Episode Report Card Sobell: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sasha's dad -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 15 | Aired on 01.28.2007
Moving on... we're in Algoma, Wisconsin, where Haywire is foraging for himself and his little dog friend Barnabas. (By the way, Barnabas is dubbed "Larry" here, but since he had no name last time, Barnabas he was and Barnabas he shall remain.) As Haywire's pulling out a large wooden crate, two teens approach him and ask him to buy some beer for them. Haywire takes the $20 and asks, "Can I get some food for my dog, too?" (Aww.) The boy, who is a little wigged by the crazy dude in the dumpster, is all, "Do whatever it is you gotta do. You can even keep a beer for yourself." Haywire says sadly, "Oh, no. My dad used to drink."
Hey, look who's back in a newsroom! It's young Greg the hostage. He has a faint smile on his face. He runs into his reporter colleague and whips out a cassette, saying, "You're going to want to see this." Visions of "Live and exclusive!" dancing in her head, she takes the tape.
Back in FBI headquarters, Mahone is staring at a map. There's some blah-blah that doesn't have any bearing on the episode, and then the entire office shuts down to listen to the Lincoln Burrows tapes. I guess we've jumped forward six hours again? Anyway, here's the tape:
Linc: "My name's Lincoln Burrows, and I'm innocent. I escaped Fox River penitentiary because I was sentenced to death for a crime I did not commit. I did not murder Terrence Steadman. He committed suicide last night in the Cutback Motel, 30 miles outside his home in Blackfoot, Montana."
Michael: "He killed himself out of fear, fear of the people who have been hiding him for the past three years -- the same people who want my brother dead. They don't want you to know who they are, but know this: they've stolen billions of dollars and murdered dozens of innocent people. And yet they plaster our faces on the news and tell you to be afraid."
Linc: "They are a group of multinational corporate interests. Together, they're known as 'the Company.'"
Michael: "They are working with the highest levels of government, including the president of the United States."
And then he repeats the business about " billions of dollars and murdered dozens of innocent people," which means that Michael is either really het up about this or the continuity people were facing a thorny tangle because this is going on in the background while Kim freaks out and orders, "Damage control immediately, before this sees page one." His flunky says, "It's already airing, sir --" and Kim begins screaming, "Start a wildfire in Florida! Find a storage unit full of Arabs! I do not care as long as it's not about Lincoln Burrows!" We zone back in on Michael who's saying something about, "... impunity, under the cover of the Secret Service, the very people sworn to protect and serve." One more shot of Agent Kim -- who looks unthrilled at the prospect of either protecting or serving -- then we're at commercials.