Episode Report Card Sobell: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Agent Von Blondie -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 01.21.2007
Linc does not care. He has his gun shoved into Steadman's jaw, and he asks, "Was it worth it, killing those people? Ruining my life?" Kellerman snaps, "Scofield, get a handle on your brother." Michael snaps back, "Shut up! You're not helping. Not helping!" And OH MY GOSH, how much do I love this scene? The tension is up to ELEVEN! The guys are all bringing it! Michael finally gets everything under control by saying calmly, "Linc, you don't want to do this. Trust me, you don't want to do this. Okay? Trust me?" Because Linc does, he stands down. Steadman is still pinned against the wall; I trust his own fear-induced urine has glued him there.
Linc slumps on the bed, muttering brokenly, "So many people dead. And he gets to live." Michael sighs, all, YES, I know! It SUCKS, okay?
And now comes the part in the episode where T-Bag -- the one man with the one hand -- has somehow managed to keep three two-handed people subdued long enough to go get lumber and a set of tools, then nail several two-by-fours into the doorframe surrounding the front door. I stop whimpering over the damage to the lovely woodwork long enough to wonder why Susan and her kids don't either just go out the back door, slip out a window or, oh, I don't know... call the police while T-Bag is otherwise occupied with his carpentry. And then I wonder why I bother wondering anything about T-Bag's storylines because it's evident they're not grounded in Earth logic, so I can't possibly comprehend the thinking of the space ambassadors who write his plots.
As he works, T-Bag says, "My daddy wasn't really in the picture much when I was growing up, so I never really learned the art of carpentry. But I figure Jesus was a carpenter, and his daddy wasn't around to teach him, so I taught myself." Cut to Susan, wondering which schism led to the theological conclusion that T-Bag's currently advocating. T-Bag finishes up and says, "Over time, I got to be a pretty good swinger of the hammer. Now, the good news is... I am here for good. Make no mistake about it. We will be a family if it kills us."
Back in Montana, Steadman is looking at a wretched little painting on the wall of the motel. It depicts a little blonde girl sitting in the grass with her brother. He sniffles and says moistly, "That's so sweet." Linc and Michael look at him disgustedly. It's not bad enough that Steadman is directly responsible for wrecking their lives and ending many others -- he has to have horrible taste in art too?