"By the Skin and the Teeth" is the fifteenth episode of television series Prison Break, written by Nick Santora and directed by Kevin Hooks. It was first aired on March 27, 2006. The episode takes place on Lincoln Burrows' execution day on May 11th and covers the events which follow on May 12th. Two days after this episode was aired, the series was picked up by Fox for a second season.
Lincoln's execution does not go as planned; everything is rea...
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"By the Skin and the Teeth" is the fifteenth episode of television series Prison Break, written by Nick Santora and directed by Kevin Hooks. It was first aired on March 27, 2006. The episode takes place on Lincoln Burrows' execution day on May 11th and covers the events which follow on May 12th. Two days after this episode was aired, the series was picked up by Fox for a second season.
Lincoln's execution does not go as planned; everything is ready to go as he is strapped to the electric chair, but the warden receives instructions from the judge that the case is to be delayed two weeks. Someone slipped autopsy files into the judge's office, claiming that the body of Terrence Steadman, who Lincoln supposedly killed, was someone else. Two files were sent to the judge at the last moment: one an autopsy report of the deceased noting he had a healthy appendix; the other a report that the deceased had had his appendix removed.
Due to the inherent contradiction, the judge orders a reprieve...
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