The Brothers
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.
Michael Scolfield created a very impressive plot of helping his brother get out of prison. Being a structural engineer, Scolfield carefully studied the whole Fox River Penitentiary area, from the buildings, entry and exit points, down to the sub-tunnels. The escape starts in his cell where he made a hole behind the toilet. This brings him to the prison tunnels that will eventually lead to the infirmary. The infirmary serves as the end point of the escape route. A thick wire was connected to the infirmary window directly to the main walls of the prison. Scolfield made sure that he brings with him the blue print of the whole prison as a guide in fulfilling his plans by tattooing it all over his upper body.