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Prison Break (season 1)
Season 1
Prison Break season one DVD cover
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseAugust 29, 2005 (2005-08-29) –
May 15, 2006 (2006-05-15)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series, commenced airing in the United States and Canada on August 29, 2005 on Mondays at 9:00 p.m. (EST) on the Fox Broadcasting Company. Prison Break is produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Rat Television, Original Television Movie and 20th Century Fox Television. The season contains 22 episodes, and concluded on May 15, 2006.

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 who devises an elaborate plan to help him escape prison by purposely getting himself imprisoned. In addition to the 22 regular episodes, a special, "Behind the Walls", was aired on October 11, 2005.

A total of ten actors received star billing in the first season, with numerous supporting roles. Filming took place mostly in and around the Chicago area; Fox River was represented by Joliet Prison, which had closed in 2002. Critical reviews of the first season were generally favorable. Season one was released on DVD in Region One as a six-disc boxed set under the title of Prison Break: Season One on August 8, 2006.

Production

Crew

The season was produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Original Television and 20th Century Fox Television. The executive producers were creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein, Neal H. Moritz, Dawn Parouse, Brett Ratner and Matt Olmstead.[1] The staff writers were Scheuring, co-executive producers Nick Santora and Zack Estrin, supervising producer Karyn Usher and Olmstead.[1] The regular director throughout the season was Bobby Roth; additional directors were Jace Alexander, Matt Earl Beesley and Dwight H. Little.[1] Its incidental music was composed by Ramin Djawadi.[1]

Filming

Most of the first season of the series was filmed on location in and around Chicago.[2][3] After it was closed down in 2002, Joliet Prison became the set of Prison Break in 2005, standing in as Fox River State Penitentiary on screen. Scenes set in Lincoln's cell, the infirmary and the prison yard were all shot on location at the prison.[4] Lincoln's cell is the same one in which John Wayne Gacy was incarcerated. Most of the production crew refused to enter the cell, thinking that it was haunted.[2] Other sets were built at the prison, including the cell blocks that housed the general prison population; these blocks had three tiers of cells (as opposed to the real cell block's two) and had cells much larger than real cells to allow more space for the actors and cameras.[4] Exterior scenes were filmed in areas around Chicago, Woodstock, and Joliet in Illinois. Other locations included O'Hare International Airport in Chicago and Toronto, Ontario in Canada. Prison Break spent $2 million per episode in the state of Illinois, which cost them a total of $24 million in 2005.[2]

Cast

Main characters

Recurring characters

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Release

Critical reception

Metacritic gave the season a Metascore—a weighted average based on the impressions of a select 32 critical reviews—of 65, signifying generally favorable reviews.[5] Based on its strong opening, The New York Times dubbed Prison Break "more intriguing than most of the new network series, and ... one of the most original" and a "suspenseful thriller", complimenting its "authentic look".[6] Entertainment Weekly called it an "original drama", noting the show's "edge-of-the-seat action".[7] On the other hand, however, The Washington Post criticized the show for its "somber pretentiousness" and "uniformly overwrought [performances]".[8]

Ratings

The two-hour pilot episode garnered approximately 10.5 million viewers, giving Fox its "best summertime Monday numbers since episodes of Melrose Place and Ally McBeal aired there in September 1998."[9] The show's first season attracted an average audience of 10 million viewers each week, with "End of the Tunnel" reaching 12 million viewers, and led the debuts of television in the 2005 American fall season.[10] Prison Break was originally planned for a 13-episode run, but was extended to include an extra nine episodes due to its popularity.[11]

