Episode Report Card Chuck: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Dog Doo
By Chuck | Season 5 | Episode 4 | Aired on 01.26.2002
But first we get one from Hill, about how the Vikings became civilized and morphed into the Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes. Cold countries, hot people. The lesson? "People can change if they put their collective minds to it."
Ahmad stacks boxes in a box room. When he bends to pick up a strangely spinning box, Robson and the bad actor ambush him. Now, Ahmad, what do we know about bending over in prison? Robson, after taping Ahmad's mouth as the bad actor holds his arms, expresses a concern that Ahmad might be stealing and suggests opening him up to make sure he isn't. We're then treated to a disgusting and gratuitous slashing scene (even by Oz standards) as Robson uses a razor to slice into Ahmad's chest, then all the way down his left arm, and then more across the chest, as Ahmad screams behind the tape and Robson and the bad actor cackle. The camera zooms in on Ahmad's terrified eyes as the screen fades to black.
This episode really annoyed me -- yes, because it sucked, but mainly because there was only a passing reference to Cloutier and absolutely no mention of Timmy Kirk. I mean, come on: a hideously burned, bedridden patient simply disappears, a cocksucking redhead gets stabbed with a crucifix right in front of Mukada, and no one says anything? Wouldn't Leo be freaking out maybe a little? What about McManus? Or Gloria? I mean, she just up and lost someone. Are we in the throes of a massive case of denial? Of all the preposterous things that have occurred on this show, this one might just win the medal.