The two-hour series finale for Prison Break airs tonight. I can’t wait. Well, no, I can. But not in a traditional waiting way. I don’t want to see the series come to an end. I’ve loved it since day one and have watched almost every episode at least twice — in some cases, especially within Season 1 and 2, more than 3 times a piece. The show was suppose to run 5 or 6 season – and everything was going to go well. They are in the 4th and calling it quits.
Of course — the series has been going downhill at a pretty fast rate. Season 3 was a complete bore – it was too monotonous and static. The sand prison in the middle of Mexico was not interesting. I hated it, actually. Nothing really evolved out of it, aside from the obvious tie in to The Company. The goal for the longest time was to find The Company, and then shortly after, it was to take it down. Season 4 did a good job of reviving some things – killed off loose ends and mainly focused on taking down the company.
I remember Sarah relating The Company to The Odyssey. Odysseus had to lose six men to take down Scylla. Scylla was a monster in the epic and is the name of The Company’s secret project. It was all too ironic that seven men were trying to take Scylla and The Company down. I figured that six — all of them excluding Michael — would die. Considering that his brother (who we found out to not actually be his brother, and something like a Harry Potter spin) and his lover were in the bunch, there were going to be some emotional and hard times. Sounded awesome. However, the plot went wonky – which I assume is because the show was up for grabs of being contracted again and put into a fifth season.
Now the season and the series are going to die prematurely. But let’s hope that in the last episode that all loose ends are tied, neatly, and maybe I can put some good closure to the show. It’ll be the very first show I’ve watched since Pilot.
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