Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring for Fox.The series revolves around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) and Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller); Burrows has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and Scofield devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison and clear his name.
Warning: The following Q&A contains spoiler information from the Dec. 22 midseason finale of Prison Break.
Has Gretchen committed her last double cross? For now, yes. Jodi Lyn O'Keefe's season-and-a-half Prison Break run came to a close this week when the former Company operative took a bullet in the belly and got carted away by EMTs, never to be seen again — this season, at least. TVGuide.com spoke with O'Keefe about her admirably extended stint on the Fox series where, like 24, nobody is ever truly safe.
TVGuide.com: You made it pretty far; 28 episodes is pretty impressive on this show.
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: To be a bad guy, yeah.
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: To be a bad guy, yeah.
TVGuide.com: And to be a female.
O'Keefe: That's also true. I'll give myself extra credit for that!
O'Keefe: That's also true. I'll give myself extra credit for that!
TVGuide.com: Are you happy that they kept Gretchen alive? Do you think it was for a reason?
O'Keefe: Yeah, I do. At the beginning of the year it was touch-and-go. There even was an article about how I was dead for a minute, and then I wasn't. [Gretchen originally was supposed to die in this season's opener, but producers changed their minds and rewrote her storyline.] I'm actually still breathing on-camera — I'm just mortally wounded — so you never know.
O'Keefe: Yeah, I do. At the beginning of the year it was touch-and-go. There even was an article about how I was dead for a minute, and then I wasn't. [Gretchen originally was supposed to die in this season's opener, but producers changed their minds and rewrote her storyline.] I'm actually still breathing on-camera — I'm just mortally wounded — so you never know.
TVGuide.com: If the series goes on another season, she could resurface. Or, if Fox ever pulls the trigger on the Prison Break: Cherry Hill spin-off, it could be Gretchen breaking out of the women's prison.
O'Keefe: Yeah! [Laughs] That would be great.
O'Keefe: Yeah! [Laughs] That would be great.
TVGuide.com: You once teased for me a Gretchen/T-Bag romance. Was that something that got scrapped or ...?
O'Keefe: That's just something I heard. They tell us a lot of things, but not always the truth. They learned their lesson with me because apparently I give things away. [Laughs] I don't mean to, but ... I get excited!
O'Keefe: That's just something I heard. They tell us a lot of things, but not always the truth. They learned their lesson with me because apparently I give things away. [Laughs] I don't mean to, but ... I get excited!
TVGuide.com: And I guess we won't get the kind of Gretchen/Sara faceoff that fans really wanted.
O'Keefe: Not like the one I was hoping for. We had a little bit of a faceoff, but no guns were drawn. I handed Sara a whip and she kind of wimped out, like, 'Nah, I'm good. I'll get you when the time comes.'
O'Keefe: Not like the one I was hoping for. We had a little bit of a faceoff, but no guns were drawn. I handed Sara a whip and she kind of wimped out, like, 'Nah, I'm good. I'll get you when the time comes.'
TVGuide.com: The introduction of Gretchen's daughter was a nice element. It gave you interesting places to go as an actress.
O'Keefe: It actually made me human, which I appreciated. You can't be all-bad all the time. And that little girl was awesome — she looked just me, and she was the sweetest little thing! Her name is Reagan, and she drew me pictures on my birthday.
O'Keefe: It actually made me human, which I appreciated. You can't be all-bad all the time. And that little girl was awesome — she looked just me, and she was the sweetest little thing! Her name is Reagan, and she drew me pictures on my birthday.
TVGuide.com: Do you feel like you proved to yourself that you could pull off this extreme of a role?
O'Keefe: Yeah. You know, I wasn't really sure if I could do it or not. I wanted to take a really good shot at it, but it's unlike anything I've ever done before. And me being the head cheerleader for security, I wasn't sure if it would work out. [Laughs] I could only hope for the best and dive in head first.
O'Keefe: Yeah. You know, I wasn't really sure if I could do it or not. I wanted to take a really good shot at it, but it's unlike anything I've ever done before. And me being the head cheerleader for security, I wasn't sure if it would work out. [Laughs] I could only hope for the best and dive in head first.
TVGuide.com: Gretchen showed herself to be a force to be reckoned with, a real live wire.
O'Keefe: Thank you. It's bizarre, because everywhere I've been going people have been stopping in their tracks to say just how much they hate me — and that's great. People must be liking it to say, 'Hey, you're awesome. We hate you so much.'
O'Keefe: Thank you. It's bizarre, because everywhere I've been going people have been stopping in their tracks to say just how much they hate me — and that's great. People must be liking it to say, 'Hey, you're awesome. We hate you so much.'
TVGuide.com: What was harder — getting in Dominic Purcell's face or being mean to Wentworth Miller?
O'Keefe: [Laughs] Being mean to Went is always hard. He's such a great guy and so sweet and funny and considerate. He's a lovely human being to be around.
