All good things come to an end. It can also be said that all bad things come to an end too, which is certainly true of Prison Break.

The first series was different. It was a curious little fellow, with an intriguing premise – Michael Schofield (Wentworth Miller) gets himself sent to prison with the intent to break his brother Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) out. It was quite dark, with many an unlikeable character lurking in the shadows. Which made it pleasantly watchable. He did manage to do just that and... well, it quickly went from silly to plain old nonsense.

The very worst offender was this last series. It was as close to being physical painful to watch as a show can get. At one point, Michael’s life is saved by a napkin. We kid you not. A pretty average napkin at that. And not content with the evil doers of ‘the company’ to contend with, the Schofield gang also had to take on another group, headed by... their mother!

Sarah, I do want a break - but from you. You see, I like boys; boys with chihuahuas. Surprise!

The simple fact was that as soon as you took the prison scenario out of the show, it didn’t have a clue as to what it should be. It reverted to an almost serious version of The Dukes of Hazzard, but with guns, baddies and empty plots week in, week out.

Which is a real shame, as what it did have – apart from the vacuous leads – were some interesting characters. William Fichtner’s Alex Mahone was a curious one; he went from morally ambiguous, to bad, then to good since his addition to the show. They didn’t know quite what to do with him, but they did know that the audience liked him in it. There was also Gretchen (Jodi Lyn O’Keefe) who was very, very bad (and very, very good at it she was too), until they decided that even she must have a heart.

The most memorable and watchable character was of course ‘T-Bag’ (Robert Knepper), who even when they tried to turn him into some kind of pantomime baddie, still managed to blow everyone else off of the screen.

The one (and only) good thing that can be said about this final series was its somewhat unconventional ending. Considering how risk-free the show had become, someone had the balls to stick to their guns and say ‘nope, this is how it’s going to end’. Is it worth seeing just to find out what happened? Dear God no – he died in the end. There, we said it. If you were lucky enough to see series one and none of the subsequent seasons, then don’t tarnish what fond memories you might have by watching this.

Perhaps we would all have been better off if the Schofield boys didn’t manage to break out of prison in the first place – damn you Fox River and your slack security. Whatever you do, don’t do any hard time with this one.