The third season of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series, commenced airing in the United States on September 17, 2007, on Mondays at 8:00 pm (EST) on Fox. Prison Break is produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Rat Entertainment, Original Film and 20th Century Fox Television. The season contains 13 episodes, and concluded on February 18, 2008. The season was shorter than the previous two due to the Writer's Guild strike. Prison Break revolves around two brothers: one who has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and his younger sibling, a genius structural engineer, who devises an elaborate plan to help him escape prison. The two brothers escape prison in the first season, but are hunted down during the second season and ultimately Michael is recaptured and sent to a Panamanian jail, Penitenciaría Federal de Sona, at the end of the second season. The third season revolves around Michael's breakout from Sona with several other inmates. For the season, three characters are removed, and four new characters are added as series regulars. Filming continued to take place in Dallas, Texas.

Cast

Main characters

Recurring characters

• Carlo Alban as Luis "McGrady" Gallego • Laurence Mason as Sammy • Davi Jay as Papo • Marshall Allman as L.J. Burrows • Joseph Melendez as Rafael • Curtis Wayne as Cheo • Christian Bowman as Agent King • Barbara Eve Harris as FBI Agent Felicia Lang • John S. Davies as Elliot Pike • Crystal Mantecón as Carmelita • Manny Rubio as Juan Nieves • Carlos Compean as Colonel Escamilla • Alex Fernandez as Captain Hurtado • Julio Cedillo as General Mestas • Kim Coates as Internal Affairs Agent Richard Sullins • F.J. Rio as Augusto • Gustavo Mellado as Alphonso Gallego • Castulo Guerra as General Zavala • Dominic Keating as Andrew Tyge • Camille Guaty as Maricruz Delgado • Silas Weir Mitchell as Charles "Haywire" Patoshik • Leon Russom as General Jonathan Krantz

Episodes

Reception

In their season review, IGN wrote, "With so much going against it, this shortened third season of Prison Break could have been disastrous. But instead, the writers managed to not only salvage the season, but tell a tightly woven, compelling and action-packed story" and gave it an 8.5 out of 10.

Production

Filming

Unlike many other TV shows, Prison Break was primarily filmed outside of Hollywood. The first season was primarily shot in and around Chicago, Illinois. During the second season, filming was moved to Dallas, Texas. Filming for the third season continued to be done in Dallas, but the price tag increased to about $3 million per episode. Several of the exterior scenes with Lincoln and Gretchen negotiating the escape from the Panama jail were shot in the Casco Viejo quarter of Panama City.

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