Episode Report Card Sobell: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Dr. Gudat -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 08.27.2006
Commercials. That commercial for the Yaris where the car rolls over the spider made from gas pump nozzles? Totally freaks me out for some reason.
When we come back, we're at the Cook County courthouse. Mahone has come by to visit L.J. After L.J. sits down, Mahone says, "I'm assuming you've heard." A smile flickers across L.J.'s face, but he quickly clamps down on it with, "Yeah." Mahone chuffs and takes off his glasses, saying casually, "I have to tell you, what your dad and uncle pulled off -- it's very impressive. I've been doing this 14 years, and most escapes can be attributed to dumb luck or brute force. The level of planning and sophistication that went into this one, and eight guys got out. I really do, professionally speaking, have a lot of admiration for Lincoln and Michael." L.J. deadpans, "Cool. Now we're buddies." (I'm thinking we have an early candidate for the next Prison Break shirt right there.) Mahone smiles mirthlessly, then cuts to the chase: he wants L.J. to help bring in Michael and Lincoln. L.J. says, "I don't know where they are. I don't know where they're going." Mahone tries Plan B: "Go on TV. I can have a camera crew down here in half an hour." L.J. is incredulous. He finally says, "You know why I'm in? The murder charge they put on my dad, the two murder charges they put on me -- everything's been a set-up coming from way up top. So the fact that you work for the government? I got nothing to say." Mahone's got an expression like, Damn it, when will my evil overlords realize their conspiracies work against us as well as for us? Then he gets all pissy and points out " Start thinking about yourself, now. In fact â the sooner the better because no one, not your father, LJ, not your uncle is going to do your time. And at 16 years old youâre looking at a long stretch. How much time you get, where you serve it, who your cell mate might be...you need to start thinking about yourself. Now. I want your dad, I want your uncle, and Iâm willing to deal. Donât wait and let someone else get the reward." As Mahone leaves, L.J. leans back and weighs his options. None of them are good.
And after that emotionally-fraught scene, the powers that be have helpfully provided a bland little nothing scene wherein Tweener's inability to buy a bus ticket is mitigated by the contrivance fairy popping into view and saying, "Hey! Why don't you head to the college campus where you can blend in?"
After that little breather, we're back in the heavy territory again. Lincoln calls for L.J., posing as Nick. L.J. gets handed the phone, and we go to this conversation: