You know how I mentioned yesterday that I got bored watching "Gossip Girl"? Well, triple that boredom and you have how I felt watching Fox's "Prison Break" (8 p.m. Monday, WPGH), which returns Monday with a two-hour fourth season premiere. I only made it through the first hour and then I gave up.
Truth be told, I gave up on "Prison Break" after the first season. The show had a great concept, but it was basically exhausted once they, ya know, BROKE OUT OF PRISON.
"Prison Break" probably reached its nadir of sadism last season when Dr. Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies) lost her head off-camera. Her beloved, prison breaker, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller, interviewed here in July), was understandably upset and he's in a revenge-minded mood as the new season starts.
By the end of the first hour, he's feeling much better as Sarah, with her head intact, is returned to him. Then it's onto the next ridiculous distant goal: Stealing a black book belonging to "The Company" on behalf of the U.S. government. Why the feds need help from a bunch of prison escapees is beyond me, but making sense is not a "Prison Break" strong suit. When this motley crew heads toward an Air Force plane, the audience is told they got access to it because "this guy called in a favor." Again, not so much with the making sense.
Michael rouses the troops, saying, "We're all a long way from where this started but what I can guarantee you is if we do this thing right we'll be close to where it ends: Freedom. Finally."
If the show stays true to fulfilling that promise, this show will end. Finally.
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Posted
Aug 29 2008, 05:00 AM
by
Rob Owen