Episode Report Card Sobell: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Denise -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 13 | Aired on 11.26.2006
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.Oh, Kellerman, you magnificent bastard. The disenfranchised conspiracy stooge decides that if his most recent bosses don't do right by him, he'll find someone who will. And since his most recent boss is Agent Kim -- well, that more or less drives our favorite schemer right into the exciting world of freelance evildoing. He pretends to be working with the One World Conspiracy and Mahone to help take out the now-captured Michael and Lincâ¦then drops Mahone with a bullet and tells the boys he's all about making President Reynolds's term a short and uncomfortable one. They're now allied with him, uneasily. That should be fun once they all meet up with Dr. Sara in the spring!
Speaking of the good doctor, the most exciting thing she does this week is give herself a haircut. But after the last few days she's had, the poor girl deserves a pick-me-up. She's now on the streets with a sassy new 'do and the current impression that Michael's on his way back to the pokey.
Another short-but-sweet plotline: Sucre's plane is shot down by DEA agents. Fortunately, he manages to parachute to freedom south of the border.
Meanwhile, in another plotline: T-Bag kills his way across Kansas to get to Susan, offing one veteran for his swanky prosthetic hand and murdering a postal worker after she makes him from the Wanted poster. (She had also made him in another way, if you know what I mean. And why, why, why would women want a grimy-looking number like Theodore? Why?) After those warm-ups, he manages to find Susan via her change-of-address form, and their plot closes with him inviting himself inside.
Finally, in the dumbest plot of the week: apparently, in addition to "evolution," the powers that be in Kansas have also rejected "forensics," "DNA" and "due process." So Bellick actually plea-bargains and decides to serve his time in Fox River. As if those plot developments weren't moronic enough: apparently, the new warden has never, ever, ever considered what would happen if an ex-law enforcement officer is tossed to the general population. And now Bellick is rooming with Avocado. It will be a long hiatus for him. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Previously on Prison Break: Michael and Linc were orphaned, only for real this time; Dr. Sara had a pressing engagement with Kellerman; Bellick got framed for the one crime he didn't commit; Sucre was leaving on a jet plane, and we don't know when he'll be back again. (Oh, babe, we hate to see you go.) And right after Michael puts Sucre on that plane, he decides to throw over his carefully-crafted exit strategy for an improvisational crack at taking down the One World Conspiracy. And then Mahone T-bones the Scofield/Burrowsmobile.
We pick up the episode exactly where we left it off: Mahone with a gun trained on Michael and Linc, the escapees looking considerably the worse for wear. Were I Linc, this would be right about the time I developed a strong aversion to automobiles. People are always hitting the car he's in -- when they're not hitting him with cars. I'm just saying: don't be surprised if we see a lot of bicycle-based chase scenes in season three.
Anyway... Michael has finally raised Dr. Sara on his mobile phone, but the mobile is a few feet away on the pavement and it's evident Mahone will shoot him if he grabs it. Dr. Sara keeps saying, "Hello?" and Mahone says, "You almost made it." He stops to listen to Dr. Sara, and gestures at Michael with the gun, ordering him to get up. It's telling that Mahone's unwilling to kill a man when he's down on his knees. Michael stands and Linc lurches over to stand next to him. Mahone orders, "Turn around." When the guys don't, he shouts, "Turn around!" Michael says loftily, "If you're going to murder us, Alex, you're going to have to look us in the eyes while you do it." Mahone scoffs impatiently and says, "Shut up." Ha!
Linc shouts desperately, "You want me, you got me! Let my brother go." Mahone sets him straight, saying matter-of-factly, "I don't want either one of you." Then he totally snaps, adding at the top of his lungs, "I just want my life back!" Michael presses, "You're going to kill two innocent men to get it?" That's pretty rich coming from the guy who bent a priest's ear for the better part of an afternoon a few episodes back. Anyway, Mahone lets them know he really has no problem gunning down two strangers if it means getting his life back. Unfortunately, right before he can, the U.S. border patrol shows up and wins their subsequent territorial dispute with fellow law enforcer Mahone. However, Mahone takes some satisfaction in seeing that Michael is really bummed about being taken into custody. Ah, sweet schadenfreude.