 Paul Scheuring (qv) had said that the initial concept for the  series (a man deliberately getting himself sent to prison in order  to break out again) was suggested to him by a female colleague of  his. He thought it was a great idea, but was initially stumped as to  why someone would embark on such a strange mission or how he could  stretch the idea out long enough for a TV show. He later came up  with the idea of the wrongfully accused brother, and the conspiracy  subplot. He then started work on writing the pilot script for the  show.