Episode Report Card Sobell: A | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Where The Wild Things Are
By Sobell | Season 3 | Episode 13 | Aired on 02.17.2008
Susan B., her hostages and her phalanx of goons all approach the museum, and she's brought up short when she sees the security gate all would-be museum goers must pass through. Susan B. snarls, "Unbelievable," then hands over her gun to one of the goons, telling him, "You know what to do." L.J. is openly grinning. Susan B. smiles back maliciously and asks, "What's so funny?" He replies, "You, thinking you can outsmart my uncle. Ha!" Susan B. has no good reply for that, so she orders them to walk. L.J. is beaming like it's Christmas.
Inside the museum, Susan B.'s phone rings again, and she says, "Metal detectors? And here I thought we were building a circle of trust." Michael directs them all to the southwest corner of the first floor. Susan B. warns, "If I don't come out with Whistler, I'm going to snap L.J.'s neck." Michael hangs up the phone and says, "Here we go." Whistler sort of rolls his eyes. Whistler should know better at this point -- Michael is the same guy who ruined his helicopter escape, eventually got his lying ass out of Sona, and has managed to keep him hostage in this very public place. We see that Susan B.'s got the armed goons covering the side exits...
And then we transition back to Sona, where T-Bag is handing the last bottle of rum over to Lechero. What, he thinks getting the dying man drunk is what'll loosen up the money pipe? No, wait -- Lechero has changed his mind. Now who, oh, who could he trust to bring the cash? T-Bag has an idea who, but we don't get to find out the trustworthy's identity.
Back in the museum, Sofia decides now is the time to make some small talk, asking Susan B., "How do you know James?" Susan B. replies, "You're working my last nerve. Move your ass." Sofia does, and next thing you know, everyone's in the southwest corner. They're separated by about ten feet -- Linc across from L.J., Michael across from Susan B., Whistler across from Sofia (he about swoons when he sees her. This is really dreamy, until I remember that he's a lying liar who lies. And not even all unrepentantly like Kellerman! No, he's apologizing all the time. Whistler, I hate that! But I like you without a shirt on. So if you have to lie in season four, you know what you gotta do, sugarpecs). Michael says, "As soon as we get L.J., you get Whistler. But L.J. comes to us first." After a tense moment, Susan B. smiles crookedly, then turns to L.J. and says with odd gentleness, "Go ahead." You don't have to tell L.J. twice. He and his dad hug, and as Linc looks across to Susan B., we all see that she's looking surprisingly emotional. I have to say, I applaud whoever decided that the way to play Susan B. was as an unpredictably emotional hardass. It makes her interesting. So Whistler walks over to hug Sofia, and he's looking considerably happier to see her than she is to see him. Linc passes L.J. off to Michael for a hug, and Susan B. turns around so she doesn't have to witness all of this. As Whistler unwraps himself from Sofia, she asks, "What about the coordinates?"