Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "You're a Waste of My Fries"
By Sobell | Season 1 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.09.2006
Commercials. Is it morbid to look at Ice Age II commercials and wonder if the movie will show the inevitable extinctions that accompany climate change?
When we get back, Michael is staring off at nothing in particular and tapping his fingers on the floor of his cell. The camera pulls in nice and close so we can see that he looks crazy already. Or maybe he looked like this whenever he took any test: it turns out Michael is trying to recollect the blueprints, but is tripped up by lack of eidetic recall. If Michael did look so freaky whenever he was musing over a word problem on a math test, I feel sorry for whomever was sitting next to him.
Poor Lincoln is fretting -- he whispers Michael's name and asks what Michael's up to, and Michael tells him, "I'm trying to remember what's beneath psych ward." Linc tells him that he really should focus on something else. Michael decides to focus on ripping apart his shirt with his teeth; nationwide, hundreds of people lean forward intently, learning everything they can on the off chance that someday, they will be in a position to tear apart Michael's clothing with their own teeth.
Sucre is trying to think about how he's going to swing his nocturnal perambulations. It's not going well, if his anguished expression and the steam pouring from his ears are any indication. It's not until Sucre leans over the railing and notices Annie the Trannie (note: not my nickname! It was on the site) that the light bulb goes off. Sucre smirks thoughtfully.
Cut to T-Bag flatly saying, "Uh-uh. Abs-tho-lute-ly not." Sucre reasons that since he's doing the run, it's only fair to expect his teammates to pick up some of the slack. T-Bag throws a kinesthetic little hissy, then squeaks faintly, "Do you know what you're asking of me?" Sucre tells him to take one for the team.
It turns out that T-Bag will be taking a spin with Annie the Trannie. He makes an opening move by snapping the back of Annie's underwear and uttering the immortal pick-up line, "Your bloomers are showing." Annie says shakily, "They aren't showing, baby -- they're flying." T-Bag then slams Annie against the wall and says, "I take it you are…a party girl." Well, it looks like T-Bag's about to cross a line. For the team! It's all for the team.
Out at the Unalawyer cabin, LJ is washing off the stink of dead agent. He happens to poke around enough to notice the cache of guns that gave Veronica such pause earlier, then swipes one. Veronica comes in to tell him they're going, and he's all, "It's cool! I didn't just take a gun or anything!" When everyone's all buckled in, Nick's jubilantly saying that once they recharge the batteries on Quinn's phone, there will be "a gold mine of information." Veronica then asks, "What about Quinn? Are we just going to leave him here?" Nick replies, "You mean the guy who shot me in the back? [pause] Yeah. We're just going to leave him here."