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Cute Poison (Prison Break episode)
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"Cute Poison" is the fourth episode of television series Prison Break
. It was first aired on September 12, 2005 in the United States
. The episode is directed by Matt Earl Beesley
and written by series producer Matt Olmstead
. The words "Cute Poison" are one of Michael Scofield
's (Wentworth Miller
) tattoos, which is made up from a chemical formula, H2SO4 + Ca3(PO4)2 + 6 H2O ↔ 2 H3PO4 + 3 CaSO4.2H2O, which serves as the third part in his escape plan. Also, his new cellmate Charles "Haywire" Patoshik (Silas Weir Mitchell
) starts to notice Michael's tattoos and may expose his escape plans. Michael has to stop him and get his old cellmate, Fernando Sucre
(Amaury Nolasco
), back.
is three days behind on his plan to free his brother, particularly with his new insomniac cell mate Haywire (Silas Weir Mitchell
), who he witnesses takes some tablets to keep him lucid, but spits them out when the doctors leave, stating them as "invisible handcuffs". He then notices Michael's tattoo and sees the hidden "maze" in it.
Meanwhile, Veronica Donovan (Robin Tunney
) meets with Nick Savrinn (Frank Grillo
) from "Project Justice", who wants to assist her. They question Lincoln regarding the evidence, which he insists was planted. Sucre
(Amaury Nolasco
) is visited by his cousin, Hector Avila (Kurt Caceres
), who tells him that Maricruz (Camille Guaty
) is with him now. He eventually gets hold of Maricruz, and learns that Hector told her lies to get her not to come. With this new development, Sucre urges Michael to get him back into the cell.
Michael manages to get hold of two chemicals and uses them to corrode a pipe underneath the infirmary as part of the escape plan. He returns to his cell, and notices Haywire has drawn his entire tattoo and wonders what the pathway is. Michael purposely injures himself to get the officers to take Haywire away before the plan is exposed. Sucre gets transferred back to Michael's cell and continues the plan. Agent Kellerman
(Paul Adelstein
) suspects that Scofield may try to break Lincoln out and orders to transfer Scofield out the next day.
, who plays T-Bag, and Marshall Allman
, who plays L. J. Burrows were credited for this episode. However, they did not make an appearance. Sucre's
song to start the ruckus Michael needed to knock down a wall was "Eres tú
" by the Spanish band "Mocedades
". This song was chosen as Spain's
entry in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest
, and won 2nd place.
. The ratings were at an increase since "Cell Test", with a 4.5 rating from the 18-49 demographics, and viewing figures of 9.12 million, placing it the third most watched show on the day. After the release on Five on 13 February 2006, "Prison Break" has again risen in viewing figures, giving the series the sixth most viewed program on that week on Five, with a rating of 2.06 million.
Prison Break
Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...
. It was first aired on September 12, 2005 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The episode is directed by Matt Earl Beesley
Matt Earl Beesley
Matthew Earl "Matt" Beesley is an American television director. He has directed episodes of television series such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Prison Break, Lost, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Minds, The Closer and CSI: Miami. He directed the 1998 Mickey Rourke film Point...
and written by series producer Matt Olmstead
Matt Olmstead
Matt Olmstead is an American writer and producer for television shows.-Early life:Olmstead graduated from California State University, Chico. He is an alumnus of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. He went to Hollywood in hopes of being a script writer. Olmstead eventually worked with an...
. The words "Cute Poison" are one of Michael Scofield
Michael Scofield
Michael J. Scofield is the main protagonist in the American television series Prison Break. He is portrayed by Wentworth Miller. The character first appeared in the series pilot as a man who stages a bank robbery in order to get sent into the prison where his older brother, Lincoln Burrows , is...
's (Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
) tattoos, which is made up from a chemical formula, H2SO4 + Ca3(PO4)2 + 6 H2O ↔ 2 H3PO4 + 3 CaSO4.2H2O, which serves as the third part in his escape plan. Also, his new cellmate Charles "Haywire" Patoshik (Silas Weir Mitchell
Silas Weir Mitchell (actor)
Silas Weir Mitchell is an American character actor known for playing disturbing or unstable characters.-Career:He has had recurring guest roles in the first season of 24 , My Name Is Earl , and Prison Break...
) starts to notice Michael's tattoos and may expose his escape plans. Michael has to stop him and get his old cellmate, Fernando Sucre
Fernando Sucre
Fernando Sucre, played by Amaury Nolasco, is a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. He is introduced to the series in the pilot episode as the prison cellmate of the series protagonist, Michael Scofield .-Background:Of Puerto Rican descent, Sucre grew up in Chicago...
(Amaury Nolasco
Amaury Nolasco
Amaury Nolasco Garrido is a Puerto Rican actor, best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the television series Prison Break, and for his role in Transformers.-Early life:...
), back.
