Michael, a structural engineer, had his firm design the retrofitting of Fox River. He has the blueprints for the prison hidden within the tattoos covering his upper body. Once inside, Michael must execute a complex plan involving:
"You are a hard man to find."
The second episode introduces the characters of Otis Burns (Titus Welliver) and Sucre (Sarcastro Camargo), two inmates who become entangled in Michael's plan. Meanwhile, Agent Mahone (William Fichtner) starts to investigate the mysterious tattoo on Michael's body.
"I'm not a prisoner, I'm a engineer."
"We're not out of here yet."
Key moments are burned into memory:
"You're not from around here, are you?"
The series begins with Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), a brilliant engineer who gets himself incarcerated in Fox River State Penitentiary to break out his brother, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell), who is on death row for a crime he did not commit. Michael's plan is to tunnel out of the prison, but he soon realizes that he is not the only one with a plan.
"The tattoo. It's more than just a map."