The searchlights on the prison walls blazed to life. Manche, captured, was forced to reveal the list of escapees. Upon learning of their successful breakout, the other inmates erupted into cheers and celebration.
After being rescued, Bellick immediately led a team to relentlessly track the fugitives. Warden Pope began an investigation, suspecting an inside informant. Veronica arrived in Montana and drove to the address linked to the phone number.
The escapees found the car arranged by Abruzzi's contacts. After a brief struggle, they abandoned Haywire and drove away. In the car, Abruzzi attempted to deal with T-Bag, but T-Bag, having anticipated this, had handcuffed himself to Michael and swallowed the key. Unable to act without harming Michael, Abruzzi was forced to back down.
To bypass a police checkpoint, they drove off-road, only to get the car stuck in mud. Forced to continue on foot, Michael drove Tuna away from the group. Meanwhile, Bellick discovered the abandoned car and Tuna's handprint.
Under Pope's persistent questioning, Katie finally revealed that Sara had feelings for Michael. The fugitives evaded a police helicopter and took refuge in a farmhouse, where they found a car but no engine. Haywire "borrowed" a bicycle and continued his flight alone. Bellick, finding the discarded car, was confident they were nearby. The plane waiting for Abruzzi aroused the suspicion of an airport manager, who ordered a background check.
Sucre and the others subdued T-Bag. Attempts to break the handcuffs failed. Abruzzi then took an axe and severed T-Bag's hand, leaving the others in shock. The escape group was now down another member.
"The Company" decided to eliminate the Vice President, who had become a liability, using a special poison. However, the President died unexpectedly from the toxin, while the Vice President survived and seamlessly ascended to the presidency.
Chicago police broke into Sara's apartment and found her unconscious on the couch from a morphine overdose.
Veronica sneaked into a house and came face to face with Terrence Steadman—the man Lincoln was convicted of killing.
The remaining five fugitives broke through a police perimeter and ran towards the waiting plane. Just as they neared it, the impatient pilot took off, the plane roaring over their heads. With police cars closing in on their location, the five had no choice but to keep running into the vast, dark wilderness.