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24 Episodes 2008 - 2009
Season 4 of this drama series revolves around brothers Scofield (Wentworth Miller) and Burrows (Dominic Purcell) seeking revenge on The Company, a mysterious organization that has attempted to destroy their lives on several different occasions. Teaming up with Homeland Security agent Don Self (Michael Rapaport), the brothers assemble a team of previous allies as they try to retrieve a special device named Scylla, which they believe can finally bring down The Company and give the brothers their lives back, once and for all.
Episode 1
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 60 mins
Part 1 of 2. In L.A., Michael's looking to even the score with Gretchen for Sara's death while Gretchen, Whistler and Mahone go about Company business. And in Panama, Sona has burned to the ground, with T-Bag, Billick and Sucre unaccounted for. Meanwhile, Lincoln, LJ and Sofia are settling in as a family. Wyatt: Cress Williams. Pam Mahone: Callie Thorne. Don Self: Michael Rapaport.
Episode 2
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 60 mins
Conclusion. Michael, Linc, Sara, Mahone, Bellick and Sucre begin their search for Scylla, the Company's "little black book." It's a needle in a haystack, or is it? And a hacker (James Hiroyuki Liao) Don Self has recruited could be useful. Meanwhile, Wyatt (Cress Williams) doesn't believe the government's story that the five men are in prison; and T-Bag makes his way through the Arizona desert, Whistler's bird book in hand, bound for L.A. He's looking for Michael, too. Self: Michael Rapaport
Episode 3
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 60 mins
Michael and his crew have one day to find the other five cardholders or they'll go back to prison. But Mahone is obsessed with seeking vengeance, and Michael and Linc fear that he's losing focus. Meanwhile, Wyatt (Cress Williams) has Bruce Bennett in his custody, and is using a truth serum to find the crew's whereabouts; and T-Bag finds the gateway to his new identity and his future.
Episode 4
Mon, Sep 15, 2008 60 mins
The crew tracks another card down to the Turkish consulate in Los Angeles, but the cardholder isn't the consul. Meanwhile, Wyatt arrives in L.A. with information about Sara he had extracted from Bennett; Michael and Linc happen upon T-Bag by chance; and Bruce Bennett is found dead.
Episode 5
Mon, Sep 22, 2008 60 mins
Don Self tracks down another card to a safe in a heavily guarded Los Angeles federal office building while Mahone gets a few leads in his efforts to track down Wyatt, who chases Sara and tortures Gretchen. Meanwhile, Sucre and Bellick try to track down T-Bag, who makes another discovery about the bird book as he quickly raises suspicions at GATE.
Episode 6
Mon, Sep 29, 2008 60 mins
After successfully transcribing the fourth card at an L.A. racetrack, Mahone is arrested---with the transcribing device on him---for being in a restricted area (and for punching a cop). Meanwhile, the Company hones in on Don Self; T-Bag's boss at GATE finds more "irregularities" in his sales reports; and Gretchen surfaces at her sister's tidy suburban home.
Episode 7
Mon, Oct 6, 2008 60 mins
While Linc, Sara, Sucre and Roland track down the fifth card in Las Vegas, Michael and Bellick are unavoidably detained in L.A. by a gun-wielding T-Bag, who needs Michael to decipher the bird book. T-Bag, as it happens, is doing the bidding of Gretchen, who made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Meanwhile, Wyatt shows up at Don Self's home; and Sara learns something disturbing about Michael. Scuderi: Jude Ciccolella.
Episode 8
Mon, Oct 20, 2008 42 mins
While Pad Man lays out the Company's next gambit to his underlings, Lincoln reaches into his past for a way to gain access to the final card, which is in Pad Man's possession, and Michael and Self have a meeting with their colleague-to-be: Gretchen. Meanwhile, Roland seethes at the treatment he has gotten from the gang since he lost the transcribing device in Las Vegas.
Episode 9
Mon, Nov 3, 2008 60 mins
While Michael, Linc, Bellick and Sucre navigate the GATE basement looking for a way to break into Company headquarters, a police detective upstairs questions T-Bag about Andrew Blauner's disappearance. Meanwhile, Gretchen has a meeting with Pad Man; Wyatt has a proposal for Sara (which Self records) and Mahone waits for his turn with the Company hit man.
