Sara walks up, holding the boy’s hand. She is serene, her eyes no longer haunted. She wears a simple dress, her red hair blowing in the sea breeze. Lincoln hands her a small, folded piece of paper.
But the victory is hollow. Michael collapses. The tumor has hemorrhaged. He can barely stand. Sara cradles him as alarms blare. The building is going into lockdown, and the only way out is to flood the lower levels with sea water (the building is built on the waterfront). Michael realizes there is one final problem: the door to the escape tunnel can only be opened from the control room, and it requires a manual override that will flood the room they are in first. Someone has to stay behind to open the door, then get trapped in the rising water. last episode of prison break
The episode begins exactly where the penultimate chapter left off. Michael Scofield, his brother Lincoln Burrows, Sara Tancredi, Alexander Mahone, and the rest of the team are inside the monolithic, dystopian headquarters of The Company — a sprawling, sterile tech fortress known as "The Boardroom." They aren't here for money or revenge anymore. They are here to erase The Company from the face of the earth by destroying Scylla , the black book of covert operations, corrupt corporate alliances, and government secrets that has been the MacGuffin for the entire season. Sara walks up, holding the boy’s hand
Lincoln pounds on the glass. Sara screams his name. Through the small window, they watch Michael turn back to the control panel. The water is already swirling around his ankles. He calmly, deliberately, throws the switch. The escape door unlocks on their side. They are free. Lincoln hands her a small, folded piece of paper