Prison Break

We open with Sara riding up an elevator. And, hello, cleavage! She’s dressed in some jeans and this weird printed tank top. Michael, on the other hand, is wearing the Evil Hat that Wants to Take Over the Show (or, “Evil Hat” for short, because even the acronym is too long). He stares appreciatively at Sara’s cleavage while she admonishes him. And, oh yeah, they’re at a race track. Michael crosses back with Linc (who is wearing a hat that looks about two sizes too small but is, thankfully, a normal baseball cap), hangs him something and says “Gate 8″. Do you all think that I’m unnaturally obsessed with the hats on this show?

Mahone, who we quickly learn is the one man in the group not wearing a hat (at least Sucre is wearing a cool Panama hat) joins Michael and the two of them see Sara and Bellick placing bets. While Bellick gets all ornery and loud with the ticket seller, Sucre lures away a securing guard so Linc can enter the area where the horses and their jockeys are. Sara manages to distract another security guard so that Michael and Mahone can sneak into an “employees only” section. We see Linc by the track with a little transmitter device.

Michael hides the Black Hole device under the desk of the Operations Manager and the boys hightail it out of there. We see that Scylla cardholder #4 is at the track with his wife. As people gather outside to watch the race I lament the fact that not even a man as attractive as Wentworth Miller can make that hat work. That just goes to show you that there are some items that are so ugly they’re nearly unspeakable. Meanwhile, Sara, Bellick and Mahone are all watching the race on monitors inside.

We see that the device Lincoln had messed with the gate of the horse that cardholder #4 bet on (let’s call him Racetrack Guy). He’s super pissed and storms off to bitch to the manager.

We see Racetrack Guy storm into the Operations Manager’s office. Ah, all the better to steal his Scylla information. The Operation Manager gets called away because of the device used to stall the gate and Racetrack Guy goes with him, but not before the Black Hole copied all of the Scylla data.

Some guys start a fight and Mahone sends Michael off in case he gets recognized. Sara, meanwhile, tries to chat up a security guard using a fake Southern accent. He calls her “sweetheart”. Sweetheart? Could you get any more condescending, asshole? Mahone retrieves the Black Hole from the office while the guard calls Sara “honey”. I totally want to slap that jerk.

Unfortunately, the security guards find Mahone in the hallway near the office and arrest him. Probably because he punched one of them. Unfortunately, he didn’t punch the asshole guard. The rest of the gang sees him being put in a police cruiser.

Now we’re in Riverside, California, where Gretchen is knocking on her sister’s door.

At GATE, T-Bag is discovering more clues in Whistler’s bird book by holding it up to the light. Another employee (Andy) enters, telling T-Bag they have a issue. Could the fact that T-Bag is still gainfully employed yet appears to do no work whatsoever be the “issue”? T-Bag starts spewing some salesman nonsense and Andy leaves.

Mahone arrives at the police station where we see he has given a face name to the police. The sergeant dumps his personal effects on the desk and starts going through them. Mahone tries reasoning with the sergeant to let him off, but the sergeant doesn’t wanna.

Linc is talking to Self on the phone, explaining what happened to Mahone. Linc demands that Self get Mahone off, while Self protests. When he reenters his office, Self sees some IT guy working on his computer without authorization. Self demands that he leave. I’m thinking this IT guy was sent by Pad Man.

Linc returns to HQ and tries to convince the group that Self will get Mahone out. Sara starts briefing the group on what they know about the next cardholder (who’s name is Howard Scuderi): he owns an agricultural conglomerate which is profiting off of the food inflation in Laos.

Gretchen’s taking a shower in her sister’s bathroom. When she inspects her injuries she starts to cry. Oh, I’m sorry, am I supposed to feel sorry for the bitch?

She goes down to the kitchen, where her sister is reading with her daughter. Gretchen lies about what happened and asks to see the owl she sent her sister from Germany. It’s ugly, so she breaks it. Ok, not really. But she does smash it to reveal a gun inside. As her sister gets freaked out, Gretchen says she’s now an independent contractor..

Wyatt is briefing Pad Man on Self’s background when the IT guy enters. The IT guy admits that he can’t get past Self’s computer firewalls to access his personal information.

Mahone’s stewing in jail when he sees that Self is trying to get him out. The sergeant is getting lippy while Self starts throwing around some federal authority. Self asks Mahone to sign a paper to release his personal effects, including the Black Hole. Mahone is reluctant (he wants out of jail) but eventually agrees and Self leaves him there.

Linc updates the team back at HQ: Self has the Black Hole, but Mahone’s in prison. Linc says he feels bad but they can’t sacrifice the mission just to save Mahone. Sucre is a bit pissed, particularly when Linc says that if Sucre got arrested they would leave him behind too. Bastard! Michael doesn’t immediately jump to Sucre’s rescue, but I’m certain he wouldn’t leave his old cellmate behind.

Despite some protestations from various members of the group Michael finally agrees with Linc. Sucre looks horribly betrayed and disgusted.

In the parking garage of the federal building, Wyatt and Self come face to face. We learn Pad Man’s name (General Krantz) when Wyatt says that he works for the General and asks why Self is snooping around. Self is practically peeing himself trying to come up with lame excuses for his snooping. Wyatt warns Self to butt out. Then he says “that’s all” in a manner so akin to Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada that it’s actually a little creepy. While Self walks away, Wyatt sees a parking ticket on Self’s dash from the police station.

Self is telling Michael about Wyatt. Self offers to have Mahone killed in case he shoots his mouth off. Dude, seriously! It’s Mahone! You cannot do that.

The sergeant is talking to Mahone, offering to drop the charges. But only if he can identify his “accomplice” at the racetrack: Michael.

The group is taking a meeting, trying to decide how to get to the fifth cardholder: Scuderi. Unfortunately, Scuderi has a state of the art alarm system. Michael starts whining about how hard it will be to breach it. Um….did they not just breach a state of the art alarm system back in episode 2? Michael suggests that they overload the power to the alarm system so that it’ll shut itself off.

Bellick interjects: he wants to know what will happen if the cops get him. Roland worries that Mahone will squeal about the team. Michael says they have no way of knowing what Mahone will do and they have no real options; they can’t break him out of the police station. Seriously? Seriously?! Did they not break out of a maximum security prison? But somehow they can’t break Mahone out of some junior jail?

T-Bag’s in his office, trying to figure out the clues in the bird book. He enters a closet while Trishanne looks on suspiciously.

Linc’s back at HQ with some jumper cables. Michael tells Sara that they’re going to leave Mahone in jail, but Michael feels guilty if The Company gets to him.

Speaking of The Company getting to Alex, Wyatt has entered the police station where he’s being held. He sees that Self signed in to see Mahone and asks to see Mahone, but the sergeant denies him access. Mahone recognizes Wyatt and hides while Wyatt asks for the name of the courthouse where Mahone will be arraigned.

Mahone calls Michael from jail to deliver news of Wyatt. Mahone promises not to rat them and asks Michael to kill Wyatt. Michael agrees.

Gretchen’s on the phone, speaking to someone about her “dead husband”. Her sister wants answers, but Gretchen dismisses her. We quickly learn that Gretchen is the mother of her sister’s daughter (Emily) but gave her sister custody. She kisses the girl and leaves. Again, considering the choices she’s made, am I supposed to feel sorry for the bitch?

Michael and Linc start fiddling with the power to the alarm system. Self is listening to his voicemail messages and we learn he has a wife. Self pulls up the map of the location of the boys and sees that they’re near Mahone. Ah ha! So Michael isn’t fiddling with the alarm system! He’s going to break Mahone out of police custody.

Mahone is being escorted into the courtroom and sees Wyatt enter. The two clearly recognize each other and there’s some tense music in the background alerting us to the fact that this is a tense moment.

T-Bag’s trying to figure out if something is hidden in the closet when Andy comes in to expose him. Apparently he thinks T-Bag is defrauding GATE. T-Bag quickly wipes his prints off of his office supplies and runs out of the building.

Gretchen is meeting with a police officer or a corner or something. We see that she is trying to claim Whistler’s personal belongings by claiming he’s her husband. She doesn’t have a marriage certificate so she just punches the guy out. Gretchen goes through the filing cabinet and sees that Whistler’s phone has a voicemail message: his one-bedroom apartment is ready.

Sara’s playing lawyer and walks into the courtroom wearing a suit and a weird hairstyle. She asks the DA for Mahone’s file and we see Sucre in the back on a phone. He begins a countdown as Wyatt approaches Mahone. Michael pulls the switch and the lights don’t just go off in the courthouse, they explode. We quickly see that Sucre has retrieved Mahone and they have disappeared. Wyatt is super pissed.

Sucre and Mahone are fleeing the building as Wyatt gives chase. The boys quickly get into the getaway car and leave with Wyatt still in pursuit. Unfortunately, his plan to shoot everything in sight is stopped by the arrival of the police.

Back at HQ, Mahone thanks everyone for getting him out. Mahone sneaks out to call Wyatt. He offers to meet up with Wyatt, but Wyatt wants more. He wonders why Sara and Mahone are both in LA. Mahone doesn’t care much for this tangent, he only wants to deal with Wyatt. Unfortunately, Mahone hangs up before they can make a deal to meet. When he reenters HQ he throws out the paper with Wyatt’s number on it, which Roland picks up from the garbage can. Christ, Roland, you are seriously going to get yourself killed.

T-Bag, meanwhile, is trying to dust his prints from his pretty apartment when Gretchen storms in and kicks him to the ground. Pointing a gun at his head she asks “who are you?” And I’m assuming that this is how the two pair up together for some joint dastardly deeds.

Well, since I discovered time-shifting but my family members have not, I have no opinion from my grandfather or cousin this week. We’ll have to catch up with them later. See you all back here next week.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

Okay I have you covered until the end of Septemeber. I gotta get some rest. Will fill you in more tomorrow and I have a few little spoliers to share with you too….SSSHHHHHHH!!!!! LOL

Back at HQ, Michael asks Self to get the FBI tech guys to help them identify the people he filmed on his cell phone. Self immediately recognizes that one of them works in his building. How awkward. I can only imagine that conversation around the water cooler on Monday morning. That guy is the head of the Treasury in LA. Michael hands Self the Black Hole device and suggests he make up something to get close to Treasury Guy (aka, the next Scylla cardholder), but Self protests. Because lying about government stuff can net you five years in prison. Shit! Did someone warn George Bush?!

I suspect that Self is going to end up on the run like everyone else on this show before the season is through.

Mahone’s sitting in a diner, meeting with his ex-wife, Pam. She’s very short with him and identifies Wyatt from some photos as their son’s killer. Damnit, Mahone! You’re breaking my heart again! This is, like, the seventh episode that you’ve done that. She tries to comfort him, while also encouraging him to find and kill Wyatt. She hands him something in an envelope.

Sara starts running as Wyatt continues to chase her. Fortunately, with some quick thinking, and some weaving through traffic, she manages to evade him.

At his shiny new job at GATE, T-Bag notices that spilling tea on the bird book reveals some secret code. With some more dabbing, he reveals a ladder written in ink.

Back at HQ Sucre and Linc are arguing. Sucre wants to track down T-Bag, but Linc wants them to lay low. Michael orders Bellick and Sucre to search the buildings where they last saw T-Bag.

Self barges into Treasury Guy’s office, spinning some tall tale. Back at HQ, Roland and Michael are watching the signal from the Black Hole. We quickly discover that the Scylla card is in Treasury Guy’s safe. He quickly dismisses Self, but not before revealing that he’s headed oversees soon.

Self and Michael quickly realize where the card is located. Michael asks Self to bring him the blueprints. Self protests. Self, seriously, did you even see Season 1? Michael crafted an elaborate plan to break out of prison based solely on the blueprints. Come on, man! Keep up!

Sara arrives back at HQ and tells the boys that she was followed. She identifies Wyatt from a picture that Mahone is holding. He announces that Wyatt killed his son.

Mahone’s asking Sara for help to find Wyatt. She tells Mahone that Bruce’s credit card is missing.

Michael, Self and Lincoln are pouring over the blueprints, trying to come up with a way to get inside the federal building. Michael comes up with a plan in about 26 seconds (a new record!) and Self draws the insignia that was on the safe.

Wyatt’s visiting with Gretchen. Gretchen’s not doing so good (yeay!), yet she still manages to insult Sara and her escaping skills. Wyatt puts a bucket of something rotten in front of Gretchen and she starts gagging. When he leaves, she continues to jimmy the screw free.

Michael announces that only the Treasury Guy’s fingerprint will open the safe. Linc, who apparently robbed safes in a former life, suggests many options, all of which Michael shoots down. Self is being a Negative Nancy, insisting there is no way the boys can get into the office. Considering it’s his ass on the line too, you think he’d be more helpful. Michael’s wearing a little grin that says “dude, I’m the smartest thing in a 50-mile radius and I’m going to find a way into that safe”.

Roland is helping Mahone track down information about Bruce’s credit card and Wyatt’s whereabouts. Along with Sara, they’re trying to figure out where Wyatt is staying.

Back at GATE, T-Bag is asking for more tea when he sees Bellick and Sucre at reception. They’re spinning some story that T-Bag just inherited a bunch of money and they’re looking to give it to him, but the receptionist, Trishanne, denies knowing him.

Michael’s playing with an etch-a-sketch and working on a science project. Self gets a call and promises to keep Treasury Guy’s adjoining officemate out of his office. Michael calls Sucre and Bellick and asks them to meet him.

Self drives the boys into the parking garage of the federal building, where Linc walks out in a suit. Oh yeah, baby! Where’s a damn wind machine when you need one?!

Linc, Bellick, Sucre and Michael are in the elevator, fiddling with the controls, heading up to the 10th floor.

Back at GATE, Trishanne is again displaying her inappropriate office cleavage. She blackmails T-Bag: in exchange for keeping quiet about his whereabouts, she wants more than the $10,000 Sucre offered. She eventually settles for 3% of his commission.

Self takes out Treasury Guy’s next door officemate for lunch. Before they leave, he squirts something on the carpet outside the office. In the storage room, an employee encounters Bellick and Sucre fiddling with the vents. Up in the vents, Lincoln sees that Michael’s nose is bleeding. Finally! Maybe we’ll finally learn what’s going on.

Back at HQ, Roland’s handing Mahone a list of possible hotels that Wyatt may be staying.

At the federal building, Sucre and Bellick, posing as janitors, find the mess that Self left behind. They go into the guy’s office, while Michael and Linc come down from the vent. They start to break into Treasury Guy’s safe from the other side of the wall.

Outside the office, Sucre and Bellick are covering up the sound of Linc and Michael’s actions by cleaning up the mess Self made with a vacuum.

Inside the office, Linc is asking Michael how long he’s had the nosebleeds. Linc mentions that it was a big deal when Michael was 13, but Michael insists that Linc not tell Sara. He says he’s just “acclimating to the warmer climate” and brushes Linc off. Damnit, writers, just tell me what’s wrong with Michael! Tell me what’s wrong so I can love him back to health.

Back at HQ, Roland and Sara are staring at the pictures of the cardholders. Sara realizes that Lisa (last week’s cardholder) recently headed to Laos, while Treasury Guy is also heading to Asia.

Mahone arrives at the bar Sara hung out at last week. He pretends to be an investigator and shows the bartender lady a picture of Wyatt. She gives him a short description of Wyatt’s car.

At a motel, Wyatt is bribing the desk clerk for information? Something.

Back at the federal building, the secretary is trying to get Sucre and Bellick to stop the noise. Sucre retrieves a stack of letters inside the office for her and the boys resume their work.

Pad Man arrives at an office, asking for someone named Griffin. The assistant offers to get him.

Michel hears that someone has entered Treasury Guy’s office. Oh yes, it’s Pad Man. Ok, Treasury Guy is named Griffin.

Michael and Linc are scrambling for a new plan: a way to get into the safe quietly.

Mahone, meanwhile, pulls up to a motel. We see that Pam gave him a gun the last time she saw him. Mahone approaches the same desk clerk Wyatt was speaking to before. The desk clerk identifies Wyatt from a photo, but says he checked out. Mahone asks for a key to the room. When Mahone leaves the office, the desk clerk calls Wyatt. Before the desk clerk can deliver the news, Mahone points a gun at him. The desk clerk hands over the note with Wyatt’s phone number.

The Treasury Guy greets Pad Man in his office. We learn that Treasury Guy is also headed to Laos, while the boys finally break into the safe with minimal noise. Michael pulls out the Scylla card and they call Roland. Sara is watching a news report on her PDA, which says that Laos is suffering from inflation and food riots. Plus, 200 people are dead. Michael is taking a picture of both sides of Scylla, while listening to Pad Man and Treasury Guy’s conversation. Pad Man is telling Treasury Guy that there’s some funny business going on.

Pad Man insists that Treasury Guy take out Scylla from his safe. There’s some tense moments while Treasury Guy is slowly opening his safe and the boys are still copying the information. Pad Man insists that all of the cardholders keep their cards on them. The boys quickly pack up and leave just as Self returns from lunch.

Back at HQ, Sara is telling Michael what she learned about Laos. She thinks the cardholders are trying to tear Laos down and Michal thinks they’re going to do so to turn a profit by rebuilding it. She tells him about the bar, but insists she can handle this.

Back at GATE, Trishanne escorts Mr. Xing’s killer into T-Bag’s office. He takes out a gun and tells T-Bag he was supposed to deliver “the item” two days ago. Mr. Xing’s killer demands to know where Scylla is, but T-Bag tries to stall. When the killer threatens his life, T-Bag agrees to deliver. And this is how T-Bag starts working with Michael again, I’m sure. Trishanne looks at the phone number Bellick left her.

Back in Gretchen’s cell, she quickly strangles the guard who enters. No, I’m sorry, she stabbed him in the head with the nail. Ew. Gross. She then frees herself with his keys and escapes.

Self is talking to Michael. They have identified the names and addresses of two of the remaining card holders, except for the general, aka Pad Man. Sara tells Michael that when she was being held captive, she heard Gretchen taking orders from Pad Man. She thinks he’s in charge of The Company.

Wyatt is telling Pad Man about Gretchen’s escape when one of his assistants announces that Self has been searching for images about Pad Man.

Unfortunately, my father is in town and stopped by my grandparent’s house, thereby preventing my grandfather from watching the show yet. My dad screws up everything. If he didn’t hand me money this morning, I’d be super pissed at him. But he did, so I’ll forgive him. Cousin Joe also missed the show since he just arrived home. Sheesh, no one in my family is as dedicated to this show as I am. I definitely need to get a new family.

See you all here next week. Same bat time, same bat channel.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

Michael finds Sara sitting by the water. He tells her that the photos from the Scylla team meeting are still printing. Because Michael took the video with a crappy cell phone….as opposed to the awesome new BlackBerry Pearl I just got last week….the images of the meeting are grainy. You should have gotten a CrackBerry, Michael. I already love it more than I love my own sister. Sorry, Jen, but you don’t even read my recaps and the CrackBerry is there for me all the time. Anyways, Michael asks Sara if she’s ever been on a yacht (well, what passes for a yacht in LA, which is pretty small) and she says she has. He, unfortunately, has not. Because despite his brains and all those suits, he actually grew up on the wrong side of the track. Then he says something about how the ocean is Sara’s front yard, but his voice goes up as he says it and he waves his hand around. It’s so weird and out of character that I wonder if this is another of Michael’s “tumor” symptoms manifesting itself. Sucre interrupts their plans for the future.

Linc shows the group a picture of a license plate they got from the video. The team stares at the fuzzy letters before Sara and Michael realize there’s a flag sticker on the plate and it’s a diplomatic plate. Bellick wants to know about the break-in that’s clearly going to happen later in the season (during sweeps, perhaps?), but Michael assures him that Agent Self will provide information for that. And that the whole break-in is useless without the cards. Pay attention, Bellick. Turns out the flag on the plate is from Turkey and the gang’s headed over to the Turkish consulate. Sara elects to stay behind and work on the video.

Elsewhere in LA, T-Bag’s suffering from first-day-at-work jitters. Maybe he’s afraid the other people on the team won’t invite him to sit with them at lunch.

The boys are outside the Turkish consulate. Fun story: I went to law school with the son of the Prime Minister of Belize. Great guy. Google now tells me that he’s the leader of a political party. At the consulate, the boys see the car from the video. Roland calls to say that his little gadget from episode 2 (let’s call it The Black Hole) is copying data from the card. Some lady gets out of the car, kisses the man goodbye and walks away. Roland announces they lost the signal to the card. I quickly guess that the woman actually has the card about two minutes before the guys do. The boy quickly drive off before they get recognized.

Back at HQ, Roland starts talking to Bellick. He tries to bond with Bellick, but he’s having none of it. Self calls Sara and delivers the news that Bruce has been found dead.

Lisa, the lady cardholder, walks into Pad Man’s office. I think I know this actress from somewhere. I know! She’s from season 1 of seaQuest. For those of you who don’t recall, that was a show about some soldiers and scientists in the future who lived on a huge submarine. Roy Scheider was on it. God, I totally loved that show when I was a kid. Anyway, Pad Man tells her the kip is currently at 10 and when it reaches 15 she’ll have to leave. He talks to her about some sort of event she’s attending that evening. She kisses him on the cheek and he tells her to stay safe.

The boys are sitting around a table when Lisa comes out of a nearby building. They quickly realize that she’s got private security. Then Linc spots T-Bag across the courtyard. He looks shocked. I suspect, like me, he wonders why T-Bag has chosen to wear a porn mustache straight out of 1976. The boys run to chase T-Bag after he starts to run away.

Michael sure runs fast for a guy that lost two toes a few months ago. Linc greets T-Bag by slamming him against the wall. Standard Lincoln greeting. Michael asks why he’s in LA and T-Bag says he’s in town for some good old-fashioned revenge. Michael wants the bird book, but a cop starts looking at the trio suspiciously and the brothers take off.

Wyatt’s in a hotel room, trying to locate Sara. He calls Pad Man and gives him an update. Pad Man is convinced that Gretchen knows something and she should stay alive until she talks. Pad Man has a job for Wyatt: find a former Company employee who’s asking questions about Scylla.

The boys return to HQ and tell Bellick that T-Bag’s in town. Michael goes to find Sara at her boat. She’s upset that Bruce is dead and blames herself. Michael assures her that it isn’t her fault. He’s right Sara, it’s all his fault. And he’ll continue blaming himself for the rest of the show. Michael’s a lot like Angel (from Buffy). He’s all about the guilt and the sacrifice.

T-Bag arrives at GATE. He charms the receptionist (who is displaying her cleavage for the entire office). She announces that the boss, Mr. White, is running late. She tells him that Mr. Xing has already left two messages. Oh, Teddy, you’re getting in deep with this, aren’t you? He notices that Mr. Xing’s phone number was already in Whistler’s bird book.

Michael calls Self about Bruce’s death. Self wants to know if Bruce knows Michael’s location. They go back and forth before Michael announces that T-Bag is in town with Whistler’s bird book. Self, who may have heard rumors about T-Bag’s horrendous mustache, seems worried that he’s in town. He leaves a message for that Company contact he met back in episode 2: the guy who was supposed to get information on The Company’s HQ. You know, the guy that Pad Man ordered Wyatt to find.

Mahone announces that Lisa is the wife of the Turkish Consul. Roland announces that she’s being honored at a charity party that night for a group called “Eagles and Angels” (and we have our title!). Mahone announces that the party is for the Association of Law Enforcement. In other words: cops.

The former employee (Jason?) calls Self. He’s all worried because he thinks his phone is being tapped. Self announces he’s on his way. He should be worried, because Wyatt’s closing in.

The boys are playing with magnets and are leaving to go thieving. Michael leaves Sara behind.

At GATE, Mr. White announces T-Bag to his mentor, Andy, and then leaves for San Francisco. Andy shows T-Bag to his office and seems a bit suspicious. T-Bag notices that his office number was also marked in Whistler’s bird book.

Sara’s brooding about Bruce back at HQ. She grabs her bag and heads out to a bar. Oh, Sara. We always end up back here whenever you’re upset. Back in season 1 it led to an overdose. She starts chatting with the bartender, asking all sorts of existential questions. I prefer to get existential with cabbies when I’m drinking. They’re always fun. Sara asks for bourbon, but doesn’t drink it.

Self arrives at Jason’s apartment. Correction, Jason’s former apartment. Because Jason is dead.

Linc, Michael and Sucre are engaging in a little B&E. Sucre’s wearing a wife beater and I’m drooling. He’s cute. Linc screws up the security camera with the magnets. You want to know their clever plan for getting in to the building? They literally take the door off its hinges. I hate when Michael spends entire seasons executing a hugely complex plan only to see them accomplish something like this so easily. We quickly learn that the boys went to steal some cop uniforms.

Our next shot is Michael, Linc and Sucre in the uniforms. Mmmmm, I love me some boys in blue.

Mahone joins the other boys, who mingle around the party. They spot Lisa. Michael quickly finds her table and slips The Black Hole underneath it. Michael calls Sara, but she’s telling the bartender about Bruce. A creepy bar guy is trying to hit on her. I hate creepy guys at bars. He walks away and steals her credit card. Well, Bruce’s credit card. Sara continues to tell the lady bartender about some story when she was 12. Then she starts crying.

At the benefit, a cop is giving a speech. Mahone flashes back to a picture of his son, while Michael remembers his father’s grave. A security guard from the consulate recognizes Linc, so he leaves. Michael calls Roland, who says The Black Hole is copying the card.

Pad Man calls Lisa and says the kip is at 15. It’s clearly some sort of signal. Linc is being followed by the guy from the consulate. Lisa gives her regrets and goes to leave, thereby cutting off the signal. Linc calls Sucre and Bellick and asks them to pick him up out back. Before he reaches the car he’s intercepted by the consulate guy, who greets him by name.

The consulate guy has Lincoln at gunpoint but his calls over the radio go unanswered. Michael and Mahone move to get the card. Bellick saves Linc by stabbing the consulate guy, but in a non-fatal way. That is quickly remedied by Linc, who kills him dead. Linc is racking up quite the body count isn’t he? Bellick is suitably freaked out. Linc calls Michael and tells him what he did. Michael wants Linc to let the others from The Company find the dead guy’s body.

Wyatt greets Gretchen in her cell. She is having a REALLY bad hair day. Wyatt asks if she knows anything about Scylla, but she says she doesn’t. He accuses her of lying, but she protests her innocence. My, my, how the tables have turned, Gretchen. Wyatt gets a call: someone just used Bruce’s credit card. And off he goes. But not before we see that Gretchen is trying to get a screw out of some wood. Presumably to get her cuffs off and break out. Too bad she didn’t learn the fine art of breaking out at the feet of Scofield.

At the charity event, Mahone approaches one of Lisa’s guards. He says he believes of their guards is dead outside. Mahone takes the guard outside while Michael remains behind with Lisa. The Black Hole picks up the signal again and is copying the data card. Lisa is chatting with Michael and she tells him his nose is bleeding.

Sara’s crying in the bathroom at the bar. I can’t even remember how many times I’ve cried in a bar bathroom. Alcohol has a tendency to make me cry for no good reason. Sara finds the origami rose from Michael. Wyatt enters the bar and asks the bartender about Sara.

We see the data is nearly done copying while Lisa asks Michael if he’s ok. Her real guard returns and drags her off.

Back at the bar, the bartender denies seeing Sara. Sara manages to leave without being spotted by Wyatt.

Roland greets the guys enthusiastically when they return to HQ. Michael asks where Sara is.

One of The Company goons is telling Pad Man about the dead guard. Turns out Lisa made her flight.

Michael is talking to Self at HQ. Self tells Michael about his now-dead informant. Self admits he has no idea how to do the breaking-in part of the plan. Self compliments Michael on his style.

The receptionist checks in on T-Bag, who’s chilling in his office. I’m so jealous. I wish I had an office like that. He’s going through the bird book. He also sees Xing’s name in there.

We see two Asian men. One of them is Mr. Xing. Unfortunately, Mr. Xing did not meet up with Mr. Pfeiffer as planned and, therefore, does not have Scylla. Then Mr. Xing gets stabbed. Because these guys don’t fuck around. If you don’t deliver the goods, you end up dead. The guy who just killed Mr. Xing announces that he’s going to LA.

Roland is looking through some of Lisa’s personal information, but quickly denies he picked up anything but the card when Linc asks. Oh, Roland. What the hell are you doing? Linc is going to beat you senseless if he finds out you’re hiding information.

Linc thanks Bellick for saving him from the guard. Mahone asks Roland for a favor. Mahone tells Roland he wants to find the man who killed his son. Mahone asks Roland to search the FBI database for a man matching Wyatt’s description and asks him to keep it secret.

Sara is taking a nice stroll when Michael calls. He wants to know where she is, but she says she’s almost home. She says that he’s the only thing in her life right now and she wants them to be together. He says they are. Clarissa disagrees. They’re sleeping in separate bedrooms. How “together” is that? She hangs up the phone and starts walking back to HQ. We see Wyatt following her.

My grandfather called. He says the bitch (Gretchen) is in trouble. And so are the guys. He thinks it’s all complicated. He actually said “gee wiz, it’s all complicated with these cards and everything”. No, seriously, he said “gee wiz”. Too funny. See you all here next week.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

We open with Agent Self fingering a wedding ring which he quickly hides when Michael appears. Michael starts yelling. Someone check my heart rate, because Michael being all aggressive and loud never fails to make me swoon. Michael explains (or, rather, yells) that the data card retrieved in the last episode is only one of six and he assumes that Self knew that fact. He also announces (or, rather, yells) that the team fulfilled their end of the bargain and they have no intention of going after the other five cards. This discussion disintegrates into a shouting match, with Self insisting that the team find the remaining cards otherwise they’re going back to jail.

At this point you have to wonder if there’s even a point to sticking Michael in any prison. Hasn’t be proven that he can simply scheme his way out? Heck, he seems to improve his timing with each break out.

Michael walks off in a huff, agreeing to get the other 5 cards. He returns to HQ, explaining to the rest of the team that they’re now in it for the long haul. Alex leaves the room, afraid that the government might shut down their little operation.

Roland enters, happily telling the rest of the team that his little thieving device stole information from the previous cardholder’s PDA, including emails and photos. Sara quickly realizes that Cardholder 1 has some secret appointment today. Bellick suggests they push back against Self, but Michael, who is supremely tired of constantly being surrounded by idiots who aren’t even half as smart as he is, finally tells Bellick to shut the hell up.

Mahone, meanwhile, calls Lang. AGENT LANG! I love her. He asks her for a favour: she needs to bring something to him in LA. She’s hesitant, but he tells her that The Company killed his son and she agrees to help. Lincoln also head Mahone’s announcement. Presumably having followed Mahone in order to shout more threats about the two of them will fight to the death when this is all over, Linc instead chooses to leave quietly.

Michael tells Sara that unless they can find the next cardholder by the end of the day, they’re all going back to prison. Dum dum dum!

Cut to Chicago, where Wyatt, The Company assassin, has Bruce Bennett tied to a chair, demanding information about Michael and Lincoln. Wyatt injects Bruce with something and then starts rambling about a family picnic. What is the point of this picnic thing? It lasts the rest of the damn episode.

Back in LA, Self is getting chewed out by his DHS Director. Everyone’s pissed that Scylla is six cards, not one. Self defends Michael’s intelligence and insists that he’s up to the job. The Director says that he’s going to call Senator Dallo to inquire whether the operation should continue.

Back at HQ, the team is going through the information from Cardholder 1’s PDA, trying to figure out some cryptic email messages. Alex and Michael crack the code: there will be a meeting about Scylla today at 4:00, with another cardholder. The team quickly concludes that the location for the meeting was sent in another email, which was not copied to Roland’s device. But, a copy is located on a server in Anaheim. Am I the only one who’s worried about this? Does that mean that all of our emails are backed up on some server somewhere? Crap. I’m going to have to start using carrier pigeons for security purposes. Sucre and Bellick, meanwhile, are sent to trail Cardholder 1 (Tuxhorn). Michael orders Roland to Anaheim.

T-Bag enters an apartment…a furnished apartment that’s running circles around my little condo. While T-Bag’s shaving, he’s having Scofield flashbacks. Could it be that T-Bag has a mini-crush on Michael and this whole revenge thing is a smokescreen?

Alright, let me summarize the completely pointless storyline involving Bruce Bennett and Wyatt. Wyatt shot up Bruce with sodium pentothal (otherwise known as truth serum). While Bruce is tripping balls Wyatt tries to find out where Michael and Lincoln are. Bruce insists he doesn’t know, but finally admits that Sara is in LA. And Wyatt clearly figures out that where Sara leads, Michael will follow. Then he shoots Bruce in the back of the head. Well, we think he does anyways. As with Gretchen, until I see a body with a bleeding wound, I’m not believing that Bruce is dead.

In Anaheim, Sara is pretending to be a temp in order to snatch a security guard’s passkey to hand off to Michael and Roland, who use it to break into the server room to copy the email. The security guard, who may very well be the most intelligent bit actor to appear on this show, quickly realizes that Sara stole his card and goes to call the cops.

