Episode Report Card Sobell: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT …And Now Miguel
By Sobell | Season 3 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.23.2007
Cut to T-Bag clumsily trying to peel a mango. Lechero's dumb henchman (the one who is responsible for the brawl that knocked over the water) asks irritably, "Have we had our fun with him yet? He's useless, man." Lechero's all, "I don't see you cutting me any mango slices." He then finally rips into Sammy, pointing out that if it weren't for him, the angry buzz-cut inmate guy Wyatt wouldn't be busy fomenting dissent in the courtyard below. Sammy is surprisingly indifferent to Lechero's irritation., so Lechero summons T-Bag to go hand out a little water from a two-gallon jug. Sammy gives T-Bag a look, and I believe we've just seen the conception of an ugly little enmity. (Oooh, I feel so dirty.)
T-Bag strolls through the corridors with the water. Surprisingly, his back does not bristle with the shivs planted by thirsty and desperate inmates. Bellick tries his begging routine on T-Bag, and T-Bag snaps, "Boy, you gonna be drinking your own urine before you get any of this." Bellick doesn't want water; he wants to talk to Lechero. T-Bag tells Bellick to scamper away. Bellick protests that he's got something. T-Bag shoots back, "Oh, yeah. You got yourself the untouchable status. I could get myself killed just talking to your mangy ass." Bellick protests that he's got information.
Mahone, on the other hand, has a crowbar and a slightly wider hole in the wall. Whistler watches the bricks fall in and cringes.
We cut to Bellick limping into Lechero's office, T-Bag skulking behind him. The goons spring into action: two hold back Bellick and as Sammy grabs a baseball bat, he says, "Pick a kneecap." Bellick cries, "I got information! I just want food and clothing!" Lechero calls off the goons and strolls over, telling T-Bag, "This better be informative, 'cause your kneecap's next." T-Bag gulps and explains that it's related to Whistler. Bellick begs, "I just want food and clo --" "Just tell him, idiot," T-Bag barks. And that is how Lechero's crew learns that Whistler's in the sewers.
Frankly, I'm surprised at T-Bag's conduct here. Has he forgotten that Bellick is the man who tied him to a chair, tortured him, and left him for the cops? I mean, sure, he escaped and framed Bellick for murder twice, but T-Bag has never really come across as someone who lets go easily. I wonder if this is merely his way of ensuring that Bellick owes him one, and he'll be demanding payment later.
We then cut to a brief scene where T-Bag goes to deliver the water and gets mobbed in the process. Splenda watches the whole thing. Michael comes over right then and chats up the lad; he's allegedly been in Sona for four years, since he was 13. Michael confirms, "As far as you know, no one's ever broken out of this place, except maybe this Whistler guy?" Splenda replies, "You Americans ask a lot of questions." Michael notices a bunch of Lechero's men walking through the entrance that leads down into the sewers, and then Bellick comes out, clad in weightlifters' pants, a grimy tee, and shoes, nd munching a sandwich. Michael whispers, "Oh, no…" and rushes off.