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Prison Break: Season 4
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 29, 2005
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Metascore
63 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Aubry D’Arminio
    83
    Three major characters are killed tonight within the first hour of a pretty stellar premiere.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    80
    Now it must find a way to become more than a routine action drama pitting plucky good guys against amoral, robotic bad guys. It's got the characters who can do that, though, and it's also streamlined its story enough so even a new viewer can figure out what's going on from tonight's back-to-back premiere episodes.
  3. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Cynthia Fuchs
    60
    It's especially good when the mission is as preposterous as this one. True to Prison Break form, the new season is laid out as a series of tasks, the retrieval of The Company's most vital information, stored on what is essentially a digital black book (as opposed to hole).
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    50
    The frantically violent mayhem, including a tasteless cannibalism gag, is paced swiftly enough that you can almost ignore the silliness of a show that isn't above resurrecting characters long thought dead. Still, it beats last year's miserable detour in a Panamanian sweatbox.
  5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    30
    I only made it through the first hour and then I gave up.
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User Score
6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. Marc
    9
    Excellent show, fantastic cast and what a finale. The fina feature lengthl show was brilliant especially how they explained how Micheals character made his final break.… Full Review »
  2. JohnH
    9
    The first two seasons of this show are every bit as good, if not better, than the first five seasons of the TV show 24. The third season only has thirteen episodes. I think because of the writer strike they had to cut back. I would say it was almost as good as the first two. The fourth and final season of the show is probably on par to slighty better than the third volume. The Gretchen Morgan character added something special to the show and made the third season. Prison Break is a very under rated show. The acting, plot, and action are incredible. Teabag, and Alex Mahougn are probably the best actors on the show. Veronica Donavan was a very good character in the show, as well as Sarah Tancredi. To get you interested, this show starts off where Lincoln Burrows, the main character's brother, is on death row for a crime he really didn't commit. Later he finds out that he was set up by the Vice President, Caroline Reynolds. Lincoln's brother tries to get him out of prison before he is exacuted. This show has a spectactular plot going for it. You must see this!… Full Review »
  3. PeterG.
    8
    F you all who gave it red score! how many shows have you seen?! how much of your brain do you use durin watching?! Don't be silly!
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