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Breakout Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
The Texas Seven
Sun, Mar 28, 2010 60 mins
The series opener recalls one of the biggest manhunts in Texas history, when seven felons escaped a prison near San Antonio on Dec. 13, 2000, and committed a series robberies, one of which resulted in the death of a policeman in Irving, Texas. All seven escapees were eventually recaptured in Colorado.
Episode 2
The Pittsburgh Six
Sun, Mar 28, 2010 60 mins
A look at how six inmates escaped the maximum-security Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 1997, after months of constructing a makeshift tunnel under a prison wall.
Episode 3
The Running Man
Sat, Oct 20, 2018 60 mins
Dennis Hope decides to risk escape when he was serving an 80-year sentence at the Darrington Unit in Texas.
Episode 4
The Escapist
Wed, Apr 7, 2010 60 mins
Recalling the May 2, 2006, escape of federal prisoner Quawntay Adams from a maximum-security jail in Alton, Ill. He was serving a sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Episode 5
Prison Romance
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 60 mins
The case of Jennifer Hyatte, a former prison nurse who helped her gangster husband, George, escape a Tennessee courthouse in 2005, killing a prison guard in the process.
Episode 6
Ohio's Most Wanted
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 60 mins
The July 2006 escape of accused cop killer John Parsons from Ohio's Ross County Jail is recalled.
Episode 7
Through the Roof
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 60 mins
A look at how convicted murderers Timothy Vail and Timothy Morgan escaped New York's Elmira Correctional Facility on July 7, 2003.
Episode 8
Escape to Vegas
Wed, May 5, 2010 60 mins
Recalling the Aug. 25, 2005, escape of Jody Thompson from the Northern Nevada Correctional Center, where he was serving a 25-year sentence for armed robbery. He was on the run for three months before being recaptured in Las Vegas on Nov. 29.
