Prison: Break 5 Season Best

Wentworth Miller does excellent work here, shedding the cool, calculated veneer of the "Engineer" for someone who is barely holding it together. The dynamic flips: in previous seasons, Michael broke others out; this time, Lincoln Burrows has to break Michael out. It’s a satisfying role reversal that gives Dominic Purcell’s Lincoln more agency than he ever had as the perpetual victim of the original series.

Season 5 suffers from the "unrebootable" problem. By reversing Michael’s death, it cheapens the emotional sacrifice of the series finale. Yet, judged on its own merits as a nine-episode mini-series, it is a competent action thriller. prison break 5 season