Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Geary -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 11.12.2006
While Aldo carries on and on and on -- we hear him outside -- Kim's little stooge among the Second Banana Conspiracy decides now would be a fine time to begin killing his coworkers. As the spree continues, Aldo continues talking. Linc is now wearing an expression that suggests there are moments when he misses the quiet of his death row cell. Aldo finally sums up, "The tape is still out there. And judging by how hard they're going after Sara Tancredi, I'm pretty sure they think she has it. I think they're right -- she's the key to this whole thing, Lincoln."
Amazingly, although Lincoln has not been able to hear any one of a dozen different bodies dropping with a thud, the sound of a spent bullet shell alerts him that's something's up. He then rises and, in a sequence that is incredibly hot to even me, a non-Dominic Purcell fan, does the following:
1. Makes the silent sign for "Zip it."
2. Silently directs Aldo and L.J. out of harm's way with one movement.
3. Manages to dance between three different bullets, and
4. Go Linc the Sink on the stooge. Seriously, he puts his head down, charges like a rhino, and beats the guy into next week. Seriously! Expect to see the stooge on Monday in the cold open, looking confused.
The stooge makes a desultory effort to kill Lincoln with a cleaver, but you don't stop a rhino when he's charging. Linc stabs the guy, but it's Jane's shot that kills him off. She's looking a little jacked-up over having to shoot her former colleague. That's a nice, subtle nod to a past history not explored, and I like it. Behind Aldo, L.J. has an expression like, "I am so glad you paid that bum to beat me up, because if you did it, we'd be wheeling me and my body cast everywhere. Linc looks back at L.J. He is dismayed for one of two reasons: because he's embarrassed that his son now knows that he doesn't know how to zip his sweater over his broad, shiny chest, or because his son saw him going rhino.
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When we come back, we're at a motel with a sign only Jimmy Buffet could love. We quickly zoom inside, where Kellerman is busy duct-taping Dr. Sara's legs and telling her, "I would imagine you're feeling slightly betrayed right now." I would imagine it's not a good time to ask where she got those cute flats right now, too. Having finished binding Dr. Sara to a chair, Kellerman moves the chair so itâs facing the bed, then sits down on the bed and says, "As you can see... Hi, my name is not Lance and I am not an addict." It is so wrong to be amused by this. And yet, here we are. In his calm and friendly voice, Kellerman continues, "There is one thing about me that should mean a great deal to you right now: I am reasonable. If you tell me what you know, you get to go. And then maybe, when this is all behind us, we get to grab a piece of pie for old times' sake." Then, in an oddly hushed and gentle manner, Kellerman leans in, muttering, "Okay? Come here... " and pulls off the gag.