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1. Pilot

Lincoln Burrows is currently on death row and scheduled to die in a few months for an assassination his younger brother Michael is convinced he did not commit. With no other options and time winding down, Michael takes drastic measures to get himself incarcerated alongside his brother in Fox River State Penitentiary. Once he's inside, Michael - a structural engineer with the blueprints for the prison - begins to execute an elaborate plan to break Lincoln out and prove him innocent. When Michael arrives at Fox River State Penitentiary, he meets the prison denizens who will, unknowingly, help in his escape plans - his cellmate, the lovelorn Sucre; beautiful prison doctor Dr. Sara Tancredi, who happens to be the governor's daughter; former mob boss John Abruzzi; and Warden Henry Pope. Meanwhile, outside the prison walls, the brothers' childhood friend and Lincoln's lost love, attorney Veronica Donovan, works within the law to free them; Lincoln's teenage son LJ may be going down a path similar to his convicted father's; and Secret Service Agent Paul Kellerman's investigation into Lincoln's case proves that there may be a national conspiracy.

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Chicago structural engineer Michael Scofield gets himself imprisoned in Fox River State Penitentiary as part of an elaborate plan to break out his brother, Lincoln Burrows, who is facing execution for the murder of the Vice President 's brother, but denies the charge. Arriving at the prison, Scofield attracts the displeasure of C.O. head Brad Bellick and befriends his cellmate Fernando Sucre. He forces mob boss John Abruzzi to recruit him into the Prison Industries (P.I.) program by proving that he knows the location of Fibonacci, the only witness against Abruzzi.

Scofield also meets Charles Westmoreland, who is believed to be D. B. Cooper; Dr. Sara Tancredi, who injects him with insulin because of his apparent diabetes; and Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin, who can provide him with an insulin-blocking drug. Scofield agrees to help the warden, Henry Pope, construct a model of the Taj Mahal. Scofield reunites with his brother and reveals that his mysterious full-body tattoo contains the prison's blueprints; meanwhile, Lincoln's son, L.J. Burrows, is arrested for drug dealing. The Secret Service is revealed to be part of a conspiracy against Lincoln. Veronica Donovan, a lawyer and Lincoln's former girlfriend, begins to believe his innocence.

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