Scofield scheming debunk (by mentalist)

The whole fake diabetes thing was honestly hanging by a thread. A basic blood test could’ve easily busted him as a faker, plus the pills could've been found during any routine cell shakeout. Coding the escape plan into his tattoos was also a total misfit. Any decent guard would’ve checked those tats the second they got suspicious—which wouldn't even be hard to figure out, given how obviously the other inmates were crowding around Scofield. Also, he totally could have used Pope’s trust to get trustee status, access to maintenance, or transport details, but he completely passed on that. Another massive red flag is his tactical laziness. Michael spent months on the outside with plenty of cash and external connections like Nika and Veronica, but he dumped all the outside logistics onto the mob. That was a huge, systematic blunder because he totally overestimated "mob honor." He thought he was buying a one-way ticket from a stable organization, but in reality, he got tangled up with a faction within the mob that was already on the verge of a civil war. So, the second Abruzzi lost control of his crew on the outside, the whole plane plan turned into a pumpkin. How he could've fixed it: If Michael had just hired a private pilot blindly through shell companies or prepped a getaway boat, he could've taken Abruzzi out of the equation inside the prison—and by extension, T-Bag, who only latched onto Abruzzi. Honestly, instead of wasting months getting the whole prison's ventilation …