All I can say is…

It’s sooooooooooo beautiful! Never lets me down being my most favorite show in the planet! I mean, I’ve been bitching about Season 2’s lack of cinematic quality compared to Season 1, which had all the necessary stuff in it (cinematography, production design, character, story consistency). Now I’m confident to say that Season 3 is up for more good things to come.

Obviously, “Orientacion” is a good title for a season premiere, and the episode introduced us to more cruel and savage prison grounds, which Season 2 has noted as “Sona”. The season premiere had tons of twists in it, and the best one that I loved was the woman crying outside the prison, claiming she needs to get her husband who died the other night. You really have to watch the episode yourself. I won’t spoil anything here.

About technical stuff, I love love love the new production set / studio. It was really meant to be a living hell on Earth. Though it was a bit dirty, dilapidated and takes an elementary student to get out of that place (There were no prison bars. Just prisoners gunning on your escape.), I find it really commending for the cinematographer to really give beautiful angles, colors, and blocking for each scenes. I personally like the part where they were being introduced to the “Master” of the prison grounds (I still dunno his name, sorry), it was just… perfect!

Alex Mahone is also worth noting since he changed characters, but the character shift felt natural, for he also had needs. Bellick was also funny in this episode, and I have to say this is one of his most powerful performances ever in the series (no wonder the execs keep him). Robert Knepper playing T-Bag just feels too stereotypical, though. He was still cast as a savage, and more likely, he’ll be a villain (again) in this season.

I’ll give the Premiere my 5 out of 5 (even with my disappointments with what T-Bag has become).

Seeing the show’s intro gave me an idea how emotional this season could get, and how tense the scenes will be. I’m really looking forward to seeing good episodes from Prison Break. Still holding on to that “Best Thing That ever Happened to TV” bit.

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