Phaeacia” sees the gang heading to the desert, finally giving fans that glimpse of Michael stumbling through the dust from the opening titles, though strangely, it actually takes place at night here. The desert isn’t just a welcome change of scenery, but allows talented director Kevin Tancharoen (known for his hit web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy) to pull off some of the show’s most visually sumptuous direction to date.

Though this episode’s ending ultimately reveals it to be yet another wheel-spinning exercise, there is at least a lot of the classic Prison Break silliness to keep it chugging along, especially a CGI drone (which, in a moment that passes for restraint as far as this show’s concerned, simply hovers above without giving chase) and a comically large gas tanker explosion that feels straight out of a Michael Bay movie.
And yes, Poseidon is still in the picture, and appears to be linked to…an Elvis impersonator (Duncan Ollerenshaw)? This was more baffling than intriguing in total honesty, and combined with a lame ending which saw Michael rescued by deus ex machina fireworks before forcing the gang to head back from whence they just came, closed things out on something of a sour note.