Episode 10
Mon, Nov 10, 2008 55 mins
Gretchen gives Michael the rest of the bird book, but he suffers another seizure after deciphering it, so the others must carry out his two-pronged plan: one leading back to the basement, the other to an architect named David Allen Baker (Keith Szarabajka). Meanwhile, Pad Man goes forward with his plan to move Scylla, and Self is told by an influential senator that the deal Homeland Security made with the gang is "off the table."
Episode 11
Mon, Nov 17, 2008 43 mins
While Gretchen focuses on getting the sixth card and Lisa Tabak finalizes plans to move Scylla, the gang penetrates the room where Scylla is still located. But that's only half the battle. Meanwhile, Michael reluctantly agrees to see a specialist; and T-Bag's boss at GATE makes him a tempting offer.
Episode 12
Mon, Nov 24, 2008 43 mins
As the hunt for Scylla concludes, Sarah takes a hostage, T-Bag and Gretchen have their last stand at GATE, and Michael and Lincoln encounter Gen. Krantz. They're also betrayed by one of their own.
Episode 13
Mon, Dec 1, 2008 43 mins
As Michael, Linc, Sara, Sucre and Mahone regroup, Gen. Krantz reasserts his control of the Company in no uncertain terms as he scrambles to regain Scylla. Later, T-Bag gets a new partner in crime, and Michael and Linc have a critical meeting with Sen. Conrad Dallow (David Clennon).
Episode 14
Mon, Dec 8, 2008 60 mins
While the gang continues to match wits and blows with Self and Gretchen for control of Scylla (and with the Company in hot pursuit), Mahone enlists the aid of former FBI colleagues Lang and Wheeler (Barbara Eve Harris, Jason Davis). Meanwhile, Sara raises the dosage of the drug she's giving Michael to counter the effects of his brain tumor, and T-Bag continues to hold Gretchen's daughter and sister prisoner. But T-Bag tells Gretchen's sister: "I'm as much a prisoner as you."
Episode 15
Mon, Dec 15, 2008 55 mins
Following Linc's deal with the devil, Michael has his brain operation. Linc also extracts information from T-Bag, with whom he was recently reunited. Meanwhile, Wheeler and Lang transport Mahone to prison; and as Self and Gretchen await their prospective customer, Gretchen gets a phone call from her sister that's both reassuring and troubling. During surgery, Michael (who's conscious) gets unlikely help in unraveling the mystery of Scylla. Westmoreland: Muse Watson.
Episode 16
Mon, Dec 22, 2008 55 mins
While Linc and his new colleagues are in hot pursuit of Scylla in Miami, Michael is at a remote mountain cabin in California, where he learns something new about the Company. He's also guided through childhood memories by a Company psychiatrist (John Getz). Meanwhile, Sara is waiting for news of Michael in a luxury hotel, and she's not enjoying the luxury. Christina: Kathleen Quinlan.
Episode 17
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 60 mins
Michael and Sara hitchhike to Miami, and Lincoln meets with Christina (Kathleen Quinlan), who tells him of her plan to take over the Company and warns him not to meddle in it. Meanwhile, a new foe challenges Pad Man, and T-Bag and Self find something they weren't expecting when they search for Scylla.
Episode 18
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 61 mins
It's Linc vs. Michael over Scylla as Christina (Kathleen Quinlan) sets her plan in motion and a sniper targets Linc. Meanwhile, Sara receives some news; T-Bag makes his presence known at the Indian embassy; and Pad Man's paranoia intensifies.
Episode 19
Fri, May 1, 2009 43 mins
Michael arranges to meet Christina. It isn't an easy reunion to begin with, then she says something surprising about Lincoln. Meanwhile, Pad Man arrives in Miami with a nonnegotiable demand for his new operatives; Linc races to abort Christina's plan; and T-Bag must prove his trustworthiness to the Company.
Episode 20
Fri, May 8, 2009 61 mins
As Christina's plan is executed, Michael and Linc are stuck at the Miami hotel where the energy conference is being held. Later, Pad Man makes good on a threat, and Michael must choose between Lincoln or Sara.
Episode 21
Fri, May 15, 2009 55 mins
As Part 1 of the Season 4 finale begins, Michael must choose between Christina and Pad Man, with Mahone holding a stake in his decision. In Chicago, meanwhile, Sucre runs into C-Note, who says he knows someone who can help him, Michael and Linc.
Episode 22
Fri, May 15, 2009 43 mins
Conclusion of the Season 4 finale. Old friends turn up as Michael makes one last effort to rescue Linc and Sara, get Scylla into responsible hands and take down the Company, all while on the lam.
Episode 23
60 mins
Episode 24
60 mins