Prison Break

As you know there was no PB last night because of the baseball game. But stay tuned next week for the Interference episode. It is sure to be a good one.

EPISODE 304: Good Fences
Airdate: 10/08/2007

As Michael starts to hatch an escape scheme, Whistler warns him that if he doesn’t give up the book, he’ll tell the Company that Linc has it. Michael is unfazed. He asks to borrow McGrady’s cross necklace, but McGrady demands to know why.

Linc, still freaked by the bloody box, visits Michael, who asks Linc to make friends with the prison gravedigger. We see in flashback what was in the box: Sara’s severed head.

Michael cuts the power in the prison, then visits a trembling Mahone, going through withdrawal, to enlist him in his escape plan. He asks for a black felt tip pen. Bellick’s watching. Mahone begins to hallucinate that Haywire is there, warning him against trusting Michael.

A man tries to escape; Lechero catches him and cuts his Achilles tendons in front of the other prisoners. Meanwhile, Sofia visits Whistler and insists on helping. Whistler asks her to dig into the Scofield brothers’ pasts. And Linc meets with Susan, who demands Linc give her the real book.
When Sucre refuses to help, Linc enlists Sofia as a translator so he can make friends with the prison gravedigger. The gravedigger recognizes Sofia from the prison gates. Okay, they’re going to have to try honesty.

Lechero, knowing Michael is an engineer, goes to him to see if he can help get the electricity back on. If Lechero’s cell phone dies, he can’t get any food into Sona and they’ll all die. Michael says the electricity can only be repaired from No Man’s Land, the area between the inner and outer gates of the prison, where any escaping prisoner is shot dead by tower guards. If he’s going to trust that Lechero can protect him from the guards, he’ll do it – but only in exchange for a specific corner cell – the first to get sunlight in the morning, he says. Bellick horns in, offering to help dig, and letting Michael know he overheard his conversations with Mahone. On the dig, Michael won’t include Bellick in his plans. So Bellick goes to Lechero and tells him Michael’s planning an escape, and that he saw Michael bury something in a junction box in No Man’s Land. Lechero goes to Michael and demands to see what he buried. It’s duct tape – to fix the frayed wires, says Michael. Time to turn the power back on; Lechero insists on coming along with Michael. They arrive in the main power room. There is a fusebox, where Michael has jammed McGrady’s cross – this is what’s really been keeping the electricity off. The main power switch won’t work while the cross is there, and Michael can’t get the cross without Lechero seeing. So Lechero picks a fight with Sammy, during which he is able to surreptitiously remove the cross. The power comes back on. Lechero, though suspicious, is satisfied for now.

T-Bag kills Nieves, Lechero’s man for smuggling drugs and money into the prison, and makes it look like an overdose. Lechero already suspected Nieves of thievery; this just confirms it. T-Bag takes Nieves’ place in Lechero’s organization.

Linc arranges to meet Susan and get $15,000 from her. Sofia insists on coming along; Linc refuses to let her. And he tells Sucre to get lost already if he’s just gonna run off.

Mahone brings Michael a felt tip pen. Whistler doesn’t understand why Michael repaired the electricity – now the electric fence, which hadn’t been working in the first place – is back online. Michael says they’ll escape by making the fence as deadly as possible.

Susan and Linc meet with the gravedigger; the money is to bribe him. He asks for more money; Susan shoots him dead.

The hallucinatory Haywire begins to urge Mahone to kill Michael. T-Bag brings Mahone some drugs, and he takes them to steady his shakes. He visits Michael in his new cell – which overlooks the electric fence – bringing him the black felt tip pen, which he’d left behind in his old cell. Now why would Michael do that? Full of new confidence and self-control, Mahone says he’ll kill Michael if he’s not included in the escape attempt.

Linc, still hiding that Sara’s dead, tells Michael that the gravedigger’s been killed – but Sucre is now the gravedigger. He couldn’t abandon his friends after all.

