Prison Breakwas one of the most complex and addictive shows of its time, withfivePrison Breakseries and a movie.
For Michael Scofield, he spent most of the first season ofPrison Breakbeing called “Fish.”
The longest-serving inmates have a nickname for the new faces in Fox River State Penitentiary: “Fresh Fish.
While many of Michael’s fellow inmates also have nicknames, these are usually based on their own names.
Michael should have gained a new nickname when more inmates arrived.
Most of the otherPrison Breakcharacters' nicknames are more personalizedthan the younger Scofield.
Michael’s brother, Lincoln Burrows, is called “The Sink.”
T-Bag is short for his full name, which is Theodore Bagwell.
Michael should have gained a new nickname when more inmates arrived.
Prison Break tells the story of two brothers who must unravel a political conspiracy while escaping from one of the most secure places on Earth. When petty criminal Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) is falsely convicted of murdering the Vice President’s brother, his own brother, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), has himself incarcerated in order to stage a daring prison break using the blueprints of the facility he has tattooed on his body.
However, his nickname has stuck.
Westmoreland is the only Prison Break character to be based directly on a real person.
Westmoreland is secretly the plane hijacker D.B.
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Michael Scofield is an analytical engineering genius, and he can spot puzzles that others don’t.
That said, he also has “low latent inhibition,” giving him an increased sense of empathy.
