The essential episodes of Breakout Kings
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Breakout Kings — each pick states its reason.
- 01
An unconventional team is formed to track escaped convicts when, in the series opener, two U.S. Marshals hire three convicted felons who had escaped from prison, and promise them a month off of their sentences for each capture.
- 02
A man who hunts women and tortures them escapes during a candlelight vigil outside prison, and the team learns that he has a woman captive in an unknown location.
- 03
A man with a prosthetic hand escapes and goes on a crime spree, and the team tries to catch him before he crosses the Canadian border.
- 04
The team hunts a pedophile, and they believe he could be going to the school where he worked and where the children he's accused of molesting attend.
- 05
A woman convicted of stabbing her husband 48 times escapes on a school bus; and Lloyd's gambling debt is on the rise and an inmate threatens his life if he doesn't pay.
- 06
Two inmates escape by poisoning another inmate and hiding in his coffin, but, once outside, there is friction between the two men.
- 07
A contract killer escapes and leaves a trail of bodies, and the team looks for a connection between the victims in order to catch the killer.
- 08
A schizophrenic with outdoor-survivalist skills escapes and sets out to abduct a young television host and eventually kill her.
- 09
An 18-wheeler busts through prison walls, and several convicts escape by hiding in an armored car that was in the back of the truck.
- 10
Where in the World is Carmen Vega
In the first-season finale, the head of a drug cartel escapes while attending her son's funeral, and, while the team hunts her, it's suspected that there's a rat in the ranks who's helping the fugitive elude the team.
- 11
In the second-season opener, the team hunt a merciless serial killer whom Lloyd's testimony helped convict. Meanwhile, Charlie gets offered a promotion, putting the fate of the program in jeopardy.
- 12
The gang must figure out how a prisoner pulled off the perfect crime while remaining incarcerated.
- 13
The team pursues an escaped inmate and a prison volunteer who aided her getaway.
- 14
An ex-Navy SEAL flees prison in order to exact revenge on his former government-contractor employer, setting off conspiracy theories about his motives.
- 15
The team face a difficult choice when a case they're barred from being involved in turns personal.
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