Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT An innocent civilian -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 10.22.2006
The FBI suits stride into an Arizona hospital to see how L.J.'s doing. As they cool their heels, the local constabulary walks by with the homeless guy. He's wearing cuffs and insisting, "I told you, man. Some guy paid me to (whale on L.J.)." This catches the attention of yon conspiracy stooges, who ask for more information and the homeless guy says, "It's what it sounds like. Some dude gave me $50, said (to) give the kid a beat-down." The agents quickly realize that it was Linc, because then he could break the discreet surveillance on L.J. while the kid was getting treatment.
And now, the piano plinks as we witness the father-and-son reunion. Linc closes the door to L.J.'s room and asks, "How you feeling, slugger?" L.J. rushes over to him and there's a heartfelt hug, but Linc warns him: they've got to move.
Which they do, because the next shot is of the conspiracy stooges opening L.J.'s hospital room and discovering it empty. Who knew the Burrows clan could teleport? You'd think they would have used that skill earlier in the show, like when they were all cooling their heels in assorted prison cells.
And now, we're back in Utah. Bellick and Geary have just pulled up in front of Jeannette's house. He flashes his defunct C.O. badge and tells her he's on "the follow-up investigation team." You would think that Jeanette's recent experience would make her demand to see backup documentation of credentials and require a confirmation call in to a supervisor, but... no. Since she is so resistant to learning from experience, I half expect her to pick up the scent of Eau de Bad Idea off Bellick and mix him a drink while cooing sweet nothings. Bellick then asks, "Did you see if the convicts actually found what they were digging for?" Jeanette replies, "It sure sounded like they did. The Spaniard took off with one of my daughter's camping packs, and he left the others in a real tizzy, like he screwed them over something fierce." The Spaniard? What is this, 1926? Also, I cannot shake the image of Sucre wearing conquistador's armor now. Anyway, Jeanette continues a story that gives the impression that's Sucre's riding a motorcycle with a fat bag of cash in the sidecar. She adds, "that dirty southerner, he slunk out the back." She does not add, "After I had asked him to fix me up with the nearly-shirtless one." What she does say is, "He was moving kind of slow under the weight of that backpack." This detail does not go unnoticed by Bellick and Geary, and when Jeanette adds that T-Bag came back and slipped a crisp $100 bill into her bra "to cover the damages," Bellick lies about how they need that bill for evidence. And they're off! I personally cannot wait to see what happens in a Bellick/T-Bag showdown.