Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Haywire -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 16 | Aired on 02.04.2007
And this is where I put Bellick into the death pool. The minute you get dragged into the One World Conspiracy, however remotely, you're in the pool. However, I suspect that because Mahone's now using Bellick to do his dirty work, Bellick's swum over to the deep end of that particular pool.
Back on the train, Michael's looking out of the window. A few rows over, Dr. Sara's having flashbacks that explain her entire history with Kellerman to the just-tuned-in and double as PTSD signifiers. She snaps out of it, then walks over to Michael to ask if he knows any way she can get some water. He trots off to check on the bathroom downstairs. Dr. Sara gets up a few seconds later, and as she passes Kellerman, he says coolly, "It was nothing personal, Sara. War never is." She scoffs, then slides behind him and quickly garrotes him with the string from her hoodie. We go to the break as Kellerman begins clawing at his throat.
Then we come back, and as Kellerman's scrambling for leverage so he can loosen the noose, Dr. Sara flashes back to him pulling her out of the tub for one moment before dunking her again. There's more back-and-forth cuts between the present action and the previous tub-torture sequences, and just as Kellerman's gurgles begin to drop in frequency, Linc notices what's going on and strides toward the back of the train. He goes for Sara's hands. Michael happens to come back up, and he lifts Dr. Sara away from Kellerman. She is furious, ready to come at Kellerman with her bare hands. Michael tells her to settle down while Kellerman gets up. He grins for a moment, then lunges for Dr. Sara. Unfortunately for him, he has forgotten that Linc's in the way. How he can forget -- the man's the size of a tank, and the light gleaming off his pecs can double as a floodlight -- is a mystery. Kellerman lamely tries to recover with, "You get one of those. One." Then there's a knock on the door, so he orders everyone down while he deals with the train dude.
The nervous guy is all, "Hi, these stoners claimed to hear a fight?" Kellerman does not snap, "You can tell Harold and Kumar to turn back to the sliders and let me handle the law enforcement," but it's darn close. Kellerman slams the door. Then he turns to his traveling companions and tries to regain control of that situation, saying, "Just so we're all clear, if she tries to do that again... " "You'll do what?" Michael sullenly inquires. Linc adds, with casual menace, "Stay on the other side of the car." Kellerman looks around, all So that's how it's going to be, huh? Dr. Sara snarls, "It was nothing personal, Paul," then heads out to the bathroom. Kellerman desperately tries to save face.