EPISODE

8. The Old Head

Michael's plan hits a snag when he discovers an old storage shed crucial to the escape has been turned into the guard's break room. Veronica and Nick get an explosive warning to back off their investigation to prove Lincoln's innocence; LJ goes on the run; the conspiracy claims three more lives; the identity of the mystery woman calling the shots is revealed.

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Scofield explains that the team must dig together through the floor of the guards' breakroom. Westmoreland has the unique privilege of access to the room, but refuses to join the scheme. The C.O.s attempt to hunt down who killed one of them during the riot. Westmoreland chooses silence when Bellick interrogates him, and Bellick kills his cat in revenge; Bagwell sets up his friend, Trokey, to take the blame when he does not do so willingly. Westmoreland grants Scofield's request and starts a fire in the breakroom, putting the blame on Bellick, and Scofield's team is called to do repairs as P.I. work. The team struggles to work with Bagwell. An attempt on Donovan and Savrinn's lives results in a neighbor's death, but the duo escape, presumed dead. Kellerman and Hale kill L.J.'s mother and stepfather and frame L.J., but he evades them. The woman they report to is revealed to be the Vice President whose brother was killed.

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