This is the engine of the season. Lincoln, against all reason, drops his life and travels to the Middle East. Sara, now a mother and a wife, is dragged back into the chaos. And the show asks its audience to accept a radical proposition: Michael faked his own death, abandoned his family, and landed in one of the most volatile prisons on Earth. Why? The answer, slowly unraveled, is a conspiracy that makes Scylla look like a parking ticket.
Much of the season takes place in Ogygia Prison in Sana'a, Yemen, during a period of intense civil war. Michael is being held under the alias Kaniel Outis , an infamous terrorist wanted by the world. Prison Break - Season 5
The season explores themes of: