Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Bad Boys Eventually Get Quiet Time
By Sobell | Season 4 | Episode 11 | Aired on 11.17.2008
Michael then fastens two things that look like giant suction cups, only with handles, to the wall. Then, Michael uses an X-acto to score a big circle on the glass wall. He blasts the area with more of the frozen nitrogen. (Note: how those guys haven't needed gloves when handling that container is God's private mystery. I have a can of compressed gas I use to clean out my computer keyboard, and I can only use that stuff for two minutes before my fingers begin sticking to the freezing-cold can.)
We cut to Lisa giving a status update on the cardholders: "Oren, Tuxhorn and Edison are standing by. Scuderi was in Las Vegas." General Von Baldy ruefully says, "You think we could get the state of Nevada to outlaw gambling?" "I somehow doubt that," Lisa replies, amused. Scuderi will be in L.A. within the hour. General Von Baldy shoos Lisa off to her Eagles and Angels luncheon, and when she tries to beg off, he chides her with, "Now, more than ever, we need the support of law enforcement. I will call you whenever we're ready to move." Lisa heads off to lunch, but she's not happy about it until the general calls after her, "Very good work."
Meanwhile, Michael's just finished cutting a circle in his glass wall and is busy easing himself into the room where the Scylla monolith is. I am sort of amused by the battered backpack into which he evidently plans to cram this shiny and high-tech thingamabob. It just seems so incongruous. He advances and notices the camera trained right on top of Scylla.
Then the tense action music starts up. We flash first to a shot of Lisa heading off to lunch with her three security goons. Dr. Sara discreetly makes note of this from her bench. Then we cut to T-Bag pacing in his office. Gretchen is perched, catlike on a chair -- only her fidgety hands betray any anxiety or tension she feels. Michael is in front of Scylla, scoping it out from all angles and noticing the insanely great design. Jonathan Ives: secret employee of the One World Conspiracy? I wouldn't rule it out.
He leans forward to move Scylla from its perch, and in doing so, arms a security alarm that is apparently motion -- and pressure-sensitive. Within seconds, General Von Baldy's computer chimes and a window pops up reading, "Security alarm activated." Startled, General Von Baldy clicks a key and gets the live camera feed of Michael picking Scylla up. He summons a security team.
And we end the episode with Michael holding Scylla, blissfully unaware that this job is about to get much harder. Or is he? We'll find out whether Michael figured on sacrificing himself to get the sixth card somehow and complete the job.