michael was also shown to be meticulous and well-prepared as he used his knowledge and intellect to achieve each step of his escape plan. with time, however, michael developed (or was possibly born with) improvisation techniques. tossed into sona, he developed an escape plan, which ultimately fails. the failure leads to another escape plan which michael realizes is a threat to his and lincoln's safety, and stops it. after he escapes sona and brings down the company michael orchestrates from the outside a plan to break sara out of prison in a relatively short amount of time. the plan is successful but costs him his life in the process. this event is present in the movie "prison break: the final break". despite this, the return of "prison break" in 2016 casts doubt over his fate, with garry newman suggesting that this particular event in the straight to video film is likely to be ignored.