"Prison Break" Shocker: Sara Tancredi is Dead! Did FOX Fire Sarah Wayne Callies?
One of the most beloved characters on FOX's "Prison Break" met her violent demise in last night's episode following failed contract negotiations with actress Sarah Wayne Callies. But don't blame the actress - as TV Guide reveals, the producers were going to kill her off anyway, it was only a question of whether they were going to do it in 4, 9 or 13 episodes. She wasn't going to last the whole season.
The producers claim they originally wanted the actress to remain on the show for an entire season of 22 episodes and she wasn't going to be killed off. But FOX didn't like the ideas for season 3 and asked the writers to come up with a new concept.
At this point, the producers came up with Sona and decided that the best way to motivate Michael (Wentworth Miller) to do what he was going to do in season 3 would be to kill off his darling Sara.
What happened then is that the actress who, as a number of fans, was invested in the loving relationship between Sara and Michael, may have been shocked to hear her character was going to be killed off. In any event, she refused to make a deal to come back to the show.
In other words, if FOX was going to kill Sara off, they would have to do it without her.
In last night's episode, Lincoln reveals "Prison Break" fan's worst nightmare - the box he received a week earlier contained Dr. Sara Tancredi's head! The producers claim this gruesome ending for the character was not meant to punish the actress.
The question on everyone's mind (and I believe FOX's, too) is: Has "Prison Break" now officially jumped the shark? Is this the moment where droves of frustrated fans will abandon the series? Yes, people have been dying on the show since episode #1, but Sara?
The ratings are already down from about 9 million to 7.5 million.
The show was originally intended as a 2-season series (one focusing on the escape, the other on the manhunt).
But FOX wanted to keep a hit on their schedule, especially since their falls always turn into ratings disasters and the only thing keeping FOX at the end of the day on the map is the blockbuster "American Idol."
I will personally be very surprised if the ratings don't continue to go down after this episode.
But, on the other hand, maybe this was the 'shot in the arm' the show needed? Although, I seriously doubt that.
Labels: Prison Break
posted by Justin Van De Kamp at
7:00 AM
12 Comments:
holy crap. sara is dead? i feel like crying. someone hold me. give me one good reason to watch the show now besides wentworth miller of course. this is so stupid i feel like killing FOX. i always hated fox what with their abrupt cancellation of awesome shows. too bad bones, prison break and house are on fox. DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prison break is not a just a romance show..sara's death only means Lincoln has to shut up about it until michael gets out otherwise michael will give up getting out since he wont have the motivation, then whistler wont get out, then LJ dies....we shall see. but yeah...in my eye it's only made it more interesting
FOX you are so stupid ! Sara was part of Prison Break ! U so so stupid ! I feel so bad for Sara :`(
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It feels like ‘the show that never ends’. At least with 24 there’s some closure at the end of the season… And doesn’t it seem like they're stretching for ideas, just to keep us from turning off the tele?
I'd like to see season 3 bring Prison Break to a glorious end...
sara can't die please bring her back! she was amazing on the show..if michael is on the inside she should stay on the show! i really hope its another head in the box cos it doesnt look like sara anyway!
get it right
the actual address is pregnant
thats why she couldn't do the series
what better way to kill her off
FYI, the actress has already given birth. They didn't kill her off for her "pregnancy" apparently they killed her off because that would make Michael's plight to get to the root of Sona more credible!
this cant be happening!!!!!!!!! Sara was one of the mpst important reason i was even wayching PB (miller was the first) but the point is that fox is ruining the whole show for us , sara and michael 'moved' everyone, this just cant end!!!! I am so not watching the show anymore if this is a fact! Season 3 will definetly suck without my beloved sara, may she rest in piece. :'(
fox you piss me off
Gahd! why the hell did you kill Sara?!. That won't make Michael motivated... it'll make him miserable cos he failed to save his true love! come on! bring her back!!
I don't believe it? Please tell me the head in the box isn't Sara's. Even as a guy I wept when I saw the episode of her death. Please, Fox, resurect Sara somehow, we fans need her.
i just finished watching d 7th episode of the 4th season n i saw that sara is not dead
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