Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT He Sees Dead People
By Sobell | Season 4 | Episode 15 | Aired on 12.15.2008
The blonde doctor comes out, and Dr. Sara makes professional small talk by asking how experienced the team is with using a gamma knife. The surgeon says, "The gamma knife has a recurrence rate of 13%. We'll be using a technique that's more advanced." This alarms Dr. Sara, who is all, "Does Michael look like a lab rat to you?" We hear a blade begin to whir wetly. Surgery has begun, we're into the opening credits, so what better time to bring you A Very Special Holiday Prison Break?
It's snowing, and the sound of sleighbells gently tingles, only to be drowned out by police sirens. As the sirens recede and we go back to the jinglebells, we zoom in on a cabin, then inside. In the main room, we see Michael, Linc, Dr. Sara, Mahone and Lang trimming a tree by a roaring fireplace. But in a basement below...
SUSAN:
I really can't stay
T-BAG:
Baby, it's cold outside
SUSAN:
How to get away...
T-BAG:
Don't make me scold your hide
SUSAN:
It's not every day... I'm held by a con
T-BAG:
I'll put the eggnog on.
SUSAN:
I keep saying, "No, no, no"
But he'll never let me go.
I'm tied to this chair quite tight
I'll be singing "Silent Fright"
T-BAG:
Don't forget the mistletoe!
SUSAN:
I really can't stay
T-BAG and SUSAN:
Oh, but it's cold outside.
T-Bag ties Susan more tightly to a chair and whispers, "Merry Christmas, my angel, and a most felicitous new year." In the other room, everyone is merrily trimming the tree except for Mahone...
What? I could have had him singing, "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth."
Meanwhile, back in the episode, it's time for Mahone's dreary little subplot-that-can-be-summed-up-within-a-paragraph. And it is truly so dreary, here is all it deserves: After a bathroom break that yielded the opportunity to take a length of pipe, Mahone then took the pipe and used it to break out of the moving vehicle. While both Wheeler and Lang gave chase, Lang is the one who has insight into Mahone's way of thinking, so she tracks him down. However, she can't bring herself to shoot him, so Lang lets Mahone get away.
And now, back to the regular episode: Linc's given Sucre the update on Michael's health situation, and he tells Michael's papi that their new job is to get their hands on Scylla before Self's buyer does. Sucre sensibly asks who they'll be giving Scylla to, and Linc hedges, so Sucre calls him on it. Although Linc won't tell him, he does plead, "One more day, bro. I can't do this without you."