Summary of Episode 4: Cute Poison
Lincoln awakens from a very bad dream. In his nightmare, he was awaken by Bellick and the other prison guards. The guards cuffed him and he was informed by Bellick that the execution time has arrived. Lincoln struggles and he kept saying that he still has a month left. The guards continued to drag Lincoln towards the electric chair.
In Michael’s cell, Michael talks to his new cellmate named Haywire. Michael mentioned to him the idea of breaking out. Haywire just thinks that it is not a good idea to break out of the prison. Haywire notices the tattoos on Michael’s body and asks Michael if he could take a look at his tattoos. Michael refused.


Sucre still doesn’t want to talk to Michael. Michael then shoves up his sleeve and takes a look at his tattoo. In his wrist rests the words “Cute Poison”. A flashback shows Michael in his apartment researching on the Internet. He writes the words “Cute Poison” on the wall of his room. Michael wrote the formula: 3H2SO4(aq) + Cu3(PO4)2(aq) + 6H2O(l) ↔ 2H3PO4(aq) + 3CuSO4(aq)+2H2O(l). This formula is considered as an anhydrous phosphoric acid.
Prison Break has a set of talented actors that make up the whole series. Some of these appear regularly and some are recurring guest stars. The characters that regularly appear in the Season 1 were the cons at the Fox River State Penitentiary. The brothers Lincoln Burrows and Michael Scolfield were the lead roles through out the series and each were played by Dominic Purcell and Michael Scolfield respectively. Lincoln was a convicted murderer of the brother of the Vice President of the United States, Terrence Steadman while Michael was Lincoln’s brother who is a structural engineer and who a made a very elaborate plan of helping his brother from escaping the prison.