prison break john doe (14/22)
22.00–23.00

The acclaimed prison escape drama continues tonight. In this episode, Michael and Lincoln are back on the run with their unlikely ally; T-Bag reveals his true colours; and Bellick makes a dangerous mistake back at Fox River.

After last week’s double-crossing masterclass, in which Kellerman rescued Lincoln and Michael from Mahone’s clutches, the brothers are on the run once again and Mahone has been left bleeding courtesy of a Kellerman gunshot – much to the displeasure of Agent Kim, Mahone’s supervisor at the Company. Lincoln is also unsure that this turn of events is going to end well, recalling that their supposed saviour is the very same man who tried to kill him before the escape. After forcing Kellerman to pull over and wrestling his gun from him, Lincoln asks the agent for a good reason not to execute him on the spot. “I can give you the one thing that can set you free,” responds Kellerman calmly. “I know where Terrence Steadman is.” Both Lincoln and Michael know that if Steadman, the man who Lincoln was supposed to have murdered, can be produced, then Lincoln will be exonerated. But can they really trust Kellerman to make good on his promise?

Back in Kansas, T-Bag has finally managed to track down someone from his own past – Susan, the woman whose testimony put him in Fox River. In an attempt to protect her children from the horrible truth that ‘Uncle Teddy’ had been incarcerated for paedophilia and homicide, Susan had explained away his sudden absence by telling them that he had gone to work on an oil rig. So when the kids get home, they’re delighted to see that he has returned – and T-Bag is looking forward to getting his ‘family’ back. But when Susan’s son overhears T-Bag threatening her, the truth comes out – and T-Bag decides that drastic measures may be required to get what he wants.

Bellick, meanwhile, is dealing with the new and unpleasant experience of captivity. He’s back at Fox River, but has discovered that his position as an ex-guard is not as useful as he thought it would be. So when a huge inmate lets him know that he’s going to be calling the shots from now on, Bellick decides to take matters into his own hands and knocks his tormentor out in the cafeteria. When one of his old guard friends later tells him that the other prisoners think he’s crazy, Bellick smugly thinks that he’s sent a message that he’s not to be messed with – but it turns out that he’s actually made a huge mistake. The inmate he felled has connections with the guards on nights – who are planning on teaching Bellick a lesson. Bellick asks the guard if there’s anything he can do to protect him, but it’s not looking good: “There is nothing I can do now but warn you to watch your back,” he replies unhelpfully. Has Bellick dug his own grave?

Also this week, C-Note is devastated when he learns that Kacie’s efforts to help him have ended in her incarceration. Mahone learns the hard way that resigning from his post isn’t going to be that easy. And Michael shocks everyone when he makes a dangerous decision.