Episode Report Card Sobell: A | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Where The Wild Things Are
By Sobell | Season 3 | Episode 13 | Aired on 02.17.2008
Speaking of in, that is where Michael has just let himself in Sofia's apartment. (I cannot believe Whistler wouldn't have visited here before fetching Mahone. What was he doing between the museum and the bar? Having himself a good cry while Susan B. promised him a weekend in doing nothing but eating ice cream and watching Arrested Development?) Anyhoodle, Michael and Linc roll on into the apartment and within seconds, Michael finds the briefcase. He asks Linc for his gun and uses it as a hammer to open the lock. Michael then pulls out a surveillance report for one Jason Lief in Scottsdale, Arizona. Although Michael doesn't know who he is yet, he concludes that if Jason Lief is important to Whistler, then he's now Michael's new priority. Linc tries to slow Michael down, but l'il bro says, "I get to Whistler, I get to Gretchen." Having apparently gotten over his own need to plug the guy what killed his dad, Linc says, "No, no, no, no -- this is the one chance you, me and L.J. have had --" "They killed Sara," Michael reminds Linc. "Yes, and I will be seeing that head in my nightmares for a very long time, but Michael...you can get another girlfriend. The best revenge is living well!" Linc...does not say. He humbly apologizes, and Michael gently accepts it, then adds, "I've got to go." There's a long, long moment when neither brother can look at or speak to one another, and then Linc holds out his car keys for Michael to take. Michael rasps, "Thanks," and then hurls into Lincoln for a last hug. The two clutch each other tightly and -- well, I can't se what happens next because it got a little dusty in here, or California's pollen season has kicked in early or something. I blame the background music.
It's Rebekah Del Rio's cover of "Cryin'." ["Uh-oh. Doesn't that mean shit's about to get weird?" -- Joe R] We see what the various characters are doing: a grim-faced Susan B. is getting into her sedan, with an equally grim Whistler in the front seat beside her; in the back, Mahone has an ambiguous half smile on his face. Is he resigned to working for the forces of evil, or is he hoping to bring them down from within? We switch to Splenda taking a quiet moment from his party to smile ruefully at a basketball hoop, and then transition down to Bellick collapsing against a wall in Sona. Cheer up, Bellick! At least you have pants this time. We see poor sweet Sucre checking out Sona, and oh, that just burns me up. Then we cut to Linc taking Sofia's hand as she repines in her hospital bed. A quick cut to Michael driving, the gun and the origami rose on the passenger seat beside him. Then Rebekah Del Rio's voice soars into the chorus and we cut to Splenda contemplating the basket, then to T-Bag amid the mob, looking bitterly triumphant. Sucre settles down next to a wall. Although he's still got blood running down his face, he looks less despairing than Bellick and more determined. We cut back to Sofia swooning in Linc's general direction while he mopes in the doorway (LINCOLN BROOD), and then we cut back to Michael. His jaw is set and we see him one more time before pulling back to the car driving alone along the road.