The explanation? A shadowy mercenary group called “Poseidon” framed Michael, faked his death, and forced him to work for them. This left Sara remarried to a man named Jacob (who, spoiler alert, is actually the villain) and Lincoln living a dead-end life in Chicago.

Season 5 is not the Prison Break you remember from 2005. It is a nostalgia trip with a bigger budget and a looser grip on reality.

So when Fox announced in 2016 that the show was returning for a 9-episode “event series” (Season 5), the fanbase was split. Were we getting a masterpiece, or a cash-grab?

Now that the dust has settled, let’s go back inside the Ogygia Prison and ask: The Setup: How Do You Bring Back a Dead Man? Season 5’s biggest hurdle was its own premise. We watched Michael die of a brain tumor-related nosebleed in The Final Break . To get around this, the writers pulled a classic soap opera move: Michael isn’t dead; he’s been held in a Yemeni prison for four years.

(A fun reunion, but a middling mystery.) Have you watched Season 5 of Prison Break ? Do you consider it canon, or do you prefer the original series finale? Let me know in the comments below!

If you go into it wanting to see Michael and Lincoln share the screen again, and you can ignore the plot holes the size of the Grand Canyon, you will have a great time. The final scene—featuring a very specific paper swan—finally gives the Scofield family the happy ending they deserved 8 years ago.