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* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: David "Tweener" Apolskis's death was a result of actor Lane Garrison leaving the series to finish ''Film/{{Shooter}}''.



* McLeaned: David "Tweener" Apolskis's death was a result of actor Lane Garrison leaving the series to finish ''Film/{{Shooter}}''.

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* OnSetInjury: Creator/DominicPurcell suffered a broken nose and a head injury while filming in Morocco after an iron bar used as a set piece had fallen onto his head. He was immediately airlifted from Marrakesh to Casablanca for treatment where he recovered.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Season two was to still have Reynolds playing a big role as President with Kellerman coming to the realization that she was nothing but a pawn for the Company. However, Patricia Wettig became unavailable when her minor role on ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' was made a regular when that show became a surprise hit. Thus, Reynolds was pushed to more off-camera until her late season 2 appearance and Kellerman cut out of her circle.

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Season two was to still have Reynolds playing a big role as President with Kellerman coming to the realization that she was nothing but a pawn for the Company. However, Patricia Wettig became unavailable when her minor role on ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' was made a regular when that show became a surprise hit. Thus, Reynolds was pushed to more off-camera until her late season 2 appearance and Kellerman cut out of her circle.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Barely averted; as mentioned elsewhere on this page, Tweener was killed off so his actor could finish the film ''Film/{{Shooter}}'', but it's likely that they would've been forced to do so even without the film, as shortly afterwards his actor got sent to jail for manslaughter.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Barely averted; as mentioned elsewhere on this page, Tweener was killed off so his actor Lane Garrison could finish the film ''Film/{{Shooter}}'', but it's likely that they would've been forced to do so even without the film, as shortly afterwards his actor Garrison got sent to jail for manslaughter.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Barely averted; Tweener was actually killed off in the script shortly before his actor got sent to jail for manslaughter.
* StarMakingRole: This show served as breakout for Creator/WentworthMiller, Creator/DominicPurcell, Creator/SarahWayneCallies, Creator/RobertKnepper, Amury Nolasco, and Creator/WadeWilliams.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Barely averted; as mentioned elsewhere on this page, Tweener was actually killed off in so his actor could finish the script film ''Film/{{Shooter}}'', but it's likely that they would've been forced to do so even without the film, as shortly before afterwards his actor got sent to jail for manslaughter.
* StarMakingRole: This show served as breakout for Creator/WentworthMiller, Creator/DominicPurcell, Creator/SarahWayneCallies, Creator/RobertKnepper, Amury Amaury Nolasco, and Creator/WadeWilliams.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted with season 1, which was set and shot in Illinois -- the scenes at Fox River were filmed on location in Joliet Correctional Center, which was an active prison from 1858 to 2002.

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Averted with season 1, which was set and shot in Illinois -- the scenes at Fox River were filmed on location in Joliet Correctional Center, which was an active prison from 1858 to 2002.



* TheCastShowoff : Creator/WentworthMiller was a competitive college swimmer and in season one he gets to show off his swimming skills. Knocking the water out of his ear was a ThrowItIn bonus.

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* TheCastShowoff : TheCastShowoff: Creator/WentworthMiller was a competitive college swimmer and in season one he gets to show off his swimming skills. Knocking the water out of his ear was a ThrowItIn bonus.
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** Paul Kellerman is played by Paul Adelstein.

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** Paul Kellerman is played by Paul Adelstein.Creator/PaulAdelstein.
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** There was originally going to be a spin-off entitled "Cherry Hill". It would have been set in a woman's prison, and focused on a housewife named Molly.
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* TheOtherDarrin: John Billingsley played Terrence Steadman in Season 1 but was unable to appear in Season 2 due to working on ''Series/TheNine''. He was replaced by Jeff Perry.

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* TheOtherDarrin: John Billingsley played Terrence Steadman in Season 1 but was unable to appear in Season 2 due to working on ''Series/TheNine''.''The Nine''. He was replaced by Jeff Perry.
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* PostScriptSeason: While the creators mentioned the show was only designed for two seasons, Fox squeezed a third season out of them in 2007-2008. This unfolded the same year when... you guessed it... the writer's strike happened. As a result, the third season was truncated to 13 episodes, and forced the writers to produce a fourth season to wrap up the show. Depending on who you ask, the fourth year was either a creative resurgence from the mediocre third season or a godawful train wreck of epic proportions. The controversial series ending was even more polarizing. And let's not even get into the cash grabbing DVD movie, The Final Break. Despite the series allegedly ending for good, a ''fifth'' season premiered 2017.

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* PostScriptSeason: While the creators mentioned the show was only designed for two seasons, Fox squeezed a third season out of them in 2007-2008. This unfolded the same year when... you guessed it... the writer's strike happened. As a result, the third season was truncated to 13 episodes, and forced the writers to produce a fourth season to wrap up the show. Depending on who you ask, the fourth year was either a creative resurgence from the mediocre third season or a godawful train wreck of epic proportions. The controversial series ending was even more polarizing. And let's not even get into the cash grabbing DVD movie, The Final Break. Despite the series allegedly ending for good, a ''fifth'' season premiered 2017.in 2017, also polarizing.
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* PostScriptSeason: While the creators mentioned the show was only designed for two seasons, Fox squeezed a third season out of them in 2007-2008. This unfolded the same year when... you guessed it... the writer's strike happened. As a result, the third season was truncated to 13 episodes, and forced the writers to produce a fourth season to wrap up the show. Depending on who you ask, the fourth year was either a creative resurgence from the mediocre third season or a godawful train wreck of epic proportions. The controversial series ending was even more polarizing. And let's not even get into the cash grabbing DVD movie, The Final Break. Despite the series allegedly ending for good, a ''fifth'' season is set to premiere in 2017.

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* PostScriptSeason: While the creators mentioned the show was only designed for two seasons, Fox squeezed a third season out of them in 2007-2008. This unfolded the same year when... you guessed it... the writer's strike happened. As a result, the third season was truncated to 13 episodes, and forced the writers to produce a fourth season to wrap up the show. Depending on who you ask, the fourth year was either a creative resurgence from the mediocre third season or a godawful train wreck of epic proportions. The controversial series ending was even more polarizing. And let's not even get into the cash grabbing DVD movie, The Final Break. Despite the series allegedly ending for good, a ''fifth'' season is set to premiere in premiered 2017.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Season two was to still have Reynolds playing a big role as President with Kellerman coming to the realization that she was nothing but a pawn for the Company. However, Patricia Wettig became unavailable when her minor role on ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' was made a regular when that show became a surprise hit. Thus, Reynolds was pushed to more off-camera until her late season 2 appearance and Kellerman cut out of her circle.

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