March 30, 2010

Prison Break: Season 3


I won't bullshit you - I payed five, maybe ten percent attention to the thirteen episodes of Prison Break that I "watched" yesterday and today while getting some homework done. But I'm fine with that for two reasons. One, I've already seen this season of Prison Break in full. Two, it was a terrible season. For those of you unaware of Prison Break, it's a show about a group of people who break out of a prison. The first season was very surprising; FOX seems to have a way of making their shows look absolutely terrible in previews, and I wanted no part of House, Prison Break, or Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, three decent shows, when they first aired. Seriously, the first season of Prison Break is worth watching. And then the second one is kind of the direct aftermath of the first season and is also worth looking into. By the third season, all bets are off. The guys who aren't dead are either back in prison or trying to help those guys break out of prison. For about ten episodes, nothing happens, and then suddenly just as everything comes together and things are looking decent, the writers' strike happens and we're left with an awesome cliffhanger as an unintentional finale. This season wasn't terrible, but it's a far cry from the second, which itself has nothing on the first; in general, Season 3 is entirely worth forgetting when reminiscing over Prison Break as a series. Of course, Season 4 brought in Michael Rapaport (the kiss of death for any dramatic series) and sunk to whole new levels. But more on that another time.

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