Episode Report Card Sobell: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Dr. Gudat -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 08.27.2006
Back in Oswego, Michael tells Lincoln that it's time to move on to Utah, then to Mexico. Lincoln glumly shares the news about LJ's hearing. I get distracted wondering if all that stubble of his is phototropic or what. Inside the barn: not too hairy. Outside the barn: bottom half of face buried until what looks like coarse-grain sandpaper. Lincoln takes a moment to stop concentrating on hair growth so he can tell Michael that he's going to get L.J. Michael sighs and rolls his eyes. In that tie, with that backpack on his back and that expression on his face, he looks about twelve. He tells Linc it's not the right time. Linc concentrates on growing his beard that extra quarter-inch, then asks, "When will it be?" Michael pleads, "After we go to Mexico. After we're off the news!" You can tell he's flipping out because the post-Fox River trek was supposed to be the easy part of the plan and Linc's just introduced one more complication. Linc monotones his way through a hurried explanation of how high the stakes are (the courts are likely to look at teens who are accused of double-homicides as worthy of being tried as adults). He strides over to Michael, saying, "They took Veronica. They're not going to take my son." Michael folds -- literally and figuratively -- sinking down and saying weakly, "No. I know. I would never leave L.J. behind. But I don't think we can do this now. There's no plan in place." Fortunately for both of them, Lincoln's colorful past has provided him with an in-depth working knowledge of the courthouse. Linc figures he'll bum-rush the bailiff.
Michael's already begun compartmentalizing his disappointment and control-freak tendencies, and is thinking hard. First step: asking Linc, "You're going to bum-rush the courthouse. That's your plan? Are you serious?" Linc says he is, and Michael has a look that's worth a thousand words, many of them an elaboration on the sentiment I worked my ass getting your fool self out of the prison and now you're going to do something that gets you thrown back in? Why do I BOTHER?
Before this can go any further, C-Note announces that he and the other Team Escapara members are making like a boxer's lip and splitting. Michael rises and shakes C-Note's hand, urging him to stay out of trouble. Sucre comes up, grins and says emotionally, "This is it, Papi." Oh, say it isn't so! Noooooo! The two of them exchange a manly hug. Michael wishes that Sucre could find his girl. Sucre answers cheerfully, "She's all I have. I'll die trying." Bite your tongue, son! C-Note and Linc finally decide to shake hands, and Linc wishes C-Note the best of luck. C-Note bids him, "Be easy, man." Abruzzi says silkily, "Maybe we'll see each other again. You never know, Michael. You never know."