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Season 1 Rotten Tomatoes !exclusive!: Prison Break

Reviewers from The New York Times praised its "authentic look" and suspenseful nature, while Entertainment Weekly highlighted the "edge-of-the-seat action".

Final scene: Michael and Lincoln, handcuffed together, stand at a cliff’s edge overlooking a highway. Lincoln says, “What now?” Michael smiles faintly. “We run.” Behind them, searchlights sweep the forest. Below, a police caravan blocks the road. The camera pulls back to show Dr. Sara, watching from her car, holding Michael’s paper crane—the symbol of their connection. She makes a choice: she throws a crowbar into the ditch. Michael finds it. They break the cuffs. And they vanish into the night. prison break season 1 rotten tomatoes

Don't let the "79%" fool you. In the genre of action-thriller, Prison Break Season 1 remains the gold standard. The Rotten Tomatoes score reflects a show that managed to make a paper clip feel like the most important object in the world. Reviewers from The New York Times praised its