Alan T. Coleman

The season opener finds Michael Scofield in Sona, a hellish and deadly Panamanian prison where a previous riot has forced all authority out and has left the prisoners in charge of their own lives (and deaths). With the fate of his loved ones hanging in the balance, Michael must to find Whistler, a mysterious fellow inmate hiding within the prison's sewer system, in order to break him out from a prison from which there is no way out. Meanwhile, Lincoln searches for a missing Sara and receives troubling news about LJ.

A new inmate enters Sona, unnerving Whistler and raising Michael's suspicions; Lincoln plans an ocean getaway with Sofia as Susan moves up the escape timetable; T-Bag tempts his fate with his latest attraction; and Sucre attempts to get the goods into Sona.

MacGyver is tasked to go undercover as an inmate in a maximum security prison to break out El Noche, a notorious drug kingpin, using only batteries and salt, and track him to his cartel's secret location and dismantle it.

The Bordelon siblings place a plaque with their father's name at the Mausoleum in the graveyard and Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner) welcomes an unexpected visitor. Charley also celebrates the opening of the Queen Sugar mill, but her triumphant moment is disrupted by machinery issues. The moment inspires Charley and Nova to share their regrets. Charley later asks a reporter to keep the mill issue off the record in exchange for an exclusive on her divorce from Davis (Timon Kyle Durrett). Meanwhile, Nova is shocked to discover that her father hid a second job. Finally, Ralph Angel's run-in with a cashier he once robbed pushes him to confess a huge secret to his family.

When a young boy is taken over by a malevolent spirit, John must put aside his misgivings over exorcising a child and convince the parents that their boy is not all that he seems.