Fernando Sucre
Encyclopedia
Fernando Sucre, played by Amaury Nolasco
, is a fictional character
from the American
television series, Prison Break
. He is introduced to the series in the pilot
episode as the prison cellmate of the series protagonist, Michael Scofield
(played by Wentworth Miller
).
descent, Sucre grew up in Chicago
where he had several run-ins with the law. However, he later finds a steady job at a warehouse
and his girlfriend, Maricruz Delgado. He ends up in prison after he attempts to rob a liquor store. In the flashback episode, "Brother's Keeper", it is revealed that the reason Sucre had held up the store was to get enough money to pay for an engagement ring for Maricruz. His cousin Hector then tips him off to the cops, as he was also infatuated with Maricruz. After his incarceration, Sucre has conjugal visits from Maricruz, but is occasionally worried about her seeming indecision about her future with him, as she is contemplating dating Hector.
", "Chicago
, Orientación, The Sunshine State, The Mother Lode, VS
, S.O.B.
and Cowboys and Indians.
(Wentworth Miller
). In the pilot episode, he mainly serves an exposition purpose, explaining various plot points to Michael and the viewers, as well as providing some light-hearted humour in some scenes. Sucre is at first oblivious of Michael’s intention to break out of prison. Instead, his first few episodes focus mostly on establishing his background and setting up his character arc. This includes revealing and building up Sucre’s devotion to his girlfriend Maricruz, which we see in the pilot episode when he asks her to marry him. In the next episode his treacherous cousin Hector, who wants to steal Maricruz from Sucre, is introduced. Upon learning of the escape in the episode "Cell Test", Sucre briefly serves as an obstacle to Michael’s plan by refusing to have any part in it and demands a cell transfer. A mentally unstable inmate called Haywire (Silas Weir Mitchell
) replaces him. Sucre’s character motivation changes in the next episode, however, when he is visited by Hector, who informs him that Maricruz is now in a relationship with him. Desperate to get his girlfriend back, Sucre becomes eager to break out of prison and pleads with Michael to be allowed back into the breakout. After Michael engineers Haywire's removal as his cellmate, Sucre returns, this time anxious to have a role in the escape.
The following episodes focus on building a bond between Michael and Sucre as the two cellies work together to further the escape plan. In "English, Fitz or Percy", a nervous Sucre serves as a look-out while Michael is sneaking out to the roof. In "Riots, Drills and the Devil", Sucre suggest a lockdown to give Michael additional time to dig, and later helps him to drill through a critical cement wall. In these scenarios, Sucre often takes on the role of comic relief, while still showing loyalty to the protagonist. From "The Old Head" and onwards, Sucre also helps to dig a hole in the guard’s break room. His devotion to the escape increases in a later episode when he is visited by Maricruz who informs him that she is pregnant by his child, but is contemplating marrying Hector. Meanwhile, his friendship with Michael continues to strengthen; despite for some brief trust issues explored in "Odd Man Out", Sucre empathizes with Michael's situation and his anxiety for his brother, death row inmate Lincoln Burrows
(Dominic Purcell), and ultimately supports him. Sucre is one of the six inmates that are part of the first failed escape attempt in "End of the Tunnel". Despite their failure, Sucre is shown as having no ill will towards Michael, which is shown in "The Rat", where stands up for Michael when T-Bag (Robert Knepper
) expresses his anger for the first failed escape attempt and tries to threaten Michael.
In the season’s later episodes, Sucre aids Michael's plan in numerous situations through his connections with other prisoners. Occasionally, he comes up with ideas that help to save Michael's plan, like in “By the Skin and the Teeth” where he urges his cousin Manche Sanchez, who works in the prison laundry room, to give Michael a guard uniform that enables him to sneak into the yard without being questioned. When Michael is later transferred to solitary confinement in the episode "J-Cat", Sucre is forced by the other breakout team members to use the hole behind his toilet to get out of his cell during the night to cover the hole in the guard's room. Knowing that he would most likely be caught once outside his cell at night, Sucre forces T-Bag to retrieve another inmate's underwear in order for Sucre to give a reasonable answer to Bellick for being outside his cell at night. Bellick is fooled by Sucre’s ruse, but still send him to the Solitary Housing Unit (SHU). He has only a minor role in the next episode. After Sucre is released from the (SHU) in "The Key", he rejoins the rest of the break-out team. Eventually in the penultimate episode "Go", Sucre escapes from Fox River State Penitentiary
, with seven other prisoners. He is one of the five escapees, along with Michael, Lincoln, John Abruzzi (Peter Stormare
) and C-Note
(Rockmond Dunbar
), left running for their lives when their plane takes off without them aboard and the police close behind them in the season finale.
