Episode Report Card Sobell: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Michael and Lincoln -- not dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 09.03.2006
Meanwhile, things apparently didn't go to well for his cousin. Bellick chortles to Geary that Manche sang "like a fat, sweaty bird." You know, I don't think Bellick has a lot of room to talk there.
In yet another of this evening's plots, C-Note has decided to swing by his daughter's school during recess. That he's able to hug his daughter through the gate without attracting attention speaks well of the school's security. Also, it speaks well of the FBI's thoroughness -- what, was Mahone all, "So he talked about how much he loves his daughter? There's no way he'd try to see her?"
Anyway, C-Note is simply thrilled to see Dede. He exclaims, "Look how big you are!" The tender parental piano theme from Prison Break begins tinkling along. As Dede grabs a piece of chalk and begins drawing right next to the beefy, shady-looking guy who has a look of hunted desperation on his face, C-Note makes sure Dede's okay. Then he says fervently, "Oh, God, it's so good to see you, baby girl. Do you understand what Daddy is going through right now?" Not really. C-Note decides to do a little damage control, reassuring Dede, "You know what, we are going to be together real soon, I promise you. But Daddy needs you to do him a favor. Take a message to Mommy, okay. I need you to tell her, if she understood what I told her, if she is willing to trust Daddy, then she needs to turn on the porch light at seven o'clock." Dede promises to remember that. And then, someone at the school finally gets around to noticing that Dede's a little too close to the gate for comfort. Dede stands up and says, "I love you, Daddy," and he says, "I love you too, sweet pea," and I instantly forgive C-Note approximately 65% of his complaining because, awww! He's a nice daddy! And because Rockmond Dunbar acted the hell out of that scene.
Michael and Linc continue to drive on, heading down Illinois rte. 38. The camera switches to a shot of Michael's tattoo, just in case we missed the earlier idea that maybe some clever part of Michael's plan would have been encoded in the close-up we saw earlier this episode. Michael resets the odometer so it's back at zero.
Meanwhile, in what has to be known as the "fun car" in FBI circles, a silent Wheeler and Mahone are busy tracking Michael via his cell phone signal. Mahone fields a call, and excitedly reports. "There's a patrol officer who thinks he has Fernando Sucre pulled over outside of Latrobe, Pennsylvania." ["Oh my God -- Latrobe, PA? Defiance, OH? Ladies and gentlemen, the glamorous Great Lakes region! If any of the cons end up in Batavia, NY, I'm not sure if I'll be able to take it." -- Joe R] Mahone says to the person on the other end, "Make it clear we want Sucre in custody, not in a body bag. Dead men can't tell us where their friends are." Inexplicably, the camera cuts to Wheeler. Who is, also inexplicably, looking piqued. Why? Because that statement undermines Wheeler's efforts to head up the Ouija and séance unit within the bureau?