Meanwhile, Self sees from the GPS ankle monitors, that Lincoln, Mahone and Roland are in Anaheim. Michael explains whey they’re there and Self quickly hangs up as his Director comes into his office. The Director has bad news: he and Senator Dallo are shutting down the Scylla operation.

Let me explain something to you: the server room has tons of windows. And not a single freaking person in the office is questioning why two strange men just set up shop in the server room. Outside, Lang calls Alex with the news that she retrieved the information he wanted and he’ll have it later that day. Inside, Linc calls Michael with the news that Sara has been stopped by the guard. Michael pulls the fire alarm to cause a distraction and returns to the server room while Sara escapes the building.

Roland confirms that he got a copy of the email when Michael insists that they need to split. But wait! There’s a snag. The boys are locked inside the server room and the oxygen is being sucked out.

Global TV informs me that Dominic Purcell saved a baby last year, who was choking on an onion ring. What kind of a parent gives their baby an onion ring?

Michael calls Lincoln, explain the situation. Roland, meanwhile, shows that he is completely useless in case of an emergency, and starts hyperventilating on the floor. Outside, Linc grabs an axe from the fire truck. Miraculous, no one starts screaming because a large, glowering man is striding into the building whilst brandishing an axe. Right.

Michael is unsuccessful in breaking the sever room windows with a chair, but the day is quickly saved by Lincoln. That looks super fun! I want an axe too!

Back in LA, Bellick is trying to convince Sucre that their whole mission will fall apart and maybe they should return to Mexico. Wasn’t Bellick bitching not 14 episodes ago about places like Mexico and Panama?

Still in LA, Self is trying to get a phone appointment with Senator Dallo, when another agent comes into the room and announces that it’s time to go.

Ha! T-Bag’s drinking in the shower. Why in the hell did I never think of that? That’s genius! I can’t help but be sad when I think of all those wasted hours I spent showering without alcohol, getting ready for a night on the town in law school. I could have been having one heck of a pre-party by drinking in the shower. [Disclaimer: PBMH does not endorse drinking in the shower. In case any of you decide to follow my advice and then slap a lawsuit on us]. T-Bag learns that his new alias is Cole Pfeiffer and he’s supposed to work at the Gate Corporation.

Back at HQ, the team goes over the two emails they found. One involves constellations. Mahone goes off on Roland when he makes a remark about everyone who’s been killed by The Company, but Linc diffuses him.

Sucre tells Bellick that they need to follow through on their quest to take down The Company because it’s the only way to keep his daughter safe and to ensure that he can be in her life. Sucre’s touching soliloquy is interrupted by DHS with guns. Sucre manages to send a text message.

Back at HQ, Roland’s bitching that his computer is frozen. Roland, do you have a Dell? Or Windows? Cause either of those shitty, shitty products is likely the cause of your computer freezing. I can’t even count the number of times I wanted to throw my Dell laptop (or any laptop I’ve owned with Windows) out the window.

Alas, Microsoft is not the culprit here. Roland quickly deduces that the government is shutting him out of his computer at the same time Michael receives Sucre’s text message, telling him to run. Mahone, Michael, Lincoln and Sara pile into the SVU and try to escape. Because Prison Break has two main themes: prison breaking and running. If they can’t have prisons, they’re gonna fall back on running.

Then there’s the car chase, with Self insisting to Michael over the phone that they pull over. Michael doesn’t like taking orders and instead tells Lincoln to lose the feds.

On a side note, why is Lincoln always driving? I don’t think we’ve seen Michael drive the both of them in a car since Season 2.

The team ditches the car and Mahone, Michael, Linc and Sara run off, with Self and the other agents in hot pursuit.

T-Bag, back in his apartment that’s still making my apartment jealous, calls the Gate Corporation. The receptionist there tracks down the CEO (?) Mr. White and patches him through. Mr. White tells T-Bag (aka Pfeiffer) he’s excited to meet him. T-Bag quickly deduces that White has never met Whistler, which means T-Bag might be able to successful pull off this scam to impersonate a salesman (he was hired to be a salesman for Gate). Oh, the comedic possibilities are endless.

The fab four (Michael, Mahone, Sara and Linc), manage to hide in a tunnel, cutting off the single from their ankle monitors, which pisses of Self to no end. Michael experiences another headache, but refuses to tell Sara what’s wrong. He spies another piece of paper and quickly figures out the clues in the two emails: the meeting is taking place at a power plant in Newport Beach.

The fab four steals a cab and makes a run to Newport Beach, just as Self gets the signal again and starts to follow.

At the power plant, Tuxhorn meets with Pad Man. Tuxhorn asks Pad Man why they’ll be using Laos for an op. The fab four arrives at the power plant and starts to look around. Why didn’t we see the shot of them sitting for HOURS in LA traffic? When I was there in January the highway was like a parking lot.

Unfortunately for the fab four, Self and the agents arrive at the power plant. Which means more running. Linc gets plowed down by a car and Sara gives herself up while Michael escapes. Mahone is also caught. Self insists to Linc that the operation is over.

Michael sees Tuxhorn meeting with Pad Man. We also see another car arriving.

Back at the warehouse, we see that everyone from the team has been captured except Michael. Self also tells the agents to let Sara go. Michael returns in the cab and shows Self a video he shot of the Scylla meeting. Turns out all six cardholders were in attendance. Self flashes back to a conversation with his Director. I’m thinking either the Director or Senator Dallo are sketchy. Self allows the team to go free to continue their pursuit of Scylla.

Turns out the Director’s name is Herb. The Director tells Self that Senator Dallo won’t be there to save him. After Herb leaves, Self stares at a picture of a girl. An ex-wife perhaps?

Mahone retrieves the information Lang got for him. It turns out to be an autopsy report about his son. There’s a little tear dripping from my eye. Mahone spent all of Season 2 killing members of the Fox River 8 in order to protect his family and now his son is dead anyways. Linc approaches Mahone and says he knows about his son. Mahone says that only his son was killed. His ex-wife, Pam, is still alive. Lincoln, who finally realizes that he isn’t the only person who lost something throughout the course of this show, promises to help Mahone avenge his son.

Ok, I have to send the episode to Cousin Joe since he’s working nights this week, so I’ve got no update from him. And my grandfather hasn’t yet watched the tape (yes, the man has a new computer, but still uses a VCR) he made of the show last night. So, there’s no word from my family members today. My friend, Geoff, however, says he’s disappointed that Michael didn’t use some clever plan to escape from the server room. I told him that Michael has been using his brain for months, and he’s been thinking so hard that it’s clearly giving him a tumor or something and Geoff should just lay off. See you kids here next week.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

We open with Michael staring into the mirror. Fortunately, he recaps Season 3 for me. Panamanian prison (yo!) blah, blah, blah, forced to escape by The Company yadda, yadda, yadda, they killed the only woman he’s ever loved blah, blah, blah. He’s tracked Whistler and Gretchen to LA and now he’s out for some good old-fashioned revenge.

Ha! Mahone’s a chauffeur. With a hat! Oh my God, it’s too much. I can’t stop laughing. He’s driving Whistler and Gretchen to the racing track in a limo. Gretchen is telling Whistler to get his hands on some sort of “data card”. She also whores herself out to Whistler. Way to be subtle, Gretchen. Especially since he doesn’t seem to be interested.

Michael, meanwhile, is spying on the trio arriving at the track. Racing tracks are so much fun. I went to a track back in high school with this law firm that I worked with. Looking back on it now, I’m pretty sure I wasn’t old enough to gamble and those lawyers should have known better. Someone else happens to notice Gretchen and Whistler’s arrival…some weird old guy.

Michael’s playing waiter, carrying a box full of champagne. This ruse ends quickly when Michael puts on a suit jacket and pulls out a gun.

Whistler meets up with some no-name men. They want to know who he’s buying “it” for. “It” is likely the data card. WHOA! The data card is worth $50 million. Man, I gotta get me one of those. Once the transaction is completed the strange man warns Whistler that “The Company will do anything to get [the data card] back”. Whistler rewards the man for his advice by shooting him in the head. He then walks out of the room and Michael follows.

I think Whistler’s doing a little double-cross. He stalls Gretchen while he copies the information onto a second data card. His sneakery (is that a word?) is interrupted by Michael and his gun. Gretchen appears and reveals the worst-kept secret in the history of Prison Break: Sara’s not dead. Gretchen didn’t kill her. Ergo, Sara is ALIVE. Michael demands to know where Sara is but Gretchen refuses to respond until they’re outside. Whistler and Gretchen leave as the cops swarm in. We also see that Whistler left the second data card in a newspaper, which is picked up by the same strange man who was watching him as he entered. I’m going to call him Whitey because of his white hair and current lack of name.

Gretchen, who managed to take time out of her busy killing schedule to get a hair cut, meets up with Pad Man in the desert. He insults her leadership and planning style. He yells at her that the data card she retrieved is worthless…a duplicate. Gretchen catches on that Whistler may have double-crossed her. It’s also revealed that they broke Whistler out of Sona because he had made initial contact with the man who originally held the data card and they needed him to get the card. Pad Man is too pissed off for Gretchen’s excuses and out of the car walks…Wyatt (The Company’s assassin). Gretchen starts begging for her life. Man, I didn’t think they were going to kill her.

Back in Panama, Lincoln answers his phone. Michael’s on the other end. We see that LJ and Sofia are playing “happy family” with Linc. Linc also reveals that Sona burnt down three days earlier and that T-Bag, Bellick and Sucre are all missing. Turns out Michael had no idea Sucre was in Sona. Michael tells Lincoln that Sara might still be alive and asks him about the head in the box. Apparently the explanation is that the garage was dark and LJ never really “saw” them kill Sara. Linc begs Michael to come back, but Michael says goodbye.

In the Arizona desert, a man is driving a truck full of illegal aliens. Among them…Bellick and Sucre! Oh, Sucre, baby! You?re back! Bellick’s mom pulls up to save the day and pick up the boys.

Michael’s logging onto EuropeanGoldFinch.net…remember that site he used back in Season 2 to keep in touch with the other guys? Someone’s posted a message that they have information on Sara and Michael should meet him at the Santa Monica Pier.

You know who Michael meets at the pier? Mahone. In another god-awful hat. Who is the frickin’ hat costumer on this show? Mahone says he’s happy to see Michael. No, really. Mahone also reveals that he and Whistler are in cahoots against The Company. Michael demands information about Sara and Mahone reveals that Gretchen is dead. Yeah, right. People have a funny habit of coming back on this show. I’ll believe that if she doesn’t show up again by the end of Season 4.

Mahone explains the data card to Michael, calling it Scylla. It’s The Company’s “black book”, with information on all of their agents. Mahone promises Whistler can provide information on Sara if Michael will meet with him.

The three boys meet. Whistler says that in order to decode Scylla, they need to break into a secured facility. Which means he needs Michael’s help. He also reveals that last he heard, Sara was headed to Chicago. Michael wants to throw caution to the wind and reunite with his lady-love, but Whistler insists that they use Scylla to take down The Company and end this running business once and for all. I find this all very ironic considering that Mahone was hunting Michael not two seasons ago. Michael moves to leave when Whistler gets shot in the head. I yell out “Jesus!” while Mahone and Michael make with the running. Meanwhile, Wyatt the assassin takes the Scylla card from Whistler’s dead body.

T-Bag?s back! He’s with Nun McHoochie from Season 3 and he’s got Whistler’s bird book. He’s got a porn mustache straight out of 1976 and he’s going after Michael for revenge.

Wyatt enters a limo with Pad Man, who verifies the authenticity of Scylla. Pad Man then hands Scylla over to Whitey, the man who seemed to be in league with Whistler…you know, when Whistler was still alive. Pad Man orders Wyatt to kill Michael, Mahone and Lincoln.

Mahone calls his ex-wife, Pam. He tells her he hopes they’ll still get together.

Back in Panama Lincoln is acting carefree and funny for all of two seconds. Until he spies a suspicious-looking man. He herds Sofia and LJ out of the market. Linc attacks the suspicious-looking guy and the two fight. The fight is ended when Linc kills him and the police approach. LJ and Sofia run off while Linc gets arrested.

Wyatt arrives at Pam’s house, looking for Mahone. After some pleasantries, he bursts into her house and grabs her.

In Chicago, Michael calls Bruce Bennett (Governor Tancredi’s right-hand man) from a pay phone. He’s still wearing the suede jacket from Panama. You would think he could have picked up some new clothes in the last month. Michael asks Bruce about Sara and Bruce agrees to meet Michael. Further conversation is interrupted with the arrival of police officers, who cart Michael off to prison.

Michael is waiting inside of an interrogation room when Agent Don Self, from Homeland Security, enters the room. Don says that Whistler is dead and reveals that he knows about The Company. Ohhh, the plot thickens. Looks like Whistler was working with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Don asks Michael to help him retrieve Scylla, otherwise Michael’s off to the big house. Michael should scoff. He hasn’t met a prison yet that can hold him! Michael offers to help Don in exchange for Don helping him find Sara.

Don also reveals that Linc is back to his old criminal tricks in Panama. He utters what might be the best line of the episode: “The Company tried to take [Linc] out in Panama. He…um…reacted”. Don reveals he pulled some strings with the Panamanian police and Linc should be arriving back in the US soon. Don reveals that Michael’s father spent the last two years going after Scylla. Michael demands to speak with Lincoln.

Mahone arrives at Pam’s house to see it swarmed with cops. He tries to get in but the cops stop him. Oh no, did Wyatt kill Pam and Mahone’s son? That makes me sad.

On a brighter note, Sucre’s at the hospital, meeting his daughter. She?s so cute! It looks like Maricruz’s sister called the cops on him. What a bitch! He runs out to meet Bellick at the car when the cops swarm around them.

T-Bag is pontificating to his compadres about how he and Michael are cut from the same cloth. We see that one of T-Bag’s traveling companions has a crowbar. Ah, I think they’re going to knock him out to steal his money.

Linc arrives in chains. Don explains why this has to remain a secret operation and promises to provide the boys help. It seems like Sucre, Bellick and Mahone are going to join the team. Don says that they’ve got to break into The Company’s headquarters in LA. Only he doesn’t know where the building is. Typical government employee. Do they know anything? Don reveals that he’s been chasing The Company for five years and in order to save this operation, he’s recruited Michael and Lincoln.

Don walks back in, telling the boys that bail was just posted for them. He gives them Aldo Burrows’ file. Michael and Linc soon meet up with Bruce, who had them sprung from jail. He takes them to a house. You know who’s in the house? Prepare yourselves…Sara! I know. I’m shocked too.

When we come back from commercial Michael and Sara are making out on a bed. When they come up for air he gives her the origami rose he gave her back in Season 1. Michael tells her about the deal offered by Don.

Linc’s having flashbacks of his father’s death from Season 2 and is reading a poem from Aldo’s file.

Back in the bedroom we see Michael still has his tattoo. He scares Sara, who’s off crying by the window. She shows him scars all along her back and insists that it’s not Michael’s fault. Before Michael can get two minutes into his comforting routine, the window is shot out. Linc bursts in and the three of run out while we see that Wyatt has attempted to shoot at them from outside.

Oh man, I think Michael and Sara were “gettin’ busy” She’s wearing what appears to be his boxers as the three of them flee the house. Linc and Michael agree to take down The Company and, instead of escaping from the assassin, they decide to call Don to let him know that they’re in. Holy crap, how did these morons survive for so long?

The brothers are reunited with Mahone, Bellick and Sucre. Sucre also reveals that T-Bag has Whistler’s bird book. We flash to the desert where T-Bag and one of his buddies are bleeding on the ground, having been beaten up by the less trustworthy companions.

Don takes the brothers into another room. He gives them fake IDs and Michael shows Don his tattoo. Don arranges for Michael to have his tattoo removed by laser. Which is apparently a very long and painful process.

The team gathers at a airstrip and gets lectured by Don about the pride they should take in their new jobs. The team gets on an Air Force plane and flies off to LA.

We open with Pad Man in an office. He receives a note that says “10,000″ and gets a call. Wyatt is on the other end. Pad Man doesn’t want to chat with Wyatt, he just wants the brothers and the others dead.

The team arrives in LA and Don wants them to wear GPS ankle bracelets. Lincoln protests that it clashes with his shirt and refuses. Don pulls the whole “I’m in charge” routine and they all put on the monitor.

Don brings the team to a warehouse where they meet Roland, the team hacker. Don instructs the team to find Scylla and Mahone says he knows where they can start.

Michael acts like a gentlemen by offering Sara the houseboat while Linc threatens to beat Mahone to a pulp when they’re done making nice. Mahone reveals that Whitey (also known as “The Cardholder”) was working with Whistler and that he got a look at Whitey’s driver.