After being forced to eject from the plane, Sucre lands in the Mexican desert and struggles to reach Maricruz at the Ixtapa airport, just in time to flee from airport security. They arrive safely at Sucre's aunt's home in "Wash", but Sucre is soon captured by Bellick
. Sucre offers Bellick a deal to lead him to T-Bag and the five million dollars, which Sucre has surmised is in the airport. While heading to Panama
to look for T-Bag
, Bellick tells Sucre that he has left Maricruz in a hole to die, and if she is to live Sucre must lead him to the money. Michael joins their hunt in the next episode
, wanting to turn T-Bag in. Unfortunately, Bellick is shot in the leg by T-Bag and arrested. Michael and Sucre corner T-Bag with the intention of turning him in, but T-Bag stabs Sucre in the chest and flees. Sucre receives treatment for this injury but leaves the hospital AMA
, to find Maricruz, whom he believes has been trapped by Bellick somewhere back in Mexico. He chases after Bellick, but collapses and blacks out, just as he finds Bellick. His fate is left open at the end of the Season.
and threatens to shoot him if he doesn't tell him where Maricruz is. He reveals he never really had her and that he chased her off by threatening to arrest them for accessory. Sucre eventually finds out that Maricruz is in Chicago
and calls her and tearfully tells her that he must stay in Panama until he gets his life back together. In Call Waiting, Sucre asks Lincoln to split the money of Westmoreland. But Lincoln rebukes Sucre, saying they lost the money and chases Sucre away. Sucre later reappears, this time unconscious with a bottle of alcohol
in the front steps of Lincoln's hotel room
, after which Lincoln takes Sucre in. At first, Sucre is eager to move down to Colombia
as a migrant worker
to financially support Maricruz and his unborn child, and refuses to act as an interpreter to aid Lincon in setting up Michael's escape plan.
Upon hearing of the murder of Sara Tancredi, Sucre changes his mind and commits to preparing a route for the escape from SONA by taking over as gravedigger to secretly damage the electric fence protecting the prison. Lechero's cousin Augusto soon approaches Sucre, to smuggle a package into SONA a single time. Sucre is swayed by the large amount of money offered. Afterwards Augusto asks him to make another delivery. After initially resisting Sucre ultimately agrees. Sucre soon commits himself fully to the escape plan in Photo Finish and Vamonos and almost helps Lincoln free his son L.J. Burrows. He and Lincoln later devise a plan to fool Company operative Gretchen Morgan that Sucre has turned against the brothers.
Later Sucre finds out the alias he chose to get a job at Sona has an arrest warrant, and is locked up in Sona shortly after Michael and Co. escape when T-Bag recognizes him and reveals his true identity. As a result, Sucre became the sixth and final member of the Fox River Eight (as C-Note was placed into witness protection and dropped of all charges, and Lincoln was exonerated) to be taken down by the authorities, and the third member not to die upon interception.
In the third season there is a conversation between Sucre and Gretchen Morgan about the meaning of his family name: Sucre in Catalan language
means sugar
. That's why she began to call him "azucar" (sugar in Spanish
).
At the end of Season 3 Sucre was incarcerated into Sona for refusing to reveal to the guards the whereabouts of Michael Scofield subsequent to his escape. T-Bag convinced them that Sucre was involved, and after being tortured for several hours he was thrown into prison
Sona, just in time to see T-Bag take over as the new ruler of the Panamanian prison after the death of its former ruler, Lechero.
".
