Prison Break Schizophrenia
Sometime last year I would chance upon Prison Break when I surfed
between channels 47 (Lifestyle Network) to 55 (Star Movies). I don't
switch to other channels except when the KiDS watch their daily dose
of too much cartoons or my DH insists on Discovery and National
Geographic. And no, I don't watch local channels, especially now that
the election campaign is on. (Don't ask though why I seem so updated
on the travails of the Rounin and Maria Flordeluna.)
Anyway, I had always dismissed Prison Break as just another old
violent testosterone-laden prison movie. So Season 1 came and went on
channel 50 (Crime/Suspense) without me sparing it more than a glance.
Then the season run of Desperate Housewives ended on channel 48 (Star
World), and I was left with a gaping hole in my Tuesday night viewing
schedule. The replacement is, you guessed it, Prison Break Season 1.
And that was when I realized that the show is new. I had always
thought it to be many years old because the actor who plays Michael
Scofield reminds me of the actor who played Victor in the 1991 Julia
Roberts movie, Dying Young. I watched episode 1 and I was hopelessly
hooked.
The next Thursday, I caught the Prison Break Season 2 premiere on
channel 50 and again, I was addicted. Because of the different
storylines, you can follow season 2 easily even if you didn't watch
season 1. Flashbacks to events in season 1 help you follow the story.
And here lies the cause of my schizophrenia or "the coexistence of
contradictory or incompatible elements". One day, Michael Scofield is
in prison, scheming to get out. And two days later, he and company
have broken out, trying to keep out of prison.
Maybe I should just end my misery and go to Baby dvd-dvd and get a
copy of the two seasons. But then what would I do at 9:00 PM Tuesday
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