When it premiered on FOX in August 2005, instantly became a global television phenomenon. Created by Paul Scheuring, the high-stakes action thriller hooked viewers with a revolutionary premise: a brilliant structural engineer deliberately gets himself locked up in a maximum-security penitentiary to break out his wrongly accused brother on Death Row.
The Best Friend Sucre was Michael’s cellmate and ride-or-die friend. His loyalty provided the comic relief and heart necessary to balance the show's tension.