It is revealed in "The Legend
" that during the fire in Sona, the inmates started running to get out of the prison. During the bedlam, Sucre was knocked down and ran over. He was nearly crushed to death. Bellick picked him up and the two escaped. Sucre, very upset about the death of Bellick, refuses to continue to work until Bellick's body is returned home. Later on, Sucre called Bellick's mother to inform her of her son's death. Bellick previously wished this to happen in "The Price
". In "Selfless", Sucre works with the rest of the team when they obtain Scylla from The Company, only to be betrayed by Self, who steals Scylla. Their hopes of freedom now gone, Sucre for a while continues to aid the brothers in their attempts to get Scylla back, but ultimately decides in the episode "Going Under" to leave and reunite with his family. Sucre's character is absent for the next five episodes, but returns for the final two episodes of the series, uniting with C-Note to locate the brothers and persuade them to hand Scylla over to the UN, after which he is finally given his immunity. In the epilogue set 4 years after the rest of the events of the show, Sucre is seen living happily in Chicago with his wife Maricruz and young child. He is last seen visiting Michael's grave along with the others.
pointed right at the shopkeeper - only to take 100 dollars. He later repeated the act to earn the money for the engagement ring
he intended to give to Maricruz, only to be turned in by his own cousin, Hector
. During his time at Fox River Penitentiary he appeared to be in good terms with almost all correctional officers and other inmates prior to the prison break. He's easily one of only two members of the Fox River Eight whose loyalty towards Michael is unquestionable, (as seen in "The Art of the Deal" when at gunpoint, countless times, and while he made to dig up his own grave by the guards, he does not give up any info regarding the whereabouts of Michael) the other one being Lincoln Burrows. Fernando also has a knack for making unconventional and seemingly-mundane yet effective strategies from time to time, as seen when he managed to successfully cover up the hole that Scofield's PI crew dug up. Outside, he displayed being able to hot wire various vehicles in record time, which was a valuable asset for Michael and all the other cons that Scofield took with him on the night of the escape.
Amaury Nolasco
Amaury Nolasco Garrido is a Puerto Rican actor, best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the television series Prison Break, and for his role in Transformers.-Early life:...
, is a fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
from the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television series, Prison Break
Prison Break
Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...
. He is introduced to the series in the pilot
Pilot (Prison Break episode)
The Pilot is the first episode of the American television series Prison Break, which premiered on August 29, 2005 in the United States. That night, it was aired as the first of a two-part pilot special, along with "Allen", which broadcast straight after this episode...
episode as the prison cellmate of the series protagonist, Michael Scofield
Michael Scofield
Michael J. Scofield is the main protagonist in the American television series Prison Break. He is portrayed by Wentworth Miller. The character first appeared in the series pilot as a man who stages a bank robbery in order to get sent into the prison where his older brother, Lincoln Burrows , is...
(played by Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
).
Background
Of Puerto RicanPuerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
descent, Sucre grew up in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
where he had several run-ins with the law. However, he later finds a steady job at a warehouse
Warehouse
A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns. They usually have loading docks to load and unload...
and his girlfriend, Maricruz Delgado. He ends up in prison after he attempts to rob a liquor store. In the flashback episode, "Brother's Keeper", it is revealed that the reason Sucre had held up the store was to get enough money to pay for an engagement ring for Maricruz. His cousin Hector then tips him off to the cops, as he was also infatuated with Maricruz. After his incarceration, Sucre has conjugal visits from Maricruz, but is occasionally worried about her seeming indecision about her future with him, as she is contemplating dating Hector.
Appearances
Fernando Sucre was first introduced as a main character in the series premiere. He has appeared in every episode so far except ten, "First Down", "Unearthed", "John DoeJohn Doe (Prison Break episode)
"John Doe" is the thirty-sixth episode of the American television series Prison Break and is the fourteenth episode of its second season. The episode was aired on January 22, 2007 after a seven-week break. It was written by Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora, and directed by Kevin Hooks. The title,...
", "Chicago
Chicago (Prison Break episode)
"Chicago" is the thirty-eighth episode of the American television series Prison Break and is the sixteenth episode of its second season. It was written by Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead, and directed by Jesse Bochco. The episode first aired on February 5, 2007, making it the first episode to be...