Plot
MichaelMichael Scofield
Michael J. Scofield is the main protagonist in the American television series Prison Break. He is portrayed by Wentworth Miller. The character first appeared in the series pilot as a man who stages a bank robbery in order to get sent into the prison where his older brother, Lincoln Burrows , is...
is three days behind on his plan to free his brother, particularly with his new insomniac cell mate Haywire (Silas Weir Mitchell
Silas Weir Mitchell (actor)
Silas Weir Mitchell is an American character actor known for playing disturbing or unstable characters.-Career:He has had recurring guest roles in the first season of 24 , My Name Is Earl , and Prison Break...
), who he witnesses takes some tablets to keep him lucid, but spits them out when the doctors leave, stating them as "invisible handcuffs". He then notices Michael's tattoo and sees the hidden "maze" in it.
Meanwhile, Veronica Donovan (Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney
Robin Jessica Tunney is an American actress. She is best known for her lead roles in the movie The Craft and the television series Prison Break and The Mentalist.-Early life:...
) meets with Nick Savrinn (Frank Grillo
Frank Grillo
Frank Grillo is an American actor.-Career:Grillo is perhaps best known for his role as Nick Savrinn in Season One of Prison Break. He also had roles in other television shows and movies, including Blind Justice and Battery Park...
) from "Project Justice", who wants to assist her. They question Lincoln regarding the evidence, which he insists was planted. Sucre
Fernando Sucre
Fernando Sucre, played by Amaury Nolasco, is a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. He is introduced to the series in the pilot episode as the prison cellmate of the series protagonist, Michael Scofield .-Background:Of Puerto Rican descent, Sucre grew up in Chicago...
(Amaury Nolasco
Amaury Nolasco
Amaury Nolasco Garrido is a Puerto Rican actor, best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the television series Prison Break, and for his role in Transformers.-Early life:...
) is visited by his cousin, Hector Avila (Kurt Caceres
Kurt Caceres
Kurt Caceres is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Hector Avila on the hit Fox drama Prison Break. He was also a standout football player during his college days while attending Sacramento State University...
), who tells him that Maricruz (Camille Guaty
Camille Guaty
Camille Guaty is an American film and television actress. She is known for her role as Daisy on Gotta Kick It Up!.-Early life:Guaty was born in California of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent...
) is with him now. He eventually gets hold of Maricruz, and learns that Hector told her lies to get her not to come. With this new development, Sucre urges Michael to get him back into the cell.
Michael manages to get hold of two chemicals and uses them to corrode a pipe underneath the infirmary as part of the escape plan. He returns to his cell, and notices Haywire has drawn his entire tattoo and wonders what the pathway is. Michael purposely injures himself to get the officers to take Haywire away before the plan is exposed. Sucre gets transferred back to Michael's cell and continues the plan. Agent Kellerman
Paul Kellerman
Paul Kellerman, played by Paul Adelstein, is a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. The character was introduced to the series as a Secret Service special agent in the series pilot but the actor was not listed as a regular cast member until the third episode...
(Paul Adelstein
Paul Adelstein
Paul Adelstein is an American television and film actor, best known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the television series, Prison Break, and his current role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the series Private Practice....
) suspects that Scofield may try to break Lincoln out and orders to transfer Scofield out the next day.
Production
Robert KnepperRobert Knepper
Robert Lyle Knepper is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the Fox network's drama series Prison Break, for which he was nominated a Satellite Award...
, who plays T-Bag, and Marshall Allman
Marshall Allman
Marshall Scot Allman is an American actor. He is known to television audiences for his role as L. J. Burrows on Fox's successful television series, Prison Break...
, who plays L. J. Burrows were credited for this episode. However, they did not make an appearance. Sucre's
Fernando Sucre
Fernando Sucre, played by Amaury Nolasco, is a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. He is introduced to the series in the pilot episode as the prison cellmate of the series protagonist, Michael Scofield .-Background:Of Puerto Rican descent, Sucre grew up in Chicago...
song to start the ruckus Michael needed to knock down a wall was "Eres tú
Eres tú (Mocedades song)
"Eres tú" is a popular Spanish language song written in 1973 by Juan Carlos Calderón and performed by the Spanish band Mocedades, with Amaya Uranga on lead.This song was chosen as Spain's entry in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest...
" by the Spanish band "Mocedades
Mocedades
Mocedades is a Spanish singing group from the Basque Country, probably best known for representing Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the song "Eres Tú"...
". This song was chosen as Spain's
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
entry in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1973
The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the eighteenth Eurovision Song Contest and was held in Luxembourg. The language rule forcing countries to enter songs sung in any of their national languages was dropped, so performers from some countries sang in English....
, and won 2nd place.
Broadcast and reception
The episode was released as "Quimicos", meaning "Chemicals" in Latin AmericaLatin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. The ratings were at an increase since "Cell Test", with a 4.5 rating from the 18-49 demographics, and viewing figures of 9.12 million, placing it the third most watched show on the day. After the release on Five on 13 February 2006, "Prison Break" has again risen in viewing figures, giving the series the sixth most viewed program on that week on Five, with a rating of 2.06 million.