mahone tells the fbi that michael decided to parachute into the prison. as a dummy drops in by parachute michael sneaks under the fbi agent's car who is in charge of preventing the escape. sara and gretchen try to get to the chapel by starting a riot. in the midst of the riot gretchen gets shanked by another prisoner. sara and gretchen quietly sneak to the chapel, however gretchen gets caught without revealing sara's location. sara continues and meets up with michael. they eventually get to the exit point, but when michael's key card doesn't work as expected, he tells sara to carry on without him. michael grabs the generator wires and puts two together to knock out the power. the door opens, but sara sees an explosion as she leaves. sara is unable to speak and mahone informs everyone he is gone and they need to leave. upon leaving, mahone shows sara and lincoln michael's medical records that he did not have much longer to live, and gave them a dvd on which michael expresses his love to them both as well as his unborn child.