Episode Report Card Megyn: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Ryan's Hope
By Megyn | Season 4 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.10.2001
Tim's office. In walks Busmalis: "You wanted to see me?" "Busmalis, come in!" Busmalis: "Sit?" McManus: "Stand." Heh. Cute. They amuse me. Bring them to my tent! Where was I? Oh! So, Tim asks Busmalis if he ever played basketball. "No." Ever play any sports? "No." Busmalis says he was "the guy with the towel." Aw. You gotta love him. McManus tells him to introduce himself to Jackson because he's "his new teammate." Next, the basketball tournament is about to start as we see Busmalis enter the gym wearing shorts. It doesn't really help that I'm seeing two of him at this point, either. The crowd goes wild. They boo when McManus and Dave enter. Leo steps up to the soapbox. "As you all know, this is the best of a three game series. Due to the fact that our court is smaller than regulation, the game will run full-court. We'll set the clock at twenty minutes. Each team gets one time-out, and the three-point line is in effect." Then he tells them to either "hoop it up" or whoop it up." I can't tell. The game starts. There are even cheerleaders! Fox and Dave really kick some ass while McManus pretends he's the best basketball player ever and Busmalis doesn't get any screen time. We see the clock at almost time, and Busmalis throws an unlikely basket which is of course the winning shot. We see Rebadow cheer. The inmates win 56-30. All the inmates start singing. It's pretty funny, actually.
Back to the depressing stuff. Death row. Giles watches as Leo tells Moses that the court has set the following Thursday for his execution. Moses chooses lethal injection. Said makes with the J. Peterman voice: "I've contacted the organ donor association regarding your willingness to donate your organs…they were thrilled." He tells Moses they have agreed to allow Moses to meet with the patients who will receive his goods. First up is Jiffy, the blind man. He enters the visiting room where Moses sits, and greets him by saying he's a hero. Moses, not Jiffy. Jiffy tells Moses he thinks he's the cat's meow, then asks to feel his face so he can remember the face of the guy who restored his sight. Next we see Moses in an orange jumpsuit, getting ready to embark on the field trip to meet the recipient of his heart…when he dies, of course. Leo tells him it's time to go. Moses looks at Said: "So long, Said." He leaves and Arif says, "Funny, he said 'so long' like he was never coming back." Said whips his head around and makes a face.
TV time in the common room. As they are all watching Up Your Ante, a special news bulletin breaks the story of Moses, who died while leaping from a moving vehicle. Poor Said. He listens to the newsbreak while looking dramatic and at fault...again. We cut to Giles, in his cell, watching a CO clear out Moses's cell. He cries.