, Orientación, The Sunshine State, The Mother Lode, VS
VS
VS, V.S., Vs, vs, vs., or VS may refer to:- Organizations :* Venstresocialisterne, , a Danish political party* Victoria School...
, S.O.B.
S.O.B.
S.O.B. is a 1981 American film written and directed by Blake Edwards starring Richard Mulligan and Julie Andrews. Also appearing are Robert Preston, Robert Vaughn, Larry Hagman, Shelley Winters, Loretta Swit, Robert Webber and, in his last movie appearance, William Holden.S.O.B. was originally...
and Cowboys and Indians.
Season 1
Fernando Sucre is introduced to the show as the cellmate of the show’s protagonist, newly arrived inmate Michael ScofieldMichael Scofield
Michael J. Scofield is the main protagonist in the American television series Prison Break. He is portrayed by Wentworth Miller. The character first appeared in the series pilot as a man who stages a bank robbery in order to get sent into the prison where his older brother, Lincoln Burrows , is...
(Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
). In the pilot episode, he mainly serves an exposition purpose, explaining various plot points to Michael and the viewers, as well as providing some light-hearted humour in some scenes. Sucre is at first oblivious of Michael’s intention to break out of prison. Instead, his first few episodes focus mostly on establishing his background and setting up his character arc. This includes revealing and building up Sucre’s devotion to his girlfriend Maricruz, which we see in the pilot episode when he asks her to marry him. In the next episode his treacherous cousin Hector, who wants to steal Maricruz from Sucre, is introduced. Upon learning of the escape in the episode "Cell Test", Sucre briefly serves as an obstacle to Michael’s plan by refusing to have any part in it and demands a cell transfer. A mentally unstable inmate called Haywire (Silas Weir Mitchell
Silas Weir Mitchell (actor)
Silas Weir Mitchell is an American character actor known for playing disturbing or unstable characters.-Career:He has had recurring guest roles in the first season of 24 , My Name Is Earl , and Prison Break...
) replaces him. Sucre’s character motivation changes in the next episode, however, when he is visited by Hector, who informs him that Maricruz is now in a relationship with him. Desperate to get his girlfriend back, Sucre becomes eager to break out of prison and pleads with Michael to be allowed back into the breakout. After Michael engineers Haywire's removal as his cellmate, Sucre returns, this time anxious to have a role in the escape.
The following episodes focus on building a bond between Michael and Sucre as the two cellies work together to further the escape plan. In "English, Fitz or Percy", a nervous Sucre serves as a look-out while Michael is sneaking out to the roof. In "Riots, Drills and the Devil", Sucre suggest a lockdown to give Michael additional time to dig, and later helps him to drill through a critical cement wall. In these scenarios, Sucre often takes on the role of comic relief, while still showing loyalty to the protagonist. From "The Old Head" and onwards, Sucre also helps to dig a hole in the guard’s break room. His devotion to the escape increases in a later episode when he is visited by Maricruz who informs him that she is pregnant by his child, but is contemplating marrying Hector. Meanwhile, his friendship with Michael continues to strengthen; despite for some brief trust issues explored in "Odd Man Out", Sucre empathizes with Michael's situation and his anxiety for his brother, death row inmate Lincoln Burrows
Lincoln Burrows
Lincoln Burrows, played by Dominic Purcell, is one of the main protagonists of the American television series, Prison Break. The plot of Prison Break revolves around Lincoln Burrows' setup for the murder of the vice president's brother and his brother's plan to help him escape his death sentence....
(Dominic Purcell), and ultimately supports him. Sucre is one of the six inmates that are part of the first failed escape attempt in "End of the Tunnel". Despite their failure, Sucre is shown as having no ill will towards Michael, which is shown in "The Rat", where stands up for Michael when T-Bag (Robert Knepper
Robert Knepper
Robert Lyle Knepper is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the Fox network's drama series Prison Break, for which he was nominated a Satellite Award...
) expresses his anger for the first failed escape attempt and tries to threaten Michael.
