the Fox River Eight, escape in the episode immediately prior to the season finale, after using their prison industry privileges to dig an escape tunnel underneath the prison . </P> <P> The second season begins eight hours after the escape, focusing mainly on the eight 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 ." 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 gets fired from the prison where he worked as the main 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 Fox River inmate, Charles Westmoreland . Federal agent Alexander Mahone 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 father, Governor Frank Tancredi, has been killed, she meets with Michael, remaining with him as the brothers try to bring down now - President Reynolds, 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 . Half 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 . </P> <P> The third season follows 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 due to 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 and Sara, the woman Michael loves . He is told that The Company wants Scofield to break James Whistler 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 . 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, Luis, leaving behind several accomplices including T - Bag and Bellick . Sucre's identity is discovered by a prison guard and he 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 . </P>

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