Episode Report Card Mr. Sobell: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Mama's Family
By Mr. Sobell | Season 4 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.17.2009
Linc's about to join the others in fanning out across the greater Miami-Dade area when his cell phone vibrates. It's Michael. "What's your problem?" Lincoln says by way of greeting. And a hearty hello to you, too, Sourpuss. Linc's a little perturbed that Michael gummed up his bargain with The Company by so thoughtlessly refusing to get his brain scrambled; Michael's miffed that Linc would ever do business with that mean ol' General. Aw... hug it out, bitches. Anyhow, there's a lot of Blue Steeling and mumbled warnings and general fraternal tension before Michael lets it slip that their mom is still alive. Anyhow, time to hang up, as a suspicious-looking trooper has just pulled up in a squad car. Catch you in Miami, Bro -- we must chat like this again sometime.
Sara and Michael decide its time to leave the splendor of the Arizona desert behind and ask a Dallas-bound trucker for a ride. The trucker seems reluctant to take them up on their offer. Well, perhaps Michael's good friend Benjamin Franklin can change his mind. In that case, hop on board -- Michael and Sara will be riding in the back of the truck; Ben Franklin will be joining the trucker.
Elsewhere, Mahone and Linc arrive at the waterfront-based locale for one of the keys' locks. And wouldn't you know it -- it's Ma Scofield's place. Weapon already drawn, Mahone notices that a clearly distracted Lincoln is not exactly in LINCOLN SMASH! mode -- more like LINCOLN WRESTLE WITH INDESCRIBABLE MELANCHOLY! Get it together, man, Mahone tells him -- whip out your KillStick and get ready to gun down the hordes of henchmen who are doubtlessly there to guard Scylla. But when they finally use the key to successfully unlock the door, they find a completely empty house. Guess the joke's on you, Mahone.
Well, "completely empty" is not entirely accurate. Someone's left behind a picture -- a print of the very same picture Ma Scofield was eyeballing early, so I'm gonna say that all signs and portents point to her being the one who left it behind for Linc to find. Which he does, with his customary cheerfulness and high spirits. "Someone must have known I was coming," Linc surmises. Well, you did kind of tip your hand last episode there, buddy. Mahone deduces that whoever left the picture was A) well-connected; B) working with the dearly departed henchman Linc and Co. offed recently; and C) in a position to have lots of snapshots of Linc within arm's reach. "There's only one person I can think of that fits that description," Mahone says. "Are you saying my mom is in Miami?" Link mumbles. Oh, look -- it thinks. Well, think about this, Genius: "Your mother could have Scylla," Mahone declares. You're seriously asking Linc to hold more than one thought in his head at a single time? Baby steps, Mahone. Baby steps.