The Killing Box, or why Prison Break is made of awesome

Now Playing: Corinne Bailey Rae - Like a Star

Why I watch Prison Break -

• It's a conspiracy show. I cut my TV-teeth on The X-files, and so conspiracy shows always make me feel warm and fuzzy. (Unlike sitcoms, which fill me with feelings of dread and paranoia.)

• It keeps things moving along at a brisk pace. (Unlike Lost, which has spent the last two seasons giving us four seasons worth of backstory to go with half-a-season's worth of plot!)

• It has interesting, even compelling characters, who, while not always sympathetic, are fun to watch.
  

The main reason why I watch Prison Break, though, is Wentworth Miller, whose Michael Scofield is the linchpin of the show, and a total woobie to boot. Plus, he looks like this:


Dude's so pretty, they call him that on the show. Seriously. Him and Dominic Purcell (who plays his older brother, Lincoln Burrows) are pretty much the second-hottest TV brothers ever.*

So, you'll understand I thought the show was pretty good before this Monday's fall finale, "The Killing Box" aired - but then they went and just added big heaping portions of awesome, with Kellerman (Paul Adelstein) shooting his fellow Conspiracy stooge Mahone (William Fichtner) and offering his help to Michael and Lincoln in taking down the President, who's at the centre of the Conspiracy. See, Michael's uber-smart, but he's a puppy; Licoln's the proverbial all-brawns-not-all-that-much-brains - but Kellerman is smart, nonchalantly evil, and in the words of TwoP's Sobell, pretty much a magnificent bastard.

The Scofield-Burrows-Kellerman alliance, should it last longer than five minutes (given that Kellerman just tortured Dr Sara Tancredi, the object of Michael's affections, and that he murdered Lincoln's ex-wife and framed their son for the crime) promises to be a thing of absolute badassness. Too bad we'll have to wait until January 22nd to find out.

*The absolute hottest TV-brothers? Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Paladecki & Jensen Ackles, respectively, from Supernatural) -


See?