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot"Brett RatnerPaul ScheuringAugust 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)1AKJ7910.51[12]
22"Allen"Michael W. WatkinsPaul ScheuringAugust 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)1AKJ0110.51[12]
33"Cell Test"Brad TurnerMichael PavoneSeptember 5, 2005 (2005-09-05)1AKJ028.49[13]
44"Cute Poison"Matt Earl BeesleyMatt OlmsteadSeptember 12, 2005 (2005-09-12)1AKJ039.15[14]
55"English, Fitz or Percy"Randall ZiskZack EstrinSeptember 19, 2005 (2005-09-19)1AKJ047.96[15]
66"Riots, Drills and the Devil (Part 1)"Robert MandelNick SantoraSeptember 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)1AKJ058.55[16]
77"Riots, Drills and the Devil (Part 2)"Vern GillumKaryn UsherOctober 3, 2005 (2005-10-03)1AKJ069.48[17]
88"The Old Head"Jace AlexanderMonica MacerOctober 24, 2005 (2005-10-24)1AKJ0710.12[18]
99"Tweener"Matt Earl BeesleyPaul ScheuringOctober 31, 2005 (2005-10-31)1AKJ089.01[19]
1010"Sleight of Hand"Dwight H. LittleNick SantoraNovember 7, 2005 (2005-11-07)1AKJ098.06[20]
1111"And Then There Were 7"Jesús Salvador TreviñoZack EstrinNovember 14, 2005 (2005-11-14)1AKJ109.58[21]
1212"Odd Man Out"Bobby RothKaryn UsherNovember 21, 2005 (2005-11-21)1AKJ1110.08[22]
1313"End of the Tunnel"Sanford BookstaverPaul ScheuringNovember 28, 2005 (2005-11-28)1AKJ1212.18[23]
1414"The Rat"Kevin HooksMatt OlmsteadMarch 20, 2006 (2006-03-20)1AKJ139.28[24]
1515"By the Skin and the Teeth"Fred GerberNick SantoraMarch 27, 2006 (2006-03-27)1AKJ1410.07[25]
1616"Brother's Keeper"Greg YaitanesZack EstrinApril 3, 2006 (2006-04-03)1AKJ158.10[26]
1717"J-Cat"Guy FerlandKaryn UsherApril 10, 2006 (2006-04-10)1AKJ168.12[27]
1818"Bluff"Jace AlexanderNick Santora & Karyn UsherApril 17, 2006 (2006-04-17)1AKJ178.18[28]
1919"The Key"Sergio Mimica-GezzanTeleplay: Zack Estrin & Matt Olmstead
Story: Paul Scheuring		April 24, 2006 (2006-04-24)1AKJ188.63[29]
2020"Tonight"Bobby RothZack EstrinMay 1, 2006 (2006-05-01)1AKJ198.54[30]
2121"Go"Dean WhiteMatt OlmsteadMay 8, 2006 (2006-05-08)1AKJ209.13[31]
2222"Flight"Kevin HooksPaul ScheuringMay 15, 2006 (2006-05-15)1AKJ2110.24[32]

Home media release

Prison Break: The Complete First Season
Set details Special features
  • 22 episodes
  • 6-disc set
  • 1.78:1 aspect ratio
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
Audio commentaries
  • "Pilot"
  • "Cute Poison"
  • "Riots, Drills and the Devil, Part 1"
  • "Riots, Drills and the Devil, Part 2"
  • "Odd Man Out"
  • "Brother's Keeper"
  • Deleted scenes
  • The Making of Prison Break
  • If These Walls Could Speak: Profile of the Joliet Correctional Center featurette
  • Beyond the Ink tattoo featurette
  • Fox Movie Channel Presents Making a Scene
  • TV Spots
Release dates
 United States
 Canada 		 United Kingdom  Australia
 New Zealand
August 8, 2006[33] September 18, 2006[34] September 12, 2006[35]

References

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  7. ^ Rice, Lynette (October 13, 2005). "Get caught up on "Prison Break"". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 14, 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  9. ^ Collins, Scott (August 31, 2005). "Strong debut for 'Prison Break'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
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  11. ^ Horonzy, Andy (November 29, 2006). "The Prison Break fall finale: Give us a break!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 5, 2005. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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