Episode Report Card Sobell: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The light you see at the end of the tunnel…
By Sobell | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 11.27.2005
Inside St. Louis, Michael's breaking out the Blue Steel as he informs everyone that they're going to make sure P.I. doesn't shut down at 5 PM. Wait a minute -- they were rousted from their cells at 4 PM, it takes a little time to walk down and get the blue coveralls...isn't it already five PM?
Anyway, Michael soon pries up a piece of drywall and exposes a pipe beneath it. Used to his behavior by now, the rest of Team Escarpara just kicks back to watch. Michael sticks his hand out like a surgeon and says, "Hammer." Sucre hands it over, grinning. Michael begins attacking the pipe and C-Note's all, "Whoa, whoa, whoa -- what are you doing?" The pipe begins to spray.
Cut to an unamused CO looming over T-Bag. He's sitting on the floor, soaking wet, trying hard not to laugh. We then see C-Note, Michael, Sucre, and Westmoreland -- also soaked. Michael is the only one who's remotely successful at keeping his poker face on, which is why he's the one to explain to Bellick that they messed up and hit a pipe. "We should have turned off the water before we started," he adds unnecessarily. "Should've, huh?" gloats Bellick. Michael says, "It's not that big a deal -- we can fix it in the morning. I don't think mold should be a problem before then." C-Note hisses, "Scofield, shut up!" Naturally, Bellick wants Michael to keep going after this. He does: "You get drywall and insulation soaked like this, you run the risk of stachybotrys mold." Bellick's lips visibly move as he tries to pronounce the word to himself. C-Note tries to downplay the risk, and Bellick decides to show them all who's boss by making them stay until the whole place is dried up. Everyone's tremendously exaggerated protests fail to trigger any sort of alarm. Bellick snidely adds, "Don't catch a sniffle." Then he locks them back in.
The moment Bellick's gone, C-Note begins giggling. Westmoreland sticks out his hand for Michael to shake, and Sucre gives him an affectionate cuff on the back of the head. Aww.
Outside the prison wall, the TV news team is about to interview Veronica. Within seconds, Veronica's saying that Lincoln's been framed and that a lot of murders are tied to the frame: Leticia Barris, Lisa Rix, and Bishop McMorrrow, to name a few. Veronica tells the reporter, "I'm saying someone's trying to hide what really happened -- what the truth about Terence Steadman was." The reporter finally remembers that fact-checking and corroboration are part of her job, and Veronica assures her that "somebody on the inside claims they can exonerate Lincoln." The focus switches sharply to Madame Vice President. Kellerman's Dark Mistress says to him, "Someone's been talking." Kellerman looks unhappy enough to have just figured out that it was Hale.