Last week, the Salad Tossing Granny essentially ordered the jerkoff Secret Service guys to make sure Lincoln Burroughs was killed in prison before his date with the electric chair. Yes, it still totally bothers me that the state of Illinois does not use the electric chair, but whatever. That's me and my OCD and I needn't burden you with it... Back to the show. The Secret Service guys were enjoying the festivities at Chicago's famous Navy Pier in their black suits and sunglasses. For guys who specialize in secrecy, you'd think they'd opt for outfits that fit in with the crowd a bit better, but not these guys. They crept up on a nice suburban soccer dad who was enjoying the day with his kids. The dad was visibly shaken by their appearance, but had no choice but to hear them out. They needed him to "take care of something" at the prison and if he didn't comply, the police would find a nice chunk of heroin in the glove compartment of his minivan, effectively ruining his comfortable life. Later, the nice guy spoke with a mystery man at Fox Run Prison who stated, "Lincoln Burroughs is as good as dead." Well, yeah dude, he's on death row with less than a month to live... Pussiest. Death threat. Ever.

The only other storyline that took place outside the prison this week was the ongoing saga of lawyers Veronica and Nick and their noble attempt to expose the truth behind Lincoln's frame job. You'll recall that the best evidence they had, a copy of the surveillance video showing the shooting, mysteriously disappeared from Veronica's apartment. She blamed Nick - accusing him of being in cahoots with the vast conspiracy out to silence her and kill Lincoln. Nick's repeated phone calls were avoided, so he appeared at her home to confront her. We were treated to a clue (perhaps) when Veronica was watching some footage and in the background the audio track said, "... environmentally friendly, logistically feasible, and viable new fuel source..." Remember that the murdered VP's brother was the CEO of some eco-friendly energy firm. Man, if this storyline plays out, and he was murdered by some governmental oil concern, I fully expect gangs of unemployed 20-somethings in anti-WTO shirts to don their bandanas and goggles and set about smashing up Starbucks franchises from Miami to Seattle while chanting, "Free Mumia!"

Although the show dragged it out, I'll wrap up the lawyer storyline off the bat: Veronica avoided Nick some more; Nick surprised her at the prison as he was meeting with Lincoln when she arrived. He somehow convinced Lincoln to attain his services without Veronica's knowledge in less than a day, and even got clearance to meet with his death row client that very same day. I'm not lawyer, but damn, that seems pretty impossible. Anyway, Nick had some compelling circumstantial evidence - a phone call placed to the police notifying them of the murder emanated from Washington DC - not Chicago as one would expect. Duhn-duhn-duhhhhhnnn. Veronica and Nick made up and agreed to fly off to DC to pursue the lead. Again, I still think this Nick character is just trying to get into Veronica's pants. And we all know the "out of state" rule - time for Nick to cash in his chips in DC. Go get 'er, tiger!

Inside the confining walls of Fox Run Prison, our hero Michael Scofield was busy scurrying around the HUGE space behind the walls of the cells. He was running through his escape scenario again and appeared to be measuring some distances after checking one of his tattoos. Unfortunately for him, while he was doing his Boy Scout orienteering pacing exercises in the bowels of the prison, the guards called for a surprise bed check. Michael's roommate Sucre paced the cell in a panic and made a perfunctory attempt to put some pillows into Michael's bed. Uh-oh.

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Posted by on September 28, 2005 10:11 PM