Wentworth Miller credited as playing...
Michael Scofield
- [first lines]
- Michael Scofield: [narrating] My name is Michael Scofield, and I'm a fugitive. Three weeks ago, I was in a Panamanian prison. While I was there, I was approached by the Company. The Company is a corrupt organization involved in all levels of industry and government. They gave me two options: break one of their men, James Whistler, out of that prison or else they would kill the only woman I ever loved, Dr. Sara Tancredi. I held up my end of the deal, and I broke Whistler out. But the Company ... They killed Sara anyway. I don't know why the Company wanted James Whistler out of prison, but I've tracked him here to Los Angeles. He's with another Company agent I know only as Gretchen. The same agent who murdered Sara. This ends today. I came here seeking justice. The justice I now know the system cannot provide. So, if you're reading this letter, you'll know I died avenging Sara's death.
- [when the gang reunites in order to take down The Company]
- Michael Scofield: We all are a long way from where this started, but what I can guarantee you is that if we do this thing right, we'll be close to where it ends. Freedom, finally.
- Alex Mahone: You could've left me there, in jail.
- Michael Scofield: Could have or should have?
- Alex Mahone: Maybe both.
- Michael Scofield: Are you thanking me, Alex?
- Alex Mahone: I don't know.
- Michael Scofield: Don't bother. You're here because we needed you, not because we wanted you.
- Michael Scofield: That quote from the Odyssey.
- Lincoln Burrows: What about it?
- Michael Scofield: I just can't shake that line. "All that avails is flight". What if flight is our only option, Linc? What if our father, after everything that he discovered about the company, what... What if that's what he finally realized?
- Lincoln Burrows: You know, the one thing I remember most about dad was the back of his head, always walking out the front door. Always running from something, mom, us, himself. But the one thing he never ran away from was his belief that the company needed to be taken down. And we got an opportunity to do that.
- Michael Scofield: Then this is our fight, not theirs.
- Lincoln Burrows: Man, this ain't Fox River. These guys choose to be here, remember that. They got a choice.