Episode Report Card Megyn: C- | 4 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Clayton Hears A Who
By Megyn | Season 4 | Episode 16 | Aired on 02.24.2001
Lunchtime. Or is it dinner? Anyway, Ryan has a tin with what looks like soy burgers -- you know the ones, they served them during school lunch? At least in my school they did. He serves Allah and tells him to "eat hearty," which, if I were in Oz, would have tipped my ass off to not eat at all. Sup goes to sit with Hill and observes that Redding isn't dead yet. Hill defends himself with, "I gotta get close to him, don't I?" Sup keeps chowing on his Iocane powder egg burger. As he chews, he looks as though he tastes something strange. Because, on some level, he knows that the burger is deadly, or maybe it just tastes weird. Cue the close-up of Allah's mouth as he chews another bite of the plot-burger. He chews, then pushes his tray away, looking as though something has suddenly caused him to feel…not so fresh. Hill: "Something wrong?" Supreme doesn't answer but spits what he hasn't swallowed onto his tray. Then he grabs his throat. We see the Muslims noticing and having facial reactions but not rising to aid him in anyway. As Supreme chokes, we see Hill reacting and saying, "Oh shit!" which is, I guess, his shock at what he's done, rather than shock at Supreme suffering, since he knew he'd die from consuming eggs. In the fake world, that is. I mean, some children have allergies to this stuff and a Type One reaction is almost immediate, but I highly doubt this scenario. I'm no allergy specialist, though. As we get the shot of Allah's face, we see that it is instantly swollen and blowing up while he gasps out, "You…fucking…" and falls to the floor. It's just so very Total Recall when Arnold is trying to get through customs as a woman. Remember? And he swells and blows up as he changes back into himself? Anyone? Is this thing on? (Tap, tap.) Supreme blows grape-nut chunks as we watch him die on the floor. Various inmates look either shocked or disgusted, including Poet in his shower cap. A hack FINALLY tries to help him, but he's too far gone. We see Redding's reaction, which is the same reaction he has to everything from relieving his bladder to selling drugs.
Common area. We see Hill's hand, in his fingerless gloves circa 1985, playing solitaire. Because he has no friends. Get it? Redding ambles up: "Poet told me what you done." (Cough sic cough cough.) Redding welcomes Hill "back into the fold," but Hill declines. He doesn't want to sell drugs. Redding says he "respects that." Hill goes on to say even though Supreme was responsible for his being confined to his wheelchair, and for wanting to kill Redding, his surrogate dad, he still doesn't feel warm and fuzzy for killing the man. I know I don't feel good about it because, based on the character profile, Hill wouldn't have done it. We've been led to believe that Hill is this deeply philosophical person with high moral fiber. Then he kills Supreme Allah? Doesn't fit. I could see him doing what he could to prevent Burr from being killed, but not actually doing the deed himself. It just doesn't fit. Oh, recap…right. Burr tells Hill he "raised him right" since he feels bad. Even though their falling out had to do with Hill caring about his actions towards others and Burr needing him to not care. Stupid, itchy continuity. Swish on over to Burr and Clink's pod. Clink tells Burr his daughter is coming to visit him. She apparently has "something to tell [him]." Burr basically tells him to make it snappy, 'cause he has a "task" for him to do. Namely, wax Morales. He tells him to "air hole" him. Eh? That doesn't mean anything! I'm sure of it! Clink asks, "What about Pancamo?" Burr says his time will come, as we see the boys in question sashay past the pod.