For the final three episodes, scenes were filmed in Pensacola, Florida, to represent Panama. Filming took place in Dallas, Texas, due to a close proximity of rural and urban settings. They struggle to escape from the police while avoiding a secret group of multinationals called The Company, that wants them all dead.įor the season, three characters are downgraded from series regular to recurring status, and a new character is introduced. Dubbed the Fox River Eight, the group splits and members go their individual way, occasionally meeting up to help each other. The brothers, along with six other prisoners at Fox River State Penitentiary, manage to escape, and the second season follows a massive manhunt chasing the group. Prison Break revolves around two brothers: one who has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and his younger sibling, a genius who devises an elaborate plan to help him escape prison. Series creator Paul Scheuring describes the second season as ' The Fugitive times eight,' and likens it to the 'second half of The Great Escape.'
The season contains 22 episodes, and concluded on April 2, 2007.
Prison Break is produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Rat Entertainment, Original Film and 20th Century Fox Television. The second season of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series, commenced airing in the United States on August 21, 2006, on Mondays at 8:00 pm ( EST) on Fox.