After the series finale of Season 4 (2009) implied Michael Scofield died from a brain tumor, Season 5 retcons his death, revealing he’s alive, imprisoned in a brutal Yemeni prison called , and caught up in a vast conspiracy linked to a shadowy organization called Poseidon .
| Actor | Character | Role | |-------|-----------|------| | Wentworth Miller | Michael Scofield | Genius engineer, presumed dead, now prisoner in Yemen | | Dominic Purcell | Lincoln Burrows | Michael’s brother, now struggling with life after Michael’s “death” | | Sarah Wayne Callies | Dr. Sara Tancredi | Married to Jacob (below), raising Michael’s son, Mike | | Paul Adelstein | Paul Kellerman | Now a U.S. Secret Service agent | | Rockmond Dunbar | Benjamin “C-Note” Miles | Working security overseas | | Robert Knepper | Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell | Given a high-tech prosthetic hand and cryptic letter from Michael | | Amaury Nolasco | Fernando Sucre | Working as an informant for Kellerman | | Mark Feuerstein | Jacob Anton Ness (Poseidon) | Sara’s new husband, the main villain | | Inbar Lavi | Sheba | C-Note’s contact in Yemen, Lincoln’s love interest | | Augustus Prew | Whip (David Martin) | Michael’s protégé in Ogygia, later revealed as T-Bag’s son | prison break season five
The former villain-turned-ally returns briefly, reminding viewers of the show's complex history with morality. After the series finale of Season 4 (2009)
The second half of the season shifts from a prison break to a manhunt. Michael, Lincoln, C-Note, and Sucre (who appears later) try to make their way back to the United States while being pursued by Cyclops (an ISIS operative) and rogue CIA agents. Secret Service agent | | Rockmond Dunbar |
Lincoln reunites with C-Note, who has found a way into Yemen. They plan to break Michael out of Ogygia Prison. Meanwhile, Sara, now remarried to a man named Jacob, discovers that her husband may have darker connections to the conspiracy than she realized.
: Many reviews noted that seeing the Scofield-Burrows clan back together provided a "joyous return" for die-hard fans.
Michael, Lincoln, C-Note, and a fellow inmate (Whip) escape Ogygia during the chaos. They survive a sniper attack. Sara escapes the US with Mike and goes into hiding with Kellerman’s help.