Susan sends the bird book back to Whistler, who then visits Michael to find out the details of the escape plan. They watch Sucre bury Nieves. Every body is sprayed with Kesslivol, a chemical that kills the odor of decomposition. And when heated to a certain degree – as it can be by, say, Sucre surreptitiously spraying it on an electric fence – it can corrode steel.

After his failed attempt to rescue LJ and Sara, Lincoln receives a deadly warning from The Company; Michael formulates an electrifying escape plan from Sona; Mahone is haunted by a face from the past; and T-Bag crawls up the ladder as Bellick lands in hot water with Lechero.

Guest Cast: Silas Weir Mitchell as Haywire; Laurence Mason as Sammy; Carlo Alban as McGrady; Manny Rubio as Nieves; Curtis Wayne as Cheo; Carlos Compeon as Colonel Escamilla; Crystal Mantecon as Sister Mary Francis. Source: Fox

On last week’s season 3 premiere of Prison Break, viewers were treated to several new facesm including Robert Wisdom who plays the menacing Sona kingpin Lechero. The Panamanian prison is ruled by the inmates, and Lechero is the de facto leader, the man who tries to keep a group of the worst felons in line.

BuddyTV got the chance to speak with Robert Wisdom at this weekend FOX press junket in Los Angeles, and unlike his character on the show, he could not be any nicer. As an added bonus, members of the press who woke up early enough for breakfast were treated to seeing Wisdom talking on the phone while, right next to him, a TV showed the Prison Break season premiere. Side-by-side, it’s stunning how different the man is from the character.

-Robert Wisdom discussed how he was cast on Prison Break this year, and his feeling that we would get the role because he had a strong understanding of the character.

-Lechero is based on or inspired by a number of historically ruthless dictators, such as the Shah or Iran, Idi Amin and Benito Mussolini. In other words, Lechero is not someone to be taken lightly.

-Having previously played a death row inmate on Boomtown and a member of the Baltimore police department on HBO’s The Wire, Wisdom talked about the different ways in which he approaches characters on either side of the law, and how he always tries to find the center.

-Wisdom respects the other actors on Prison Break, and is impressed how seriously they all take their jobs. Also, though he didn’t watch it originally, when he was hired he got the first two seasons on DVD and sped through them and got hooked right away by the cat and mouse aspect of the first season and the expanded conspiracy of the second.

-In his free time, he is very passionate about music and plays several instruments.

-Wisdom confirmed that, in the fifth and final season of HBO’s The Wire, premiering in January 2008, is character, Bunny Colvin will return, and Wisdom assured fans that this season will be “extraordinary.”

-Interview conducted by John Kubicek

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

Dont forget to watch PB tonight all. 8:00pm EST on Fox. I really hope this show picks up soon. I know I have said this before and I am a HUGE fan of PB but this season is just plain ole boring. I think alot of it has to do with the Panama Prison. I realize prison is not meant to be glamorous but nonetheless it needs something. Tonight sounds like a good episode though so we will wait and see. Stay tuned for tomorrow for anything you missed.

This post contains spoilers of the upcoming episode to air Monday.

