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By Sobell | Season 4 | Episode 19 | Aired on 05.01.2009
Across town, Mahone, Don Self and Lincoln toss Christina's suite. They are not exactly bothering to keep their fingerprints off anything, and I am sure that will in no way come back to bite them in the collective tuchis. Especially not Lincoln, who was busy manhandling the ammo that Christina had in her desk for some reason. While this is going on, Mahone is raving about "that inbred" and how their first mistake was working with him. His pique is amusing but again -- how is it surprising that amoral child-humping pervert spree killer Theodore Bagwell is conducting himself in a duplicitous fashion? Sure, the saying is "honor among thieves," but T-Bag's a killer, not a thief. So it doesn't apply. Anyway, Mahone is not concerned about himself so much as he is about what might happen to Pam (which -- aww! They are my new Doomed Couple to root for), and it's Lincoln who has to talk him down. Anyway, the net take from the afternoon's looting is a rental receipt for a silver minivan, and a set of initials with a number next to it.
We then go back to General Von Baldy's talk with Sandinsky. It is painful -- not for Von Baldy, but for Sandinsky, who is being punched in the kidneys. He has also managed to lose his pants. How on earth did that happen? Anyway, it turns out that Christina lured Sandinsky down to Miami with promises of interest in his scientific prowess. The general sets him straight: "[Christina's] interest was financial. She came to me about a year ago with an idea: rather than build up our organization with Scylla as our permanent cornerstone, she wanted to make a quick profit. If certain events occurred, various nations might feel the need for a more modern defense system and they'd come to us for the answers -- solar weaponry, water desalinization ... now what do you know about all of this?" Sandinsky decides that what the hell, he's going to be dying before the end of the episode and we all know it, so why not say what's on his mind? So he tells Von Baldy that so far as he's concerned, the One World Conspiracy is sitting on a gold mine's worth of world-changing technology, and they're not deploying any of it because "you think too small." Lincoln interrupts the tense moment by calling in to ask Sandinsky what the letters "DMB" mean. Why, yes! It's Dade-Miami Bank.
Back at Deb's place, Michael's having post-abduction regrets. Dr. Sara soothes him into a seat and offers to go talk to Christina: "I might have some perspective. She didn't leave me when I was six." The discussion does not go well. Because Christina is apparently a psychic evil genius, she has managed to intuit in a matter of minutes that Dr. Sara is pregnant and she has not told Michael yet. This really gets to Dr. Sara, so she huffs back in to the room where Michael is and ... fails to tell him she's knocked up. This makes sense, because if there's one thing the show has taught us all, it's that interpersonal relationships are healthier when based on omissions and lies.