Episode 2: Allen

This episode follows on from first episode still trying to get us to believe and Linc to believe that Michael can escape from Fox River.You probably think Allen is gonna be someones name, close but not quite.You'll have to watch to find out but I will say Allen proves very helpful to the overall plan of escaping the cell and then Fox River.We're introduced to Michaels cellmate Sucre. Sucre is in for armed robbery.Michaels pretty lucky that he got Sucre as a cellmate cause he's not too bad.This episode see racially charged tensions inside the prison which seem like they're about to boil over.Because of the stress and the drama of prison life any little thing can set people off cause they're in a horrible situation already.This episode is home to the famous toe-cutting scene where Abruzzi cuts off Michaels toe after Michaels puts out the word he knows where to find Fibonacci.Abruzzi threatens to cut his toe off and when Michael won't tell him he does.Michael can't tell Abruzzi where Fibonacci is cause he needs to be able to use this over Abruzzi a few more times yet some time down the track.Once Linc founds out what happened to Michael he's desperate to teach Abruzzi a real tough brutal lesson.Linc shcools Michael and tells him that he'll never survive in Fox River if he lets stuff like that happen.But because Michael knows he's gonna need Abruzzi much later on he tells Linc not to do anything about it.