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After eight years of radio silence, the impossible happened: Michael Scofield returned from the grave. , also known as Prison Break: Resurrection , serves as a high-stakes, nine-episode event that took the cult-classic series from the shores of Panama and Illinois to the war-torn streets of Sana'a, Yemen.

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The search leads them to in Yemen. However, the man they find isn't exactly Michael Scofield. He is "Kaniel Outis," a wanted terrorist with ties to ISIL. The Conflict: Outis vs. Poseidon After eight years of radio silence, the impossible

Prison Break Season 5 is a fun, albeit flawed, victory lap. However, the man they find isn't exactly Michael Scofield

Season 5 picks up several years after the original series finale. Lincoln Burrows is down on his luck, Sara is living a new life with her son, and Michael is... alive?

It doesn’t quite reach the heights of Season 1 (which is arguably one of the best seasons of TV in the 2000s), but it is significantly better than the meandering plot of Season 3 or the "Scylla" exhaustion of Season 4.

And just like that, the greatest escape artist in the world stopped running from his past. He started digging through it.