09/15 - Someone slides an envelope containing a photo of Sara and LJ under the door of Linc’s hotel room. It might contain clues to their whereabouts. The Company Operative in Panama City might help, too, but Linc must persuade her it’s in her best interest to do so. And at Sona, Michael gets to know Whistler; Lechero begins to lose confidence in his ability to shape events; and Mahone, who is in increasing need of his medications, meets the lawyer who’ll defend him. Source: TV Guide Online
09/15 - Determined to speak with Sara, Michael enlists T-Bag’s help to get to the only phone in Sona: Lechero’s; Lincoln attempts a daring rescue; Whistler comes clean to Michael, just as Mahone is tempted to fall back on a dirty habit; and Bellick makes an enemy while attempting to get back on his feet. Guest Cast: Marshall Allman as LJ Burrows; Laurence Mason as Sammy; Carlo Alban as McGrady; Manny Rubio as Nieves; Joe Holt as Pistachio; Ramon Franco as Raul; Eduardo Ambriz DeColosio as Augusto; Curtis Wayne as Cheo; Davi Jay as Papo. Source: FOX
08/01 - In episode 3.03, Mahone gets a visit from the public defender assigned to his case, Paul Darinda. The latter tells his client that they have a trial date. Thing is, it is in a year! Darinda is not really interested in what Mahone has to say, which includes that Michael can testify that he set Mahone up. Darinda says that judges won’t fall for the “one inmate will take the blame for another” trick. He tries to convince Darinda to get meds for him as he can’t get those in Sona. In the same episode, we will meet Lechero’s cousin, Augusto. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat
07/27 - Sara and LJ will be reunited by the third episode, if not sooner. However, it won’t be a happy reunion due to the thud taking care of them. Mahone will not enjoy his stay at Sona and one of the reasons is the lack of meds. You can expect his tremors to come back to haunt him. Source: TV Squad
07/24 - Michael and Sara talk to one another on the phone. They have to use a code to talk to one another. Bellick visits Stash in order to get his missing shoe (Bellick has been walking around Sona with only a shoe). Bellick’s threats won’t last long as Stash will soon be joined by one of his “clients.” Bellick changes his attitude and wants to trade something in exchange for the shoe. Source: SpoilerFix.com
07/18 - Sara [is with] a young male character we have seen many times before. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat
07/17 - We will meet Stash, a transsexual in Sona. Not intimidated by Bellick in the least. Source: secretagentman at TWoP

Okay does anyone else agree with me that PB is just not what it was the first 2 seasons? Season 1 and even Season 2 was exciting and I couldnt wait until the next week to see what would happen. But I just dont get that feeling this season. I realize we are only into the 2nd episode but it seems a bit boring to me. I think there is too many characters that we have to keep track of. I also think this whole Panama prison is a dull setting. I may be the only one thinking this my I am entitled to my opinion. It wouldnt be the first time I was wrong…lol. I know that Sara is not coming back so I am not sure what will happen to her storyline. I think the Sara and Michael storyline was awesome. So who else agrees with me? Even if you dont agree with me, tell me your opinion.

Bellick’s all pissed off that Michael didn’t save him a space in line. You know, because they were such good friends the last two seasons (*sigh* must be nice, must be nice). Then the following conversation happens: McGrady: “You ever have sex with blond cheerleader?” Michael: “Yeah, sure”. McGrady: “You’re the man, bro!” Seriously, what is it with men and cheerleaders? Michael asks how long the water’s been out and it’s obvious the guys are standing in line to get purified water. We learn the water’s been distributed like this since the riots.

Michael, who’s learned absolutely nothing from his Fox River experience about not involving random prisoners in his escape plan, asks McGrady about James Whistler. We learn he killed the Mayor’s son in a bar fight and he’s a wanted man in Sona and has vanished, possibly escaped. Michael looks intrigued. Michael smart. There, something nice.

One of Luchero’s flunkies tries to start something with a fellow prisoner, but Luchero breaks it up. Before he does, the water barrel gets overturned. The prisoners are not pleased, but Luchero promises more water. This is all oddly reminiscent of when Michael started a riot back in Season 1 by messing with the air conditioning.

Bellick approaches Michael, asking for water. I have to say, there are few actors who could still keep their dignity and bravado intact while wearing nothing but their underwear like Wade Williams does. Something nice again. Michael tells Bellick he’ll trade water for information and asks Bellick about the Whistler note he put in Michael’s pocket. Bellick reveals how he met Whistler and his location: the sewers.

Michael walks into the sewers with trepidation. He starts whispering for Whistler, which I guess is his normal tone of voice. Whistler finally responds and tells Michael that if he goes above ground where the other inmates are, he’ll be killed. Whistler has a sexy accent. Nice thing again.

