Episode Report Card Sobell: A | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Where The Wild Things Are
By Sobell | Season 3 | Episode 13 | Aired on 02.17.2008
Susan B. looks startled, then asks what Linc's doing. Michael tells her, "This is not the point of the exchange. This is just a confirmation that everyone's still alive." Susan B. says angrily, "They're alive! Let's trade!" Michael tells her, "You'll get a call telling you where to go in the next five minutes. And when the exchange is over, and L.J. is safe, you and I are going to spend some quality time." Susan B. is not exactly soiling her knickers in fear. She cuddles up to him and grins, "When the exchange is over, you better run for your life." Then we get a weird camera angle so it looks like Michael's about to plant one on Susan B. and I'm all, "That is weird even by the standards of love-hate relationships!" Then Michael takes off.
Inside Sona, Bellick is nervously watching the prisoners milling about while Lechero continues dying. At this point, he's giving Count Laszo de Almasy a run for his money in the "Would you just DIE already?" sweepstakes. Bellick says, "There's a storm brewing in the yard." Lechero gasps, "Tell them to come in. I'm not scared." "Well, I am!" Bellick immediately replies. I like how he owns his cowardice. T-Bag, who is trying to clean Lechero's wound with peroxide, nervously gestures to the gun and says, "You might want to put that down." Lechero gives him a look that plainly says, You've got to be kidding me. And then we all learn a fun new science fact: peroxide a gunshot wound and the patient may feel a mild burning sensation. Lechero comments that T-Bag is the last person he'd expect to see at his side, and T-Bag dons a wounded affect as he says, "I take offense, patron." Lechero continues, "I've had many foot-washers. Many men have come in sheep's clothing, only to let the wolf come out." T-Bag says pissily, "I am not trying to hurt you. I am trying to save you." Lechero's not buying it and neither am I. T-Bag then spins a tale of how the guards are now open to blackmail. "Little Suzy Sona ain't playing so hard to get no more. She has her price," T-Bag says. What a telling choice for a hard-to-get woman's name. Or am I the only one who remembers T-Bag's southern gothic drama last year? Anyway, Lechero is resistant to forking out $50,000 for his presumed freedom.
Meanwhile, on the outside...Susan B. has just gotten her second call from Michael. He greets her with, "The lobby of the Museum of Antiquities." Susan B. snaps, "Why?" and Michael says patronizingly, "Because that's where Whistler is." Susan B. tries to get into his head with, "You're overthinking things. I've seen it too many times before. First plan goes to hell, then you start tap-dancing, and trust me, it always ends badly." Joke's on Susan B. -- she can't get into his head because it's too crammed full of scheme-y brains. Michael tells her she's got five minutes, hangs up the phone, and neatly palms a few arrowhead-shaped items labeled as "flechas."