In the Mexican desert, T-Bag and his lone companion trying to make their way back to the US. We see that T-Bag is making his way to San Diego, which was written in Whistler’s bird book.

Back at the team’s HQ Sara is having flashbacks to Gretchen beating her while she was captured. It also looks like Gretchen killed another woman in front of Sara.

Inside warehouse the boys are picking on the new guy, Roland, who’s an identity thief. Actually, according to Linc, he’s a “douche”. Mahone identifies Whitey’s driver.

The boys are watching the house of Whitey’s driver when he exits and gets into his car. They start to follow him and see him pull up to a house with private security. The boys spot motion sensors, alarm systems and armed guards. Linc tells Michael he better have one hell of a plan. Oh, please, Lincoln. Michael?s already got Plans A through G.

Back at HQ, the team is trying to devise a plan. Ok, so Michael doesn’t have a plan. And it looks like he’s not the only brains of the operation anymore. Thank God he’s still the prettiest. Roland suggests they copy the card and we learn that Whitey is the CEO of some company (his name is Stuart Tuxhorn). Roland reveals that he invented a device that “steals” electronic information situated around it. If they can get close enough, his device will copy the information on Scylla.

Whitey’s meeting up with Pad Man and he agrees to some plan that involves 10,000 people. I think these 10,000 people are going to die.

Sucre and Bellick are in a car, while Michael and Linc are in another. Michael calls HQ and we see Mahone, Sara and Roland were left behind. Sucre cuts in front of Whitey’s car and causes an accident. Unfortunately, Roland’s little device doesn’t seem to be getting the data. On to Plan B…

Don meets up with some guy named Jasper. Jasper used to work for The Company. Don tells Jasper he’s going after Scylla. Jaspers tries to dissuade him. Don asks Jasper for information about the Scylla decoder box.

T-Bag and his friend are still in the desert. Uh-oh, it looks like T-Bag’s friend has decided to turn to cannibalism in order to stay alive. T-Bag manages to kill him while defending himself. And then T-Bag turns to cannibalism in order to survive.

Michael and Lincoln are keeping watch outside Whitey’s house. Michael decides to use the housekeeper to get to the card.

Back at HQ, Michael finds Sara on the houseboat. She’s reading the poem Lincoln was reading in the previous episode. Turns it it’s a passage from The Odyssey. My Homer must be very rusty, since I didn’t recognize the passage. It’s from a chapter where Odysseus is told he has to fight a monster named Scylla. In order to pass the monster, Odysseus sacrificed six of his men. Wow, I hope that’s not a metaphor for what Michael has to do. Sara also agrees to go ahead with the plan tomorrow involving the housekeeper.

Wyatt’s in an apartment, sitting next to a bound girl, asking her if Claudia Mauricio is a good roommate. Claudia returns home to see Wyatt and her roommate. Turns out Claudia works for the Department of Corrections. It looks like he’s trying to use Claudia to find Michael and Lincoln.

The next day Sara is at a bus stop, standing next to the housekeeper. She starts talking to the housekeeper and they start chatting about handbags. Ah, the universal female small talk topic. The housekeeper stupidly hangs over her bag when Sara asks to admire it.

T-Bag meets up with some bikers in the desert. They offer to take him to San Diego.

Michael and Linc are still staking out the house when the housekeeper arrives. Michael calls the house, pretending to be the alarm company. He asks the housekeeper to check the window alarms for each room in the house. Oh, clever boy. She’s going to walk through the entire house with her bag (and the device Sara slipped inside it). Roland’s picking up electronic information from the house, but not Scylla. The housekeeper walks into the den and we see that Roland’s device is now picking up information from Scylla.

The housekeeper is back at the bus station when Mahone and Bellick do a purse snatch-and-grab. They discover the device isn’t in the bag.

Wyatt has a sniper rifle outside a prison in Texas, clearly looking for Michael and Linc. He calls into the office to discover that Bruce posted the brothers’ bail.

Back at HQ, the boys are trying to figure out where Roland’s device is. They suspect the maid left it in the house, thinking it belonged to Whitey. An argument ensues, but Michael quickly breaks it up by announcing that they’re going to break into the house. See? It’s the opposite of breaking out. It’s like a reversal of Seasons 1 and 3.

At the docks, Michael is asking Don for extra help. Michael grabs his head as if in pain, but insists that he is fine.

At HQ, the team is trying to come up with a plan to get inside the house. Michael is hung up on the quote from The Odyssey “all that avails is flight”. He suspects running might be their only option. But Linc insists that Aldo believed The Company should be taken down.

Michael’s alone in the warehouse, trying to come up with a plan. See? All he needs is a little time and space and he’ll come up with something. The man’s a genius, for crying out loud. And it looks like he did come up with a plan because we see the team arrive at Whitey’s house.

Sucre and Linc scale the fence while Michael and Mahone wait close by. Linc jimmies open the door, the alarm goes off and the guards start searching the property.

Linc and Sucre bail while Mahone and Michael enter the house from the backyard. Whitey comes down the stairs, trying to see what’s going on. We quickly learn that the alarm isn’t coming from Whitey’s house, but from the house across the street. Whitey disables his own alarm, obviously thinking it was his that was set off. When the alarm is disabled Michael and Mahone enter Whitey’s house. Mahone’s wearing this black shirt with a really weird collar. It makes him look strange. Like he’s a 25 year old metrosexual or something.

Mahone hears a boy’s voice and sees a picture of Whitey’s young son. He flashes to his own son, Cameron. The boys make a quick getaway.

Wyatt is in Bruce’s house. Wyatt asks where Michael and Lincoln are, but Bruce denies knowledge. Wyatt injects Bruce with a needle.

The bikers, meanwhile, drop T-Bag off in San Diego. During the trip he saw Whistler’s death in the newspaper. T-Bag notices that the bird book was pointing him to a locker at a bus station. Inside a locker is an envelope from the “Gate Corporation”, with a copy of Whistler’s ID and a key. We then see that T-Bag is on a bus headed to LA.

Back at HQ, Michael delivers the device to Roland. Roland plugs the device into his computer and appears to be very upset with the information they downloaded from Scylla.

Michael meets Sara out by the water. She gets all mushy and tells him that only the thought of them together kept her alive. Awe. She asks if they can wipe the slate clean and tells Michael he shouldn’t feel guilt over what happened to her. Michael cracks a joke and asks if he has to divorce his wife so they can be together.

Linc and Roland approach. Roland explains that they only have a portion of the data. Sara says that according to the quote from The Odyssey, the Scylla information should be with 6 men in total. Meaning they have to track down the other 5 men and their data cards.

And guess what? Gretchen’s not dead. Damnit! My grandfather will be so pissed. She’s being held captive by Wyatt’s associates, who are trying to get information out of her.

Back at HQ Michael appears to be ill. And his nose starts bleeding. Linc enters the bathroom and Michael reassures him that they’ll all be OK. Yeah, right.

We open with Sammy whining to Lechero about that guy Michael killed in the first few episodes in the chicken foot fight. Lechero tells Sammy to stop moaning. T-Bag, meanwhile, who’s been listening to the coversation, goes to the coutyard and catches the attention of his new best friend: Whistler.

Mahone’s got mail! It’s a picture of his son. Dear Lord, Mahone’s brought a tear to my eye two episodes in a row. Damn him!

Michael’s brushing off McGrady’s questions about the failed helicopter escape in the courtyard when Whistler comes up to tell Michael that T-Bag is now on the break-out train. HAHA. Michael, who to his credit does not suddenly scream “You’ve got to be kidding me!”, simply stares into the distance while Mahone approaches and asks about the plan.

T-Bag is following the boys into the tunnel, shouting “I’m coming with you!” He sounds like a kid in the fifth grade trying to tag along with the popular crowd. Michael and Lechero manage to delegate look-out duty to T-Bag, who glares petulantly.

Inside the tunnel, Michael tells Lechero to hook them up with a saw so they can create the right support for the hole they’re digging. Is it wrong of me to hope that digging will result in sweatiness that will cause the cute boys in Sona to take off their shirts, lest they overheat? I mean, seriously, is that wrong?

Lechero sends T-Bag to fetch some tools, because Lechero has absolutely no prior escape experience with T-Bag and is unaware that he’ll turn on you at the drop of a hat. When T-Bag leaves Sammy sneaks up on Lechero and points a gun to his head. Oy, this can’t end well.

Sammy’s all “this is my room now!” (I’m not paraphrasing, that’s a direct quote) and insists that he’s in charge of Sona now. Sammy unwisely (because it’s going to come back and bite him in the ass) lets Lechero leave.

Back in the tunnel, the boys are gathering wood. Sammy is surveying his new kingdom in the courtyard of Sona, announcing his coup, and offering a case of rum to the first prisoner who brings him Michael. Do you think if I offered someone a case of rum they would bring me Wentworth? Cause I’ll do it.

Lincoln’s searching for Whistler’s alias (Gary Miller) on the net. Sucre’s setting up a meeting for Lincoln. He also says that he’s off to meet with Susan.

T-Bag purposes two options to Lechero: (1) let Sammy in on the escape, which, if I was Sammy, I would refuse considering what happened to most of the Fox River 8, or (2) get Sammy killed. T-Bag offers to outsource the killing.

T-Bag approaches Bellick and indicates that there’s an escape plan in the works. But Bellick can only jump onboard if he uses those sneaky fight moves from his last fight (drugging his opponent and then knocking them out) on Sammy. They’re just playing fast and loose with invitations to the break out, aren’t they? Don’t these people know that the more people who are in on a secret, the less likely it is to remain secret. That’s why whenever I let people in on secrets, I end up killing them. Um….I probably shouldn’t have admitted that on the internet, huh?.

Lincoln’s out buying supplies with Sofia. She is….again, for the 10 millionth time….questioning whether Linc will screw over Whistler. Alright, Sofia, we get it! Ok? We freaking get it. You love Whistler, but you’re afraid to trust him. WE GET IT. Enough.

Susan’s sending an email to someone named Edward Guthrie. And she’s sending it as Gary Miller. Well, since that’s the same name that Whistler’s using, I’m guessing he’s in pretty tight with Susan and, likely, the Company. Sucre enters the bar and approaches her. Sucre doesn’t really appreciate Susan’s “Sucre means sugar” joke. He tells her that Linc knows that LJ is in danger and will play by the book. She hands him a cashier’s check for $25,000 and walks out. A cashier’s check sounds fishy.

In the tunnel the boys are learning the fine art of bracing and Michael’s showing why he’s the one with the $100,000 education by using a small metal plug to basically brace the whole damn tunnel. Whistler admits that he was supposed to kill Michael otherwise the Company would hurt his family. What family? Mahone, meanwhile, wonders where Lechero is.

In the halls, T-Bag assures Lechero that everything is “set”. Bellick proves that he really is stupider than he looks and challenges Sammy to a fight.

Global TV has just informed me that Robert Knepper draws a cartoon for his 4 year old son every day. Awe. That’s cute.

Bellick’s in his cell, informing T-Bag that he’s got no more acetone left to drug Sammy with. T-Bag doesn’t give a crap; he tells Bellick he’s got to continue with the fight.

Linc’s arriving for the meeting Sucre set up for him. Linc (who’s taken Sofia along) offers the mysterious guy money in exchange for an unknown product. We quickly learn that Linc’s shopping for a bomb, along with a remote trigger.

In the tunnel, the boys are still wondering where Lechero and the saw are. Whistler starts telling his (potentially fake) story: one day Susan approached him to do charters for her employers. Mahone delivers the funniest line I’ve ever heard from him. Here’s how it goes:

Mahone: Quit embarrassing yourself.
Whistler: What?
Mahone: We’re not two chicks at a bar you’re trying to pick up. (to Michael) Unless you need to hear this?
Michael: No.
Mahone: (to Whistler): You work for the Company. And when you break out of here you’re going to do whatever the Company asks you to do.

Ha! The delivery of that was spot-on!

Sammy’s shadow-boxing in preparation for his fight.

In the tunnel, Michael asks for Whistler’s book. He asks about the various words written in the book and Whistler has an answer for everything.

Now Sammy’s meditating in preparation for the fight. Ha! He’s all very Zen about the fighting and the killing, isn’t he? He’s also very bare-chested, having decided to forgo a shirt in anticipation of the headache that he’ll get trying to wash Bellick’s blood out of it. Bellick, meanwhile, is frantically searching for any sort of chemical with which to drug Sammy. Unfortunately, he gets dragged off to the fight by one of Sammy’s new minions.

T-Bag finds Lechero hiding out. T-Bag wants Lechero to stop playing hide and seek because he’s afraid that if Lechero doesn’t go to Michael, Michael will come looking for Lechero and will get captured by Sammy, thereby threatening the escape plan.

In the courtyard, Bellick and Sammy square off.

Back inside, Mahone, Whistler and Michael exit the tunnel in search of tools.

We go back and forth between the boys leaving the tunnels and the fight. Unfortunately for the boys, they encounter Sammy’s minions and have to run back to the tunnel. Then they get into a fight of their own which involves a machete. A machete! That’s awesome. Michael and Mahone make it back into the tunnel while Whistler gets left outside.

Speaking of outside, Bellick’s getting choked by Sammy when he catches a lucky break: one of the minions comes to get Sammy, informing him that Michael’s been found. Sammy demands the combination to the tunnel from Whistler. Mahone won’t let Michael go out to save Whistler.

Back at the hotel, Sucre tells Linc about his meeting with Susan, and Linc asks him to set up another meeting with her.

In the tunnel, Mahone’s creating make-shift tools out of rebar buried in the concrete. In the courtyard, Sammy confronts Lechero, accusing him of hiding Michael.

In Panama City, Susan’s picking up Sucre in a car. He tells her that Linc bought a gun and he manages to slip the bomb under her car seat. She, meanwhile, tells him that she doesn’t buy his act for a second: she thinks that he and Linc are trying to set her up and threatens Maricruz (she now knows where Maricruz lives since Sucre sent the money from the check to her). Then she spazes out and tells him to go get her some real information.

Sammy now demands the combination from Lechero. Michael opens the door and Lechero is dragged inside. Sammy accuses Lechero of escaping with Michael and it sounds like he’s accusing Lechero of cheating on him. Michael offers Sammy the escape tunnel in exchange for a partnership, but Sammy’s having none of it. As Sammy reaches up into the tunnel we see that Michael has rigged it to collapse on him. When the minions are sufficiently distracted, the boys gain the upper hand.

Michael’s staring at Sammy, likely coming to the realization that he’s deliberately killed someone for the first time. The other boys go to make sure that there isn’t a sinkhole out in no-man’s land. And Lechero shows the rest of the prisoners that there has been a second coup and he’s back in charge.

Bellick insists to T-Bag that he’s in or he’ll blow the escape plan. T-Bag agrees.

Lincoln goes to pick up something and hands a paper bag to Sofia. He tells her “if he doesn’t take you, I will”. She opens the bag to find a little key chain of the Eifel Tower. He’s basically offered to take Sofia to Paris if Whistler doesn’t.

In his cell, Michael reveals that he deliberately set up Sammy to die (which was kind of obvious). McGrady approaches him and offers him all of his money if only Michael will let him in on the escape. Awe. That poor boy. Michael, unfortunately, tells him he wants no part of it.

At home, Sofia’s pinning for Whistler but slowly coming to the realization that she might have a crush on Lincoln. She starts clearing her closet of Whistler’s clothes and finds his bag. A search of it reveals a false bottom and a mysterious case.

Linc’s visiting Michael. He tells him about Whistler’s fake passport. Michael questions Whistler’s real job as Sofia pulls the mysterious case out of the bag.

We have to wait two more weeks for a new episode, folks. I’ll see you back here then….same bat time, same bat channel. Clarissa out.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

When we last saw Michael, he was getting carted out of Sona. Lechero looks on worriedly as Michael gets taken away by General Zavala’s men. That’ll teach Lechero not to rely on any one person for a prison-escape plan. You gotta have a plan B, man!

Zavala takes Michael to his office and offers him a drink of water. Huh, this meeting is going better than I thought it would. He hasn’t even pistol-whipped Michael yet. Pistol-whipping is always a sign of bad things to come, so Michael’s day is looking up. Michael denies any involvement in the aborted helicopter escape attempt from earlier that day (or 2 months ago, in our time). Wentworth’s stubble is coming in again. I don’t like the stubble. It looks all weird and sharp. It bugs me.

