Episode Report Card Sobell: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Tweener's chance for a new life -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 6 | Aired on 09.24.2006
With a gasp of horror, Tweener opens the door and begins running, right as the local police arrive. As he's running away from them, he runs right into the grill of the SUV Mahone is piloting. The camera goes all jerky, with the escapee's-eye-view of the whole confusing scene, as Tweener tries frantically to find a way out of this. He ends up sprinting for his life through some backyards, scrambling over fences and stumbling across streets. Mahone pursues him via SUV. Tweener pushes through a gate, passes a dog (that declines to give chase) and rounds a garage corner. As he does, Mahone runs into view. How the hell did that happen? Did he teleport? Use a set of jet pack shoes? As Tweener sprints toward the end of an alley, Mahone raises his gun and fires a shot. We see Tweener hit a fence. Mr. sobell looks up hopefully at the prospect of Tweener having been killed by Mahone.
Unfortunately for Mr. sobell, Tweener is alive and well. Mahone orders Tweener to his knees. Nearly sobbing with exhaustion and disappointment, Tweener sinks to his knees. Training his gun on the back of Tweener's skull, Mahone demands, "Where are they?" Tweener's confused. "What?" he asks. Mahone realizes that sometimes, you have to speak slowly to Tweener: "Where... are... they?" he grits. Tweener is standing between him and his reunion with Mind Mate Michael, after all.
Back in Jeanette's garage, C-Note grumbles, "One hand or not, I think Hillbilly needs to be in this garage digging?" I can't decide if he's just sowing discord because a fractious group is easier for him to control, or if he's trying to prod Michael into keeping an eye on details. Either way, Michael hops out of the hole and goes to see what's going on. As he leaves, C-Note smacks him on the hinders with his cap and says, "Good man." I find that weirdly endearing. That's probably wrong.
Michael and his pick hammer go wandering through Jeanette's house . He notices the scattered ice on the dining room carpet, then panics a little. Michael sprints up the stairs -- again, I think it's just so great how his toes grew back and he's got total agility -- and flings open the door to Jeanette's bedroom. A very much alive and unperforated Jeanette looks up from her lipstick-application and asks Michael what the hell he's doing. Michael stammers, "I'm sorry, Jeanette. I didn't see you downstairs, I heard something, and I apologize for --" "She's got the hots for the big, strong one," T-Bag spits as he sidles up to Michael. More urgently, Michael apologizes and says they'll all be returning to work now.