Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Fool Of The World And The Flying Ship
By Sobell | Season 3 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.11.2007
Then we flash to Susan B. at Sona, where Whistler is busy upbraiding her for her new habit of popping by. She tells him they're going with "bang and burn," and Whistler snorts that it's suicide, and they have more time. Susan B. glares before spitting out, "My boss wants things to move a bit faster." Whistler tells her to pass along the not-so-small consideration that he "might get killed doing this." Susan B. snaps, "I might get killed if we don't. Between you and me, who do you think I care about more?" That more or less convinces Whistler that indeed, "bang and burn" is their best option. Susan B. tells him, "Be ready at 5 -- that's when it happens. Everybody goes." Whistler asks, "What about Scofield?" Susan B. orders, "Kill him." As she strides off, we see that Whistler's looking troubled.
When we get back from the credits, we see the troubled-looking Whistler sitting around Sona and looking quite angsty. We then zip up to T-Bag looking the very opposite of angsty as he chillaxes outside Lechero's suite. Nice contrast! Lechero goes strolling by an ironwork grille. Michael is hunched behind it like Gollum. Lechero says, "You know the consequences if I'm seen talking to you?" Michael asks Lechero if he can maybe get Il Douché to slow down the new-bars-on-the-windows work. Lechero growls, "After your performance yesterday, I have no further sway with Il Douché." Michael snits, "Then I'm afraid you've brokered your way onto an escape plan that no longer exists." Lechero has an idea that he will share at a future point.
In the now, he's dealing with a pissed-off Sammy. (By the way, Sammy is wearing his tee like a kerchief over his head, and it's a surprisingly good look on him.) Because of Lechero's reduced standing, several prisoners are no longer paying their "debts," and this offends Sammy. He adds, "It's been one week, man, and we lost three men." This is true -- Lechero's goon squad is down 60% over its prior numbers. How is he even still in charge? Sammy more or less asks the same thing, but Lechero's loath to add any new guys. "I'll work with the men I have," he says, walking off. Sammy skeptically asks, "Really, braddah? You, me and the gimp over there -- we really going to run this place?" Sammy recommends bringing on the heavily tattooed and muscled Cristobol, recommending him as "solid, one of them...ghetto boys." Cristobol has two pals who are also busy shaking down a few inmates. Lechero accedes to bringing Cristobol on.