Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT A World Of Hurt
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 2 | Aired on 07.13.1997
Sorry. Glynn calms them down, saying the enemy's outside the room, and orders Burruano to head up the investigation, saying he'd better find the killer before Schibetta does. As we'll see later, Glynn hasn't a clue where Burruano's loyalties are. Glynn worries that they'll have a "full-scale riot" on their hands. Not until the season finale. Spoiler!
Burruano's office. There's a huge American flag on the wall, in front of which all the prisoners questioned end up standing. It's amusing, but particularly so in the case of Schillinger, our first interviewee. He says that the "niggers" killed Ortolani, because although he doesn't have any evidence, "Who else is there?" Again, the hacks, but we've covered that already. Burruano asks about the Latinos, but Schillinger opines, "Burning isn't the spics' style." Burruano says that Schillinger could have done it, and Schillinger agrees that there was no love lost between him and Ortolani, but, assuming his most patriotic stance, declares that he only kills people when they're standing in the way of his constitutional rights. And how about when you rape them, Vern? Do you sing "America The Beautiful" over the screams? Schillinger's point is that he respects the Sicilians, as they also have a code. "The rest of these fucks'll cut a man for a pair of sneakers, for a fucking cigarette. They are animals." Guess you're into bestiality then, huh Vern?
We see the hacks break up a fight between Markstram and D'Angelo, although if the writers were trying to illustrate Schillinger's point, I don't know why they involved one of the Italians. Upstairs, Diane approaches Beecher's pod as Schillinger watches behind her. She asks a loitering Rebadow if it's true that Beecher hasn't emerged from his pod in days, and gets confirmation of that. I thought you always had to come out for count, but whatever. Diane enters, and Schillinger's right behind her, asking if everything's okay. She coolly tells him to take a hike, and he complies with a "Hope you feel better, buddy. If you keep quiet, I might even use a little Vaseline next time." I may have imagined that last part. Quick flashback to Schillinger branding Beecher. Diane starts to tell him how rough an adjustment prison is for anyone, but Beecher interrupts to moan about Ortolani's death and how it proves that no one is safe. Diane agrees, saying Beecher has to be careful, but he might feel better if he set up a conjugal visit with his wife. How? "Go see Sister Pete."
Cut to the sister in question's office. She happily notes that Beecher's married, and suggests that if you're not, you're out of luck as far as the sex goes. Has she met Adebisi? She gives a bit more tough-nun exposition, then explains that the point of a conjugal isn't just sex, but to reproduce some intimacy. I can see where that would be desirable -- Schillinger doesn't seem like much of a cuddler. Pete gives Beecher a form to fill out.