Initially, this writing was supposed to talk about the Prison Break series coming back to the shelf. After spending a big part of the weekend rewatching the first episode of the series, I couldn’t help but wonder if what I was watching was exactly the same thing.
When Prison Break premiered in 2005, DStv was more of a luxury, but the service had been availed of for the middle-class Ugandan. At least, with different bouquet packages, you could watch a number of interesting shows.
At the time, because of my sisters, I had watched Desperate Housewives, Melrose Place, and a number of telenovelas, such as Woman of My Life, among all those things available.
Prison Break wasn’t an immediate hit, at least in Uganda.
In fact, even when Prison Break premiered on M-net, there was repeat screening on their other channels, such as M-net Series, which was available on lower bouquets. That is how I got introduced to the phenomenon during one of those school holidays.
But I only watched two episodes, and I was hooked.
When we returned from school, it seemed the show was in a break and had become famous. Now, something about 2006 is that when you missed your favourite show twice, that was it……..CONTINUE READING…………
