Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT King Me, Asshole!
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 8 | Aired on 08.24.1997
...which he tries to do, only the prisoners sort of don't let him. In the end, however, Adebisi, Ross, and Ryan elect to open the gate to demonstrate their solidarity with each other to Said. Clever, except for the fact that Said almost certainly would have wanted them to let Dobbins out. So, "stupid," actually. I'm sorry, Ryan! I didn't really mean it! It's my job! Hill says goodbye to Dobbins, and Vahue carries him out. The SORT team grabs Vahue, causing Dobbins to spill out of his arms onto the floor, where he's cuffed and dragged off. Nice. McManus cringes in pain at another bloody example of the failure of his vision. What's that twinge I feel? Is it, God forbid, sympathy? I hope it's just gas. Inside, Hill looks ready to lose it as he sees sheet music strewn all over Dobbins's cell. He picks up Dobbins's bow, which totally wouldn't be in there if he felt the need to store the cello in the chaplain's office, and mimes playing as cello music kicks up.
Beecher, who since the riot started has been acting crazier than Paula Abdul at her most whacked-out, busts into Schillinger's pod and says he has to take a shit. That's not going to get old for me any time soon, people. Schillinger says he doesn't want to fight, but Beecher all but declares his intention to fuck up Schillinger's parole, calls him a "prag," and leaves, foreshadowing a line of the song he performed in the talent show. Schillinger looks blank. Beecher, just because a lion's sleeping is no reason to pull its tail, you know what I'm saying?
Hill: We always root for the underdog. Okay then.
In the hostage room, Diane says they have to figure out a way to escape, as she can't just wait around to get raped. Edie Falco's voice breaks just a little bit there, and I'm reminded once again why we all love her. Everyone looks pretty bloody, and Armstrong lies unconscious. Alvarez escorts Hunt in, and tells the group that he's in charge of them now, which is a pretty sweet deal for them, considering the other choices. Mukada tells him that Armstrong needs a doctor, and Alvarez says he'll see if something can be arranged. See? Ross would have gotten some salt and started pouring. Mineo pipes up that he has to piss, and Alvarez brings him a bucket, Hole-style. Mineo stands and tells Alvarez to uncuff him. Alvarez: "You remember that joke you made when my baby died?" Two words: Uh. Oh. Alvarez starts whaling on Mineo, but Mukada yells at him and says he doesn't have to give in to the brutality. Alvarez calls him naïve, but Mukada says he's not, he's just afraid. Alvarez: "Well, so am I, hermano. So am I." Great scene.