Zavala quickly loses patience. He drags Michael back into the yard and throws him into the Sona version of solitary confinement: basically a cage wrapped in saran-wrap with the hot Panamanian sun shinning down on it. Michael sweats off about 3 1/2 pounds in two to three minutes. Seriously, PB people, I know that it’s a bother to continuously apply the whole Scofield full-torso tattoo, but do you know how bloody unlikely it is that Michael is wearing long-sleeves in Panama?

Lincoln’s leaving the hospital with Sofia, sporting a clean white bandage on his arm. Sofia can’t stop complaining about how Whistler is a sneaky liar of a boyfriend, but she still wants him out of Sona. Ah yes, the betrayed girlfriend routine. I know this one well. But when I play it, I don’t sound so whiney. She switches gears and thanks Lincoln for saving her ass.

Susan shows up and drags Lincoln away into a waiting car. She tells Sofia to buggar off.

Lang is delivering Mahone back to Sona. He seems strangely accepting of his fate. She presents him with a family heirloom/good luck charm. Awe, this scene brings a little tear to my eye. As Mahone is brought back into the prison, he sees Michael in the box.

Susan brings Lincoln to a small warehouse, where he’s allowed to visit with a bound and gagged LJ. LJ warns Lincoln that he’s always being followed and announces that he was in the room while Sara’s head was being cut off. Holy crap, do you have any idea how much that would traumatize me? I’m talking about years that I would spend rocking in a corner and mumbling nonsensically. LJ’s awfully composed considering what he’s been through. Lincoln promises that he and Michael will save LJ.

Whistler greets Mahone in the Sona courtyard and tells him that the plan is still a go. Whistler also says that they have a way to escape that doesn’t involve Michael. Bellick and T-Bag are strolling together, friendly as you please, discussing Michael’s current situation in the hot cage. Bellick accuses T-Bag of being involved in Michael’s escape plan, but T-Bag denies it.

One of Lechero’s friends comes by and demands that Bellick mop up some vomit. Bellick refuses. Methinks he’ll come to regret that later.

Michael’s hallucinating/sweating in the hot box. Sucre is met by his former business associate (who had him smuggle something into the prison) and agrees to help him again when he’s threatened with a gun. Arriving at work, Sucre offers to bring Michael some water. Michael and Sucre share a touching scene, reminiscent of their old buddy relationship. Michael wants Sucre to run away from the plan.

Down in the tunnel, Whistler and Lechero are attempting to dig up. That plan gets shot to hell when Lechero quickly concludes that they need Michael’s engineering skills.

Zavala offers Michael his assistance and finally finally admits that he’s been working on his escape since the moment he set foot in Sona. Which isn’t really true, but whatever. Zavala removes him from the cage.

Michael tells Zavala all about the Company, Whistler, LJ’s kidnapping….everything. Zavala offers to have his troops find LJ, but tells Michael he doesn’t believe the rest of the story.

Lincoln returns to the hotel and finds Sucre, who quickly admits that he ran drugs (or something) into the prison. Sucre tells Linc that Michael was placed in solitary.

T-Bag, ever the opportunist, starts chatting up Whistler, mentioning that Sammy doesn’t like Lechero’s new choice of friends (namely Michael and Whistler). T-Bag wonders if the world wouldn’t be a better place without Sammy. T-Bag offers to find someone to kill Sammy, but tells Whistler that if he does, he gets to be in the break-out club, Sona chapter. Awe, T-Bag just wants to make more friends. And possibly break out of prison to continue his murder spree.

Lincoln has changed out of his nice, clean, non-sweaty t-shirt into a dark blue, sweat-drenched shirt. Sucre tells him he can’t quit the drug mule job unless Lincoln throws him a few bucks. Lincoln tells him to go shove it up his ass. I bet Sucre’s wishing “why can’t I be teamed up with Michael again….the guy who wouldn’t leave me to drown in a stream….instead of his meany brother?” A Company informative, who’s been spying on Lincoln, calls Susan. I assume the Company will soon bribe Sucre with cash.

Zavala, who has been playing detective, tells Michael that maybe there’s some truth to his crazy tale after all. Zavala insists that Michael give up Whistler’s name in exchange for him finding LJ.

Sofia’s confronting Whistler at the visitor fence. As usual, he’s got an explanation for all of her accusations. Unfortunately, he gets dragged off to Zavala’s office.

Whistler denies Michael’s story when confronted by Zavala. Zavala doesn’t buy Whistler’s denials and insists on the name of the person in charge on the outside. When Whistler refuses to give up anything, a chair is brought into the room. But not just any chair. A torture chair. One that involves a bucket and a garden hose. Pfft, you don’t need the hose to drown someone and provoke them into talking, you just need the bucket. Maybe the hose is for strangling…. Why am I even questioning this? How sick am I?

T-Bag welcomes Mahone back to Sona. T-Bag quickly proposes that Mahone kill Sammy in exchange for a continuous supply of free drugs.

Whistler caves in about two seconds and under barely any torture at all (if you can consider Zavala yelling at him as torture). Wow, Whistler. Way to have a pair. He admits that he’s working with Michael, but denies that anyone else is involved. When he’s brought to Michael, Michael insists that Whistler give up Susan’s name. He even yells. Yelling Michael is always hot. Whistler, bowing to the mighty power of the Scofield yell, which is now apparently as powerful as the Scofield stare, quickly gives up Susan (aka Gretchen).

Susan approaches Sucre at a bar. She offers him $50,000 in exchange for Sucre keeping her updated on Lincoln. Sucre seems to be debating the offer. Sucre! Betraying Lincoln means betraying Michael. Remember that time he wouldn’t let you drown in that stream?! Remember?!

Zavala is asking Whistler for more information about Susan. Michael asks for a phone in order to get more information. He calls Linc to ask for his next meeting with Susan, which is to take place in an hour.

In the Sona courtyard, Sammy digs a mysterious package out of a box of veggies. Bellick, meanwhile, arrives at his cell to find a chicken foot. Apparently one of the other inmates isn’t happy that Bellick didn’t mop up some vomit. Haha, imagine if my boss started utilizing the chicken foot/fight to the death technique to get me and my fellow workers to behave? That would shake up the work environment.

Bellick wants to see Lechero to complain about the challenge, but Sammy dismisses him and announces that the fight will go on. Lechero isn’t pleased that Sammy issued the fight against Bellick and quickly realizes that Sammy is engaging in a power struggle with him for control of the prison.

Zavala gets a call about Susan and goes off to see her. Sucre arrives back at the hotel and….oh, you cute, cute man! Sucre smiles and tells Lincoln that their little set-up (getting Susan to offer Sucre money in exchange for info on Linc) worked. Bless those two. I love them.

Mahone’s going through more withdrawal (seriously, how long does withdrawal last?) and T-Bag arrives with drugs and taunts. Mahone refuses T-Bag’s bait.

Lincoln meets up with Susan and tells her that Whistler will be out by tomorrow. Zavala, meanwhile, arrives with guards and drags Susan away. Lincoln quickly protests that he has nothing to do with this.

Susan is taken to the torture chair and denies any involvement with Whistler. Zavala obviously doesn’t believe her and orders his men to “turn on the hose”.

The men inside the Sona courtyard are cheering for a fight while Bellick looks like he’s trying really hard not to pee his pants inside his cell. He goes outside to meet his fate.

Back in the torture room, Susan refuses to answer Zavala’s questions so he starts dry-drowning her. I just learned about this technique on last week’s episode of Law and Order: SVU. Saran-wrap is placed over her face and Zavala starts pouring water on her face. Outside the room, Whistler and Michael are listening to Gretchen’s torture. Zavala quickly concludes that Susan is a pro at surviving torture and calls the boys into the room.

Michael tells Zavala that Susan visited with Whistler. When Whistler gives her up, Susan says her only job is to look after LJ. She tells his (possibly real, possibly fake) location to Zavala. Michael asks Susan if she killed Sara and clearly doesn’t believe her denials. He chillingly tells her “I’m coming for you”. How does Wentworth Miller do it? How does he even make death threats hot? How?

Back in the courtyard Bellick is getting a beating, but quickly proves he’s not as stupid as he looks by slipping his opponent drugs, disorienting him and kicking his ass. T-Bag looks on in surprise and quickly realizes what Bellick did.

Zavala arrives at LJ’s former hiding place where Susan proceeds to kick his ass, kill the one (only one!) guard that Zavala brings with him, and shoot Zavala. *sigh* Then she calls Lincoln.

Sammy’s got a visitor, who’s obviously trying to get him to overthrow Lechero. The visitor wants Sammy to open the mysterious package from earlier.

Another army guy arrives to tell Michael and Whistler that Zavala was found dead. Michael doesn’t even flinch when he hears the news. I bet he has the best poker face in the world.

Michael asks Lechero for use of his phone and Lechero gives it up. Michael calls Linc, who’s not impressed that Michael planned to take out Susan without telling him.

Michael confronts Whistler and surmises that he only gave up Susan in order to get them both back inside Sona. Michael tells Whistler that the escape plan is going ahead, but Whistler better watch his back.

Sammy, meanwhile, opens up the mysterious package and finds a gun inside. He gets an evil little glint in his eye.

Not bad, not bad. With the strike still continuing, it’s nearly a miracle that we’ve got 4 more new episodes of the show to look forward to. Tune in next week for another new episode and another new recap. Until then….

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

McGrady’s all dressed up. His dad is coming today. He asks Michael if he looks okay.

Michael heads to the fence to meet with Lincoln. Lincoln says that LJ is alive. He has three days. Michael doesn’t seem to care… Lincoln tells Michael that there were three body bags at the drop-off point - that they wouldn’t have gotten out of there alive. Michael tells Lincoln that he cares about LJ and would do anything for him, but obviously Lincoln thinks Michael only cares about himself. “You used me Linc, so I guess you and the company have something in common.� Michael walks away.

Susan B. is on the phone. She says she can’t find him. Never mind, she found him. It’s Pad Man. “It’s time to clean this up. We’re ending this today. Bang and Burn.� Susan looks taken back. She says it’s next to impossible for this time frame. He says maybe he hired the wrong person. She responds with telling him to “seriously reconsider.� His guys attack her, push her down to the bed. Further threats follow.

Everyone Knows About Bang and Burn!

Susan B. talks to Whistler, telling him that they’re going with the “Bang and Burn�. “That’s suicide,� he says. “I might get killed if we do this.� Susan B. says that she might get killed if they don’t. “Be ready by 5:00,� she tells him. “What about Scofield?� he asks. “Kill him,� she replies.

Whistler’s in the courtyard, not looking so good. Lechero approaches Michael. Michael asks Lechero to speak with the Colonel about halting the guards working on the windows… Sammy walks up and tells Lechero that some of the people are acting out. They’re losing Sona.

Susan B. unrolls some plans and bosses people around.

Whistler’s Double Life

Sofia reads the front page of the newspaper, which talks about an attempted escape. The phone rings. Someone is looking for Whistler. “I am his wife,� she says. It’s Tommy Day, the landlord of the apartment that James Whistler rents from. When Sofia responds telling him that he must be mistaken he says, “Oh I assure you, Mr. Whistler is my tenant.� He says that some mail has been coming to the apartment and gives her the address. Someone is listening in. He calls Susan B. with the info.

Whistler reads the bird book. There are notes in the margin. “Mahone, Special Ops, Company? Drugs? Familiy +� Whistler burns the page.

Michael walks in and tells Whistler that the Company is giving them four more days. Whistler looks down on the floor and Michael asks him if he has anything on his mind, like visitation maybe? “What you’re a spy now?� Whistler asks. He says that she’s Company and that she approached him after the failed escape. Whistler meets with another guy in the prison and accepts a wrapped package. “You never met me,� he says before walking away.

Mahone Melts Down

In the hotel room Mahone talks about Shale to Agent Lang. He says after catching Shale, he couldn’t hand him over to a scumbag lawyer who would get him off. So he killed him. And it felt good. But then the visions came of Shale begging for his life. Mahone couldn’t get rid of them so he started taking drugs to keep on even keel. But at Sona he had to improvise. He says he can’t testify like this…

The guards continue soldering the windows. T-Bag approaches Michael with a note. It’s a sketch of Lechero’s quarters. There’s a note at the top. 4:00. 4413. Whistler unwraps his package. It’s a knife.

Sofia walks into the apartment. Tommy Day leaves her alone as he goes to get Whistler’s insurance papers. Sofia sits on the bed and looks around. She starts going through the drawers, empties envelopes.

Whistler Threatens…

Michael follows the plans and notices there’s a door in the quarters. It’s locked with a keycode. He unlocks it and they walk down the hallway. Whistler starts playing with the knife behind his back. He flashbacks to Susan B. telling him to kill Michael. Whistler says, “I’m truly sorry you got caught up in my troubles Michael.�

Just as Whistler pulls the knife they hear a noise in the hallway. “Scofield,� Lechero says as he walks in. He enters in another code and they walk further into the underground tunnels. The guards filled it in. Lechero thinks they can dig out. Michael says they can’t dig out, but they can maybe dig up.

Sofia finds an ID of Whistler with another name. Susan B. walks in. “Hello Sofia,� she says before saying taht she’s an old friend. She shoves Sofia up against the wall. “I can see why James loves you. You’re very beautiful.� Then she says to stop sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong or James will start missing her. She says that Sofia should go home, paint her nails, and get ready for James to come home so they can live happily ever after. “You are truly beautiful,� Susan B. says, runnign her hands through her hair. “I hope you can stay that way … Now get out of here.� Sofia leaves and Susan B. goes through the apartment.

Michael thinks they can either dig up or get buried alive. As they begin walking out Sammy heads into the tunnels. Lechero argues with him and leads him back up the stairs. Michael and Whistler hide to the side. They then sneak back into the tunnels without Lechero knowing. Whistler stashes the knife.

Mahone asks for Agent Lang but she is gone. The other agent tells Mahone that they need to go. Mahone wants to wait but the agent says to throw some water on his face.

Whistler starts sweating and has the shakes. Michael asks if he is okay but Whistler says he is claustrophobic and needs some air. Whistler says he needs to get out. Michael asks what is really going on and why does Whistler keep looking at his watch?

Lincoln and Sucre get the keys to a shack. They take a walk through the woods. Lincoln shoots a gun and Sucre records the sound.

Visitations

Michael approaches McGrady and asks for help. McGrady says that his father just arrived. Michael says that he needs his dad to make a phone call to someone on the outside. McGrady says that he won’t do it - he won’t put his father in jeopardy. Michael begs him and says that if he doesn’t do it, something bad will happen to his father. McGrady’s father says he looks good, that he should be in school. McGrady tells his father that his new American friends needs some help…

As they are talking Sofia walks up to the fence. Whistler steps up and says he’s glad she is there. He tells Sofia that she may not be safe. “Promise me you won’t be anywhere around Lincoln Burrows today,� Whistler says. He tells her to go home and stay there, that he’ll call her tonight. “Call me?� she asks. Whistler asks her repeatedly if she understands and asks her to promise him. She promises. “I love you, more than anything in the world,� Whistler says. “Do you?� Sofia says. She tells him about the landlord calling and asks if she should return his phone call. “Must be the wrong number,� Whistler says. He tells her again to stay away from Lincoln and she walks away.

Attacked
McGrady’s father calls Lincoln and says he has a message. “Don’t come home for dinner.� Lincoln hangs up and tells Sucre it’s a code from Michael. Sofia approaches Lincoln and Sucre. One of the goons is watching them and calls Susan B. She tells him to take them all out, that she warned Sofia.

Sofia tells Lincoln that she doesn’t know what’s going on and that Whistler told her to stay away. Lincoln calls Lechero’s cell phone. Sammy picks up. Lincoln asks to speak to Michael. Sammy hangs up. He turns to Lechero. Lechero says it’s his business.

Some of Sofia’s guys follow Lincoln, Sucre, and Sofia. Sucre and Linc overwhelm two of them but one guy holds Sofia around the neck. Lincoln shoots him right through the head. Ouch!

At the hearing Mahone keeps itching his wrist. The investigation begins and starts talking about the Company. He says that he was told to kill them all. He begins rambling and sounds slightly insane. He says he did what he did to protect his family and that he wants to go home.

T-Bag finds Michael and drags him off to see Lechero. “If your brother should ever call my cell phone again, tell him you’re the one who is going to pay,� he says before handing Michael the phone. Lincoln tells him that they just got attacked and that Sofia was warned not to be around them. “They don’t need us anymore, they’re breaking him out on their own,� Michael says with panic in his eyes.

