"Prison Break" was one of Fox's shows that gained an avid following from the time it premiered in 2005 until it aired its final episode in 2009.
Fans were heartbroken when the finale featured the cast coming together to gather at Michael Scofield's (Wentworth Miller) grave. And while many thought that this was certainly the end for the show, Fox announced earlier this year that "Prison Break" is returning to the network for another season, and that Miller and Dominic Purcell will reprise their roles as the lead characters.
According to TVLine, the announcement was made at the Television Critics Association summer press tour by Fox Co-Chairpersons and Co-CEOs Gary Newman and Dana Walden. Walden described the upcoming season as "a bit of a sequel" and that the story picks up several years after the events of the last season of the show.
"The brothers will be back. Some of the iconic characters from that show will be back," Walden revealed, adding that the 10-episode arc will address some questions that were set up at the end of the series for a new audience.
It is unknown how the fifth season will explain the fact that Michael is alive and well after the events of the season 4 finale. It can be recalled that Michael learned that he had a brain tumor and that he sacrificed himself to save Sara (Sarah Wayne Callies), the love of his life and the mother of his child.
Walden said that show creator Paul Scheuring's story for season 5 will have "a very logical and believable—in the world of 'Prison Break'—explanation for why our characters are alive and still moving around the world." Scheuring has done this before, as in season 3, Gretchen (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) claimed that she beheaded Sara and she even sent her head in a box to Lincoln (Purcell). Yet in season 4, Sara was discovered to be alive.
"Prison Break" is expected to premiere in March 2016 on Fox.
