The Best Prison Break Cast Reunion Happened 3 Years Before the Series’ Divisive Revival

Summary

• Prison Break stars Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller successfully reunited on-screen in The Flash, ahead of their controversial Prison Break revival.
• The series struggled to come up with ideas after the first season, so much so that it was eventually cancelled, before a surprise return 8 years later to mixed reactions from fans.
• Purcell and Miller appeared on The Flash as villains wielding weapons of opposing elements, forming a dynamic partnership that continued on Legends of Tomorrow.

When Evasion was revived in 2017, fans rejoiced at the reunion of main co-stars, Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller, however their best reunion actually happened 3 years earlier. Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller first appeared on screen together in the hit series, Evasionin 2005. Evasion airs on Fox and stars two brothers named Lincoln Burrows (Purcell) and Michael Scofield (Miller). When Lincoln is sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit, his brother Michael shows up with a body full of blueprints tattooed on his body and helps them both escape from prison on the hit show.

Following Evasion the conclusion of the first season, where the show really lived up to its name, the show they had a hard time coming up with ideas to continue the series in subsequent seasons. Evasion It ran for four successful seasons before being cancelledAmazingly, eight years later, the show returned for a final fifth season, reuniting the Evasion stars for the first time in eight years. However, Purcell and Miller actually reunited before their divisive Evasion rebirth, when they appeared as some of the CW’s best characters The flash in 2014, as DC villains Captain Cold and Heat Wave.

Prison Break’s Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller reunited on The Flash in 2014

Leonard Snart and Mick Rory were a hit

Being one of the most popular Arrowverse shows on Netflix, The flash has hosted some big names since it first aired in 2014, including Prison Break Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller. Purcell and Miller first appeared in The flash in season 1, episode 4, “Going Rogue”, as contrasting characters, Leonard Snart and Mick Rory. This would be their first on-screen reunion since they starred as brothers in EvasionThey had a really interesting dynamic in The flash as Snart had an affinity for ice and Rory for fire, yet the two were criminal partners who worked well together.

Purcell and Miller then moved on to another Arrowverse show, set in the same universe as
The flash
called
Legends of Tomorrow
this time as main characters…

After Leonard Snart earned the nickname “Captain Cold“for using a stolen cold gun that can freeze anything, including the Flash, she teams up with her former partner, Rory. As recurring characters, Purcell and Miller appear in The flash first seasons as villains with opposing elemental weapons. They eventually form a villain group called the Rogues and battle Flash and his team throughout season 1 and season 2. Purcell and Miller later moved on to another Arrowverse show, set in the same universe as The flashcalled Legends of Tomorrowthis time as main characters, continuing their collaboration.

Why the Prison Break Revival Was So Divisive After an 8-Year Wait

They’ve run out of ideas

Although they had worked together for years, when Purcell and Miller reunited in the revival From Evasioneight years after its cancellation, fans were divided. That’s because season 4 contained a flashforward that showed Michael Scofield’s emotional demise following his diagnosis of brain cancer. Prison Break Resuming the fifth season was a mistake because the show was originally cancelled due to lack of ideas. When they erased Scofield’s death, the show exemplified the problem. Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller The flash It could have happened in a very different context, but the strength of the story made it much more effective.