Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Nice plan, brain trust.
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 07.19.1998
Glynn's office. A hack escorts Schibetta in and then leaves. Schibetta blusters that Glynn is a hard man to see and that he wants a favor and yes, it's clear that little Petey has something on Glynn. He wants the kitchen. "All I have to do is make one phone call." Glynn complains that the elder Schibetta was respectable and never would have pulled a stunt like this. Peter says he doesn't live by the code his father did. I imagine that one of the rules of the code is "Don't get fucked in the ass. Especially not twice." Glynn accedes, and has Schibetta shown out.
Adebisi is scrounging around for a kitchen implement when Glynn appears and breaks the news about Schibetta taking over. Adebisi: "You tell that guinea fuck something for me, then." He raises a huge barbecue fork and lifts up a pot, under which a large rat is trapped. He skewers it, and says with a big smile, "We got rats." Glynn looks slightly nauseated. Oh, Adebisi, you're a ray of crazy, crazy sunshine.
Infirmary. Gloria exposits to Schillinger that "Dr. Richards" thinks the surgery was successful, and although there will be some scarring, she thinks Schillinger will be able to see out of his damaged eye. Schillinger looks nervous. Gloria takes off the bandage and tells him to open his eye. After a pause, Schillinger says he can see. He smiles big. Well, I won't be sleeping tonight.
Schillinger enters Em City, where he's greeted by the bikers and the Aryans. Beecher observes from the balcony. What is with the sideburns this episode? Beecher's extend diagonally out to his goatee. I know he's supposed to be crazy, but this is beyond the pale. Schillinger fixes both eyes on Beecher, who flashes back to the swastika incident. Yeah, I could see how that would be burned into your memory. Thanks again! No, I'm not done yet!
Pete's office. Beecher says they should get a martini, but Pete points out that drinking is what got him into Oz in the first place, like, relax, Pete. Diane enters and asks if Pete has Schillinger's psychological profile for her to review for the parole hearing. I thought that was supposed to be months ago. Whatever. Pete says she'll have it at the end of the day, and goes to the loo. Diane's surprised that she leaves Beecher in there alone. What's he going to do, visit porn sites? Send spam? Read recaps? His response is the same as mine, in essence.
Behind the glass, a man who is ostensibly Schillinger's father tells Schillinger that he threw Vern's sons out, as they were taking drugs all the time and stealing from him to pay for them. He starts to storm off. Schillinger: "Don't you walk away, you cocksucker! C'mon, Dad! Get the fuck back here, Dad!" His father flips him off. Not exactly Upstairs, Downstairs, is it?