In the season’s later episodes, Sucre aids Michael's plan in numerous situations through his connections with other prisoners. Occasionally, he comes up with ideas that help to save Michael's plan, like in “By the Skin and the Teeth” where he urges his cousin Manche Sanchez, who works in the prison laundry room, to give Michael a guard uniform that enables him to sneak into the yard without being questioned. When Michael is later transferred to solitary confinement in the episode "J-Cat", Sucre is forced by the other breakout team members to use the hole behind his toilet to get out of his cell during the night to cover the hole in the guard's room. Knowing that he would most likely be caught once outside his cell at night, Sucre forces T-Bag to retrieve another inmate's underwear in order for Sucre to give a reasonable answer to Bellick for being outside his cell at night. Bellick is fooled by Sucre’s ruse, but still send him to the Solitary Housing Unit (SHU). He has only a minor role in the next episode. After Sucre is released from the (SHU) in "The Key", he rejoins the rest of the break-out team. Eventually in the penultimate episode "Go", Sucre escapes from Fox River State Penitentiary
Fox River State Penitentiary
Fox River State Penitentiary is a fictional level five maximum-security prison featured prominently in the first season of the television series, Prison Break. The real-life representation of the prison is Joliet Prison, which is located in Joliet, Illinois...
, with seven other prisoners. He is one of the five escapees, along with Michael, Lincoln, John Abruzzi (Peter Stormare
Peter Stormare
is a Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director, playwright and musician.- Early life :...
) and C-Note
Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin
Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin, played by Rockmond Dunbar, is a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. The character was introduced as a prisoner in the pilot episode. The actor was promoted from a recurring guest star to a regular cast member midway through the...
(Rockmond Dunbar
Rockmond Dunbar
Rockmond Dunbar is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny Chadway on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food, and as Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin on the FOX television drama series Prison Break...
), left running for their lives when their plane takes off without them aboard and the police close behind them in the season finale.
Season 2
After parting ways with his fellow escapees, Sucre focuses his attention on reuniting with Maricruz. He learns that Hector and Maricruz are getting married in Las Vegas and attempts to stop the wedding but fails when is again betrayed by Hector, who calls the police, forcing Sucre to flee. Following this disappointment, Sucre decides to find the Westmoreland's hidden money in Utah, and eventually reunites with the other escapees. When the money is found and packed, Sucre holds the others at gunpoint, forcing them to hand over the money. In "Dead Fall", it is revealed this was a ruse planned by Sucre and Michael, but they have been fooled by T-Bag, who switched the money bag for a bag of magazines. As they run from the police, Sucre falls into a river and is pinned by a fallen tree. Michael refuses to abandon Sucre and eventually saves his life, which Sucre repays when he saves Michael from the coyote in "Bolshoi Booze", arriving at the meet to reunite with the brothers and flee to Mexico. Because the brothers decide to stay and solve the conspiracy, Sucre gets on the escape plane alone, having made plans to meet Maricruz, who left Hector at the altar in Vegas.After being forced to eject from the plane, Sucre lands in the Mexican desert and struggles to reach Maricruz at the Ixtapa airport, just in time to flee from airport security. They arrive safely at Sucre's aunt's home in "Wash", but Sucre is soon captured by Bellick
Brad Bellick
Bradley "Brad" Bellick is a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. He is portrayed by Wade Williams. As one of the principal characters of Prison Break, he has been featured in all four seasons of the series...
. Sucre offers Bellick a deal to lead him to T-Bag and the five million dollars, which Sucre has surmised is in the airport. While heading to Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
to look for T-Bag
Panama (Prison Break episode)
"Panama" is the 42nd episode of the American television series Prison Break and is the 20th episode of its second season. The episode aired on March 12, 2007. The plot features the protagonists' escape to Panama while subplots include that of Sara Tancredi, Brad Bellick, Fernando Sucre, Theodore...
, Bellick tells Sucre that he has left Maricruz in a hole to die, and if she is to live Sucre must lead him to the money. Michael joins their hunt in the next episode
Fin Del Camino
"Fin Del Camino" is the 43rd episode of the US television series, Prison Break and is the 21st episode of its second season. The English translation of the Spanish phrase, "fin del camino", is end of the road. Written by Matt Olmstead and Seth Hoffman, and directed by Bobby Roth, the episode first...
