{"podcast":{"title":"Prison Breaking With Sarah & Paul","slug":"prison-breaking-with-sarah-paul-6772306","podcast_index_feed_id":6772306,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ETUII9626865092","website_url":"https://www.caliber-studio.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/71ac57b6-dc46-11f0-b715-d3e728078d78/image/ea6718dbec444606da8a79ecdab8fd7b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Caliber Studio","episode_count":130,"summary":"Just have a little faith. We got a runner! Welcome to Prisneyland, Fish. And welcome to the Prison Break re-watch podcast you always knew you needed. Sarah Wayne Callies (Dr. Sara Tancredi) & Paul Adelstein (Agent Paul Kellerman) re-watch and re-live the show episode by episode. The on-screen adversaries and real-life friends share never-before-heard stories about filming the series and welcome guests including the actors, directors and writers from Prison Break’s 5 seasons. They answer fan questions, run a few contests, and dig into the way TV - and our culture - has changed since the show premiered in 2005. Whether you’re a fan from way back or new to the show: come join us. We’ll leave the door open for you. Listen to every episode here and WATCH every episode on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@PrisonBreakPodcast Subscribe to our Patreon and re-watch every episode of Prison Break with Sarah & Paul's unfiltered commentary with our WATCH PARTY episodes, released every week one day ahead of the podcast episode. 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Stream Prison Break on Hulu (U.S.) and Disney+ (Internationally) Sarah Wayne Callies and Paul Adelstein welcome this episode’s co-writer, Seth Hoffman. Prison Break was Seth’s first Hollywood job and he was one of the first people hired onto the show by Matt Olmstead as the Writer’s Assistant. He shares his unusually quick rise from writer’s assistant to staff writer and now showruns WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY. He describes how he was hired at the start of season one, promoted unusually quickly, and why the room was uniquely functional and generous, offering assistant education through episode cut viewings and editorial notes. They explore season three’s tonal shift to a darker, less-controlled world for Michael, shaped in part by looming Writer’s Guild strike uncertainty and network concerns about bleakness. Hoffman shares casting memories (notably William Fichtner as Mahone), the use of fake audition sides to avoid spoilers, limited writer-on-set practices, and lessons from producer Karen Usher. He also pitches a later “season five” concept set in Hell and answers a “Sona escape partner” question with Andy Dufresne. Subscribe here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=116411884⁠⁠⁠⁠ -or- Click Link in Bio Patreon Subscribers get access to all of our Watch Parties and FanFiction (all captioned in six languages - English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Turkish), exclusive Ask Me Anything's with Sarah & Paul, and unannounced Discord drop-ins on our always rollicking server with fans and friends who come together from around the world. All for less than a cup of coffee. Leave us your comments, shoot us an email, or leave us a voicemail - we love hearing from all of you! prisonbreaking@caliber-studi…","meta_description":"This episode of Prison Breaking With Sarah And Paul is sponsored by Hulu. 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