Episode Report Card Sobell: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sarah, Plain And Tall
By Sobell | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.07.2007
Back in Sona, Lechero's trying to negotiate the work crew, but his phone dies. In exasperation, he knocks back his entire drink before T-Bag's even finished cutting the lime for it. Lechero looks at the knife and tells T-Bag, "Make [Michael] one." Michael discreetly shakes his head no. Smart man -- T-Bag probably carries a different poison in each fake finger. More of Lechero's crew comes in. The drug dealer, Nieves, hands over a bag carrying considerably less cash than Lechero expected. Lechero immediately assumes that sales are low not because the customers aren't paying, but because Nieves is using the inventory. He tells Nieves as much via a series of blows. From the floor, Nieves squeals that he's not using anymore. Michael watches all of this impassively. T-Bag helps up Nieves, urging, "Chin up, pal o' mine."
Mahone is still on his quest for a black felt-tip pen. It's not going well, but Michael's exit toward the gate provides a welcome diversion. An alert goes off, the inmates scatter, soldiers come in. As Lechero and Michael head toward the now-open gate, Haywire's ghostly voice moans, "He's leaving you." Mahone looks freaked and then we get his hallucination: the bloody Haywire right next to him, saying, "He's leaving you, he'll be gone, and you'll be stuck in this place forever." Mahone groans and grabs his head, trying to regain his composure.
Michael and Lechero are outside. After opening pleasantries -- during which the colonel nominally in charge of this site reminds us all, "I am getting something out of this as well" -- Michael tentatively essays that yes, he can fix the electricity. The colonel pleasantly reminds him, "My men will shoot you in the back of the head if you so much as look at the fence." "What, that old thing?" Michael replies dismissively. "Never even noticed it." Oh, he does not. Scofield knows when to break out the smart mouth.
After this little exchange is over, Michael is back inside the prison courtyard. Bellick is immediately on him, offering to dig. Michael dismissively smirks, "I don't need your help," but Bellick lets him know he's been eavesdropping, so it's in "Mikey's" best interests to let him help out. Michael gives Bellick the old Blue Steel. Why, at this point, he should be surprised when crap like this happens...I mean, if the past two seasons have taught him nothing, it is that whatever the least desirable outcome is, that is what will inevitably happen.
Meanwhile, on the outside...Linc and Sofia try to cozy up to the gravedigger by chatting him up over his car. It's a very cute opening exchange -- Linc is busy firing off car questions, Sofia is relaying the questions and answers, all while giving Linc this amused and indulgent look. Those two have some chemistry! However, this productive conversation stalls when the gravedigger recognizes Sofia from outside the walls at Sona. Linc is like, "Okay...time to skip to the bribery portion of this event."