later in the tunnels with mahone, whistler and lechero, he says they need braces to hold up the escape tunnel. then, when part of the tunnel is about to fall, michael puts a little piece of metal in to hold it up. their escape plan was jeopardized with sammy taking over sona prison and investigating their escape, but sammy was killed after the tunnel fell upon him. it is then revealed that michael killed sammy by taking out that little metal piece. mcgrady joined the team in the escape. later michael, whistler, mahone, and mcgrady escape from sona, with lechero, t-bag and bellick caught during the escape.