Prison Break will return to television in 2017, eight years since we bid farewell, apparently for good, to photogenic structural engineer Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller).
But did you know that next year's revival isn't the first time that we've dipped back into the Prison Break universe? A sequel to the hit Fox series actually aired back in 2011.
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Breakout Kings was created by Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead – formerly writers and producers on Prison Break – and premiered on cable channel A&E three years after its parent show's finale 'The Final Break' had aired.
Its debut was a hit, with an audience of 2.8 million total viewers making it A&E's most-watched original drama series ever.
Set in the Prison Break universe, it followed a special task force formed by the US Marshals, assigned to recapture prison escapees.
The twist? This team was (mostly) comprised of other convicts, promised a reduction in their sentences – and a transfer to minimum security – in return for their co-operation. Think Suicide Squad without the super-villains.
Beyond just Santora and Olmstead's involvement, what solidified the link between Prison Break and Breakout Kings was a guest appearance from a certain loquacious lunatic...
A monster with serious charm, Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell, played by Robert Knepper, was Prison Break's breakout character (no pun intended). So it's easy to see why he was brought aboard to help launch this new series.
The third episode of Breakout Kings, 'The Bag Man', saw T-Bag break out of Fox River (again!) where he'd wound back up at the climax to 'The Final Break'.
This latest escape was fuelled by pure(-ish) motives, though – Bagwell was seeking vengeance on the hospital orderlies who'd been abusing his sick mother.
T-Bag's post-Prison Break outing helped Breakout Kings to hold on to most of its premiere audience (2.03m tuned in) but thereafter the ratings started to slip.
"Our DVR+7 day numbers are really strong," insisted Santora in April 2012, ahead of season two's finale. "A lot of people are watching the show; a lot of them just don't watch it on the night it premieres."
His protests weren't enough to save Breakout Kings. 14 months after it premiered to record-breaking ratings, the series was cancelled by A&E. Maybe they should have arranged a guest spot for Sucre?
Four years later and buzz for the Prison Break revival is at an all-time high, while Breakout Kings has mostly been forgotten. But if you're curious to plug the gap between 'The Final Break' and whatever comes next, it might be worth checking out 'The Bag Man' at the very least...
Watch the first trailer for the hotly-anticipated Prison Break revival right here:
