Prison Break will have another regular next season, as Michael Rapaport has reportedly joined the show as it goes into its fourth season.

Prison Break’s fourth season will have 22 episodes and production for the fourth season will move from Dallas to Los Angeles this month.

Michael Rapaport will play a government agent who has an interesting offer for Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) and his brother (Dominic Purcell), according to the Hollywood Reporter. Rapaport had been a regular on Boston Public and more recently a recurring character in NBC’s My Name Is Earl.

In one crazy unexpected twist, Sarah Wayne Callies is coming back to Prison Break next season!!!

Yes, even after her character, Dr. Sara Tancredi was unexpectedly beheaded last season. Apparently she had a contract dispute with 20th Century last year but that’s all been resolved.

In the fourth episode of season three (”Good Fences”), Sara’s head was presumably decapitated, placed in a box, and sent to Lincoln Burrows. So how can she be written back into the series?

Prison Break executive producer Matt Olmstead tells TV Guide,”Lincoln glanced at the head in the box for a split second. That could’ve been anyone. He wasn’t about to pull it up from the hair and inspect it closely.”

Olmstead also admitted that the fans affected the decision to bring back Sarah. “…once we started talking about it, it was mentioned again that fans are still wondering about her. And when people who are fans of the show — and of Sarah — are asking, “Is she really dead?”, what they’re saying, essentially, is, “I hope she’s not dead.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of bringing SWC back to life??

Nick Santora, writer and co-executive producer of Prison Break, just announced on his blog that season 4 was just officially picked up by FOX. (Yes, that is Santora to the right with Prison Break Oragami Crane earrings.)

Santora wrote, “So we got word on Wednesday that we are officially picked up by the network for Season 4. This is great news. We are all very excited. We are moving offices onto the Fox Studio Lot next week and we had to say goodbye to the offices that were our home for the past 3 years … not really that sad because, well, c’mon, it’s just a frickin’ building. But my new office is about half the size with just a tiny window which normally would suck except for one thing … I get to go to work everyday with people I love and respect and I get to be creative. So I don’t really give a rat’s *** what our new offices look like! For those of you who celebrate Easter, have a great one. I will be at my home having Easter dinner with family (visiting cousins) and friends (including Prison Break writer Kalinda Vazquez) — it should be a nice weekend leading into an even better week of diving head-first into Season 4! Best, Nick.”

FOX aired the “season finale” of Prison Break tonight. Let me recap the ridiculousness for you:

LJ and Sofia get saved. Sofia leaves James. Sophia gets shot. Lincoln stays behind to take care of her. Michael reminisces about Sarah. Mahone, Whistler and Gretchen are are cahoots with one another. Long live The Company!

Lots of unanswered questions but this will probably be the last we see of Michael and Lincoln, anyway. No word from the network on renewal–not good news.

The Boston Herald seems to done with the series: “Please, don’t add another year of Prison Break to viewers’ sentence… FOX should pardon its viewers and give them early parole. We’ve done our time. We don’t need any more of this crime.”

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Peep the new Prison Break promo!

Michael (Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln (Dominic Purcell return in Prison Break episode “Boxed In” premiering Monday, Jan. 14 @ 8PM ET/PT on FOX. After raising the suspicions of the Panamanian Army, Michael experiences solitary Sona style. Bellick has the fight of his life and Susan sets her sights on Sucre as T-Bag schemes his way into the escape.

18 days until the next new episode!

Bigger Prison Break promos inside… More Here! »

If there was ever a time to tune into Prison Break, it’s next week!

Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) finally shows some skin in Monday’s episode, taking off his shirt and showing off his tattoo-filled upper body. (HQ episode stills here.)

Prison Break episode “Bang and Burn” airs Monday, Nov. 12 @ 8PM ET/PT on FOX. Shirtless Wentworth Miller, it’s what you’ve all been waiting for!

Whistler (Chris Vance) and Michael (Wentworth Miller) come face to face with Susan B. (Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, pictured below) in the Prison Break episode “Boxed In” airing Monday, Nov. 19 @ 8PM ET/PT on FOX.

FOX really varied Michael’s costume with two red stripes on the sleeve on his shirt! How DARING.

“Boxed in” Synopsis: Michael finds himself in solitary confinement and must talk his way out. His interlocutor: Sona’s new commanding officer. Meanwhile, Susan B. finds a way to keep Linc motivated; Lang has a parting gift for Mahone; Sucre makes another delivery to Sona and Susan B. makes him an offer; T-Bag makes Whistler an offer and Sofia confronts him; Bellick’s refusal to mop up a mess puts him in a very messy situation; and a mysterious American woman travels to Panama to see Michael.

The Prison Break double episode “Photo Finish/Vamonos” airs tomorrow, Monday, Nov. 5 @ 8PM ET/PT on FOX.

Michael (Wentworth Miller races to catch Whistler (Chris Vance) before he escapes alone in the Prison Break episode “Bang and Burn” airing Monday, Nov. 12 @ 8PM ET/PT on FOX.

First picture below: Michael has the prison layout and is ready to plot Whistler’s breakout.

Second picture: Whistler follows Michael through the cellar to the escape tunnel.

10+ pictures inside from Prison Break episode “Bang and Burn… More Here! »