Prison Break Is Canceled

It is about time! This show could only sustain so much of a decent plot line, canceling it would have been more prudent. It will miss out on having its 100th episode though, which usually takes place during a fifth season.

But after four seasons, it is official --- Prison Break and Wentworth Miller are no longer hot. They're so 2005!

According to EW:

The final string of episodes will kick off April 17, but exactly how many episodes there will be is an open question. "We've got our remaining batch of four episodes and then there are a couple more we're contemplating," says network prez Kevin Reilly, adding that the four-year old Prison has simply run its course. "The show is played out."

But why do I get a feeling that spin-off rumors from last year is going to happen?

Prison Break SpinOff Update

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Changes to the Prison Break spinoff has been revealed at the TCA conference (Television Critiques) when Fox announced what viewers should expect from their upcoming program line-up.

Initially, producers of the series had planned on introducing a female character Michael Scolfield will meet in Prison Break. This female character would eventually set the framework for the spin-off series. But as a result of the strike last season, that idea is now scratched. And the producers have decided to do things differently, saying the spin-off, tentatively entitled Cherry Hill --- "is more like a "CSI: NY"; more of a brand spinoff than a character spinoff."

Cherry Hill is set at a women's correctional facility. There are no cast announcements as of this time.

What's your take on the Prison Break spinoff?

T-Bag on New York Magazine

One thing I've missed now that I'm not watching Prison Break? Robert Knepper. Here he is seen kissing Wentworth Miller. LOL!

As T-Bag, Knepper turned his character into the Hannibal Lecter of TV. I think that, removing all those women falling for Wenty aside, he would have to have the biggest fanbase on Prison Break.

Here are some excerpts of his interview with NYMag:

Do people ever get freaked out when they see you out and about?
One time I was at a hotel in Dallas waiting for the elevator, and the doors opened and there was this idyllic, blonde, blue-eyed couple — they looked like they were from, like, Denver. "Rocky Mountain High" should have been playing behind them. She's kind of cooing in his ear, and she turns as the doors open and sees me and literally swallows a scream. And then she immediately turned beet red because she realized that I was the actor, not the character, obviously. That's a great feeling — to affect people that deeply. At least they feel something. I just don't like it when my little boy is bleeding and somebody comes up to me and says, "Do you mind if I get a picture?"

Does it get weird sometimes — playing a total psycho and then going home and being a loving dad?
Well, I have that reentry period of driving home. You get home and it's, "Papa, let's play!" It’s the great equalizer. He is my life. I draw on that passion, that love, in a way, to play one of the most demented characters ever. I know it sounds like a dichotomy, but you'll see: When you have a child, your work will get even better. You're so focused. You really start to feel like, I would do anything, anything to protect my family. Including kill.

When is he going to be old enough to watch the show?
Oh, I don't know. 35? No, maybe 12. I'm sure he's going to be exposed to a lot worse by the time he's 10. He's going to look at it and say, "Oh please, Papa was playing a racist pedophile. That's nothing!"