Whistler asks Michael why people want him out of Sona, why they sent Michael. Michael doesn’t believe Whistler is innocent and I don’t blame him, but I’m confused as to why the Company wants Whistler. According to the most recent poll on our site, 37% of you think he’s one of them, 24% think the Company wants to kill him, and 38% have no freaking idea what this guy’s story is. I’m with you 38%.

Lincoln is meeting with Susan in a restaurant/lounge. She immediately tells him to not bother threatening her and instructs that they are to meet every day. She’s a very demanding, but thorough, criminal mastermind. If the Company had hired more people like her in Seasons 1 and 2 I suspect they would have accomplished more of their goals. Lincoln asks why he and Michael were chosen to break out Whistler. Whistler is a political target because of his crime and getting him out by bribes and official channels are not possible. Lincoln lays down a threat: if LJ and Sara are hurt, he’s going to come after Susan’s family. You better watch out, Susan. I’ve seen the damage Lincoln and his pecs can do.

The appearance of Sucre! He’s one of my favourite characters. He’s also buying a gun.

Some of the men are in the Sona courtyard, calling out Luchero for not providing them with water. Bellick is begging for rice inside the prison and gets turned away. He asks Michael why he’s interested in Whistler and Michael replies “no reason”. Bellick asks Michael why he’s whispering. Oh, Bellick, the more appropriate question is “why isn’t Michael whispering” because you know something’s wrong if that happens. Also, the answer to your question is either: (1) Michael has a heretofore unmentioned vocal cord problem, or (2) he thinks whispering is sexier. Michael tells Bellick to shut up about Whistler and that he’s his only friend, so he better do what he says. Bellick and Michael, friends? When the hell did that happen?

McGrady is talking to Mahone, saying that the Mayor has promised that anyone who kills Whistler will go free.

Sucre is visiting Bellick, who’s begging for Sucre to get him out of Sona. Sucre threatens Bellick with the gun he bought earlier. Bellick, who finally realizes that he needs to stop acting like a complete ass, admits that he never kidnapped Maricruz, he merely chased her and Sucre’s aunt out of the house back in Mexico. Sucre, brain trust that he is, believed him. Oh, Sucre, I’m sorry. I love you. I’ll be nicer. Bellick asks Sucre to help him and to call his mother back in the US. Sucre walks away in disgust

Now Mahone’s playing in the sewers, looking for Whistler. Mahone looks like he’s come to the conclusion that he won’t kill Whistler to get out of Sona when he hears Whistler coughing.

Now Lincoln’s visiting Michael, asking if he found Whistler. Lincoln’s rushing Michael, telling him to “keep moving, keep moving”. Holy cow, Lincoln! Cut the guy some freaking slack! He had months to plan your damn escape! Lincoln hands over Michael some money, which I find highly ironic considering Lincoln used to be the deadbeat and Michael used to be the wealthy engineer. Michael tells Lincoln that no one’s ever broken out of Sona before, and certainly never in a week. I agree with the week part, but I don’t think anyone every broke out of Fox River before and Michael figured that one out. Come on, Michael, use your sexy brain! Lincoln tells Michael he’d trade places with him in a second and a perfect little tear, similar to Lincoln’s in the last episode, falls from my eye. Oh, Lincoln, you’re such a good brother. See? Another nice thing.

Back in the sewers, Mahone’s searching for Whistler, who’s cowering behind a wall. Mahone promises to take Whistler somewhere safe but Whistler tells him to bugger off. Mahone jams a pipe through the wall Whistler’s hiding behind, perhaps shattering his helpful image.

Lincoln and Sucre meet up on the street. Lincoln tells Sucre about Michael but Sucre, who’s too excited to go to Maricruz (who’s back in Chicago), just wants to bail. Sucre, for shame! Michael broke you out of prison and saved your life in the river! As Sucre’s bus drives away, Linc notices “Banco de Versailles” on the back and pulls out Whistler’s note, the one Michael must have given him.

