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Was It Right for Prison Break to Finish So Tragically?
When Prison Break hit our screens in 2005 it blew the audience away, the show revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other, a genius, devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison. The show went on to receive numerous awards with its gripping and realistic storyline.
The second season was again highly anticipated by fans and was going to wrap up all of the loose ends that the first film left, but suddenly a shock move at the end of season two saw one of the brothers get sent back to prison. This made a lot of fans ditch the show as they believed it was being dragged on far too long. By season 4 the show had lost millions of viewers and it was also coming to a close.
The last two episodes of the show were screened back to back and they finally tied up all of the loose ends, but ended with Michael Scofield, the brother who broke out of prison and also the main character died after taking down the company. This has left some fans livid and upset as to why he could not live, but what is really right to kill off Scofield or should he have survived. Let's take a brief look.
In some ways it worked out for the best because at least fans now have closure that all Michael's efforts went for something good, he took down the company and made everyone close to him survive such as his brother, nephew, partner and his child.
It is also stated that in an interview with one of the producers Matt Olmstead on Entertainment Weekly he said that the reason they killed Scofield off was as follows: It started as a discussion with Wentwoth [Miller] around Season 2. He brought up a good point: His character's hands are as dirty as anyone's.
If you look at the initial act that he committed -- robbing a bank to get into prison to break his brother out -- there were ramifications to that; a lot of people got hurt. Not by them, but when they rattled the cage of the company that was after them, the body count started to pile out. And Michael was aware of this. And we've addressed his guilt throughout the show. But at a certain point, it felt nobler to have the character die so that others could live.
It just felt a little weird for us to have Michael and Sara holding hands on the beach walking away -- though that would be gratifying in the moment. Knowing that there was pretty much a scorched path behind them in terms of what happened, [having him die] balanced the books for us. He also paid the ultimate sacrifice and, in doing so, everyone else close to him was able to live, including his child.
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