Prison Break Rotten Tomatoes Season 1 Exclusive

Reviews from the 2005-2006 debut period highlight the show's ability to balance preposterous plot points with genuine suspense.

Why didn’t it break 90%? The negative reviews, mostly from outlets like The Boston Globe , pointed to the "ludicrous" nature of the premise and the "wooden" performance of Dominic Purcell (Lincoln Burrows). Many critics in 2005 suffered from "post- 24 fatigue"—they felt the twist-heavy serialization was gimmicky. One scathing review called it "a feature film script stretched over 22 hours of cable filler." prison break rotten tomatoes season 1 exclusive