Sofia, Whistler’s girlfriend, also has the note figured out and is directing a taxi to Banco de Versailles.

Back in Sona, Luchero is yelling at his flunky who overturned the water barrel earlier. Luchero instructs T-Bag to hand out some water he has in a jug. The men are still calling out Luchero in the courtyard. Bellick asks T-Bag to introduce him to Luchero, saying he’s got information. Oh, Bellick, you’re going to sell out Michael, huh? Hang your head, man. Hang it in shame!

Back in the sewers, Mahone’s successfully breaking down the wall between himself and Whistler.

T-Bag brings Bellick before Luchero. Bellick tells Luchero that Whistler might be hiding in the sewers. We’re back at the courtyard and we learn that McGrady’s been in Sona since he was 14. How sad. Michael sees Bellick’s newfound clothed and fed status and realizes that he gave up Whistler. I don’t think Michael is Bellick’s friend anymore.

Mahone is dragging Whistler through the sewer and confronts the posse that’s come for Whistler, when Michael also appears. He looks dangerous and murderous, which is a good look for him. Mahone holds off the posse with his big pipe and Michael is the only one with the balls to approach. Michael promises to testify for Mahone if he lets Whistler live when Whistler manages to run away.

Michael approaches Luchero, offering to help him if he takes the bounty off of Whistler. Luchero’s not about to trust the new pretty boy in town and asks T-Bag if Michael is trustworthy. Oh, please! T-Bag says that Michael is a snake. Let me sit here and ponder the hypocrisy of that statement for a moment. Michael goes back to the courtyard and asks McGrady to get him some moonshine or other booze. McGrady points out that the impending riot is not a good time to get wasted, but I disagree. I always drink during riots. Makes them more fun.

Sofia’s at the bank and identifies herself as Whistler�s girlfriend. We learn she’s a signatory on his account. Lincoln hears “Whistler” and starts watching her. Sucre is sitting on a bench at a bus stop when he’s approached by some cops who think he’s up to no good. Sucre then has a moral dilemma: go back to Maricruz or remain in Panama. Well, he doesn’t get on the bus.

Whistler’s being chased by Mahone through the sewers. Mahone, who’s obviously sick and tired of chasing after people, corners Whistler and tells him to come up with him.

McGrady delivers the booze to Michael, who then asks for plastic bags. Michael starts soaking some cotton strips in the alcohol.

Back at the bank, Sofia removes whatever was in Whistler’s safe deposit box. Lincoln follows her out. He approaches Sofia and identifies her as Whistler’s girl and then takes her bag. Wow, that was way too easy. Lincoln finds a little bird guide book and asks why Whistler wants it, but Sofia doesn’t know. The two of them get into a shouting match that goes something like this: Sofia: “Why won’t you people leave him alone?!” Lincoln: “My brother and I would love to be sitting on the beach, me tanning my pecs, Michael tanning his full-torso tattoo, instead of breaking your boy-toy out of jail!” Sofia doesn’t know about the breaking-Whistler-out-of-jail plan. We see Elliot Pike watching the two of them.

Back in his cell, Michael is pouring the booze into plastic bags. McGrady is worried about playing nice with Michael, since he has so many enemies and he’s only been in Sona for a day. Michael takes his bag into the courtyard.

Mahone’s back to dragging Whistler through the sewers and again manages to hold off the posse with just a pipe. Michael is back in the sewers, feeling across a pipe near the ceiling.

Luchero gets a call from a guard on the outside and asks for water. The guard points out that Luchero has no leverage, with no guards being present in Sona anymore, and promises water in two days.

Michael, who’s obviously figured out how to fix the water situation in 20 minutes when the rest of Sona couldn’t figure it out over the past two years, is dropping the bag of alcohol down some sort of shaft. We see it’s been attached to a length of cloth. He lights the alcohol-soaked cloth on fire. Mahone manages to drag Whistler up to the courtyard, swinging his pipe.

