Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Let the Water Wash Away Your Sins
By Sobell | Season 4 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.03.2008
Dr. Sara's still chatting with Agent Blots Out the Sun. She notes that his phone's just ringing off the hook. Agent Blots Out the Sun replies, "That's right. They're wondering [where I am]. And the longer they do, the more danger you're in." Dr. Sara -- who has been through her fair share of peril -- is unfazed. She tells Agent Blots Out the Sun to call the general and say what Linc wants him to say. Agent Blots Out the Sun asks, "Then what? You'll let me go?" Dr. Sara says, "No. But Don Self will make sure you spend the rest of your life in a decent facility without the death penalty." Agent Blots Out the Sun correctly dismisses this as a fairy tale, then continues to mess with Dr. Sara's head by implicitly reminding her that her Hippocratic oath means she can't really stand by while Mahone kills him. "So, please, let's you and I figure a way out of this mess that works for everybody," Agent Blots Out the Sun says. Dr. Sara suddenly looks very indecisive. Let's hope it stops there: it'll be awkward if Michael has to keep stopping Mahone from killing his girlfriend after she lets a child murderer waltz away.
Outside the cell, Don Self is picking away at his keyboard, probably updating his Twitter stream ("donself: Wishing I were @ the Yankees game, fewer sweaty crazy people there") while Mahone sweats and looks crazy over in a corner. After a time-lapse montage of Mahone getting sweatier and crazier, he finally heads toward Agent Blots Out the Sun's holding pen. Don Self dives from his laptop (having moved on from Twitter to taking the "Which 80s movie are you?" quiz on Facebook) and restrains Mahone while Agent Blots Out the Sun impassively looks on. Don Self begs, "I know this is hard, and I know what you want to do, but I'm trying to do something here and you need to deal with that reality." Mahone brings out his argument-trumper with "Have you lost a kid?" but, oh SNAP, Don Self can come back to that! He says, "Yeah. I did too. My wife was pregnant, and there were complications, and the doctor messed up, and she..." Don struggles to compose himself, and Mahone pulls back a little from the edge to listen. Don tries again," And they both..." Mahone's calmer now, perhaps thinking about what didn't happen when Pam successfully delivered Cam. Don Self finally says, "They didn't make it. Okay? So I understand." Mahone asks him, "What would you do if you were me, and that man -- he's right there, he's right there. What would you do?" Don Self says, "I don't know what I would do. Look, I'm giving you my word, when the time is right, I won't stand in your way." Mahone corrects him: "When the time is right, I won't let you." Don Self's okay with that.