Season 1, Episode 1 – Aired: 8/29/2005 Pilot
Michael Scofield, a structural engineer, attempts to rob a bank in order to get incarcerated at Fox River State Penitentiary, where his brother Lincoln Burrows, accused of murdering the Vice President's brother, is scheduled to be executed. At Fox River, Michael approaches a number of inmates, all of whom play an important role in his plan to free his brother from the inside. Meanwhile, Secret Service Agents Kellerman and Hale are determined to make sure the execution goes through as planned. Lincoln's son, LJ, gets into trouble.
第一集
迈克尔-斯科菲尔德在完成了最后一幅刺青第二天,持枪抢劫了一家银行。被捕后他非常合作地承认了罪行,法官因此同意了他的要求,判处迈克尔在芝加哥近郊的福克斯河监狱服刑五年。
迈克尔被安排在A楼40号牢房,室友菲尔南多-苏克雷自告奋勇向他介绍监狱的各色人物,但是迈克尔只想见到一个人:被判死刑的哥哥林肯-巴罗斯。但是要接近林肯就必须进入监狱工厂工作,而工厂掌握在昔日的黑帮老大、
今日的监狱风云人物约翰-阿布兹的手中。
迈克尔告诉前来探监的律师维罗妮卡别在他的案子上耗费时间,林肯是被诬陷的,他没有谋杀副总统的弟弟,如果她仍念及昔日与林肯的恋情,就应该尽力查明事件真相。远在华盛顿特区,特别探员黑尔和克勒曼对林肯的死刑感到担忧,因为主教迈克莫罗打算替林肯争取缓期执行。
阿布兹接到手下传来的消息,有人知道了令他入狱的证人的下落,而在监狱的医疗室,萨拉医生发觉迈克尔对注射胰岛素的反应非常奇怪,迈克尔立刻要求犯人“便条”替他去弄伪装成I型糖尿病患者所需的药物。
迈克尔如愿进入了监狱工厂并见到了哥哥,林肯认为越狱是根本不可能的事情,迈克尔向他展示了隐藏在纹身中的秘密:福克斯河监狱的设计蓝图。
Season 1, Episode 2 – Aired: 8/29/2005 Allen
Michael seeks the help of his fellow prison inhabitants to execute his escape plans. Racial tensions escalate inside the prison.