FOX BUSTS OUT NEW `BREAK'.Byline: - David Kronke ``Prison Break,'' the addictively paranoid action-thriller, returns tonight after a protracted pro·tract tr.v. pro·tract·ed, pro·tract·ing, pro·tracts 1. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations. 2. period of clemency Leniency or mercy. A power given to a public official, such as a governor or the president, to in some way lower or moderate the harshness of punishment imposed upon a prisoner. Clemency is considered to be an act of grace. from the Fox network. It's back to the saga of Michael Scofield Michael Scofield is the fictional main protagonist in the American television series, Prison Break. He is portrayed by Wentworth Miller. The character first appeared in the series pilot as a man who stages a bank robbery in order to get sent into the prison where his older (Wentworth Miller), who got arrested and incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. so that he could help break his brother of the big house. The sibling, Lincoln (Dominick Purcell), is on death row for assassinating the vice president's brother. Tonight the escape doesn't go exactly as planned - yeah, big surprise. But a loophole emerges: If the electric chair doesn't work, the convicted man is given three weeks before the next attempt at execution. So guess what happens. Well, not exactly. But there are other deus ex machinas in the world, even if you'll have to watch beyond tonight and endure more conspiracies and a little bit of inevitable narrative wheel-spinning over the next couple of episodes. It all results in the odd bit of hyperbolic hy·per·bol·ic also hy·per·bol·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or employing hyperbole. 2. Mathematics a. Of, relating to, or having the form of a hyperbola. b. craziness that routinely characterizes ``24'' (which follows ``Prison Break'' tonight) at this point in the season. If you haven't watched before, tonight's episode - and a future episode - does a serviceable job of catching you up and, perhaps, even hooking you. But remember: Nothing ever, ever, comes easy for Michael. ``Prison Break'' returns at 8 tonight on Fox (Channel 11). CAPTION(S): photo Photo: MILLER |
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