Episode Report Card Sobell: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Aldo Burrows -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 11.19.2006
Bellick finally comes almost clean, telling Slattery, "[We] got a lead that one of the Fox River Eight is here." Slattery looks a little rattled, but asks which one. Once she finds out it's T-Bag, she confirms his rep with, "The man who did all those horrible things to those teenagers?" And veterinarians! Let's not forget the veterinarians. Then Bellick spins a cock-and-bull story about how he and Geary couldn't track down the wily sociopath, so they split up. He concludes that Geary and T-Bag had one last meeting. Slattery then plays to Bellick's undeserved sense of self-importance by asking, "Do you think you could answer some questions that might help us track down Theodore Bagwell? We'd be indebted." Bellick answers nobly, "I'll do whatever I can to help nail that son of a bitch," but does not conclude, "Because it's the least I can do for letting him loose after our torture session."
Back in the desert, Michael and Aldo are still standing still and yammering on. It is absolutely killing Sucre. Michael points out that if Dr. Sara has anything, she doesn't know about it. Lincoln's all, "Where is she? Can you get a hold of her?" and when Michael replies that he can call her mobile phone, Sucre finally snaps. He pleads, "Please, please, please, bro, call her from Panama. We got less than two hours. I've got to make that flight." Everyone looks startled to be reminded of the plane. Then a noise like falling gravel distracts them. This time, Michael's got the super-hearing, and they all fall quiet, the better to hear Mahone's approach.
Lincoln has the only sensible idea: "Run! Run!" They do. Mahone promptly whips out the gun and begins firing. The boys hide behind a short stack of rocks and make a plan: they'll hand their sole remaining gun (?) to Aldo, then make a run for Sucre's car. Why Linc and Aldo didn't drive the SUV to the cabin last episode is beyond me; it's not like Coyote hiked in. Anyway, Aldo will cover them while they head for the car. Linc calls shotgun and they all head back to get Aldo. Aldo sprints to the car, Mahone gets off a few more shots, and Aldo stumbles, but gets to the car. They speed off. Mahone is left to stand among the rocks and fume.
Sucre's rejoicing about how they made it, Linc's grinning, and Michael even stops sulking long enough to smile. Then he notices his hand getting wet and he says, "Linc... " Aldo looks at him, and when we pan down, we see that Aldo's shirt is now soaked with blood.
Commercials. On the bright side, at least there are no laundry detergent spots. That would be kind of cruelly ironic.