'Prison Break' boss defends tragic twist: 'It IS a happy ending'

What a horrible ending. I was crying so hard that my cat came up to me and started meowing at me. Michael and Sara deserved happyness. This sucked big time. I was going to buy the whole series on DVD but now I don’t think I want to. I can’t watch it knowing he dies in the end. The producers really screwed us all over. What a bunch of jerks. Why on earth couldn’t they have given us a happy ending?

Anyone want to buy a slightly used Season 1 on DVD? I’m certainly never going to watch it again after this, knowing what lies in store for Michael at the end of it all.
Maybe it’s good that it ended this way. Now I don’t feel compelled to go out and buy all the other seasons on DVD or the movie.

You know, if there will be an extended finale on DVD, I really hope this is just the way the other characters are protecting Michael by faking his death for whatever reason. If not, I will continue to be disappointed at such unexpected outcome and conclusion. The writers could have at least have the decency to consult with the fans about alternate or possible endings given that their creative juices are definitely questionable. Very upset at the finale, can’t you tell?

hey, i get the happy ending with michael and sars…i dont get the date on the grave stone? it said 11 7 05, i think. if i am correct that means we the viewers watch 3 months in 4 years? also is michael really dead? her brother put an oragami on his grave stone… i think he is dead, though. i understand everything. i dont understand if what the fans saw on tv happened back in 2005 from AUGUST 29?-NOVEMBER 11 2005? so are we to assume michael killed himself? or died from brain tumor/cancer? and michael did not have to die, we know the company cured him, why change that? i am happy over all with the series i understand so much can be done about prison breaks. i was a fan episode 1 to the finale and the pre-equal coming to DVD JULY 28, 09!!!! Thank you for bringing PAUL ALDELSTEIN back!!!! he is an AMAZING actor, as is the WHOLE CAST!!! THANK YOU PRISON BREAK FOR MAKING MONDAYS NIGHT WORTHWHILE FOR FOUR YEARS!!! THANK YOU PB!!!!!

I felt a bit gipped by the finale… I know the happy ending can be cliche, but he was always the character to have a moral conscience. He sacrificed everything to save his brother, his family, his friends and to reward him by letting him die from the brain tumor (which the Company supposedly fixed earlier in the season) seemed like a cop out. I think they should’ve rewarded his moral fiber instead of demonstrating how unfair life can be… this is television and sometimes people deserve that happy ending.

I don’t get all these remarks about this NOT being a happy ending because Michael died. Uh, hello? What show are you guys watching? Did you forget how many innocent people got brutally murdered over the course of this show? Veronica? Tweener? Mahone’s son? The bad guys were in the pilot seat with the convicts struggling to survive, up until this season. Let’s not forget all the paranoia Michael faced, not knowing who to trust. I’m surprised it didn’t end on a darker note. Now, every major villain left over is either dead or imprisoned, and every good guy remaining lives a relatively nice life, scott free of all charges. In real life, some of the remaining bad guys would still be roaming free and wreaking havoc, half of the remaining good guys would have been killed, and the other half still on the run or hiding. Even with Michael’s death, this is as optimistic an ending as you can get after everything that happened.

i cried too. i was hurt that they actually killed him. so the prison break, the train, the vp/president, panama, the company, mexico, the guy with the cat, sara’s fake death, the ware house, their dad, their mom, ted king? andy from charmed and alcazar from general hospital, michael’s brother’s gf being killed…
ALL of this happened from late AUGUST 2005 TO NOVEMEBER 2005? so 2-3 months got spread out 4 years? i wish the time frame was real time..and i’d agree with the finale.

It didn’t say father on the tombstone that was for sure, so obviously he never met his son. Gretchen best be in dvd movie!