Air date: 11/28/05

Just hours before Lincoln's execution, the team makes its desperate and daring break for it, while outside a guilt-ridden conspirator betrays the others.

The Rat

Air date: 3/20/06

After the failed escape attempt, Michael tries desperately to have Lincoln's execution postponed. Meanwhile, Sara pleads Lincoln's case to her father, the governor.

By the Skin & the Teeth

Air date: 3/27/06

Lincoln's execution is stayed by a last-minute phone call, but not before he glimpses a man he believes to be his father. And, as Michael works on a new escape plan, Veronica has a corpse exhumed in her attempt to prove Lincoln's innocence.

Brother's Keeper

Air date: 4/3/06

A series of flashbacks reveals the origins of Michael's plans and how each of the escapees landed in Fox River Penitentiary.