Prison Break, Season 3: Premier Review

Okay, this has gone on way too far.

Some guy that gets himself thrown into prison on purpose to break is brother out was a pretty good premise for a serial drama. Since it’s called Prison Break, the logical thing to do here is to end the series when Michael Scofield and his rag-tag gang of murderers and rapists get their asses on the other side of the wall. However, since this is on Fox, we can be entirely sure that the series will drag on and on until it is no longer relevant or even close to plausible.

That’s unfortunately what happened to this series, entering a third season. However, as stupid as it all is, you can’t help by watch the damn thing. I mean, I do and every week, I get more and more pissed, yelling “THERE’S JUST NO WAY!!!” at my television.

It’s already stupid enough that eight guys actually made it out of a maximum security prison but then we had a second season full of absolute drivel about the vice-president and conspiracies and what-not. Now, we have Scofield back in prison because apparently, some more Illuminati-like people in “The Company” (no relation to “The Company” in Heroes…hopefully) want him to break out some other guy. Oh, and this time it’s in some disgusting, third-world prison in freakin’ Panama.

This has gone past absurd into “WHAT THE #&%^!?”. Prison Break has overstayed it’s welcome…by a lot. The series was originally planned to be a mid-season mini-series, but due to the massive popularity, it was re-written to be a full season show. It was already obvious halfway through season 1 that they were just milking it but now, it’s just insanity.

Thing is, though, you can’t help but watch the show. As ridiculous as it all is, you just must know what happens the next week since the cliffhangers are always delicious. I mean, last week’s was Lincoln finding a bloody box in the basement of his hotel. You can’t help but ask “WHAT’S IN THE BOX!?!” and so, you just have to watch the next episode, which will have another heroin-like cliffhanger for you…you just have to get your fix next week.

My advice: If you’ve managed to not watch Prison Break up to this point, don’t start. It’s infuriating how stupid the show is but you won’t be able to stop watching it. Quit while you’re ahead…or if you really can’t stay away, wait until the DVDs are out after each season and watch it during the lazy days of summer.

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