Episode Report Card Kim: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT U.S. Male
By Kim | Season 3 | Episode 5 | Aired on 08.10.1999
Poet walks off the stage, and Said stands up to meet him. The other inmates are abuzz over what Poet said, and Said has tears in his eyes as he looks at his fellow Muslims.
Said prays in his cell, and Khan and Arif enter and tell them that they can't have this kind of public humiliation. They insist that Said choose between the woman and them, or they will get someone else to lead them.
Said goes to meet Tricia in the visiting room, where he finds her crying. She says she's been getting threatening phone calls, telling her to stay away from him, and hands him the answering machine tape. Said asks if she changed her number. Patricia says she did, but she can't move, and wonders what will happen if they find her. She doesn't know why someone wouldn't want them to be together. Said says he'll speak to his lawyer about getting her some protection. Trisha says, "Fuck 'em," and then apologizes for swearing. Said agrees, "Fuck 'em." They hug, and Said practically has an orgasm.
Said stomps into the computer room and demands to know if Khan and Arif are behind the threatening phone calls. Arif looks down, but Khan returns Said's stare. Said holds up the tape and says that whoever is responsible will pay, "in this life, or the next." Then he whips the tape across the room, totally destroying the evidence, and walks out.
Said splashes water on his face from the sink, and looks up to see Ryan scrubbing his arm until it's bloody and raw. Ryan explains that when he got married, he got a tattoo with his wife's name on it, which was pretty stupid. Ryan adds that he asked his wife for a divorce because he loves Gloria now, and she's under his skin. Said looks away.
Kenny, Pierce, and Poet horse around. A few feet away, Adebisi, Guerra, and El Cid discuss their plans to take the first group out. Guerra doesn't understand why they don't just kill them. Adebisi (who still has the fork in his hair from the previous episode) explains that killing them would cause a "war with the homeboys," and that they don't need them dead, but just need to slow them down. El Cid agrees, suggesting that they make it look like an accident. Adebisi tells them to take care of Poet and Pierce first, because he has plans for Kenny. Then, Adebisi goes back to reading his comic book.
McManus walks up to Kenny saying that he has bad news. He informs Kenny that his wife was killed, and she was found in bed with another man, who was also killed. Kenny acts sad, and then asks about his son. McManus tells him that his son was with his mother, and he's fine. Kenny asks to go to the funeral, and McManus says he'll see what he can do, and then tells Kenny he arranged a counseling session for him. McManus walks away, and once he is safely out of range, Kenny, Poet, and Pierce all start cracking up. Poet reminds us that Kenny wanted them both dead, and now they are. Kenny suggests that they (what else?) go get high.