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Last season's finale of FOX's hit show Prison Break introduced us to Sona, the Panama prison where Michael needs to serve time. When reviewing the last episode, TV Squadder Paul Goebel asked a few questions: What the hell is going on at Sona? Was getting Michael to Sona the endgame in all of this? Will he be the guinea pig in some awesome government experiment? Can Bellick suffer any more humiliation?

The answers to some of these questions and more after the jump. Spoilers ahead!

You might remember way back in July when Keith reported that Patricia Wettig had left Prison Break to take a gig on Brothers & Sisters. With that show having a pretty good run of it this season, it didn't look like we'd be seeing the evil lady prez again. That left Prison Break in a tough spot, because it's kind of an important character. Now comes word that she will be back, but in what capacity remains unclear.

According to TV Guide, Wettig will be doing a couple of voice overs for the show. I'm guessing that's leading to a shot from behind her office chair where we can see a hand holding a phone and some blond hair as she directs her henchmen. However, there is also mention of her first scene with Wentworth Miller which leaves room for speculation that we will actually "see" President Reynolds again.

Two Missouri brothers are suing FOX and Prison Break creator Paul Sheuring, saying they stole the idea for the hit show.

Robert Hughes was sent to prison in the 1960s for a crime he didn't commit, and older brother Donald helped him escape. On the surface this may not seem like much, but add on to the fact that they had their agent send FOX a script in 2001 about their experiences. The network wasn't interested, but then Prison Break debuted in 2005.

Robert Hughes makes an interesting point that, if they were to try and sell their story now, it would look like they were copying the show.

Whatever the outcome, their story actually sounds really interesting. They were on the run for four years, working various jobs around the country and staying one step ahead of the police.

There is an odd list over at MSN where they pick Fall TV's Hottest Hotties. It's strange because of the haphazard way they go about the list. Apparently 25 wasn't enough slots, so they have the entire cast of Studio 60, and the cast of Prison Break on the list. Now, I'll give you Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell, but when you say the "cast of Prison Break" you are including Robert Knepper (T-Bag) and Peter Stormare (Abruzzi). They are both great in their parts, but hotties?

Another oddity is that David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel from Bones are lumped together in the list. It's strange not only because she is the third hottest woman on that show, but also because later Jason Ritter and Lizzy Caplan from The Class take up two separate spots.

As with every list like this, someone always gets left off. I would have liked to see Adrianne Palicki (Tyra on Friday Night Lights) in there somewhere. She's cute and that show can use all the help in can get right now. And it is hard to argue with Anya from Deal or No Deal. Unless you bring up that her only line on the show is "Hi Howie." Who is your favorite Fall Hottie?

(S02E07) OK, OK. It's been made pretty clear to me now by several commenters what "Bolshoi Booze" means. You can go ahead back to last week's post and read the comments there if you want to know -- I won't ruin it here for you.

So, it seems I was dead wrong about the Vet possibly being, er, not dead. Obviously I'm glad about that, as it just would've been incredibly hokey had he suddenly been alive. I am glad T-Bag's festering hand was finally brought up as "not taking." And the fact he didn't realize he'd wind up with an Asian hand out in Southeast Asia was Haywire-stupid on T-Bag's part.

Here's an interesting little tidbit about Prison Break's Wentworth Miller. When he was 19 and majoring in English at Princeton, he and his father (also named Wentworth) worked together on a comic book of sorts called Sewickleyness that poked fun at the residents of the Sewickley neighborhood in Pennsylvania. You can check out some excerpts here. I'm not sure how to describe Miller's cartooning style. It kind of reminds me of George Gately, who drew Heathcliff, or very early Doonesbury. I guess if his television career ever fizzles out he can always fall back on cartooning. Or maybe not.

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Of course, one week of good numbers doesn't make a series a hit, but FOX's Prison Break did extremely well, scoring 10.5 million viewers for its 2-hour debut. In fact, it was the best Monday summer ratings for FOX since the Melrose Place/Ally McBeal days of the late 90s. 

The show did well among men, of course, but also with women, who tuned in because they thought that since it was a prison show maybe they'd see some male nudity.