The Government and Law Enforcement
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F.B.I.
Lang
Felicia Lang
Played By: Barbara Eve Harris
An FBI agent tasked with aiding Alexander Mahone in his pursuit of the Fox River Eight.
- Action Girl: Being an FBI agent, she knows how to use a gun and shows it.
- All Love Is Unrequited: She has unrequited romantic feelings for her boss, Mahone. They eventually get together.
- Ascended Extra: Lang was just one of Mahone's cronies, but her role gradually increased.
- Back for the Finale: She's one of many faces that show up in the Series Finale.
- Relationship Upgrade: With Mahone, who she's in love with.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: She ultimately decides this when she lets Mahone go free.
- Undying Loyalty: To Mahone. She never questions him when he's in command, and he trusts her far more than Wheeler because of it. When she has the drop on him, she chooses to let him go instead of arresting him.
Wheeler
Mark Wheeler
Played By: Jason Davis
An FBI agent that accompanies and helps Alexander Mahone track down the "Fox River 8" from the FBI Field Office in Chicago.
- Good Is Not Nice: He becomes very contemptuous of Mahone, although he does have every right to be.
- Hero Antagonist: To Mahone in Season 4.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Wheeler eventually betrays Mahone, correctly suspecting him of covertly killing the Fox River Eight. Mahone is impressed by his integrity.
Sullins
Richard Sullins
Played By: Kim Coates
An FBI Internal Affairs agent who has a serious grudge with Mahone.
- Good Is Not Nice: Sullins may not be a nice guy, but his intentions are genuine.
- Internal Affairs: His official role.
- Hero Antagonist: To Mahone, frequently. Sullins makes it his mission in life to see Mahone pay for his numerous crimes.
Franco
Homeland Security
Miriam Hultz
Miriam Hultz AKA Trishanne Smith
Played By: Shannon Lucio
A GATE secretary/Homeland Security agent.
- Action Girl: She's a trained agent who can handle herself in gunfights.
- Bullyinga Dragon: Her attempt to blackmail T-Bag into signing over to her his bonus check backfires when he makes thinly veiled threats against her in return.
- Dirty Cop: See Bullyinga Dragon Above.
- Ms. Fanservice: Due to her numerous low-cut tops.
- Undercover Cop Reveal: Eventually she's revealed to be a member of Homeland Security.
- Sexy Secretary: For GATE and Gregory White.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Self murders her in cold blood after she's fulfilled her duty.
Stanton
Herb Stanton
Played By: Michael O'Neil
Don Self's boss and the director of Homeland Security in Los Angeles.
- Asshole Victim: He is killed by one of his own men, who is really an Undercover Comapny operative, just as he is about to kill the Scylla Team to cover his own tracks. Doubles as a Karmic Death.
- Dirty Cop: To keep Self's treachery a secret so he can maintain his professional reputation, Stanton decides to kill the Scylla Team.
- Jerkass: He treats the team (and Self) with absolute contempt and tries to pull the plug on the operation, and takes it out on Self when the latter gets the Senator to overrule him.
The Government
Frank
Frank Tancredi
Played By: John Heard
The governor of Illinois and Sara's father. The character's strict policies on crime earned him the nickname "Frontier Justice Frank". He disapproves of Sara's decision to work at Fox River.
- He Knows Too Much: Frank is murdered by the Company when he starts digging into the Burrows case.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Frank may be short-tempered and even ruthless, but he's a clean politician with a strong sense of justice who loves his daughter. He even takes a second look at Lincoln's case and becomes convinced of his innocence.
- Never Suicide: The Company kills him and makes it look like a hanging.
- Obstructive Bureaucrat: Frank doggedly refuses to even entertain the possibility that Lincoln is innocent for a very long time. He eventually gets over this.
- Papa Wolf: To his daughter, who he loves dearly despite their strained relationship.
- Well Done, Junkie Daughter Girl
Bruce
Bruce Bennett
Played By: Wilbur Fitzgerald
A close aid and long-time friend of Frank Tancredi.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Is subjected to this by Wyatt.
