Sara is found alive and well, but Bellick dies when he sacrifices himself to help the team. Michael and Lincoln are recruited by Homeland security agent Don Self to recover a device named Syclla, which they believe contains information on The Company and could expose the conspiracy. But when they get to an air field their escape plane is nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile the Fox River Eight hatch their plan and successfully break out of the prison. Sara reluctantly helps, but her guilt drives her to overdose on pills.

He tells her about his plan to break out of the prison, and asks her to leave the infirmary door unlocked on the night of the escape. Michael and Sara become romantically involved. Michael reveals that his architecture firm had previously worked on retrofitting Fox River, meaning that he had access to its blueprints.īefore the robbery, he spent four months having a huge tattoo inked on to his torso, which contains the plans to the prison and details of their escape plot.Īs the men prepare to escape Michael feigns diabetes in order to get daily access to the infirmary, with the intention of stealing a key from Sara.

After Lincoln is imprisoned, Michael stages a bank robbery and is sent to Fox River where he meets inmates such as John Abruzzi – who helps to arrange a getaway plane, and Charles Westmoreland – also known as DB Cooper, who has $5 million hidden in cash.

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