Prison Break has to be my favourite TV series Drama. I recall vividly the first time I saw this show in the early mid 2000’s, I was in high school and suddenly this riveting, mysterious and utterly clever show burst onto television screens.

I cannot belabour the point enough how influential this TV show as for my generation. Teenagers and adults alike would incessantly discuss the latest plot twist or tear up over the many tragic elements of this drama.

In fact, personally, it was the singular external input into my career pathway to becoming a Structural Engineer. You cannot deny Michael Schofield, played by Wentworth Miller is brilliantly complex, vulnerable and at time menacing character. His portrayal of a Structural Engineer able to analyse an overwhelmingly impossible problem and finding a way out of the maze, was incredible.

As an adolescent, seeing Michael Schofield defy all odds and triumph was not only inspiring but hugely entertaining. The pivotal plot facet that sets this show apart was the entire planning for the escape that was portrayed and iconically the use of body tattoos to blueprint the prison break on his body in plain sight.

This post reminds me… its been a few years.. I’m sure I’ll discover some new aspects of the plot that I didn’t pick up the first 5 times.