O'Keefe: [Laughs] Being mean to Went is always hard. He's such a great guy and so sweet and funny and considerate. He's a lovely human being to be around.
TVGuide.com: Your final episode had this sexually charged moment between Gretchen and Linc, where she had this great line: 'After all the mercenary humps I've thrown at guys in my lifetime...'
O'Keefe: ' ... I think I'm due for what I want.' Yeah, I was like, 'He's not buying any of this!' [Laughs] He didn't believe me for a minute.
O'Keefe: ' ... I think I'm due for what I want.' Yeah, I was like, 'He's not buying any of this!' [Laughs] He didn't believe me for a minute.
TVGuide.com: Yet there was a brief flash across his face where he seemed to at least be considering it.
O'Keefe: I hope so! I was giving it my best effort, like, 'Please buy this! Please!' She was just looking out for herself, trying to get everyone on Team Gretchen. She's probably horny also. What other way can she use to get what she needs?
O'Keefe: I hope so! I was giving it my best effort, like, 'Please buy this! Please!' She was just looking out for herself, trying to get everyone on Team Gretchen. She's probably horny also. What other way can she use to get what she needs?
TVGuide.com: Do you have your next job lined up yet?
O'Keefe: No, I just finished with the whole Prison Break thing and now it's the holidays, so I came back to Jersey to hang out with my family. Everything will start back up in the new year — depending on what goes on with the [possible Screen Actors Guild] strike.
O'Keefe: No, I just finished with the whole Prison Break thing and now it's the holidays, so I came back to Jersey to hang out with my family. Everything will start back up in the new year — depending on what goes on with the [possible Screen Actors Guild] strike.
TVGuide.com: Do you think a SAG strike might happen?
O'Keefe: I certainly hope not. I understand the points, but it feels like such a bad time, with the recession and everything that's going on. I just felt so lucky to be employed. Granted, only six percent of us [actors] actually work, but I would thank god every morning that I have a job. To go back to another strike 0after last winter's WGA walkout]... I can't even imagine.
O'Keefe: I certainly hope not. I understand the points, but it feels like such a bad time, with the recession and everything that's going on. I just felt so lucky to be employed. Granted, only six percent of us [actors] actually work, but I would thank god every morning that I have a job. To go back to another strike 0after last winter's WGA walkout]... I can't even imagine.
TVGuide.com: A final Prison Break question: Did you get to keep Gretchen's schoolgirl outfit?
O'Keefe: Uh, I gave that back immediately. I was like, 'Oh, thanks. This was great.'
O'Keefe: Uh, I gave that back immediately. I was like, 'Oh, thanks. This was great.'
TVGuide.com: Besides, you already have one in your closet.
O'Keefe: I do. I have several.
O'Keefe: I do. I have several.
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Gretchen Morgan
Also known as: Susan B. Anthony
Current Status: Alive (Incarcerated)
Incarcerated in: Miami-Dade Penitentiary Women's Facility
First appearance: 3x1
Last appearance: 4x24
Portrayed by: Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Current Status: Alive (Incarcerated)
Incarcerated in: Miami-Dade Penitentiary Women's Facility
First appearance: 3x1
Last appearance: 4x24
Portrayed by: Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
- Eva Michaelis[1]
(Deutch)The Scylla Team (2005) Michael Scofield Lincoln Burrows Fernando Sucre Alexander Mahone Brad Bellick Roland Glenn Sara Scofield Donald Self Gretchen Morgan Theodore Bagwell
Gretchen Louise Morgan, also known as Susan B. Anthony, was a former soldier and a high ranking operative for The Company.
Family
- Father - Mr. Morgan
- Sister - Rita Morgan
- Significant Other - Jonathan Krantz
- Daughter - Emily Morgan
Biography
Background
When Theodore Bagwell was looking through Gretchen's file, he mentioned her father. She worked for the Company as a high-ranking operative, and conceived her child - Emily Morgan - from General Jonathan Krantz, who was presumably her lover at the time. Gretchen shows, through early flashbacks, how she was imprisoned and tortured during the Iraq war, something that has left her tough and resilient, but also empathetic in her weaker moments. When she is tortured by General Zavala, Zavala observes how she does not break down during torture, and notes that it is not the first time she has been tortured.
