Escape at Dannemora
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It was the breach that no one and everyone could see coming.

But theres another back room, one meant exclusively for CCF personnel, that plays a key role inDannemora.
Matt is brewing something even sweeter than his customary hot toddies, and Sweat knows it.
He just doesnt know what, exactly.
Hes even generous with shave gel when the commissary sticks Matt with a can of powder.
Apart From All That:
What, you thought employee-inmate relationshipsat CCF would suddenly stop?
Contrasting the wider-world news of theCharlie Hebdoshooting with small-town Malone was a nice touch.
Ditto the back-and-forth between 70s prison break-evoking soundtrack cuts and the urgency of modern pop.
Bobbys Lounge is real, andyes, Stiller visited.
I love Lyle, but Im not sure the British were the Nazis of their day.
Who, one wonders, is in the portrait hung up in Matts cell?
IG Scott is onebusy lady.
The Man Who Got Away, eh, Sweat?
On the nose, much?
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Sweat died instead of Matt.
We regret the error.