, wanting to turn T-Bag in. Unfortunately, Bellick is shot in the leg by T-Bag and arrested. Michael and Sucre corner T-Bag with the intention of turning him in, but T-Bag stabs Sucre in the chest and flees. Sucre receives treatment for this injury but leaves the hospital AMA
Against medical advice
Against Medical Advice, or AMA, sometimes known as DAMA, Discharge Against Medical Advice, is a term used with a patient who checks himself out of a hospital against the advice of his doctor. While it may not be medically wise for the person to leave early, in most cases the wishes of the patient...
, to find Maricruz, whom he believes has been trapped by Bellick somewhere back in Mexico. He chases after Bellick, but collapses and blacks out, just as he finds Bellick. His fate is left open at the end of the Season.
Season 3
By the beginning of the third season, Sucre remained the only member of the Fox River Eight to be still at large. The second episode of the third season Fire/Water shows Sucre to be alive and he is seen purchasing a gun at a local store. He proceeds to confront Bellick at SONA prisonPenitenciaría Federal de Sona
Penitenciaría Federal de Sona is a fictional prison in the TV series Prison Break. The prison is set in Panama...
and threatens to shoot him if he doesn't tell him where Maricruz is. He reveals he never really had her and that he chased her off by threatening to arrest them for accessory. Sucre eventually finds out that Maricruz is in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
and calls her and tearfully tells her that he must stay in Panama until he gets his life back together. In Call Waiting, Sucre asks Lincoln to split the money of Westmoreland. But Lincoln rebukes Sucre, saying they lost the money and chases Sucre away. Sucre later reappears, this time unconscious with a bottle of alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
in the front steps of Lincoln's hotel room
Hotel Room
Hotel Room is a three episode 1993 HBO television series produced by David Lynch . Each drama takes place in the same New York City hotel room at different times .Barry Gifford wrote, and David Lynch directed, the first and third episodes; Jay McInerney wrote, and James Signorelli...
, after which Lincoln takes Sucre in. At first, Sucre is eager to move down to Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
as a migrant worker
Migrant worker
The term migrant worker has different official meanings and connotations in different parts of the world. The United Nations' definition is broad, including any people working outside of their home country...
to financially support Maricruz and his unborn child, and refuses to act as an interpreter to aid Lincon in setting up Michael's escape plan.
Upon hearing of the murder of Sara Tancredi, Sucre changes his mind and commits to preparing a route for the escape from SONA by taking over as gravedigger to secretly damage the electric fence protecting the prison. Lechero's cousin Augusto soon approaches Sucre, to smuggle a package into SONA a single time. Sucre is swayed by the large amount of money offered. Afterwards Augusto asks him to make another delivery. After initially resisting Sucre ultimately agrees. Sucre soon commits himself fully to the escape plan in Photo Finish and Vamonos and almost helps Lincoln free his son L.J. Burrows. He and Lincoln later devise a plan to fool Company operative Gretchen Morgan that Sucre has turned against the brothers.
Later Sucre finds out the alias he chose to get a job at Sona has an arrest warrant, and is locked up in Sona shortly after Michael and Co. escape when T-Bag recognizes him and reveals his true identity. As a result, Sucre became the sixth and final member of the Fox River Eight (as C-Note was placed into witness protection and dropped of all charges, and Lincoln was exonerated) to be taken down by the authorities, and the third member not to die upon interception.
In the third season there is a conversation between Sucre and Gretchen Morgan about the meaning of his family name: Sucre in Catalan language
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
means sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
. That's why she began to call him "azucar" (sugar in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
).
At the end of Season 3 Sucre was incarcerated into Sona for refusing to reveal to the guards the whereabouts of Michael Scofield subsequent to his escape. T-Bag convinced them that Sucre was involved, and after being tortured for several hours he was thrown into prison
Penitenciaría Federal de Sona
Penitenciaría Federal de Sona is a fictional prison in the TV series Prison Break. The prison is set in Panama...
Sona, just in time to see T-Bag take over as the new ruler of the Panamanian prison after the death of its former ruler, Lechero.
