10 Greatest Prison Break Characters - Ranked

10. Charles "Haywire" Patoshik

Seasons: 1 & 2

What a truly fascinating and mind-boggling character Haywire turned out to be. Like Scofield, he possessed a quite brilliant intellect, gaining a doctorate degree in mathematics at Harvard and winning four mathematician of the year awards. Sadly, Haywire's mind imploded and he was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder with bipolar tendencies, which subsequently manifested itself when Haywire killed his parents.

Despite only playing a minor role, Haywire was memorable because he could flip between the manic madman to someone who fixedly stared in an unsettling and sombre manner. As Scofield knew only too well when Haywire took great interest in the former's tattoos by constantly drawing the intricate details on paper and eventually working out its complex and hidden meaning.

Following the Fox River breakout, Haywire goes his own way by stealing a girl's bike and from then on it's clear his efforts at avoiding the authorities are purely a comic relief subplot. True, every show needs its lighthearted moments: when Haywire breaks into a diner and starts gorging on ice cream and soda, building a raft to sail to Holland, oh and remember the Border Collie that followed him? Personally speaking, however, the show's producers could have given his story arc a more meaningful effect.