Episode Report Card Sobell: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sasha's dad -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 15 | Aired on 01.28.2007
Conveniently enough, the tape reels back around to Michael's mention of Dr. Sara, and then we head over to the Jewell Glore Library in Kansas City, Missouri, where Dr. Sara is watching the video repeatedly on a really nice computer. See what happens when you get a sassy new 'do? Libraries give you their best equipment. I need to go try that. As Dr. Sara watches the tape over and over, she gets a brainstorm and starts flipping through a big book in front of her.
Mahone is still watching the tape, despite the clucking of all the experts around him. After listening to Michael's apology a few times, he asks, "His voice -- would you say he sounds sincere when he's talking to her, as opposed when he's talking about their crimes?" The body language guy stammers, "I guess you could say that." Mahone snaps back, "I did say that. Would you say that?" Why, yes, he would. Mahone begins chuckling. He tells Lang, "This isn't about Terrence Steadman and it's not about their innocence. They're not going after the President; they're going after the doctor." Then Mahone begins shouting for everything they have on Dr. Sara.
They'll get to collect it all during the commercials. I am so relieved that Carl's Jr. has dropped any and all Paris Hilton-related commercials.
Cut to Agent Lang giving Agent Wheeler the 411 on Dr. Sara: mom dead, father very recently deceased, she's not a big email correspondent, she only buys groceries and the occasional solo movie ticket. Oh, and she's mostly celibate. (Honestly, I can see where working near Bellick all day could put a girl off her game.) Lang says, "To tell you the truth, I'd say the bulk of her life was her work." Mahone steps in before Wheeler can get quippy. He silently takes the file from Lang, shoots Wheeler a dirty look, then stalks off. Wheeler's all, "Hey ... "
And now it's night, Michael and Linc are freezing their tushies off in front of a building, and Linc's just picked up a newspaper. He stares at it, his brow furrowed. It's so cute when he remembers he can't read. I kid! He actually can: how else would we know that he and Michael are now on A14. The headline: "Janitor Found Dead in Montana Motel Room." The story is un-bylined, although it runs a dateline out of Blackfoot, Montana, and it has one of the dullest leads I've ever seen: "For years, nothing ever extraordinary happened in the sleepy little town of Blackfoot, Montana. Neighbors looked out for one another, doors were left... " I mean, come on. Hasn't the props department heard of the inverted pyramid? You start with a concise lead, like, "Convicted killer Lincoln Burrows, his brother and an unnamed companion posing as a federal agent shot their way out of the Motel 6, but they left a body behind. Authorities have identified it as janitor Luc Thurbrook."