Episode Report Card Sobell: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Agent Von Blondie -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 01.21.2007
We get back, still fixed on a disoriented Steadman. Maybe it's the act of putting on pants for the first time in three years that's thrown him. As Kellerman keeps his gun on both agents, Linc grabs Steadman by the jacket collar and yanks him toward the sedan, growling, "You look good for a dead man."
The handler still has Kim on the line -- thank you, Bluetooth headpiece! -- and Kim is all, "Do not let [Kellerman] escape! Kill Steadman, kill them all now!" Kim is in the wrong line of work. Not only is he easily rattled, his mass-murder impulses would be better suited to life as a cult leader. Anyhoodle, the handler goes for his gun, but Kellerman is awesome and promptly drops both men. Michael -- remember him? Ostensible protagonist of the series? Occasionally appears in plotlines on this show? -- looks even more rattled. Steadman begins babbling, "Paul, please, don't kill me!" Nobody's listening to him. Linc shoves him in the car and they take off.
Back in Albuquerque, Mahone has just learned that vomiting is the worst side effect of anesthesia. And now so have we. The nurse says, "That should actually be the last of it by now," and Mahone quips, "Oh, you figure I'm on empty?" Nice moment. Anyone here suppose it gives us a hint of what Mahone was like before the One World Conspiracy pulled him into their icy clutches? And anyone here suppose that the mobile phone ringing on the table is going to tell us all that Mahone's relief is short-lived?
It's Pam: their son was just in a hit-and-run auto accident, and his leg was broken in two places. Mahone assures her he'll be on the next plane to Colorado. Pam is totally melting down, and it's rattling Mahone -- "Pam! Please -- keep it together until I get there. Can you do that for me?" He packs up to go, and the nurse is all, "Hello, gunshot wound? Not a good time to travel?" But Mahone will not be deterred. He heads out and tries to flag down a taxi -- only to be stopped by Agent Von Blondie, who casually asks, "How's your boy? Tib-fib fractures are bad, but if the growth plate's affected, there's a whole host of problems." Mahone gets up in Von Blondie's face and growls, "You made a mistake." Von Blondie begs to differ -- "You think you can just quit? Like you work at a post office?" There's a big long stare-off, and it's evident that if looks could kill, Von Blondie would be leading this recap's title -- DEAD!
Meanwhile, Agent Kim is busy coordinating a massive recovery effort while managing to go nowhere near the field. How does he do that?