L.J. Burrows
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| Prison Break character | |
| L.J. Burrows | |
|---|---|
| Role | Son of Lincoln Burrows |
| Current Status | Arrested |
| First appearance | Season 1 Ep. 1 |
| Last appearance | ---- |
| Episode count | 18 |
| Portrayed by | Marshall Allman |
Background
- Age: 15
Raised by his mother, L.J. was a normal teenager living in the Chicago suburbs until Lincoln lost his appeal. That, coupled with Michael being sentenced to five years in prison, affected L.J. greatly. Despite his excellent grades at school and normally upstanding behaviour, L.J. was arrested for possession of marijuana and put on probation. As part of his punishment, L.J. was to visit a mentor, his father, at Fox River State Penitentiary once a week. Although their first encounter at the prison was distant and filled with anger (mostly on L.J.'s part), Lincoln and L.J.'s relationship grew more father-and-son like after several visits.
Character development
Season 1
With his impending execution, Lincoln stuttered that he loved L.J. and that he wanted him to be there on the day that he gets executed. L.J. is saddened and moved by this. However, Agents Kellerman and Hale grew increasingly worried about their mission as Veronica Donovan and Nick Savrinn unravelled more information about Terrence Steadman's company. They intended on eliminating not only the lawyers but also threatened to harm L.J. and his family in order to force Lincoln to keep quiet. After L.J.'s mother and step-father were murdered, a warrant was put out for L.J.'s arrest as Kellerman and Hale framed him for the murders in the process.L.J. escaped Kellerman and Hale to join Veronica and Nick at a cabin in New Glarus. Despite the isolation of the cabin, Agent Quinn managed to track them down. Fortunately, they escaped once again after L.J. pushed him into a well. After Nick's injury was treated, they stayed at Nick's apartment awaiting the results from Lincoln's final appeal. Believing that his father's execution was going to take place, L.J. pleaded to Veronica and Nick to let him see his father for the last time. However, Nick and Veronica refuted L.J.'s plea since there was a warrant out for his arrest.
After Veronica reached Fox River, she insisted that Lincoln should talk to L.J. by handing him her cell phone. Lincoln was reluctant since he did not know what to say to L.J. at the possible final hours of his life. As Lincoln and L.J. talked, L.J. relayed a dream that he had had the night before. He told Lincoln that in his dream, they were pounding nails and building a house. Moreover, in his dream, he felt as if they were older so he knows that he and Lincoln will see each other again. L.J. then stated to his father that he loves him. Hearing this brought tears to Lincoln's eyes as he bowed his head in hopelessness.
Lincoln's execution, however, did not go as planned. Taking the opportunity of the two weeks delay, Veronica, Nick and L.J. left for New Glarus to see if Quinn had unintentionally left evidence for them to use to prove Lincoln's innocence. Retrieving Quinn's cell phone, Veronica and Nick immediately went to pursue the data from the numbers they got from the phone. Left alone at the apartment, L.J. used Nick's laptop to search for a name that he had seen while he was inside the well retrieving the phone, but had not told Veronica or Nick about it. Upon learning "Owen Kravecki" was Kellerman's alias, L.J. went to his home with a gun to confront him. Unfortunately, a neighbour saw him breaking into Kellerman's house and notified the police. L.J. was arrested shortly after trying to shoot Kellerman.
He is currently being held in prison for 2 murder charges - his mother and step-father, and an attempted murder on Owen Kravecki.
See also
External links
- [L.J. Burrows' biography] at Fox.com
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