the season follows michael as he puts his plan into action while overcoming various obstacles. in the first 13 episodes, michael is seen to have a specific objective in each episode that he must accomplish in order to build an escape route out of the prison. on the way, he recruits a number of people to aid in the escape: his cellmate fernando sucre (amaury nolasco) to help him dig, mob boss john abruzzi (peter stormare) to get him on pi (prison industries) and provide air transport once they escape, and charles westmoreland (muse watson), who he believes to be d. b. cooper and can help finance their lives as fugitives.