End of the Tunnel

End of the Tunnel (episode)
Season:	1
Episode:	13
Production Number:	1AKJ12
U.S. Air date:	November 28, 2005
UK Air date:	April 17, 2006
Director:	Sanford Bookstaver
Writer:	Paul Scheuring
Episode Guide
Previous:	"Odd Man Out"
Next:	"The Rat"

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"End of the Tunnel" is the thirteenth episode of the first season of Prison Break and the thirteenth episode overall. In this episode, Michael finds his plan has gone wrong and has to rethink the escape.

Storyline

In Fox River

Abruzzi is flown out of the prison to a hospital after his throat was cut with a razor blade by T-Bag. With Lincoln now in the SHU, the five remaining inmates discuss what is going to happen. Michael wants to postpone the breakout until he finds a way to get Burrows out of solitary confinement in the 32 hours until his execution. However, the other four conspirators want to go as soon as possible. It becomes clear to Michael that the escape is happening that night.

After praying for Burrows with the prison priest, Michael gives a crucifix necklace to the priest asking to send it to Burrows. The priest agrees and gives it to Burrows in confinement. Burrows finds that the crucifix has been tampered with, and after pulling it apart he discovers a hollow area in the back of the cross contains a small black pill, along with a tiny piece of paper that reads "EAT 8:10". Michael had hidden it previously to get Lincoln into the infirmary. Lincoln takes the pill at 8:10 pm, 50 minutes before the breakout, and suddenly collapses onto the ground, grasping his stomach. The guards promptly deliver him to the infirmary and Dr. Tancredi tells him that she believes he has had food poisoning.

The five escapees use the series of pipes to crawl to the vent underneath the infirmary, where Michael's group needs to enter to proceed to the wire that they must all crawl across to escape. However, when they arrive at the maintenance room which was right beneath the infirmary, Michael realizes the pipe which he had corroded previously, had been replaced. The team stares at Michael and the pipe which now effectively prevents the team from escaping through the infirmary. After a struggle to break the pipe with the help of leverage and Lincoln, trying to push down onto the pipe from above, the group is unsuccessful. Dumbfounded and distressed, Michael says "We're not getting out of here." The episode ends with T-Bag pulling out a shank and threatening Michael, "Unfortunately pretty, that ain't an option."

Veronica and Hale

Agent Hale calls Veronica and tells her he has information that could exonerate Lincoln Burrows for the murder of the Vice President's brother. Hale gives Veronica a time and place to meet. Once they meet, Hale is prepared to give Veronica papers with the names of everyone involved in framing Lincoln. Before Veronica can get the envelope, Agent Kellerman shows up and murders Hale, unaware that Veronica is watching.

Appearances

First

• Dede Franklin
• Kacee Franklin
• Darius Morgan
• Bullock
• Samantha Brinker
• Holly
• Angela West
• Kurt
• Spider
• L. Coco

Deaths

• Daniel Hale

Cast

Starring Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield Robin Tunney as Veronica Donovan Peter Stormare as John Abruzzi Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre Marshall Allman as Lincoln "LJ" Burrows Jr. (credit only) Wade Williams as Brad Bellick Paul Adelstein as Paul Kellerman Robert Knepper as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell Sarah Wayne Callies as Sara Tancredi Guest Starring Muse Watson as Charles Westmoreland Michelle Forbes as Samantha Brinker Rockmond Dunbar as Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin Danny McCarthy as Daniel Hale Frank Grillo as Nick Savrinn Mike Jones as Darius Morgan Matt DeCaro as Roy Geary Patricia Wettig as Caroline Reynolds Stacy Keach as Henry Pope

Co-Starring Phillip Edward Van Lear as C.O. Patterson Tom McElroy as Reverend Mailor Jennifer Kern as Allison DuShon Brown as Nurse Katie Welch Karin Anglin as Angela West Christian Stolte as C.O. Stolte Javon Johnson as C.O. #1 Lea Coco as C.O. #2 Eric Lane as Spider Helena Klevorn as Dede Cynthia Kaye McWilliams as Kacee Jacqueline Williams as Crooked Reporter David Gee as Producer Joey Honsa as Reporter Kurt Naebig as C.O. Kurt Tory O. Davis as Orderly Manny Sosa as Janitor Chuck Stubbings as EMT #1 Terry Berner as Electrician Uncredited Bruce Young as C.O. Bullock

Cast notes

• Nine of ten starring cast members appear in this episode.
• Starring cast member Marshall Allman (Lincoln "LJ" Burrows Jr.) does not appear in this episode.
• This is the last episode that Peter Stormare (John Abruzzi) is part of the main cast. When he returns in "The Key", he is a guest star from then on.

Trivia

• End of the Tunnel refers to the situation the team faced at the end of this episode - the tunnel that led them to the escape was blocked.
• "End of the Tunnel" was also the final episode to be aired in 2005 in the United States and Canada as it was the last episode in the first batch of thirteen episodes ordered by Fox. The series was extended to a full season of twenty-two episodes by Fox on September 29, 2005 due to its popularity. The hiatus allowed the production to catch up and the next episode was aired on March 20, 2006.
• This episode attracted an average of 12.1 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, making it the most-watched episode in the series so far.[3]
• A clip of this episode's final scene was used in the 63rd Golden Globe Awards during the announcement of Prison Break's nomination in the category of "Best Television Series - Drama".
• The song heard in the background when the team gets ready for the escape is "The Outsider (Apocalypse Mix)" by A Perfect Circle.

Alternative end

The alternative end ends just like the episode does, only a few glimpses at the same time are seen.