Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Aw, Tom, It's Not Even My Birthday!
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 1 | Aired on 07.12.1998
Case interviews Schillinger. In a nice little touch, Case mispronounces "Schillinger," and Schillinger doesn't even flinch. Schillinger reiterates that he wants to get out for his sons, and Case offers him a letter of recommendation if he cooperates. I'd think Case, as a black man, would be a little hesitant about helping the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood, but I suppose his whole "I love the law" schtick makes it credible. Case asks about Ross and Diane, and Schillinger tells him what we knew, that Ross and Diane's ex were in the same biker gang, and what we're not sure is true, that Ross and Diane were screwing behind the ex's back. Schillinger himself admits that Ross lied a lot. Case asks if anything happened after Ross landed in Oz, and Schillinger tells him that Ross said they were sleeping together regularly. Case asks if he thinks Ross was lying. Schillinger: "Probably." Hmm.
Case now interviews Rebadow, whom he's gotten permission to come to the library. This Case certainly knows how to grease the wheels here, doesn't he? Rebadow fills in the blanks about Ross and Diane's cigarette operation, McManus shutting it down, and McManus's and Diane's sexual relationship. The shit's hitting the fucking fan, people. Hey, combinations are acceptable.
Night. Schillinger sarcastically asks Diane for a cigarette. He then all but tells her that he saw her kill Ross, and suggests that she do whatever she can to help him with his parole hearing. She walks off to her Screwed, Party Of One table.
Case has told Glynn his suspicions about Diane. Glynn doesn't believe that Diane would do that. Glynn gets a call, and tells Case that a prisoner wants to talk to him. Who? "Tobias Beecher."
Case enters the Hole to find a naked, crazy Beecher leaning against the wall. He says he has a secret about Scott Ross. Don't tell me he burned a swastika into your other cheek, Beecher. Case dismisses the guard. Beecher tells him he bit the tip off a guy's penis. Case: "So I heard." I guess you have to ask this guy to lick your balls to get a reaction. Beecher asks if he's not afraid. Case: "I've got my pants on." Everyone's getting the bon mots in this episode! They're showing me up, dammit! After some small talk, in which it's revealed that they both went to Harvard, Beecher says he wants to start on his return trip back from Shitting-On-People-And-Biting-Their-Dicksville, so as a token of good faith, he's sharing his secret, which is that he saw the shots fired. The ones in Ross? "No. Check the bullets in McManus." It's no "the owls are not what they seem," but it still warrants a "DUN!" Case turns to go, but Beecher proffers his hand. Realizing that Beecher isn't asking for his dick, Case takes it.