Season 4
In the three weeks between Season 3 and Season 4, Sona has burned down by a fire started by T-Bag allowing Bellick, T-Bag, and Sucre to escape. Later in the season 4 premiere, Sucre and Bellick are shown getting across the US border. As Sucre goes to visit his newborn daughter, the authorities are alerted by Maricruz's sister Theresa, and Sucre and Bellick are both arrested at the hospital. They are then recruited into Homeland Security agent Don Self's covert "A-Team" along with Lincoln, Michael, Sara, and Mahone. Their task is to steal Scylla from The Company in exchange for full exoneration. They are then joined by hacker/identity thief Roland Glenn who is assigned to the team by Self. Sucre's character is not featured as much in season 4 compared to earlier seasons, but appears in most episodes with a supporting role. He is shot in the stomach during an ambush attempt on the General in "The Price", but Sara rescues him by removing the bullet. Sucre is often teamed up with Bellick, as the two characters are said to have formed a strong friendship while together in Sona. Consequently, Sucre's character is shown to be heartbroken following Bellick's death in "Greatness AchievedGreatness Achieved (Prison Break)
"Greatness Achieved" is the 66th episode of the American television series Prison Break and was broadcast on November 3, 2008 in the United States on the Fox Network. In this episode Michael, Lincoln, Sucre and Bellick tunnel into the Company's headquarters. Gretchen meets with The General....
".
It is revealed in "The Legend
The Legend (Prison Break)
"The Legend" is the 67th episode of the American television series Prison Break and was broadcast on November 10, 2008 in the United States on the Fox Network.-Plot:...
" that during the fire in Sona, the inmates started running to get out of the prison. During the bedlam, Sucre was knocked down and ran over. He was nearly crushed to death. Bellick picked him up and the two escaped. Sucre, very upset about the death of Bellick, refuses to continue to work until Bellick's body is returned home. Later on, Sucre called Bellick's mother to inform her of her son's death. Bellick previously wished this to happen in "The Price
The Price (Prison Break)
"The Price" is the 65th episode of the American television series Prison Break and was broadcast on October 20, 2008 in the United States on the Fox Network.-Plot:...
". In "Selfless", Sucre works with the rest of the team when they obtain Scylla from The Company, only to be betrayed by Self, who steals Scylla. Their hopes of freedom now gone, Sucre for a while continues to aid the brothers in their attempts to get Scylla back, but ultimately decides in the episode "Going Under" to leave and reunite with his family. Sucre's character is absent for the next five episodes, but returns for the final two episodes of the series, uniting with C-Note to locate the brothers and persuade them to hand Scylla over to the UN, after which he is finally given his immunity. In the epilogue set 4 years after the rest of the events of the show, Sucre is seen living happily in Chicago with his wife Maricruz and young child. He is last seen visiting Michael's grave along with the others.
Characteristics
In the flashback episode of the first season, "Brother's Keeper", Fernando's first illegal act involved armed robbery with a revolverRevolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...
pointed right at the shopkeeper - only to take 100 dollars. He later repeated the act to earn the money for the engagement ring
Engagement ring
An engagement ring is a ring indicating that the person wearing it is engaged to be married, especially in Western cultures. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, engagement rings are traditionally worn only by women, and rings can feature diamonds or other gemstones. In other cultures...
he intended to give to Maricruz, only to be turned in by his own cousin, Hector
Héctor Avila
Héctor Julio Avila is a retired boxer from the Dominican Republic.Avila competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Flyweight division by Hungary's eventual bronze medalist István Kovács...
. During his time at Fox River Penitentiary he appeared to be in good terms with almost all correctional officers and other inmates prior to the prison break. He's easily one of only two members of the Fox River Eight whose loyalty towards Michael is unquestionable, (as seen in "The Art of the Deal" when at gunpoint, countless times, and while he made to dig up his own grave by the guards, he does not give up any info regarding the whereabouts of Michael) the other one being Lincoln Burrows. Fernando also has a knack for making unconventional and seemingly-mundane yet effective strategies from time to time, as seen when he managed to successfully cover up the hole that Scofield's PI crew dug up. Outside, he displayed being able to hot wire various vehicles in record time, which was a valuable asset for Michael and all the other cons that Scofield took with him on the night of the escape.