Luchero comes down and another man challenges his supremacy. Meanwhile, an explosion is heard under the ground of the courtyard and water comes flooding out of a pipe. The men start cheering and Michael reappears. Mahone asks what’s to be done about Whistler and Luchero, clearly realizing what Michael’s done, agrees to take the bounty off Whistler’s head.

Seriously, someone explain to me what the hell Michael did and how he got the water back. Were the pipes blocked? Did his explosion loosen the blockage?

Sucre is calling Maricruz. He tells her that he’s not coming back to make sure she and the baby remain safe. Maricruz looks like she’s not happy with becoming a single, unwed mother. They exchange “I love yous” and call each other “baby” about 157 times in their conversation.

Lincoln is back at his pretty decent hotel and finds Susan in his room. Susan knows that Lincoln met up with Whistler’s girlfriend and tells him to stay away from her. She threatens Linc and demands to know what he took from Sofia. He says “a bird guide” and hands it over. She takes it and leaves. Oh-ho! Clever Lincoln. We see he tossed Susan an extra identical copy of the guide that he had obviously bought. He starts looking through the one he procured from Sofia. Maybe Michael’s not the only brains in the family after all.

The man who was trying to ring-lead the rebellion against Luchero is now crying at his feet. Luchero and his buddies drown the guy in a bucket of water. If I were a dictator like Luchero, I would have drowned the guy outside in the courtyard, as a lesson to all the other would-be rebels. I also think the path to world domination begins by taking over Kazakhstan. I studied political science, you know. That makes me s-m-r-t (er, I mean s-m-a-r-t). Damnit, I shouldn’t have revealed my Kazakhstan plan.

Whistler’s thanking Michael for saving his life and wants to know about the escape plan. Michael, unfortunately, has no idea. But since he came up with the water plan in about 20 minutes, I say he needs about 4 or 5 hours to come up with an escape plan. Or possibly 3/4 of the season. Whichever the writers prefer.

So, was I nice enough? Is Wentworth on his way to my apartment now? Maybe I should MapQuest him some directions….

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

As you know, Sarah is married to Josh Winterhalt who is a martial arts teacher. She and Josh welcomed a baby girl in July of 2007. The baby’s name is Keala Winterhalt.

Also, it seems Sarah is NOT returning to her role on PB. The are using body doubles in the first few episodes. I just dont think PB will be the same. I loved the Sara/Michael story.

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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Dont forget to see your clocks (or TiVo) for 8:00pm EST on Fox cuz tonight is the night we have been waiting for all summer. It is the new season of Prison Break. I am so excited to tell you all about it tomorrow.

Deana

With Mike’s love Dr. Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies) missing and the rest of the still breathing Fox River State Penitentiary alumni scattered in various precarious situations, critics and audiences were left scratching their heads wondering, “What the hell is going on with this show?” There’s a lot of explaining to do. Comcast.net went straight to the source, talking with actor Dominic Purcell about his thoughts on Prison Break’s sophomore season (available now on DVD) and getting him to spill some hints about season three:

Dominic, they had you working a whole lot more during season two of Prison Break, so what were some of the highlights for you?

Dominic Purcell: I think the major highlight was the fact that I was out! I wasn’t filming inside a cell. The first season, all my stuff was either behind the cage or within a prison cell, and it got stifling for me as an actor. In season two, I was out and about and running around interacting, so season two was refreshing for me.

Season two also allowed more exploration of the relationship between Michael and Lincoln. How did that help develop your character more?

DP: It was interesting because obviously the interaction and dynamics between Michael and Linc were suppressed in season one. In season two, we had to find a different dynamic. We had to imagine and touch back into our histories as a family. We tried to bring in elements of that but unfortunately the show, certainly last year, was all about being on the run. It didn’t leave much time for the brothers. I think that’s something myself and Wentworth feel very strongly about, is that we really want to see more personal stuff between the brothers. In season three, we will get to see a lot more of that.

