Episode Report Card Sobell: C | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Agent Kim -- dead! Also, many other conspiracy stooges!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 22 | Aired on 04.01.2007
The upshot is that Linc manages to elude the police. Michael and Dr. Sara manage to find the kind of picturesque cottage that would make for a fabulous romantic weekend were it not surrounded by police. The captain calls, "My men are ordered to fire if you don't come out of there with your hands first." Michael pulls Dr. Sara over to a section of wall where they're not easily seen. They crouch down. The guy calls, "Murder is not something we take lightly here on Panamanian soil, so come on out of there, and there will be no more death."
This triggers Dr. Sara's annual existential freak-out. She whispers, "Michael, I took a man's life." Michael picks THEN to mack on her, caressing her face and whispering, "Don't think about that now. You and I have a date, remember? Two limes, a couple of beers -- don't forget that." I would say something about his rotten timing, but it appears to have snapped Dr. Sara out of her breakdown. Michael asks for the gun, and Dr. Sara repeats, "I took a man's life." Okay, then -- Michael has lousy timing after all. As Dr. Sara sobs, Michael tells her reassuringly, "We're going to walk out of here together, and we're going to tell them exactly what happened. Look at me, look at me, look at me. We're going to tell them exactly what happened. We'll explain everything. And I'm going to do whatever I can to help you. Okay?" Dr. Sara nods, and we have a sweet little moment where she leans her forehead into his. Michael uses that moment to get the gun from her. Dr. Sara finishes crying. They stand up and they have a big, wet hug, and exchange "I love you"s. Then Dr. Sara grabs Michael even closer and kisses him a few times. After that's done and she's winding down her cry, we get a shot of Michael's face; it is bleak. We've seen this look before.
So then Michael plays sweet boyfriend for about ten more seconds, but the minute they're out the door, he's got Dr. Sara in the classic hostage clinch and he's waving the gun around, yelling, "Don't move!" Is it wrong that I enjoy Yelling Scofield more than Whispering Scofield? I mean, it would probably be more publicly awkward to be on a date with a guy who's shouting everything ("I THINK I'LL HAVE THE HANGAR STEAK! AND YOU?") but for very short periods, it's a good sound on him. Dr. Sara whispers, "What are you doing?" In between screaming at people not to move, Michael whispers back, "You sacrificed everything for me once." He yells some more. Dr. Sara implores him not to do this. Michael replies, "Now it's time to say 'thank you.'" He lets her go and walks down the stairs with his hands up, yelling, "It was me! It was me!" And with that, not only has Michael managed to get himself arrested for murder, he's managed to raise the bar for everybody in the Americas. Seriously -- the next time you get your significant other flowers, they'll be all, "Roses. How. Nice. [pause] Michael Scofield went to jail for his girlfriend, you know." Anyway, Dr. Sara is busy shouting because she can't stand the idea of Michael doing time in the prison for love. Hey... maybe that can be another follow-up for Don't Do Life in the Prison of Love -- Don't Do Life in the Prison FOR Love.