Danny McCarthy as Secret Service Agent Daniel Hale.Patricia Wettig as Vice President Caroline Reynolds.The first season was released on DVD in Region One as a six-disc boxed set under the title of Prison Break: Season One on August 8, 2006. Critical reviews of the first season were generally favorable. Filming took place mostly in and around the Chicago area Fox River was represented by Joliet Prison, which had closed in 2002. Prison Break revolves around two brothers: Lincoln Burrows, who has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and his younger brother Michael Scofield, a genius who devises an elaborate plan to help him escape prison by purposely getting himself imprisoned.Ī total of ten actors received star billing in the first season, with numerous supporting roles. In addition to the 22 regular episodes, a special, ' Behind the Walls', was aired on October 11, 2005.
The season contains 22 episodes, and concluded on May 15, 2006. Prison Break is produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Rat Entertainment, Original Film and 20th Century Fox Television. The first season of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series, commenced airing in the United States and Canada on August 29, 2005, on Mondays at 9:00 p.m.