Mission Aborted

A helicopter flies over the prison. Whistler climbs out on the room and begins waving his arms. Guards begin driving up and the helicopter begins firing. Michael climbs out on the room after him and the two begin fighting. Several guards are gunned down as the helicopter lowers a rope. Whistler grabs on and Michael grabs Whistler around the waist. They dangle over the courtyard. The guards shoot one of the men in the helicopter and he falls to the ground. They lose Whistler. “Abort, abort.� Whistler drops into the hallway and removes his shirt. Michael climbs down as well. Men are running everywhere. Michael changes his shirt. A guard grabs him by the shoulder and drags him to the courtyard.

Susan B. sits in her hotel room as the phone rings. She ignores it and takes a sip of her drink.

Mahone sits in the hallway. Agent Lang sits down beside him. “I’m so sorry, I’m going to have to take you back to Sona,� she says.

Michael is told to get up. The Colonel tells him that he is causing too many problems in Sona, so maybe he shouldn’t be there. “Say good-bye to Sona Mr. Scofield,� he says and leads Michael away.

Finally a night-time shot of Sona. Michael’s in his cell, feeding a rat out on the grounds. I hate rats. Seriously. Ew. It looks like Michael’s trying to figure out whether the guards sleep on the job at night. The answer? They do not. But they do shoot rats. Michael looks disturbed. Perhaps he joined PETA pre-Fox River.

Mahone, meanwhile, is picking up dirty cups from the ground. Oh, Sona doesn’t exactly look like a disorganized hell-hole, but if all the men drink from dirty cups they picked up off the ground then that place is crawling with bacterial infection. Mahone wants an update on the breakout plan but Michael, who’s finally learned to stand up for himself after two seasons of prison, running and then prison again, tells him to back away.

A new prisoner enters Sona. Is it just me, or does the new prisoner look like the Mexican version of Martin Short? I’m going to call him Mexican Martin until I find out his real name. Sammy (one of Lechero’s flunkies) gives Mexican Martin a friendly Sona welcome.

Linc is visiting Michael and Michael isn’t impressed that Lincoln gave up Whistler’s bird book to Susan. Lincoln continues to lie about Sara’s currently headless predicament. Michael announces that he’s going to be breaking out in the middle of the afternoon tomorrow. Ohhhh, I can tell this isn’t going to end well.

Mexican Martin awakens from his beating to find that he’s been stripped of all of his nice clothes. He also seems to recognize Whistler. I hope Mexican Martin turns out to be as funny as the real Martin Short.

Michael’s asking McGrady for a watch and binoculars. In order to procure the binoculars, Michael’s going to have to do some light thievery. Michael then explains the escape plan to Whistler. He also uses some chalk to draw a diagram of the escape plan on the floor. No, seriously. HE DRAWS THE ESCAPE PLAN ON THE FLOOR. Just in case any other prisoners might be interested in breaking out of Sona. *sigh* Michael, I get that you’re some kind of a genius, but seriously, have you learned nothing from the last two years? You’re leaving around too many clues. Whistler doesn’t seem too confident in Michael’s plan, which also includes using a soccer game as cover.

Lincoln and Sofia are bickering like an old married couple who don’t routinely break people out of prisons back at Lincoln’s hotel room. Susan calls and reminds Linc of the timeline. Susan’s making some notes on a piece of paper and she’s writing down times. I have no idea what this means. Susan reminds him that they’ve got 34 hours to break Whistler out.

Sucre’s cruising down the streets when he’s approached by some strange men in a black SUV. These men want Sucre to smuggle something into Sona and offer him money in return. Oh Sucre, are you going to become a drug mule? Is this what you’ve been reduced to? Yes, it is, because Sucre takes the package.

Bellick’s befriending Mexican Martin. He’s giving Mexican Martin a warning on how not to be a pompous ass and make enemies of everyone in Sona.

Michael and Whistler are prompting gay rumors galore by hanging a sheet in Michael’s cell so people can’t watch them spying on the guards, much like Sucre and Michael used to do in Fox River when Michael went into the walls. I wonder if Michael misses having Sucre for a cellmate. I know I miss Sucre being in on the action. We see that Michael has split the binoculars into two pieces, so both he and Whistler can spy on the guards. Michael also tells Whistler that Mahone’s in on the plan now, for reals.

Nun McHoochie, meanwhile, pays Lechero a visit.

Whistler and Mahone are spying on a guard when Whistler notices that the sun does blind the guard around 3:12 p.m. Mahone leaves to check on Michael and notices that Mexican Martin seems suspicious. Whistler’s describing the guard to Michael and Michael has an idea for distracting another guard, which includes disrupting his TV signal. Now that’s just mean. We also see that Mexican Martin was spying on the boys. I’m so disappointed. Mexican Martin hasn’t been even remotely funny yet. Mahone confronts Mexican Martin, trying to act all tough, and scare him off.

Linc and Sofia are taking a nice drive through the jungle. Their drive is cut short by the police who claim that they’re driving on a private road and make the unfortunate announcement that every road around Sona for 2 miles is closed. Oy, Michael is gonna be sooooo pissed. The cops let them off with a warning. Linc shows that he’s smarter than he looks and starts to come up with a Plan B.

Michael, meanwhile, is acting like a thief again, only this time he’s lifting a microwave. Unfortunately, he’s not a very good thief and the microwave has to remain for now.

Lincoln purchases some mysterious “supplies” in a blue cooler and tells Sofia they’re going to a beach.

Nun McHoochie tells Lechero that Augusto (Lechero’s cousin, maybe?) isn�t paying for Nun McHoochie’s services anymore. Lechero isn’t interested in paying for sex. But apparently he’s ok with having sex with hookers.

Sucre, the new drug mule, hides the mysterious package in with the food headed for Sona.

Whistler’s afraid that The Company is going to kill him when he gets out, or hands over whatever information it is that they want. Michael tells Whistler that their friendship ends the moment they’re over that wall and he really doesn’t care what happens to Whistler after that. I don’t blame, Michael. Look at what happened to all those other guys he befriended during the Fox River escape. Most of them ended up dead.

We see that the mysterious package has arrived in Sona, but no one seems to notice. T-Bag, meanwhile, continues in his roll of drug-pusher and tries to sell some stuff to Mahone. Sammy retrieves the mysterious package from the crate of food.

Michael and Whistler have managed to successfully steal the microwave while Mahone is tripping out on some drugs. While he’s staring dreamily out of the window he seems to notice something important and takes out his paper cup that he found earlier on the floor.

Michael’s giving Whistler a lesson on EMPs (electromagnetic pulse). Did you guys know that nuclear weapons also contain EMPs? So in addition to people dying horrible deaths, those bombs will also knock out all of the electrical power and machines. Just a little something I know. Looks like Michael is going to use the microwave as an EMP to knock out the TV in the guard tower. And it totally works. Michael’s binocular lens obviously gives off some sort of glare because when he turns back to look at the guard, the man is aiming a rifle at him and shoots.

Pandemonium erupts in Sona with word that the guards are coming in. Lechero orders T-Bag to protect Nun McHoochie and the two of them go off running. The rest of the prisoners assemble in the main quad on their knees. The colonel comes in, telling Lechero that the guard believes he saw a rifle pointed at him (which was just Michael’s binocular).

Linc and Sofia are taking a walk on the beach now. The two of them start digging in the sand. No, scratch that. Sofia takes a seat to sun herself while Linc is digging. Wow, she’s just like me. I too believe that all the heavy lifting and digging should be done by men. We have the babies, it’s a fair trade.

T-Bag is trying to reassure Nun McHoochie about her place is Lechero’s heart and the two narrowly avoid being detected by the guards who are searching the prison. The guards find Michael’s binocular and put a chain and lock to close up Michael’s cell. The guards start beating up guys to find out whose cell it is and Michael finally admits it’s his. Michael takes a beating and the guard aims at gun at his head, demanding to know why Michael was watching him.

The guard starts counting down from five in Spanish and Whistler speaks up, saying the binocular lens is his. He says that he was using the lens to watch birds and takes out the bird book to prove it. The guards buy this story and file out.

Michael runs back to his cell and is very upset to find it locked up. He starts desperately grabbing for the microwave that’s locked inside but can’t reach it.

Lechero goes back to retrieve Nun McHoochie, who’s in a rush to leave. We see that she’s lifted money from Lechero, but T-Bag steps in and says he gave her the money. Lechero doesn’t appreciate T-Bag’s interference and smacks him one good.

Whistler’s badgering Michael about the modified plan, but Michael wants to be alone with his genius brain to come up with Plan…what? C? F? M? How many plans has he had so far?

Lincoln shows Sofia what he bought at the dive shot earlier. Whatever it is, it’s their “getaway vehicle”, which Linc buries in the sand. I’m assuming its diving masks or something and they’re going to escape by going underwater. When they re-enter the jungle to leave the beach we see that they’re very close to Sona.

The drug guy pays Sucre, but thinks that since Sucre muled for him once, he’ll mule for him twice (and maybe more). Sucre starts to regret his decisions, but takes another package.

Mexican Martin approaches Whistler and says that he recognizes him from Nice, France in 1997. Whistler denies knowing him, but Mexican Martin says that Whistler was with an ambassador. Michael and Mahone look at Whistler suspiciously, but their need for a new plan gets in the way.

Mahone reveals what he noticed in his drug-induced haze: that the guard was drinking from the cup Mahone later found on the floor. The boys decide to go after the cup to get to the guard.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

So, an update: Wentworth Miller did NOT show up at my apartment and declare his undying love for me, despite the fact that I heaped praise upon the characters and cast of Prison Break in last week’s recap. Well guess what, Wentworth? Two can play at that game. I’d like to introduce you to this week’s recap: “Call Waiting: The one where Clarissa heaps sarcasm and snarkiness on the characters and cast of Prison Break and it’s all Wentworth’s fault.” What’s that? I’m behaving like a petulant child? Yeah…..well…..you smell. SO THERE!

Lincoln’s looking through the bird book he stole off Whistler’s girlfriend last week. He sees various words like “stampede” in the book, as well as numbers. A man slips photos of LJ and Sara under the door. Then Sucre scares the crap out of him. Sucre looks like he’s been crying over the loss of Maricruz. This is normally the point where I’d say something mean, but I love Sucre too much. I can’t do it. Everyone else? Fair game. Sucre wants Westmoreland’s money. The two of them argue, and Sucre seems to not give a crap that Michael (who broke him out of prison) is back in jail. Linc seems to notice something about the photos.

We’re back at Sona Fight Club, where Michael’s toying with the bolts of Sona, much like when he got the bolt from the bleachers at Fox River to use as a key. Michael offers to help out around Sona in exchange for favors from Lechero. Again, not like that. Lechero seems to forget that Michael saved his dictator ass in the previous episode and is not interested in any “help” Michael can provide.

Michael goes to see Linc and takes the opportunity to survey the guards. Lincoln brings Michael up to speed about the bird book and Michael wishes that he had studied something useful in college, like birds, instead of stupid structural engineering. Linc also shows him the photo of Sara. What’s that, Michael? You sorry that Sara’s lost to you? I feel the same way about Wentworth, so don’t expect my sympathy. The boys notice Sara’s pointing at something in the paper: a town called Santa Rita. Michael’s desperate to talk to her. It’s been three days and he’s no closer to escape. Michael tells Linc he needs to get off his non-being-in-jail ass and save Sara and LJ if Michael can’t perform another prison break.

Whistler’s behaving like the anti-Sucre and wants to know why he should trust Michael. Michael wishes he had his cellmate from season 1 back and asks McGrady about a phone. Linc’s also asking Susan about setting up a call between Sara and Michael, but she’s not down with that. Back in Sona, Michael realizes that the only person who has a phone is Lechero.

Lechero’s unhappy with his business dealings on the outside. I don’t know more than that and I actually care very little about it. Meanwhile, Whistler and Sofia are reunited, separated only by a barb-wire fence and surrounded by lots of men with guns. Whistler asks about the book, but Sofia says Scofield’s brother has it. Whistler says the book only has phone numbers in it, but Sofia doesn’t buy it. As she goes to sign out at the guard station, she finds Michael’s name, Lincoln’s name and Lincoln’s hotel.

Back inside, Michael’s trying to score some drugs. I like where this is going. One of Lechero’s men tells him where to score. Mahone’s managed to find the place on his own and is realizing that withdrawal is not a nice place to be. Meanwhile, Michael is eying Lechero and his cell phone and flipping out over Sara’s photo.

Michael threatens to tell the good Catholic folks of Sona what kind of perv T-Bag is unless he hooks him up with Lechero’s phone. I’ve always loved the hypocrisy of prisoners who kill people but then beat up on guys who molest children. It’s all crimes, people.

Whistler’s confronting Michael about his klepto brother, but Michael isn’t swayed. Michael tells him the only reason he’s going to bust Whistler out is to save Sara and he should just shut the hell up and STOP WITH THE PRESSURE!

There’s a conversation between Lechero and his cousin about Lechero’s outside business. *sigh* I DON’T CARE. Lechero’s obviously fake accent is bothering me. Meanwhile, we see that T-Bag unplugged Lechero’s phone and allowed it to die.

Mahone’s being visited by his lawyer. He tells him he’s got a trial date for next year. Oh yes, here’s the wonders of the legal system I know and love. Mahone says that Michael is willing to testify for him (huh, we’ll see about that), but the lawyer tells him the courts don’t care for prisoners who testify on behalf of other prisoners.

T-Bag sends Lechero off to his barber appointment but leaves his cell charging. Meanwhile, T-Bag snags the phone and brings it to Michael. We see Sofia is following Linc, who’s talking with Michael. Bellick’s trying to make friends with a drag queen that he pissed off earlier. This is all completely unimportant. Wow, he’s trying to flirt. It’s hurting my brain, it’s so awful.

Sara finally calls Michael and he tries to set up a code with her. She tries to send him some sort of message, saying that “it’s a lost cause” and “maybe he just needs more time”. Michael’s trying to relay the code back to Linc and says it’s up to him to solve it. Before last week I would have written off LJ and Sara but Lincoln is proving that he might have some brains after all. Michael manages to put the phone back in the nick of time. Lerchero notices that his phone wasn’t put back in the charger properly and he calls the last number dialed, but Lincoln doesn’t say anything. Lechero is suspicious.

Sofia tires to threaten Linc with a knife, but he quickly puts an end to that nonsense. No guy with pecs like those will be threatened by a silly knife. Linc takes off in a cab, trying to figure out the code.

Back in Sona, Whistler’s trying to make friends with Mahone, who spent all of last episode trying to kill him. Oh yes, this makes total sense. Whistler recognizes Mahone as the FBI agent who was chasing Scofield and tries to press Mahone for info on Michael. Mahone whines that Michael will screw the people he doesn’t care about. You know, because Mahone’s a bloody freaking saint.

Linc’s trying to use the cabbie to figure out the code and gets let off in the red light district. Naturally, the women are all over his pecs. Sara spies Linc and breaks the glass of her window just as Linc’s starting to piece together the clue.

Linc goes running into the house while LJ and Sara are dragged out into a van. Ohhh, he looks totally murderous as he realizes he’s lost them. Susan gets a call about the failed rescue attempt and looks ticked off.

Linc’s visiting Michael again, telling him about his spectacular failure. He really should have planned it better. He’s telling Michael “we can do this”. I fail to see the Lincoln part of this “we” yet. So unless Linc’s going to pull a Scofield and get himself locked up too, he’s not doing much right now. In fact, he had one damn job to do and he screwed it up royally.

Michael’s back at his cell, surveying the guards and replaying the failed escape attempt of Bellick’s friend in his mind. Whistler wants to talk and mentions Sofia, saying she’s the reason he’s here. Whistler doesn’t know who The Company is.

Whistler starts telling his story: he was running a fishing charter business. He took out some guy who was taking water samples. He then gets a call from some people wanting to know where Whistler took that guy. He said he couldn’t remember and some government-type people start sniffing around. Meanwhile, he got spooked and moves to Panama to be with Sofia. He then gets into the bar fight where he kills the mayor’s son and gets thrown into Sona. The government-type people show up again and say they want to get him out if he’ll take them to the place he took the water sample guy. The bird book is like a log and he needs it to get back to that place. This is such a weird and complicated story. What drugs were the writers smoking when they came up with this? I want me some. Might make work more tolerable. Michael notices that the only people getting out of Sona are the dead bodies. Oh yes! Capital plan! Just get yourself killed and you’ll be out! Genius.

T-Bag decides to go back to doing what he does best: acting like a complete jackass. In an attempt to destroy Lechero’s other flunkies, who have been making fun of him, he tries to stir shit. Lechero looks disbelieving, but willing to listen, and asks T-Bag to spy for him.

Mahone’s trying to unnerve Michael again and comes out of his withdrawal for long enough to realize that Michael’s skills might be useful to The Company.

