Episode Report Card Sobell: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Yet ANOTHER hooker -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 21 | Aired on 03.25.2007
Kristine promises that he's got her, and he's got a clean slate. On one level, this is true, since Agent Kim did officially erase Kellerman's existence. "The things I've done, Kristine," Kellerman weeps. "Undo them," she urges. I look forward to seeing how Kellerman raises the dead in season three. Kristine tells Kellerman there's always a way, pulls him into her arms, and lets him have a good cry.
So Sucre's managed to steal a car. As he drives up, T-Bag is still trying to goad Michael into letting him walk with some money in exchange for some information: "Don't let your pride get in the way now, pretty." You know, if I were T-Bag, I would rethink the strategic deployment of derisive nicknames. Then again, that is perhaps the least imprudent of T-Bag's behavioral quirks. Michael tells Sucre that they're going to take T-Bag to the U.S. embassy, make sure he's deported, then go looking for Bellick. And by "them," Michael means that he will be driving and Sucre will be riding in back with T-Bag. But that shouldn't be a problem because the guys still have the duct tape stashed in one of their pockets, right? Right? RIGHT? T-Bag tells Michael he's being pennywise and pound-foolish. Michael tells him to scoot in and buckle up. T-Bag begins chanting, "Pound foolish, pound foolish, pound foolish."
Then we zoom back to Chicago, where the fastest trial EVER is on the fastest break EVER. Dr. Sara's lawyer, Marty, comes back and tells her about the offer the prosecution's made: twelve years. She says, "No -- the jury heard Michael's tape." The lawyer points out, "They heard a convicted felon lie for a woman he clearly cares for. He's got no credibility. Sara, we need to take a hard look at what they're offering." Dr. Sara points out, "'We' aren't going to prison. I am." Marty points out that Dr. Sara happens to be the only one associated with the breakout who is A) not dead, B) not currently receiving sweetheart deals from the FBI, and C) in custody and on trial. Ergo, she is going to be the scapegoat for this whole sordid mess. Dr. Sara mulls this over, then asks shakily, "Twelve years?"
Then we cut to Linc and Mahone. Mahone is seated at a table, with neither of his hands visible. Linc is leaning against a pillar; one hand is visible and the other is behind him. Apparently, Michael didn't answer the phone back at the boat. Mahone hopes that Michael will make it back to the boat. Linc comments, "You should see yourself: you look like you're hanging in there by a thread." Mahone looks away, then looks back to say, "I just want this over with." Linc replies, "Then you should never have come down here... in case you haven't noticed, me and my brother don't quit for no-one." I just love how the writers are all, "Do we need to point out that Linc is tough? Let us have him mangle the English grammar!" Mahone snaps back to Linc, "Thank God for that, because it's guys like you who keep guys like me in business. Kept guys like me in business, rather." Linc punctures that little bubble: "It's going to end bad for you, man. Couple of things in this world that I'm good at. One of them's looking into a man's eye and knowing when he's beat." Okay, I can see where that is more useful than knowing when to use the subjective pronoun versus the objective pronoun.