Episode Report Card Sobell: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT To Thine Own Self Be True
By Sobell | Season 4 | Episode 12 | Aired on 11.24.2008
Michael feeds his five cards into the obelisk's slots, and General Von Baldy asks slowly, "How did you get all five cards?" Michael looks up to grin, "The frustration must be killing you." I love when the writers let Michael be a bit of a smartass. More mouthy Scofield, please. The general sort of gapes as the monolith pops open and gives up Scylla. Michael explains to Sucre, "The cards were keys. And this [external disk drive-looking thing], this is Scylla." The music swells dramatically, the general glowers, Sucre grins delightedly, and Linc deadpans, "Guess right now you were wishing you framed someone else, huh, general?" HAAAA. Okay, both Aldo Burrows' kids are smartasses. Let's see more of that! Then Team Scylla decides that they're going to take an elevator ride with the General (kind of necessary since it's activated by retinal scan).
After a shot of the One World Conspiracy HQ from the outside (it's shiny -- shiny enough to reflect scrutiny of the black deeds planned therein), we go to the elevator leading into Von Baldy's office. Although Von Baldy is surrounded by four pissed-off, gun-wielding men, he still manages to sound bored and irritated when he tells a minor henchman, "Put away the gun; everything's under control." Everyone heads into General Von Baldy's office, and Mahone closes the door against the henchman.
Michael quickly calls Dr. Sara and tells her, "We got it." There's a little more blah-blah-blah, but I'm now totally distracted by his shiny new backpack, because it is so not the one he was using in the last episode. What happened? We'll never know. Michael sits down at General Von Baldy's desk, and he rolls his eyes a little at such brazen effrontery. Michael then monkeys with Scylla a little, just seeing what happens when he lifts a flap or slides back a door, then he takes a pen from Von Baldy's desk set and begins writing a list. Mahone decides to break the awkward silence with "Is that the desk you sat at when you told Wyatt to kill my son?" Von Baldy rolls his eyes, but before he can answer, Michael says calmly, "Don't worry, Alex. He won't be giving any more orders after today." Then Michael resumes writing. General Von Baldy starts in with the "You'll never get away, you know" speech, but Michael keeps on writing, and Sucre helps himself to a drink at the wet bar in the back of the office. We then get a shot of the One World Conspiracy HQ going into total lockdown, with goons swarming as angrily as bees.