The Fox River Eight (Michael Scofield, Lincoln Burrows, Fernando Sucre, John Abruzzi, Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell, Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin , David "Tweener" Apolskis , and Charles "Haywire" Patoshik). How the Breakout Happened

Season 3, Episode 12: "Hell or High Water" .

After being incarcerated in a lawless Panamanian prison, Michael is forced to engineer another breakout.

The timing of the escape is dictated by a single, non-negotiable factor:

Michael, Whistler, Mahone, and McGrady successfully escape Sona.