Michael spies a man outside who’s digging a grave for one of the recently-deceased fight club victims. Linc returns to his hotel to find Sucre passed out from too much booze. Susan calls Linc to threaten him and sends him to find a present she left for him. Oh god, it’s Sara’s body isn’t it? This is now they’re going to get rid of her character.

Ok, it’s a small box. Linc bends down to open it and we only see a flash of what’s inside. I can’t make it out, but Linc looks horrified. I even played it on slow-mo on my DVR and I can’t figure it out. Many of you will probably say that it’s supposed to be Sara’s head in the box. You may very well be correct. There’s been much speculation that she’s not returning, but everyone’s been keeping it under wraps. If that’s true, I’m pissed. What utter pointlessness to keep her going all through season 2 only to kill her now.

Ok, let’s not jump to conclusions. Maybe they’re just using this whole “Sara’s head” thing to scare us. Maybe it’s something else. Maybe…..

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

Well I hate to say this but I just was not impressed with the Prison Break episode last night. After all the hype on Fox, it just wasn’t what I expected the first show of the new season to be. Anyone else share these thoughts?

Anyways, let me recap the episode for those who missed it.

A woman known as Susan B. Anthony does her make-up before a vanity, and uses the make-up to cover deep scratches on her face.

Michael stands among a screaming crowd in the yard of Sona. Two men size each other up in a circle of prisoners.

Lincoln begs a clerk at the American Embassy to get Michael out of Sona. The clerk tells Lincoln that “the worst of the worst� are inside Sona. The prisoners rioted so badly, that the guards pulled out and left the prisoners to fend for themselves. The man looks Lincoln in they eyes, “Whatever goes in…never comes out. Unless it’s dead.�

Michael watches in horror as the two men fight until one man finally snaps the other man’s neck.

The next morning, Lincoln stands in the office of the American Consul. The Consul is on the phone trying to get Michael out of Sona. The Consul tells Lincoln that Michael’s case looks like Michael will walk away an innocent man and he’ll be transferred to another facility in forty-eight hours.

Michael sees Bellick, stripped of his clothes and beaten, walking across the yard. Bellick asks some inmates for water and they point him to a mud puddle. They shove Bellick down, and kick the muddy water in his face. When the inmates leave, a scrawny prisoner named Sapo, also only nearly naked, helps Bellick to his feet.

Mahone sits alone, his hands shaking. He reaches into his jacket to remove his pen. After unscrewing the top, he finds he’s out of pills. Michael walks in and Mahone springs up to meet him. Mahone demands that Michael helps him when his court date comes. Michael refuses to help and wants to know why The Company wanted him in a Panamanian prison. Mahone doesn’t know anything, he was just following orders. Mahone pleads with Michael to work together. Michael tells Mahone he won’t help him, because every time he looks at Mahone, he sees the man that killed his father.

A woman stands outside the Sona, screaming and demanding that the prisoners send out the dead. Lincoln enters a guard shack. The guards call for Michael to come to visitation, which is a chain link cage extending out from Sona. The brothers meet again and try to make light of the situation. Lincoln tells Michael to hold on another day, and that he does not know where Sarah is. Lincoln walks away, promising to see Michael tomorrow.

Back in Sona, a young inmate named McGrady runs up to Michael asking about basketball. McGrady runs off when a group of thugs approaches Michael and tell him it is time for orientation. The leader, Sammy, flashes a knife and Michael follows.

Michael, Mahone and several other inmates are led into Lechero’s den. Lechero is the man who controls Sona. Lechero recognizes Michael and Mahone from the news. Michael says he won’t make waves. Lechero tells them that if there is conflict, the men must settle it in the yard in a fight to the death. Another inmate at the end of the line loses control of his bladder. Lechero strikes the man and beats him. Michael barks out, “I think he gets the message!� Lechero tries to intimidate Michael, but it doesn’t work. Lechero angrily dismisses the inmates.

Lincoln talks to a Constable inside a police station. He hands the Constable a photo of Sarah, asking the man to call Lincoln if anyone matching her description shows up.

Bellick sees Sapo wearing shoes. They belong to the dead man who lost the fight the night before. Sammy shouts at Bellick and Sapo that they need to start earning their rent. He hands them some plastic parkas and leads them to the prison toilet. Sapo and Bellick protest the job, but Sammy doesn’t care. He tells them to clean it and burn it in the sewers when they’re done.

Lechero looks down at Michael from the second tier. He makes eye contact with another inmate and nods towards Michael. The inmate nods back. Another one of Lechero’s men tells Lechero another American arrived and, “He’s got this hand…�

Michael looks across the yard as T-Bag enters and makes eye contact. From above, Mahone looks down and sees T-Bag. Over the loud speakers, the guards call for Michael to go to visitation.

Michael meets a man who introduces himself as Elliott Pike. Pike tells Michael, “I got a lot of big guns behind me, Mr. Scofield. People you might want to have in your corner should you ever decide, say, to break out of here.� Michael knows who Pike is working for and walks away uninterested in the offer.

Michael stands in his cell and looks around. Another inmate storms in, demanding his “stash.� He grabs Michael around the neck, but is pulled off by Lechero. Lechero orders Michael and his bed be checked for the other man’s drugs. They find a bag under Michael’s bed, clearly a set up. The inmate tells Michael they’re not through.

The Constable phones Lincoln. They found a woman matching Sarah’s description. She’s at the morgue.

Bellick and Sapo stop and beg a cook for some pieces of chicken. The man smugly hands Sapo and clean bone. Sapo begins to panic about starving to death. Bellick asks him to hang in there and walks away. Sapo pulls some wire from a cell window, and climbs up.

T-Bag finds Michael and asks him why the government would want him in Sona. Before Michael answers, the inmates cry out, “RUNNER!� They flood to the windows to see Sapo shuffling across the no-man’s land. The guards in the towers tell him to stop, but he keeps moving. Bellick screams out as machine gun fire cuts Sapo down.

Michael tries to deal with what he’s just seen and heads to his cell. On his bed is Lechero’s chicken foot. He has been challenged to a fight.

Lincoln walks with the Constable and looks at the body. The Constable pulls back the sheet, and Lincoln pauses. “It’s not her.�

Sammy leads Michael to Lechero, who enjoys seeing Michael holding the chicken foot. Michael tries to argue his case, but Lechero reminds Michael that the fight is Sona’s way of keeping justice. Michael tries to get Lechero to admit that he set up the fight. Lechero doesn’t blink.

Deep below the prison, in the sewers, someone is listening to Lechero’s conversation.

Bellick wades through the sewer with a bucket of bathroom sludge. The person who was listening to Lechero whistles to Bellick. He asks Bellick to do him a favor and promises to feed Bellick. The man hands meat through a small crack. Bellick pops the piece in his mouth and chews, and then asks where the man found chicken. After a pause, the raspy voice replies, “That’s not chicken.� Bellick doesn’t care and takes more. In exchange, the man hands Bellick two pieces of paper.

Lincoln answers his phone, it’s LJ. LJ says he’s in Panama and got Lincoln’s cell phone number from the Consulate. LJ tells Lincoln to meet him and Sarah in a restaurant.

The inmates gather and cheer in the yard. It’s time for the fight. T-Bag watches Lechero closely. Another inmate bumps into Lechero and spills soda on his shoes. T-Bag seizes his moment. He approaches Lechero and offers to clean the soda off Lechero’s shoes. Lechero appreciates T-Bag’s subservient manner.

Mahone stands outside Michael’s cell and tells Michael to attack the man’s knee cap. Mahone tells Michael to survive because he is Mahone’s, “get out jail free card.�

Bellick pushes through the crowd and bumps into Michael, slipping one of the pieces of paper into Michael’s back pocket. Bellick crosses the yard and does the same to Michael’s foe.

Lechero barks that the only rule is “no weapons,� then calls for the men to fight.

Michael shouts that he won’t fight. When the inmate looks up to Lechero, Michael attacks the man’s knee. The man buckles under the kick, allowing Michael the advantage. The inmates cheer for Michael to finish the fight. When he tires to leave the circle, they shove him back in. The inmate stands and lands a few punches, but Michael quickly knocks him back down. Someone tosses a blade into the ring. Mahone sees this and steps forward. The fallen inmate grabs the blade and stands, and then lunges at Michael. Mahone blocks the man’s arm, and then snaps the man’s neck. Mahone quickly shouts out, “Rules are rules, remember!?� The crowd breaks up, Lechero walks away frustrated.

Lincoln enters the restaurant looking for LJ and Sarah. Susan B. Anthony sits behind him, flirts with him a little. As Lincoln walks away, she calls him by his name. “We have a lot to discuss.� Lincoln slowly sits. There is anger on his face. She tells him that he needs to talk to Michael.

A military vehicle collects the dead from inside Sona, and Sapo’s body in no-man’s land. A guard shoots the bodies to make sure they’re dead.

The screaming woman from Lincoln’s first visit looks over the bodies. When the coast is clear, she checks their pockets. She finds the second note that Bellick left. It reads:

Versailles
1989
V. Madrid

Michael waits in visitation and finds the other note. Lincoln walks to the fence and tells Michael “There are some people who want you to break someone out of here.� Michael shakes his head, he can’t do that again. Lincoln continues, “His name’s James Whistler.� Lincoln shows Michael video on a handheld device. It’s video of Sarah and LJ, holding current newspapers and begging for help. Lincoln tells Michael he has a week to find Whistler and break out of Sona. Otherwise, Sarah and LJ are dead.

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So Michael and Lincoln manage to make it to the ship and sail away to Panama, but Dr. Sara is apprehended before she can join them. Mahone is peeved because he only nabs one out of three fugitives. Those of us who are overly invested in the Michael/Sara relationship, perhaps for reasons we do not care to discuss because we think you just wouldn’t understand, are peeved because…those two, like ships that pass in the night. Why must Terrence Steadman be the most romantically successful on this show?

Anyway, then we get the credits and the episode kicks off in earnest. Mahone’s office is now a real-space analogue to the timeline threads in the forums, or perhaps Kevin Spacey’s bedroom in Se7en.

Internal Affairs leans on C-Note, but he brings his A-game, reminding them that the last time an agent offered him a deal, there was a string attached. So the agents buckle and agree to check a free C-Note into the witness protection program, provided he testifies against Mahone. Score one for C-Note.

Meanwhile, Sucre and Bellick make the least fun road trip duo since Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson. Bellick is threatening Sucre with Maricruz’s life, and since we all know how Sucre feels about Maricruz…anyway, the two of them go tearing around Mexico looking for T-Bag and sparking international incidents wherever they alight.

As for T-Bag, he’s busy using Westmoreland’s money to pay Mexican hookers to playact in his vivid fantasy life. And since T-Bag is a homicidal pervert with good ol’ fashioned values, what he fantasizes about…is family life with Susan. Then T-Bag may have killed the hooker, but I was in the shower, scrubbing frantically and screaming, “Unclean! I feel so unclean!” after the initial scene, it was hard to see anything.

Then the brothers are touring through beautiful Panama, and that lasts for about all of ten minutes before they rumble in the jungle. Linc thinks Michael’s just sulking over Dr. Sara. Michael’s sulking over the trail of bodies his actions have created plus Dr. Sara currently being in the FBI’s custody.

And running throughout this episode is The Passion of the Mahone, wherein he’s about to let Wheeler bring him in because it’s the right thing to do, until Agent Kim comes in and dangles the prospect of the One World Conspiracy making it allllll better. All Mahone has to do in exchange? Head to Panama and bring back T-Bag alive. And if he happens to run into the brothers, so much the better.

We start off in C-Note’s cell. He’s going, going, but not gone ‘cuz a guard spies him and gets him down.

Owen’s checking his rifle and scope and getting updates on Pres Patricia’s arrival time via the earpiece he snatched from the agent he offed.

Hotel. As Commander Confused Mahone races up the stairwell, the Beatles thank Green and send him on his way. The brothers figure they’ll need an “out” if this doesn’t work so Linc decides to contact Derek, an old friend who owes him. Michael sets a time and place to meet with Doc after his adventure. Before he departs he says, “If anything happens, I love you both.” Linc follows his brother out.

Mahone arrives on the Beatles’ floor and gets a key from a maid. He opens the door, which Doc hears so she hides. Mahone checks out the room and deduces that someone’s under the bed. He leaves, Doc crawls out from her hiding spot and Mahone barges in, gun drawn.

Mahone and Doc argue. She says it’s over between her and the hot man called Scofield, but Mahone’s not buying it.

Mexico. T-Bag lands and heads to baggage claim. Before he can retrieve his bag full ‘o cash, he spots Bellick. So T-Bag goes in the back and attempts to grab the bag as it comes around. A baggage handler sees him and they tussle. T-Bag gets the upper hand and lays the guy out on the carousel, which carries him around to the front so T-Bag has to split.

C-Note’s in the infirmary where he begs a guard to let him use the phone. He calls Posse Central and Lang answers. Agent R-HM#2 takes it and C gives him a message for Mahone: he’ll do it, he just needs more time and please don’t hurt his family. Agent R-HM#2’s suspicions are aroused.

Chicago. Linc arrives at the docks and meets up with Derek. Linc calls in his favor and hands Derek a piece of paper, saying he needs it, like yesterday.

Owen’s still on the roof, watching the motorcade approach. Pres Patricia de-limos, but Owen can’t get a clear shot. Michael’s in the crowd and hands Pres Patricia a slip of paper, causing agents to tackle him. Pres Patricia reads the paper, “We have the tape.”

Michael’s led down a hall with his head covered. He’s uncovered and cuffed to a chair. SAM appears and dismisses the agents. Michael demands to speak with Pres Patricia, but SAM doesn’t care and demands Linc’s whereabouts. Shockingly, Michael doesn’t disclose his brother’s location. So SAM removes his suit jacket as he blah blahs and tries to be menacing. Michael looks as if he couldn’t care less. Then Thwap! SAM beats the hell outta Michael and for a little guy, he sure packs a wallop.

Mexico. Sucre and Maricruz are watching the news (Maricruz doesn’t speak Spanish, FYI) and a grainy pic of T-Bag pops up on the screen. The baggage handler details his encounter with the psycho and Sucre wonders why T-Bag was attacking people in baggage claim. Lightbulb! Sucre figures T-Bag lost the money.

Hotel. Doc picks up on Mahone’s junkie symptoms. Mahone looks like shit, by the way. He tosses her one of his Pen Pills and she reads it, saying it’s a “hard-core tranquilizer” and “It must feel like you’re walking under water.” “I do. It’s very quiet down here.” Woah, crazy dude at twelve o’clock!

Back to Michael, spitting blood. Yum. He still won’t say anything so SAM pulls his gun. Sidenote: SAM looks positively wee when he’s handling his firearm. Pres Patricia marches in and says she needs to speak with Michael, along. And we go to commercials.

When we get back, Pres Patricia tells SAM to get. “The things you do for your brother, it’s impressive,” Pres Patricia begins. “I could say the same for you, but I won’t,” Michael responds. Considering what we’re about to discover in a few minutes, that line could be taken several different ways. Michael brings up the recording, but Pres Patricia says she spoke with her brother many times. Michael narrows it down for her: the conversation took place after Steadman’s “death” and is something Michael’s sure she’d want to keep “in the family.” Pres Patricia stops cold at that. She asks Michael if he has it. Nope, it’s with Linc and they’ve made twenty copies. He says she can call Linc and he’ll play it for her. She doesn’t want it to go out over the phone, but Michael says it’s the phone or the news.

Doc and Mahone continue to chat.

Sucre returns home to find that Bellick has invaded his aunt’s house (the women are outside, unaware).

Pres Patricia calls Linc and he plays the recording and gasp! we actually get to hear it. Pres Patricia flashes back to the actual call and Jeff Perry reprises his role. It’s pretty much NuSteadman whining. He’s lonely and misses her. It was a incest kinda missing. EWWW!

The suspicious R-HM#2 visits C-Note and says, “If you give me Mahone, I’ll give you your life back.”

South of the border, Bellick’s leading Sucre away in cuffs. The shovelheaded one brags that he’s gonna get a hundred K for Sucre’s butt. Sucre pipes up that he knows where Bellick can get five million. “T-Bag’s in town.”

