Prison Break season 3 explained

Season Number:	3
Bgcolour:	783422
Network:	Fox
Num Episodes:	13
Episode List:	List of Prison Break episodes

The third season of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series, commenced airing in the United States on September 17, 2007, on Mondays at 8:00 pm (EST) on Fox. Prison Break is produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Rat Entertainment, Original Film and 20th Century Fox Television. The season contains 13 episodes, and concluded on February 18, 2008. The season was shorter than the previous two due to the Writer's Guild strike.

Prison Break revolves around two brothers: one who has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and his younger sibling, a genius structural engineer, who devises an elaborate plan to help him escape prison. The two brothers escape prison in the first season, but are hunted down during the second season and ultimately Michael is recaptured and sent to a Panamanian jail, Penitenciaría Federal de Sona, at the end of the second season. The third season revolves around Michael's breakout from Sona with several other inmates.

For the season, three characters are removed, and four new characters are added as series regulars. Filming continued to take place in Dallas, Texas.

Cast

See main article: List of Prison Break characters.

Main characters

• Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows
• Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield
• Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre
• Wade Williams as Brad Bellick
• Robert Knepper as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell
• Chris Vance as James Whistler
• Robert Wisdom as Norman "Lechero" St. John
• Danay Garcia as Sofia Lugo
• Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Gretchen Morgan
• William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone

Recurring characters

Episodes

See main article: List of Prison Break episodes.

Reception

In their season review, IGN wrote, "With so much going against it, this shortened third season of Prison Break could have been disastrous. But instead, the writers managed to not only salvage the season, but tell a tightly woven, compelling and action-packed story" and gave it an 8.5 out of 10.^[1]

Production

Filming

Unlike many other TV shows, Prison Break was primarily filmed outside of Hollywood. The first season was primarily shot in and around Chicago, Illinois.^{[2] [3]} During the second season, filming was moved to Dallas, Texas.^[4] Filming for the third season continued to be done in Dallas, but the price tag increased to about $3 million per episode.^[5] Several of the exterior scenes with Lincoln and Gretchen negotiating the escape from the Panama jail were shot in the Casco Viejo quarter of Panama City.^[6]

Home media release

Prison Break: Season Three
Set details			Special features
13 episodes 4-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Subtitles: English, Spanish, French English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)			Season 3: Orientacion featurette Breakout Episode featurette Director's Take featurette Between Takes featurettes Episode of The Unit: "Force Majeure"
Release dates
August 12, 2008		May 19, 2008		December 3, 2008

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prison Break: Season 3 Review . IGN . Ahsan . Haque . April 23, 2008 . July 13, 2017.
2. Ryan, Maureen, "Joliet prison is a 'Break'-out star", The Chicago Tribune. August 24, 2005. Retrieved on December 5, 2005.
3. "Inside Prison Break: Chain male" Sydney Morning Herald. February 1, 2006. Retrieved on October 10, 2006.
4. Web site: New 'Prison Break' to be filmed in Dallas. USA Today. May 16, 2006. February 22, 2011.
5. Weatherford, Angela, "A little bit of Hollywood", Athens Review, December 13, 2007. Retrieved on December 14, 2007.
6. Web site: Panama 'Shaken, not stirred' by shooting of Bond flick. December 10, 2008. February 9, 2008. Screen. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090721021631/http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=18890. July 21, 2009. mdy-all.