Episode Report Card Sobell: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sasha's dad -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 15 | Aired on 01.28.2007
Linc gets behind the wheel, Michael continues to shout until the reporter hands over the keys, and Kellerman continues to threaten to shoot his new hostage in the head. The boys get in the car with their new road trip buddy -- a cameraman, who is surely rethinking his professional relationship with the reporter who was all, "Negotiate with the escaped cons? Noooo." Anyway, the boys speed off. There is no small talk made in the car.
We then go to the FBI field offices in Chicago. Mahone walks through the door. Wow, how did he get from his son's hospital in Colorado to... oh. Mahone, you chump. Anyway, he walks through the door, seemingly none the worse for wear, and Lang welcomes him back. When Agent Wheeler gets off the phone, he tells Mahone that "One of the C.O.s from Fox River, Brad Bellick, got locked up last night for the murder of another guard." Last night? Haven't we already seen Bellick spend at least one night at Fox River? Didn't last week's episode end with Bellick heading into at least his second night? Wheeler also catches Mahone up on C-Note's plotline, but whatever. Wheeler's phone rings again, and right as Lang tries to pass the call discreetly, Mahone snatches the phone, then hears something that makes him ask, "How long ago?" Behind his back, Lang and Wheeler exchange conspiratorial glances.
We then cut to the Car of Comedy Gold rolling along. Kellerman tells the cameraman, "I'll make you a deal: You don't move a muscle, I don't blow your head off." Michael assures Greg the cameraman that nobody's going to hurt him. We then get a little radio news telling us that Madame President Evil is busy shoring up the political faithful in Denver, Colorado. Michael looks all thoughtful. He orders Linc to pull over. Naturally, he declines to give a reason why they should.
Lincoln finds a conveniently abandoned building. The brothers get out, leaving Kellerman with his new friend. Lincoln asks if they're going to drop off the cameraman. Michael says, "Later." Linc adds, "We should get rid of Kellerman too. We don't need him." Lies! Lies! We all need Kellerman. Michael settles for saying, "Actually, we do [need Kellerman]. We still have assets. It's just a question of how we use them."
And... commercials. Aww, bears! I like bears. Unfortunately, it does not appear that Farmer's Insurance does.
When we come back, it's to the bright glare of an examination light in the Fox River infirmary. We faintly hear someone calling, "Braaaaaadley," and we see that Bellick has been worked over quite thoroughly. The tenderized ex-guard is slowly coming to. He calls out, "Nurse?" Not quite. It's another con, who says with bitter satisfaction, "Those are some pretty shiners you got. It must remind you of all the times you walked around here in your fancy outfit, turning a blind eye to all you saw that was wrong. 'Me? I didn't see nothing?' How's that blind eye feel now?" Bellick snarls back. The inmate continues, "Get used to it. I hear ol' one-eyed Jack's going to be getting screwed in the socket." Bellick replies, "Over my dead body." The inmate says coldly, "Nah. A dead man can't feel a beat-down, and you got a lot more coming your way." A ghost of a grin plays on his features, and the only thing that stops the stare-down is Nurse Gossipson coming along and ushering the inmate out.