8 Reasons Prison Break Is Better Than Money Heist

Tom Kuegler
12 min readApr 11, 2020
Images courtesy of FOX and Netflix

I love Money Heist.

Up until season four, I would’ve told you that Money Heist beats Prison Break as a show.

But then season four happened.

In a flash I saw all the flaws of Money Heist as if someone pulled the wool from my eyes. These flaws were there since the very beginning, I just never saw them.

Shortly after Season four dropped, I saw Prison Break trending in the Philippines. I saw people having debates over whether Michael Scofield is smarter than the Professor. I saw Prison Break trending #4 on Netflix just yesterday.

As I watch Season Five right now, I must say that while Prison Break’s seasons run a bit long, they managed to captivate a global audience consistently over a long 15 year period.

I remember Prison Break being all the rage when I was 12 years old. I’m now 27, and just became obsessed with the show.

To top it all off, I recently put a status up on Facebook:

It got 89 likes in one hour. My phone started blowing up with notifications. I realized right then and there that so many shared my same…

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Tom Kuegler
Tom Kuegler

Written by Tom Kuegler

Travel blogger. 30 years old. Currently in Mexico. Subscribe to my Substack: https://mindofawriter.substack.com/

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