Hidden messages on Prison Break?
I got a couple of comments on my post on Monday night's Prison Break premiere that mentioned some sort of Morse code during the show. "Morse code?" I thought. "What Morse code?" See, this is what I get for watching an early draft of the show and not following up with the actual aired episode. Luckily my TiVo season pass recorded the episode and, to my surprise, there it was -- a hidden code not shown in the screener! Read on to see for yourselves.This is a screenshot of the scene in question as it appeared on the screener copy I watched:
Nothing peculiar at all. No strange code of any kind, as far as our eyes can see. Now, here's the same scene from the actual aired episode:
There is a strange code! And no, it's clearly not Morse code, as it's simply would read: SIIEIHSSIH and so on. And if the first row's a phone number, well, it doesn't seem to ring anywhere (yeah, I tried). So, either it's totally meaningless to us and will clearly play a part in a later episode, or I'm baffled as to what it could mean.
The fact that the editors purposely altered this scene clearly show it has some significance, though the fact that it was added in so late makes me wonder how it could suddenly have meaning within the show. Speculate away!

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