breaking prisons

Prison Break is five[1] seasons of low-quality pulp television. I am watching it because a) Media Of Little Brain is apparently what I'm after and b) it stars Wentworth Miller, whose Leonard Snart / Captain Cold was hands-down the best thing about season 1 of Legends of Tomorrow and who has not been in nearly enough other stuff.

[1] Two full-length seasons, one half-length presumably due to the 2008 writers strike, a fourth full-length, a finale movie, and then a half-length fifth season a decade later. Also I have only seen up til nearly the end of the second season, so maybe it improves.

What I didn't realise is that starting in season 2 they added William Fichtner to the cast. Fichtner is among my favourite character actors, for no reason that I can pinpoint other than "we share a birthday". Season 2 is "The Fugitive" so they needed someone to play Tommy Lee Jones to Miller et al's Harrison Ford, and Fichtner delivers. It's just fun watching him put pieces together, and start to crack under the strain of the overly complicated conspiracy. (His assistant Barbara Eve Harris and his superior/antagonist Reggie Lee are also great.)

I suspect that later seasons will collapse under their own ridiculousness, but so far I'm enjoying the ride.