"Acceptable Loss" is the next-to-last episode of Burn Notice season five. It's not a whiz-bang episode, but it is one that will tug fiercely at your heartstrings before next week's finale.

Michael and Fiona leave Miami behind for a Washington, D.C. law firm that has ties to Anson. In its file room, Fiona digs up paperwork on last season's "big bad," Vaughn Anderson (Robert Wisdom). Nothing to complicate things like two major villains connected to one another. Michael convinces Pearce (Lauren Stamile) to bring Vaughn to Tampa, but Vaughn wants full immunity before he'll be of any help.
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Guess what, folks? It's season finale time. It may have come a little abruptly this year, but like the fall and spring finales of the past, this installment of "Prison Break" effectively tied up several loose ends while setting up some intriguing plotlines for the future. In other words, it accomplished what any good finale should. And, of course, it did so without sacrificing the over-the-top acting and far-fetched storylines that we know and love.

The Exchange?

Things pick up right where they left off last week, which is the "Prison Break" way. Michael (Wentworth Miller) ...

The boys are on the run once more on "Prison Break." Things pick up right where they left off last week, as Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) has taken out the power to Sona. Michael (Wentworth Miller) urges Lechero (Robert Wisdom), T-Bag (Robert Knepper) and Bellick (Wade Williams) to get moving because they only have 30 seconds to get through the fence. Smelling their freedom, those three make a dash across no man's land, only to have the power go back on just a little too soon. Seems like lil' Mikey set them up.

Bellick and T-Bag freeze, but Lechero decides to make a run for it and gets...

There are only three more episodes left of "Prison Break" before the makeshift finale (unless the strike ends soon), and things are really heating up in Panama. Figuratively as well as literally. This season long ago won the prize for "sweatiest television season," and by now it is just overkill. It's hot in Panama. We get the point.

"Under & Out" was actually one of the strongest episodes in a while, perhaps all season. "Prison Break" might be over the top and have the most confusing and nonsensical conspiracy storylines in the history of television, but it does have a few stre...

Another beautiful day in Sona. The sun is shining, the sweat is glistening, and Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) is digging his way out of prison. Haven't we seen this all before? Yes, yes we have.

(Beware, spoilers and sarcasm await…)

At least it lasted longer than the reign of Starscream

This week on Prison Break, a new sheriff is in town. The reign of Sammy (Laurence Mason) has begun. With Michael, Whistler (Chris Vance)and Mahone (William Fichtner) working diligently on the escape tunnel and Lechero (Robert Wisdom) sweating profusely up above, Sammy takes advantag...