Meanwhile, this is a beautifully shot show, running natively in 16x9 letterbox and complemented with remarkably moody cinematography. Each episode of Prison Break is clearly constructed, further developing the plot points, the background of characters, and the conspiracy at hand. There may be chaos within the prison, but the people behind the cameras are not affected. It's difficult enough to conjure up likeable characters, but Prison Break is engulfed in lead and secondary players who are murderers and rapists, and yet you like them anyway, and you want them to succeed. Meanwhile, Robert Knepper plays "T-Bag," a violent homosexual inmate who wants Scofield to become his "bitch." At one moment, these characters are the enemy and in the next, they are helping Scofield dig a hole out of the place. One of our favorites, Peter Stomare, whose credits include Fargo and Constantine, plays a convicted hitman who cuts off Scofield's toe, but eventually becomes his ally. Wentworth has a quiet, but powerful presence about him that makes him a strong lead, but his supporting cast is no slouch, either. Disbelief would be difficult to suspend were the show not brought to life with the highest of production values and some truly memorable, lovable characters, the latter of which are made possible by some commendable actors. By mid-season, Scofield is rummaging through the prison hallways at night and cutting pills out of his body by day he's making regular trips to the prison doctor to take insulin and secretly smuggling in medicine to counter-act the effects of the drug, which he doesn't need he's forging alliances with and making enemies of other prisoners and through all of this, secret service agents on the outside are tracking down his loved ones and killing them.
If all this sounds downright crazy, it's just the beginning. Scofield smuggles the blueprints for the facility and his escape plan in on himself, literally - these necessities are disguised within a traditional tattoo that blankets the character's upper torso and arms.
With this in mind, the cool, stoic and always-planning character, played convincingly by newcomer Wentworth Miller, embarks upon an outlandish scheme that will travel him to prison so that he can break his brother out. Scofield is not only a super whiz, but also one of the architects who designed the very prison that surrounds his brother.
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