Pres Patricia is talking about how she’s a pawn, just like the brothers. Finally, she cuts to the chase and asks what they want. For starters, Michael wants her to uncuff him. She agrees. He wants to be able to walk away, no surveillance. She’s on board. Oh yeah, he also wants a couple of pardons for him and his brother. Pres Patricia’s all, “You gotta be shittin’ me!” Oh he’s serious Pres Patricia, he’s never not serious. Ah, the curse of being a genius. Anyway, she sputters, but Michael talks right over her. He says she’ll receive a document which she is to sign and send to the Attorney General’s office. And, ‘cuz Michael knows all about paperwork getting lost, he wants her to announce the pardons on live tv, right now. She sputters again, saying she can’t just do that, people will ask questions. “Pardon! On stage! Now!” Michael spits and man! is it ever hot! Pres Patricia leaves Michael and tells SAM that she’s letting him go and giving the brothers a pardon. SAM’s pissed and throws a hissy fit. She smacks him down: “I am the Commander-in-Chief and you are a corporate lackey.” Awesome! SAM can do nothing but stand by as Michael is released.

Derek brings Linc “three tickets, one cabin, one way.” Also: beer.

Michael’s at Third and Racine, but no Doc.

Hotel. Mahone sets down his gun as he goes to pop another Pill. Doc’s phone rings and he tells her to pick it up. She refuses. So he grabs for it and Doc swipes the gun. She gets her phone and gets out. After she leaves, Mahone calls Lang, whom he texted earlier with the details of his situation. She begins to tail Doc.

So SAM, doing his best imitation of a sniveling five-year-old, runs to SOG to tattle on Pres Patricia. SOG hands him a file: “SONA.” Nope, no clue.

Michael calls Doc with the good news and gives her a new location. He goes to Linc and greets Big Brother with “We did it.” The boys open the brew and Linc reports that Derek got them a cabin on a freighter headed to South America, via the Great Lakes. Michael says they won’t need that now. Don’t speak too soon, Michael, it’s not the finale yet. Aw, they’re so happy. I have a feeling their elation will be short-lived. Michael switches on the tv.

Cut to Pres Patricia pacing. SAM invades her personal space and threatens, “We know your secrets too.”

As Owen and the brothers watch, and Doc listens, Pres Patricia takes the stage and rambles. She leads up to the “very important announcement” that she has cancer, therefore she’ll be stepping down, immediately.

Linc tosses his beer while Michael just sits there, shell-shocked. Little Brother says there’s only one thing left, “We gotta disappear. Forever.”

The Beatles are still listening to the recording and Doc sums up everyone’s opinion with an, “Oh my God!”

Posse Central. Ranger Rabid Mahone’s giving a rundown on the Escapees. Lang brings up Sucre and says he was spotted in Mexico. Bellick shows up, which pleases Mahone about as well as you’d expect. They head to Mahone’s office where Bellick bitches that he hasn’t gotten the reward for Haywire yet and Mahone reminds Bellick that he’s suppossed to be operating “under the radar.” Bellick is his usual ass self and doesn’t care. So Mahone awesomely lays down the law and says Bellick will get the reward money, but if he ever sets foot in Mahone’s office again, he’ll be pushing up daisies. Bellick backs down. Mahone brings up Mexico.

Back to the Beatles. Linc thinks the government will try to discredit the recording if they go public with it. Michael says they need to give it to someone within the government whom they trust. Yeah, that’s a giant list right there. Linc immediately suggests Jane (the blonde chick who’s looking after L.J.). “This is our last shot,” Michael says. Really? Haven’t you guys had, like, a hundred last shots?

Cut to Owen, purchasing a huge-ass rifle and scope. He pays the seller with a bullet to the chest. Bad Owen!

Mahone and C-Note are checking the europeangoldfinch message board and Michael hasn’t checked in, despite C-Note leaving him three messages. Mahone thinks C’s yanking his chain but C assures him that Michael will eventually respond.

Wisconsin. L.J. answers a call from his old man and they catch up. L.J. reports that he’s back in school (under a false name of course) and he’s happy. Linc takes this in and asks to speak with Jane.

Alabama. T-Bag visits a shrink.

More Beatles love. Linc gets off the phone and says Jane gave him the name of an old Silver Fox ally: Cooper Green, former Deputy Attorney General. So they call Green’s office and say they’re the sons of Aldo Burrows. The secretary transfers their call to some dude in a spendy suit. Green already knows about the recording, so Michael tells him to meet him in a park in an hour. He instructs Green to wear a blue suit with red tie. The brothers head out as Doc heads to…

The cemetery, to visit her dad’s grave. Bruce (remember him?) shows up and proclaims his innocence regarding the whole trying-to-kill-Doc-ordeal. He says his line was tapped and he had nothing to do with GJH’s murder. Doc begins to soften.

Fox River. Bellick visits HIC and offers him a transfer to a cushy minimum security facility if HIC spills about Mexico.

So we head to Mexico. Sucre and Maricruz make it to his aunt’s farm.

T-Bag’s chatting with the shrink and brings up the fact that they resemble one another a bit. The shrink agrees and is “So…?” T-Bag answers by braining the poor guy with a statue.

Green’s at the park when a pay phone rings. It’s Linc. He instructs Green to put his spendy suit jacket in the trash. Green complies. Then Linc tells him to go to the fountain on the other side of the park. Green hustles. As he runs, Linc spots a couple of dudes tailing him. Linc calls Michael and reports this. Green makes it to the fountain (barely) and answers another phone. This time Linc tells him to get in the fountain. Heh. Green, once again, complies. One of the tails exposits that this is to drown any mics they may have planted on Green. Once the sopping wet Green exits the fountain, a kid hands him a cell phone. Linc calls and tells him to go into the museum.

The always smug SAM phones Mahone and informs him that the brothers are in Chicago. He brings up C-Note and says he’s no longer needed. Mahone is to bring about “a death with no questions.”

So Mahone meets with C-Note and says they’re closing in on Michael. He also says he’ll keep his end of the deal (ie dropping charges against Kacie and getting Dede medical attention) as long as C-Note does something for him. He’ll be sending C a package and he wants him to “use it.”

Museum. Linc directs Green to the basement as Bruce and a now thawed Doc arrive at Green’s office and gasp! it’s a totally different guy! Doc asks the real Green where the brothers are, but he is rightly confused. Doc frantically tries to reach Linc. She gets through and tells him that Little Brother is in big trouble.

Linc Runs! while Michael chats with Not Green. Michael asks a series of questions, which Not Green answers. Then Not Green says they need to go back to his car. Michael refuses, but Not Green says he’s asthmatic and his inhaler is in his jacket, which Linc made him throw away. Duh! If someone who normally carries their inhaler in their jacket was told to put down said jacket, they would most likely remove the inhaler and put it in their pants or something. Michael’s a smart boy, I’m sure he’ll figure it out. Anyhoo, he agrees to accompany Not Green to his car. Once outside Michael asks Not Green what kind of medicine he uses in his inhaler. Not Green is sick of all the questions, but relents and answers. It must’ve been the wrong answers, ‘cuz Michael takes Not Green out.

Alabama airport. T-Bag’s booking a flight to Bangkok. The ticket agent informs him that there’ll be connecting flights, including one in Chicago. T-Bag’s fine with that as long as he can leave right away. He’s unhappy to learn that his bag ‘o cash is over the weight limit for a carry-on so he has to check it.

Owen’s in his car listening to Pres Patricia’s appearance schedule on the radio. He then visits his sister. He tells her he’s going to do a horrible thing and he wants her to remember the brother he was while they were growing up.

Mahone’s at the park and calls SAM to let him know that the brothers got away. Again. Mahone asks why they wanted to contact someone from the Attorney General’s office and correctly guesses that Linc’s innocent. SAM’s all, “Yeah?”

Back at the hotel, Michael and Linc regroup. Michael figures it was the secretary who’s working for Them. A knock at the door is answered by Michael. It’s Doc, along with the real Green.

C-Note receives the package and reluctantly opens it to reveal a…noose. Dun!

Sucre and Maricruz plan for the future.

Bellick hops on a plane and gripes that they have no food. Guess who’s having a fine time in first class? Yep, T-Bag.

Kacie visits C-Note and says Dede’s responding to the treatment. What C says in this scene isn’t really important, it’s the fact that he’s trying to say goodbye that’s making me tear up. Man, Rockmond Dunbar acts the hell out of this. Sniff.

At a rally for Pres Patricia, Owen takes out an agent on a rooftop.

Mahone’s still at the park when he figures out that the brothers are in the hotel across the way.

Inside said hotel the Beatles get some bad news: Green says the date stamp on the recording is from when the recording was made, not when the actual conversation was recorded. It can’t be authenticated, therefore it’s legally useless. Linc’s pissed.

Mahone enters the hotel and flashes pics of the brothers. The receptionist hasn’t seen them. Then he shows her a pic of Doc, whom the receptionist recognizes. She gives him the room number.

Michael’s returned to Denialand and says, “It’s not over.” Linc doesn’t want to hear it, but Green pipes up that the recording may not help in a courtroom, but “outside the law”… Seems the recording (which we have yet to hear) isn’t just a conversation between siblings. Pres Patricia did something and she’s up to her ass in guilt. I’m assuming it’s something besides faking her brother’s murder and framing an innocent man for it. “So we blackmail her,” Michael says, catching on. Green: “I’m an officer of the court, I didnt’ say that.” Heh. But he’s totally, “Hell yeah!” Doc asks what they’d blackmail Pres Patricia for. “A presidential pardon,” Michael answers. Linc finds this rather twisted and vaguely amusing: “The woman that set me up is gonna set me free.”

Owen’s still on that roof, prepping his gun.

Sob. C-Note’s in his cell, prepping his noose. Sniffle. Aw man, it looks like he’s really gonna do it. “I love you,” he says before he steps off his bunk…

Previously Doc and Michael were entering the cigar club. They poke around, but Doc is recognized so they split.

Minneapolis. Private Perturbed Mahone lands and calls his positively adorable son, Cameron, who’s still in the hospital, but recuperating. They chat and Mahone’s phone rudely beep beeps ‘cuz Lang is on the line. She informs her boss that C-Note has been id’d from the diner. She also says that Dede’s been sick a lot so she’s checking into local hospitals in southeast Minnesota, my own backyard.

Michael and Doc get back to the other half of the PBCT. Michaels shares the information that Pope is also a member of the club so…

We head to Pope’s house. The man himself answers the door to find Doc, who asks for a moment of his time. Pope’s all, “Nuh huh, lady,” and is so not pleased when a brooding Michael pops in as well. I sure wouldn’t mind, God Miller looks hot.

Credits.

Pope’s pissed. Michael used him and blah blah. Doc brings up GJH’s murder and shows Pope the key.

Alabama. T-Bag and his hostages are still on the road. They pull up outside a shitty rundown house, T-Bag’s old home.

Mexico. Sucre’s still in his stolen car when it either breaks down or runs out of gas, no se. A guy pulls over and offers Sucre a ride. Sucre says his girl’s coming in on a flight and the guy is all, “What a coincidence! It just so happens I’m airport security and we’re expecting an American fugitive.” Sucre sits back and revels in the awkward.

Mpls. C-Note brings Dede to a hospital.

Pope’s house or shall I refer to it as The Vatican? Pope’s still pissed. Get over it already, dude. He won’t listen to the fugitives and says he’s gonna call the authorities. Michael’s all, “I don’t think so,” as he pulls a gun. “I don’t want to hurt you, Henry.” “Said by the man with the gun,” Pope shoots back. Michael babbles about Linc’s innocence. Pope’s not having it and points out that Michael’s not going to convince him of anything by holding a gun on him. So Michael sets the gun on the counter.

C-Note can’t get someone to look at Dede so they leave. And who should arrive just as they are exiting? Why it’s the lunatic with the federal badge (no, not Bellick and where has he gotten off to?). Mahone gives chase and corners C-Note and Dede as they board a bus. Mahone orders C to put his little girl down, but she won’t let go. As the bus doors close, Mahone warns C, “Don’t let her pay for your mistakes.”

The Vatican. Pope’s still not on board, so Michael offers him a deal, which we don’t get to hear.

Vomit, Southern style. T-Bag finds a ratty old dictionary and flashes back to his glorious childhood. His father/uncle made him memorize the dictionary (which explains why he’s so wordy) and show off his knowledge for his friends. Then he molested him as a reward. Ew! Ew! Ew! God, that scene was so creepy, vile, disturbing…actually I could use T-Bag’s skills with synonyms.

Owen and Linc chat on a rooftop overlooking the cigar club. Linc can’t get over the fact that Owen spent all of last season and the better part of the current season trying to kill him. Owen gives his standard response, “Just following orders.” So Linc brings up Pres Patricia. He recalls that NuSteadman said that Owen was in love with her. Owen dismisses this, “You don’t love someone that loves power more than life.” “Bitter, huh?” Linc asks. “Am I?” Linc’s response is all eyebrows and smirks and it’s hilarious. Anyhoo, Owen changes the subject, saying there’s no way they’re gonna survive this. Linc channels Michael when he says he has faith that they’ll make it. Owen’s Buddy Bringdown and says sooner or later They will get to them, but he plans on taking as many down as he can. “She must’ve really broken your heart, Paul.” Heh.

SAM’s sitting around being all smarmy and teeny and generally evil. He gets the news that Doc was spotted at the cigar club so he orders a jet to Chicago. Going out in the field again, SAM? We know you hate that.

Mexico. Sucre and the security guard arrive at the airport and part ways. Another security dude shows the first guy Sucre’s pic and he’s all, “Oh shit! I gave that guy a ride here!” They hustle us to commercials.

After said commercials, Sucre runs up to MariCruz and they smooch. It’s sweet. Sucre tells her, “I got three words for you.” “Yeah?” “We gotta run!” Heh. So they do.

Cigar club. Doc hands Pope the key and he heads into the club. Michael and Doc cutely banter in the car while Owen and Linc keep watch on the roof. Inside Pope retrieves the recording and asks to borrow a guy’s computer.

Alabama. T-Bag shares with SM that he “can’t procreate.” His words. He says that’s a good thing, ‘cuz it’ll mean the end of the Bagwells. He sees Zach and Gracie as his “salvation.” Barf. He asks SM if she could ever learn to love him and her answer is negative. And we all know how well T-Bag handles rejection.

C-Note brings Dede to a shabby clinic and offers the lazy ass doctor four hundred bucks to take a look at his daughter. He informs the doctor that she has a kidney disease. Well, that’s one question answered.

Linc and Michael converse via cell as Pope exits the club. Gah! SAM shows up! He tries to be menacing, but considering the fact that he’s all of two feet tall and has to crane his neck to look Pope in the face, he’s really not. SAM orders Pope to empty his pockets and Pope resists the urge to bitch-slap the little gnat, but SAM’s cohort shows off his gun (dirty!) to show he means business. Everyone sees that Pope’s in trouble, so Michael guns the car right into SAM. Awesome! Then Linc barrels up, boots SAM (Go Linc!) and punches the snot outta him. He turns and calmly walks back to the car as Owen shoots SAM’s cohort. Owen hustles to the car, but what’s this? It appears that my BFF has gone and locked the doors. Hee! The brothers and Doc speed away, leaving Owen standing on the sidewalk, reliving his high school memories of being excluded by the in-crowd. He spares a glance at a bloodied SAM then takes off.

Alabama. The cops show up and find SM and the kids locked in the cellar. They say they got a call about a hostage situation, but SM points out that no one knew where they were. Cut to a shot of T-Bag sobbing by the side of the road.

No good news for C-Note, I’m afraid. Dede’s in renal failure and needs dialysis. They can’t do that at the clinic, but what they can do is shove a big ass needle in her throat to prep her for treatment somewhere else. C balks. He grabs Dede and leaves.

The PBCT, currently minus one of its founding members, (kinda like when John left the Beatles, so the PBCT shall be referred to the Beatles from here on in) arrive at The Vatican. Pope and Michael get out of the car, the latter informing his brother about his deal with Pope. Michael offered to turn himself in if Pope helped them. Linc takes this about as well as you’d expect. He gets all shouty (and hot). Pope takes this in and tells Michael to go. He says he listened to the recording and it’s important. He figures there’ll be people out there who will want it destroyed. Michael thanks him and the Beatles depart.

As C-Note rocks Dede he totally loses it. Sniff. I am not crying. Shut up!

Lang calls Mahone, saying he’s got a call. It’s C-Note. He offers to turn himself in if Kacie is released. Mahone points out that C-Note’s not really in the position to make demands. So C offers him something else.

Dede’s lying in a hospital bed and Mahone gives her a teddy bear. He informs C-Note that Kacie’s been released and reminds C to hold up his end of the bargain. “I will,” C promises. “I’ll get you Scofield.” Dun!

The Beatles stop at what I presume is a motel and set up a laptop. The get ready to play the recording, but…wuh? That’s it. That’s the end of the episode. No racing Prison Break theme, just a shot of Miller and Purcell standing in what appears to be a big ass tunnel. What is up with ending the episodes minus the theme? And as hot as Miller is, that color doesn’t look the greatest on him.