15. By the Skin and the Teeth

Lincoln is surprised to see a specific man in the watching room. The judge calls and halts the execution. Lincoln tells Scofield that the man he saw was their presumed-dead father. The judge states that he has received a document showing a discrepancy in the coroner 's reports and orders an exhumation of Steadman's body. Scofield formulates a new plan to reach the infirmary through the asylum. He gets a guard uniform from Sucre's cousin, Manche Sanchez, who does laundry work. At night, he enters the yard from a hatch in disguise and finds the way through the asylum, but burns his back while returning.

Bellick accuses Sucre of burning Scofield, while Tancredi finds C.O. uniform fabric in the burn wound. The test on Steadman's body surprisingly shows a dental match, confirming him dead. Cameras show that Lincoln's father brought the new report; he is a member of The Company and Lincoln was not set up at random. Scofield realizes that a key part of his tattoo has burned away.