Season 3
She first appeared hiding her scratch on her cheeks with make up. Later, she lured Lincoln to meet her at Garfield Price Building by telling L.J. Burrows, whom she hold as hostage, to inform Lincoln about the meeting. She later reveals how much she knew about the brothers and offered Lincoln to watch a video: Inside the video, L.J. Burrows and Sara Tancredi are hold as hostages. She told Lincoln to tell Michael that he needs to break James Whistler out from Sona or both Sara and L.J would be killed. (3x1) She told Lincoln to meet her at the bar everyday to report what's going on. She threatened to kill Lincoln after she learned that Lincoln took something from Whistler's girlfriend, Sophia. (3x2) When Lincoln asked if he could talk to Sara, she first refused but later agreed. After knowing that Lincoln tried to break Sara and LJ out, she warns him not to do that again. (3x3) She claimed to have killed Sara and put 'her head' in a box as a punishment to Lincoln. She later killed the Gravedigger as she thinks he will turn them in. (3x4)After Michael broke James out of Sona, Gretchen met with Michael at an abandoned warehouse but James ran and later exchanged LJ and Sofia for Whistler in a high security building. Whistler then meets with Mahone and offers him to join The Company with Gretchen waiting outside.
Season 4
Despite claiming to have personally beheaded Sara, it was revealed that she lied and that the head in the box was from a cadaver. After Sara tried to escape, Gretchen tortured her as 'punishment' with a bull whip. Later Sara managed to successfully escape with the guard's key and Gretchen knew she had lost leverage against Michael so she planned the fake death to spook the brothers into cooperation out of fear for L.J. She was ordered to get Scylla with Whistler, but he copied it and gave Gretchen the fake one, which she gave to General Krantz; she nearly lost her life as a consequence, but at the end of the episode it is revealed she was sent to a 'special' prison, where she was tortured for several days. However, she managed to kill the guard by strangulation and stabbing a nail into his head before escaping.
After her escape, Gretchen decided to turn rogue and went after Whistler's belongings and managed to acquire the location of the place where T-Bag is staying. She found the place and confronted him with the use of interrogation regarding Scylla. In the episode Five the Hard Way, Gretchen decided to work with T-bag to force Michael to reveal all the necessary information regarding Scylla. It is revealed that she has a daughter who is living with her sister. It is also revealed that Gretchen was captured, raped and almost murdered by bandits during a mission in Cambodia, her life was spared after seducing General Krantz.
Gretchen winds up aiding Donald Self to find a buyer for Scylla with T-Bag holding her family hostage. After much gunfire and betrayal, Gretchen gets shot in the stomach. She is spared death by Lincoln Burrows and is left there. She is arrested but survives her injuries and is sent to a Miami prison.
Prison Break - The Final Break
In The Final Break, Gretchen is shown to be an inmate in the prison that Sara is taken to for the murder of Christina Scofield. When Gretchen sees Lincoln and Sucre standing outside the prison, she demands that Sara take her along in any escape plan they may be developing. While initially threatening, Gretchen eventually reveals to Sara that she simply desires to see her daughter, Emily, and to give her a necklace which she made herself. She proves her loyalty by saving Sara from an attacker looking to collect a bounty put out by the General, who is incarcerated in a neighboring prison. When the escape commences, Gretchen attacks a guard and gets stabbed in the leg. Knowing that she cannot escape without help, Gretchen asks Sara to choose to either leave her behind or help her, and Sara lends her hand. Finally, as Sara and Gretchen are on their way, Gretchen is spotted by guards. When asked whether or not she is alone, Gretchen refuses to reveal Sara's presence, and gets taken back into custody. This is the last time she is seen. Before leaving however, Sara sees the necklace Gretchen made for her daughter on the ground, and, knowing she would have been caught had Gretchen betrayed her, Sara secures it, so that she mays pass it along to Emily.
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Killed by Gretchen Morgan
Gretchen Morgan killed several people in season 3 and season 4. See the list here:
Main article: Gretchen Morgan/Kills
For her indirect kills see:
Relationships
Main article: Gretchen Morgan/Relationships
Appearances
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Trivia
- 'Susan B. Anthony' is a reference to an American women's rights activist.
- There appears more people from aMorganfamily.
- It is heavily implied Gretchen was a member of the US Military before joining the Company, which would also explain her hand to hand combat skills, small arms proficiency and knowledge of explosives.
- As noted by Krantz in the episode Greatness Achieved Gretchen attempted to join the Police Academy but was rejected due to her psychological profile.
- Gretchen tried to kiss some characters during the show: in season 3, she tried to kiss Sophia Lugo, in season 4, she tried to kiss Lincoln and in Prison Break: The Final Break, she tried to kiss Bo Cowler (which could do off-screen, she's not a main character) and Sara Tancredi.
- It's high likely that she killed Jane Phillips off-screen, because Krantz mentioned that she started the operation with breaking James Whistler out of prison. However, there is not clear evidence for this.
- Gretchen had a sort of relationship with Bo Cowler; the second episode of Prison Break showed a fight between black and white inmates, while Gretchen (who is white) and Bo Cowler (who is black) had a good relationship.
- Gretchen said to Sara to go to her daughter, Emily Morgan, before she was captured. This mirrors Charles Westmoreland who said to Michael to visit his daughter, Anna Westmoreland.
- It's not known if Sara this ever did it for Gretchen.
Notes and references
- ↑www.sefomania.de
See also
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