Episode Report Card Sobell: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Escaping from the prison of love
By Sobell | Season 1 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.23.2006
Naturally, this is where Tweener flags Bellick down and pleads to be assigned to a new cell. His request does not fall on receptive ears.
We cut to Tweener sitting on his bunk, coiled with tension. Avocado wakes up from a restful little nap and swings down for a quickie. He tells Tweener, "You need to start relaxing. It'll hurt less." Tweener gulps, then asks if they can maybe move up to Avocado's bunk. Avocado's thrilled that Tweener's finally taking an interest in the goings-on, and as he's arranging the sheets, we see Tweener slip out a razor blade. The next thing we hear is Avocado's shocked scream of pain.
However, a little ol' laceration isn't going to come between Dr. Sara and her lunch hour. She's in the employee parking lot, digging for her keys, when Nika comes up and asks, "Are you the doctor from the prison?" Wow, security is totally lax if anyone can just wander into the parking lot. Dr. Sara is all, "Aren't you Michael's wife?" and Nika tells her, "I think Michael's gotten himself in some trouble. He's planning on doing something dangerous to get out of it." Dr. Sara's eyes widen in alarm. Guess she'll be having panicky speculation for lunch!
Commercials. I always confuse the Lunesta butterfly with the Absinthe Fairy.
When we get back, Dr. Sara and Nika are settling down to some girl talk. Shockingly, it does not include comparing notes on Michael's kissing techniques. Nika tells Dr. Sara that Michael has a deep need to help people. "So I've come to understand," Dr. Sara says warily. Nika explains that Michael rescued her from a life of sordid sex slavery. Dr. Sara says, "Nika, I want to do whatever I can to help Michael. To do that, I need you to tell me whatever you think he's mixed up in." Nika gets flustered and says this was a mistake. She drops her purse, and Dr. Sara tries to stall her -- "Can I just have a contact number for you --?" and Nika flees with, "It's not a good idea. Please don't tell him that we met."
At the salvage yard, Linc is muzzily asking, "Something I don't get: how can killing me stop you?" Burrows says, "'Cause I'm the one who leaked the information about EcoField. They could've covered up the scandal a thousand different ways, but they chose to fake Terrence Steadman's death. Then they chose you because they knew it would flush me out. They knew that any man with a son on death row who was innocent would have to come forward." Lincoln points out that Burrows isn't exactly coming forward right now. Burrows replies that's because he's got a cause he's working for, and if wars can be averted via this presumed cause, then millions of lives are saved. Linc says slowly, "So you were willing to sacrifice one life?" Burrows replies, "Yeah...at least I thought." In other words, no. Lincoln asks, "Do you know what you've done? The mother of my child is dead." Burrows is all, "I know," and Linc loses it, shouting. "Do you? Then I'm guessing you know Michael's in Fox River! And LJ's rotting in some jail." Burrows says resignedly that he knows all of this, but Linc barrels over him, snarling, "If you think for one second --" "You don't have a choice right now," Burrows says, and this is how we can tell he was an absentee dad, because telling Linc he can't do something is practically a gold-plated guarantee that he will do it. Lincoln continues, "It's on you. All of it." Burrows sacks up and tells him, "I know. That's why I'm here. There's still a chance we can make it right." Well, first, could you maybe make a bandage for Lincoln's head? It looks like raw hamburger.