Even if the premise is that their mother is the absolute opposite of what both Scofield and Lincoln thought she was, would a mother ever kill her own son by conspiring to frame him for murder and put him on death row? Would a mother then sit back as the organization that she works for tries to murder her two sons and her grandson plus everyone they’ve cared about? Does such a mother exist in our world? Or, do they really expect us to believe that mum was in the Madagascar rainforest without satellite access for the past few months, and was clueless that her children were being pursued and used for target practice? Why is she still working for the very people who want her kids dead? Again, does such a mother exist in our world?
Perhaps mum is good, and working against The Company from the inside (since she's obviously after Scylla as well)? So where has she been for the past three seasons while her boys were being shot at? Lost in Madagascar? It doesn't seem plausible.
To add to evidence of just how sloppy both the writers and the producers are, this episode had Scofield reminisce as he looks nostalgically at family shots, and we see a photo of Scofield with his brother, mother, and father. Didn’t Lincoln explain in season two, via a piece of dialogue between him and his son, that Scofield never met his father? Yet here is a photo of Scofield posing with his father? Did the writers conveniently forget what they previously decided on, or do they have so many plates up in the air that one or two of those plates just end up by the wayside, broken and chucked away, just like certain story angles?
The trailer for Spring’s return of Prison Break implies that Lincoln will be working against his brother as he tries to get Scylla and return it to the General in exchange for complete freedom. Scofield on the other hand doesn’t want the General to lay his hands on such a vital piece of information as what is contained in Scylla. Hence the brothers ending up on opposite ends of the morality meter.
In fact, the explanation as to why Lincoln agreed to partner up with the General is fuzzy at best, and why he’s still partnering with the General even after Scofield has escaped from The Company defies any logic, even logic in the realm of the usual implausibility of Prison Break. Surely we can't be expected to buy Lincoln's explanation that The Company is just fed up with the Gang, and only want Scylla back and hence is willing to give them freedom if they succeed? Surely we can't be expected to buy that The Company has means to access people's phone records and credit card history, but they still desperately need Lincoln to track down Scylla for them? Why would Lincoln be a worthy commodity to them when they already have mindless thugs? And surely they must know that introducing a possibly murderous mother whom the boys thought was dead is foolish at best.
Article comments
1 - Oda
Excellent review, I feel the exact same way. Prison Break has jumped not only the shark, but every other sea creature.
2 - thomas
what's the name of Lincoln's mum and who is that mysterious man with her?
3 - maija
Your article pretty much sums it up. This show would have gone down as a classic in my book had it wrapped up by season two.