Alexander Mahone

Template:Prison Break character FBI Agent Alexander Mahone, played by William Fichtner, is a fictional character from the Fox television series Prison Break.

Appearances

Alexander Mahone was introduced as a new character in the premiere episode of the second season of the series. He plays a prominent role in the second season and has appeared in every episode so far. Mahone was a 14-year veteran of the FBI he has a master's degree in criminology and law from University of Michigan. After Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) successfully orchestrated the escape of eight prisoners from Fox River Penitentiary, he was assigned to spearhead the task force assembled to bring in the fugitives. Mahone was shot and possibly killed by Paul Kellerman.

Season 2

Mahone quickly proves his status as a capable adversary against Michael when he discovers the secret of his tattoos and profiles Michael's meticulous scheme while combing his former apartment. His first step in cracking the code is unravelling Michael's coded tattoo message "Ripe Chance Woods" and finds the location of Michael's supplies stockpile just moments after the fugitives have excavated it.

Hidden behind a tree in the cemetery, Michael saw Mahone surreptitiously ingest a small blue pill that had been hidden inside his pen at the headstone of E. Chance Woods; before giving the "Fox River 8" press conference, Mahone found himself conflicted as to whether or not to carry the pill-concealing pen. In a later episode, "Scan", Mahone pops another pill in full view of his fellow agents when reminded of the failed manhunt for a fugitive named Oscar Shales. Mahone carries Shales's file with him as a constant reminder of the price for failure; during the pursuit, Mahone grew increasingly despondent over the murders that Shales continued to commit while evading the FBI, and eventually tracked Shales down and killed him personally, covering up the murder.

Mahone further proved his quality by narrowly decoding Lincoln Burrows' (Dominic Purcell) message to his son — "on the third, look out for Otis Wright; keep your head up" — and subsequently preventing Michael and Lincoln from breaking L.J. (Marshall Allman) out of the Cook County Courthouse in episode "Otis". After Michael and Lincoln fled on foot, Mahone assigns the agents to report to him on the status of the eight fugitives, particularly information regarding Michael Scofield. Tracking the cellphone that Michael used to call the voicemail-box, Mahone and Wheeler reached mile-marker 12 on Route 38 in time to witness the explosion of the brothers' Honda Accord.

The first fugitive Mahone tracks down is John Abruzzi (Peter Stormare) who was setup for fake tip that Otto Fibonacci is staying in a Washington, D.C. hotel room. Abruzzi decides not to surrender and is shot dead by federal agents. At the day's end, Agent Wheeler tells Mahone that headquarters is unhappy with the way he handled the situation and believes he engineered the situation so that capturing Abruzzi alive was impossible. Mahone is later told that lab tests revealed that the blood left behind at the Route 38 crash scene was pig blood, indicating that the crash was staged. Mahone is reminded of Oscar Shales and becomes agitated after Agent Wheeler leaves.

The next day, Mahone is seen outside with a dealer, who gives him a container of midazolam pills. Mahone tells the dealer that he no longer needs him as an informant for the Shales case, he only wants to be supplied with the pills on a periodic basis.

Mahone eventually discovers what Michael had discerned — the identity of Charles Westmoreland (Muse Watson) as D. B. Cooper and the location of his hidden cash within a 64-mile radius around Salt Lake City, Utah. He scores his second victory when he captures David "Tweener" Apolskis (Lane Garrison) in Tooele, who he later kills after confessing to the murder of Oscar Shales. Mahone then makes it appear that Tweener grabbed his gun and Mahone was forced to shoot him.

In the episode "Dead Fall", Mahone was initally questioned by Internal Affairs agent Richard Sullins as to how Tweener managed to get his gun. Sullins said he grow with a poor abusive father in Detroit. The agent was certain Mahone was hiding something, especially given the prior death of Abruzzi, but was forced to end his questioning when ordered to do so. It was then revealed that Mahone has been working for Agent Paul Kellerman. His orders are to kill every last one of the escapees. In the following episode, it was revealed that Mahone murdered Oscar Shales and buried him in his yard. Moreover, he has a son and ex-wife, Pamela Mahone, who live in Durango, Colorado.

Mahone heads to Gila, New Mexico where he finds Michael Scofield and Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies) but fails to kill or capture them. He is trapped inside an abandoned factory by Michael instead. In the next episode he is released by William Kim, and it is apparent that he is being blackmailed by the company with the information of Oscar Shales and his son.

Mahone once again tracks down Scofield, who is about to flee to Mexico with his father, Lincoln and Sucre. Mahone kills Michael's father in a gun battle but Michael, Lincoln, and Sucre escape. However, Mahone soon finds Michael and Lincoln again, this time ramming their car off the road. Mahone then has the two injured brothers at gun point, and intends to murder them but the Border Patrol shows up and forces him to lower his gun.

After the police take Scofield and Burrows into custody, Mahone attempts to get control over their transportation back to prison so he can kill them. After failing at this he is shocked to receive a phone call from Kim ordering him to murder the brothers in the holding cell. Mahone protests, pointing out that to do so in plain view of several armed Border Patrol officers would be tantamount to suicide. Fortunately, Mahone receives a call from Kim ensuring him that Agent Kellerman will kill the brothers by allowing them to escape from police custody and luring them into a trap. However, Kim orders Mahone to kill Kellerman after the brothers are dead.

Scofield and Burrows escape as planned, and Mahone chases them down a service corridor in a tunnel. After finally tracking down and cornering the brothers along with Agent Kellerman, Mahone is shot by Kellerman, who wants Scofield and Burrows's help to exact revenge on the Company and President Reynolds for betraying him. It was revealed on spoilerfix.com that Mahone survives.

External links

• Official biography of Alexander Mahone at Fox.com