"Cute Poison" is the fourth episode of the first season of the

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Prison Break ''Prison Break'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. The series revolves around two brothers: Lincoln Burrows (Dominic P ...

''. It first aired on September 12, 2005, in the

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. The episode is directed by

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and written by series producer

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. The words "Cute Poison", one of

Michael Scofield Michael J. Scofield, portrayed by Wentworth Miller, is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of the American television series ''Prison Break''. Character development Michael was conceived after ''Prison Break'' creator Paul Sch ...

's (

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) tattoos, are a mnemonic for CuSO₄ (

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) and H₃PO₄ (

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), the two ingredients needed for the third part in his escape plan. Also, his new cellmate Charles "Haywire" Patoshik ( Silas Weir Mitchell) notices Michael's tattoos and may expose his escape plans. Michael has to stop him and get his old cellmate,

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(

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), back.

Plot

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is three days behind on his plan to free his brother, particularly with his new

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c cellmate, Haywire ( Silas Weir Mitchell), whom he witnesses taking some tablets to stay lucid, but escape when the doctors leave, describing them as "invisible handcuffs". He then notices Michael's

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and sees the hidden "maze" in it. Meanwhile,

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(

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) meets with

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(

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) from "Project Justice", who wants to assist. They question Lincoln regarding the evidence, which he insists was planted.

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(

) is visited by his cousin, Hector Avila (

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), 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 ponders the pathway. 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 (

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) suspects that Scofield may try to break Lincoln out and orders to transfer Scofield out the very next day.

Production

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, who plays

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, and

Marshall Allman Marshall Scot Allman (born April 5, 1984) is an American actor. He is known to television audiences for his role as L. J. Burrows on the Fox television series ''Prison Break''. He is also known for playing Tommy Mickens on ''True Blood''. Earl ...

, who plays L. J. Burrows, were credited for this episode. However, neither made an appearance. Sucre's song to start the ruckus that Michael needed to knock down a wall was "

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" by the Spanish band "

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". The song was chosen as Spain's entry in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest and won 2nd place.

Broadcast and reception

The episode was released as "Quimicos", which means "Chemicals" in

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. The ratings increased 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 of the day. Since the release on Five on February 13, 2006, "Prison Break" had again risen in viewing figures, making the series the sixth most-viewed program that week, with a rating of 2.06 million.

References

External links

* {{Prison Break Prison Break episodes 2005 American television episodes