Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Geary -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 11.12.2006
However, the moral of this show is that little acts of virtue are rewarded, because Coyote gasps out that he lied about the plane's previous location; it's actually at the Mile 7 marker on Rte. 4. The plane will touch down at sunset for a whopping five minutes, then head to Oaxaca, Mexico. Setting up the narrative tension for the next few episodes, Coyote adds, "You miss it, you're out of luck."
Speaking of out-of-luck, it's Bellick exiting the E.R. just in time to hear a bunch of EMTs talk about the guy who bled out on the trip to the hospital -- "Roy Geary, just an out-of-stater." Bellick slams to a halt, then heads over to check out the gurney. Geary's got a bloody scalp, but it looks like it's the slit throat that did him in. Some EMT asks if Bellick knows him. "He's a friend of mine," Bellick says. Detective Slattery appears at his elbow to ask, "Do you mind answering a few more questions?"
We then zoom west again. Mahone's sitting in his car when the phone rings. He picks up; it's Pam. The camera pulls up on Mahone's face, seamed with regret and longing, as he tells Pam, "I know things got ugly toward the end. I got ugly. But I wanted you to know that there were circumstances... it was better that you and Cameron, that you were not with me." Pam asks, "Why are you telling me this now?" Fighting back tears, Mahone continues, "If I had to do it all over again, I'd do it different. We'd still be a family. I'd give anything for that." We switch to Pam's face and the dawning realization that it really wasn't her, it was all him. Mahone tells her he just wanted her to know. Pam's all, "Okay, what's going on?" and Mahone lies, "Nothing... I'm sorry, okay?" Pam offers to come get Mahone and he says wryly, "Wouldn't that be nice, huh?" Pam insists, "I'm serious. Where are you?" Mahone blinks back tears and says, "One more thing: if you hear anything in the media... " He can't bring himself to finish that thought. Instead, he wraps up with, "I love you. Give Cam a kiss for me, okay?" Then he snaps the phone shut, puts his gun in his hand and gets out of the car, ready to walk along the same path Michael did earlier. And oh, how ironic that he's lost both his soul and everything he loved. Nicely played, writers.
Michael and Sucre come out of the blood shack. Sucre is not berating Michael, which is sort of a pity because if ever there were a time where it was appropriate for Sucre to bitch and second-guess, now would be it. Michael says to Sucre, "I'm glad I told you about this place." Sucre replies, "I'm glad I figured out how to work a GPS. Could you make it a little more difficult next time?" Michael replies softly, "Now, we're even." "We're even," Sucre agrees. Before this conversation can get any more awkward, Linc and his unbuttoned shirt burst into view. He and Michael shake hands, then Linc admits, "I brought someone." He calls, "Dad?" and Michael wheels around with some trepidation on his face. Aldo comes out. Michael gets a sick, stunned look on his face. We get nice shots of Lincoln and Sucre -- both of whom are taken aback by this reaction -- and a shot of the anxious Aldo's shoulders slumping in disappointment. Michael finally pulls up his icy composure and says, "We've met before." We cut to Aldo, who looks remorseful.