Break on Through to the Other Side
Joy Press
Tuesday, August 16th 2005
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photo: Hodes/Fox
He’s my brother: Michael and Lincoln
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Premieres August 29 at 8 on Fox
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Unfortunately, Prison Break's dialogue is nowhere near as sharp as its plotting. (For instance, the inmates call Lincoln "Linc the Sink" because "he'll come at you with everything but the kitchen.") Scofield's scheme draws on a throng of thugs who don't even know they're involved, as well as the inadvertent assistance of the eccentric warden, played by Stacy Keach. Like Lost, Prison Break is tethered to a seemingly unsustainable premise—but since that show managed to spin one ludicrous idea into a delicious debut season, I'll give these cons a chance to prove that it's not jailhouse schlock.
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