Last year, there wasn’t much “break” in Prison Break, as the show was reinvented as more of a “fugitives on the run” concept. Was that hard for you to get used to?

DP: Yes. I think the biggest challenge for us as actors on the show is to find justification, for instance, in Linc not killing T-Bag. It’s like. “What’s the point? Why am I even talking to this guy?” T-Bag is one of the favorite characters on the show and he’s highly watchable and I get it. But in a real situation, Lincoln would have broken his neck long ago, so that’s the biggest challenge for me and all of us.

Were there any storylines you loved and any that you were happy to see go away?

DP: Absolutely! I thought there was some powerful stuff. When Veronica was murdered, I thought that was a powerful moment. We started the first season off on a bang. Season we started really good and I thought we dropped the ball towards the end. I was very vocal about it with the writers, but again, we were in the situation where Michael and Lincoln have to service the plot. It became difficult because we watched the other actors getting all the fun, gravy stuff. Wentworth and I were left going, “Where to?” We talked to the writers and they were very aware of it too. And I think season three is going to be amazing because it’s really quite special. You were quite cheeky with your commentary on the season one DVD, so did you add more colorful commentaries to the second season DVD?

DP: Unfortunately, I didn’t comment on this one because I was away on business. I enjoyed the first one and I wish I had the opportunity for the second one too.

The second season ended with the brothers in Panama, which is the last place audiences expected the finale to end. Where are Mike and Linc at the beginning of season three?

DP: Yeah, we saw Linc looking for Sarah. We cut to season three with Linc in the American Consulate trying to find Sarah and to get Michael out of this Panamanian jail. The interesting thing is that I think in season one the star of the show was the prison. For season three, it’s the same deal, but this prison makes Joliet look a 5-star resort! In South America, the jails are not like United States jail. It’s basically a fortress and the inmates are let in there and basically told, “Do what you want – just don’t break out.” It’s a free society within prison walls, so the dynamics this year are very gritty and dark, but also highly entertaining. You have Scofield losing his stuff; Mahone is slowly losing his mind because he doesn’t have any pills; Bellick is wearing a diaper; T-Bag is stooping as low as he can to survive. It’s going to be a fascinating, interesting season.

Where do you want to see the brothers eventually end up?

DP: I just want to see the day where Michael and Linc can just chill out, have a beer and talk normally. I think that’s the next big challenge. Can we make a show about family without all the 24-isms?

How did you spend your summer vacation away from Prison Break?

DP: I did a movie with Joel Schumacher on my hiatus. The working title is Town Creek and it’s basically about a Nazis cult experiment gone wrong. I play an ex-soldier who is tortured by this family with ties to Nasiz occult. It’s a revenge movie – very dark. But with someone like Joel Schumacher directing it’s going to be a great movie.

Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Robert Wisdom join Fox’s jailbird series next season.

Prison Break’s Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows are coming back for another year on the lam and under the microscope of a secret organization, but they won’t be alone.

Two new cast members of the Fox drama were announced today and will join the show as regulars for its third season. Robert Wisdom and Jodi Lyn O’Keefe join Wentworth Miller (Michael) and Dominic Purcell (Lincoln), says The Hollywood Reporter, but will both play very different roles.

Wisdom will star as the jailed Panamanian drug lord Luchero, who happens to run the inmates in the Central American joint where much of the upcoming season takes place. The actor’s previous credits include Howard “Bunny” Colvin on The Wire, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and Ray.

O’Keefe will play Betty Crocker, an agent for the secret government organization, the Company. The fetching 28-year old brunette has a host of television credits, including appearances on Criminal Minds, Two and a Half Men, and Nash Bridges, in which she played the titular detective’s daughter.

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Yes I know it is July but that just means that the PB opening episode is just 2 months away. The new season is slated to start on Monday September 17th from 8-9pm EST on Fox. I think it will be one of the best seasons yet.