The 2007–08 WGA strike began May 2007. Season 2 finished airing April 2, 2007 – over a month before the strike, allowing a complete 22-episode run.
| Episode Range | Key Events | Narrative Function | |---------------|------------|---------------------| | 1–4 | Escape revealed; Mahone joins; Tweener caught first. | Establish new status quo: fugitives vs. FBI. | | 5–9 | Haywire dies; Sucre’s detour; Bellick hunts them. | Raise stakes – death becomes real outside prison. | | 10–13 | Utah money dig; T-Bag’s betrayal; Mahone kills Tweener. | Midseason pivot; moral ambiguity peaks. | | 14–17 | Sara on the run; Kellerman switches sides; C-Note captured. | Shift alliances; humanize antagonists. | | 18–22 | Panama chase; Mahone’s son’s killer revealed; Michael shoots Mahone (non-lethal); Lincoln cleared; Michael sent to Sona. | Set up Season 3 prison arc. | how many episodes are in season 2 of prison break