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
Dr. Sara is still very, very uneasy about this whole set-up, but that doesn't keep her from Michael's side. He's now in a room replete with machines that go ping, and doctors are explaining to America's Fun Couple that "although [Michael] will be anaesthetized and will not feel significant pain, we will need to keep [him] awake for the duration of the procedure. As a safety procedure, we'll need to continually monitor your speech and sensory reactivity, to ensure that the tissue being removed will not leave you impaired in any way." Michael is already pretty out of it; "impaired" might be a step up from where he is now. He manages to ask Dr. Sara where Linc is, and Dr. Sara looks over to where Linc is hovering, and says brightly, "He's here! Everything is going to be just fine."
Over by a big observation window, Linc is saying that he has no plans to leave until he's sure Michael is okay. General Von Baldy rebuts that he's not starting surgery until Linc proves that he's now a One World Conspiracy goon in good standing. The general reminds Linc that Scylla's still out there and "you'll get full cooperation from our office. If you need anything, just call [the number on the business card I've just handed over]." Linc tells General Von Baldy he'll need everything the One World Conspiracy has on either Self or Gretchen. "How about... an accomplice?" General Von Baldy asks.
We cut to an interrogation room where T-Bag is being held. When Linc comes in, T-Bag immediately begins jibbering in his familiar wheedling, bargaining tone, but Linc says, "Shut up. You can save yourself a lot of pain and the embarrassment of asking me to stop if you just tell me where [Gretchen and Self] are." T-Bag counters that "information like that seems like it could be of certain intrinsic value, if there were offers made, carrots dangled, I could see my..." He trails off as Linc drops the dental pliers onto the table. Oh, good, more torture. It's not an episode of Prison Break until someone's human rights have been violated for no good reason.
To make a long story short: LINCOLN SMASH. He knocks T-Bag to the ground and stops his babbling. Two teeth later, T-Bag has given up the location where he was due to meet Gretchen and Self in half an hour.
We go from the amateur dentist to the professional anesthesiologist yawning how Michael's just gotten the last dose of medicine. He's rocking a serious Locutus of Borg look with assorted wires sticking in and out of his head, and as Dr. Sara leans over to kiss Michael's head, I am sort of stunned by how gray Michael has gone. Why, it's like being on the run for three months has aged him years. Dr. Sara murmurs, "I'm not going to leave you. Don't you dare leave me." Anyway, she's ushered out, and Dr. Sara takes her place behind the observatory window. She smiles at Michael and he smiles back before closing his eyes.