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So here we are, at the end of another season of Prison Break. Not much in the way of closure tonight -- everything was definitely setting up for season three. But let's review the good news.

Sara was indeed exonerated by Kellerman's testimony. And as everyone expected (including him), he ended up dead for it. He committed suicide after all, just with a more noble purpose.

Lincoln has been exonerated at last. Huge! Now... why Sara seemed so convinced Michael would be let off the hook as well, I don't quite understand. The fact is, Michael did still discharge a firearm during a bank robbery. And he broke out of prison while serving a lawfully-prescribed sentence. And in doing so, he let a crime boss and a serial murderer back out onto the streets (among other criminals). I don't see how Michael doesn't wind up going back to prison. (Well.... sure enough, he does! But more on that in a second.)

That's it for the closure, though. Sucre passes out on the street before he can learn anything to save Maricruz. Bellick is dragged off to some unrevealed location. T-Bag is left behind in his holding cell. It seems likely that all three of them will continue as characters on the show next season. (It seems we are indeed done with C-Note, though -- and that's probably for the best.)

So then there's Michael. What do I know about the law in Panama, so having him unable to argue the shooting was self defense? Why not. And having him end up in the same prison as Mahone? Not remotely the biggest stretch this show has asked us to go along with. It seems like more than a fair trade for the plot setup next season seems to be -- Mahone and Michael applying their fiendish minds together to break out of prison. It's a little funny that after all the false starts throughout the season, where it looked like maybe Bellick or C-Note or Sara would have to break out of prison, that it's in fact Michael who has to now do it all over again. But appropriate.

That Panamanian prison makes Fox River look palacial, though, doesn't it?

It seems the conspiracy wanted Michael put there, and wants him to break out again. My best guess is there's someone else already in the prison they want to have broken out with Michael? Is this really the best plan they could come up with? Did they have no other strings to pull?

Well, I'm getting waaaaaay ahead of the game here. We'll see what's really afoot a few months down the road.

Until then, Prison Break fans!