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Prison Break
Season Four
SERIES: Fox, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)

7.0 based on 5 reviews read critic reviews how did we calculate this? based on 20 votes read user comments rate this tv show

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Starring Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies, Michael Rapaport, and Robert Knepper

Michael is reunited with Lincoln, as well as a couple of familiar faces, as they seek to rid themselves of The Company once and for all.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Paul T. Scheuring
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 1, 2008

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83

Entertainment Weekly Aubry D’Arminio

Three major characters are killed tonight within the first hour of a pretty stellar premiere.

80

New York Daily News David Hinckley

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.

60

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs

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).

50

TV Guide Matt Roush

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.

30

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

I only made it through the first hour and then I gave up.

The average user rating for this tv show is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 20 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

W K. gave it a0:
Uncomparable to seasons 1,2,3.. Cuts in budget, random storyline.. Goodbye prison break!!!

David A. gave it an8:
I agree with Colby, you have to suspend your beliefs to enjoy this season lol I really miss first season where it was so fast paced and i enjoyed it alot.

ck gave it a10:
One of the best shows on tv.

raza a. gave it a0:
I cannot say how stupid the story line is, and how they dont even pretend to try to have to make the remotest possible sense. i am forced to watch because i have to finish what i start but this is possibly the worst storyline I have seen in a decade. the hammy romantic scenes... the same music that always accompanies any scene where sarah tancredi's face happens to appear by chance.. somebody shoot me.

Liam G. gave it an8:
After last years poor performance, prison break is back with an awesome opener. While you have to put aside the lame parts, like bring sarah back, the tattoo removal scene so the make up guys didn't have to keep working on miller, and the fact Michael Rapaport seems out of place in anything other than a comedy, just treat it as a new show with the same great characters who have a whole new plot.

Colby S. gave it a7:
Sure, it's not the most intellectual show on TV, but it's fun. I was entertained the entire time despite the suspension of disbelief required. Far easier to watch than last season, I'll tune in next week.

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