Mahone is harassing L.J. again. He says he knows that L.J. recently took a call from Nick; L.J. says that's covered by attorney-client privilege. However, Mahone breaks the news that Nick was found dead an hour before the phone call. Aha. L.J.'s eyes get very big. Mahone plays a recording of the call and asks who Otis Wright is; L.J. says he doesn't know. Mahone issues some more threats.

Link and Michael are on the roof of the courthouse. They have a duffel bag - I guess this is all stuff they either bought or stole from the hardware store, because supposedly all of their stuff from before that was in their car. Michael has a yellow plastic water gun, and he spray-paints it black while Link does something with some ropes.

Inside, L.J. is being steered down a hallway after his meeting with Mahone. Mahone is walking along behind him. As L.J. and his guard wait for the elevator, L.J. notices the number three and realizes that "On the third, look out for Otis Wright" could be a reference to the third floor. He remembers his father saying "Until then, keep your head up," so he looks up and sees a sign that says "Otis Manufacturing." Oh, come on now. So apparently Link has OCD-level knowledge of the courthouse, in the same exact way that Michael had OCD-level knowledge of the prison, but at least Michael helped renovate the prison and then planned the escape for months. We're supposed to believe that Link notices these types of details and plots out these types of clues on a moment's notice? Also, is L.J. really that smart?

Apparently so, because L.J. next realizes that he should make sure he gets on the elevator on the right ("Wright") and then misses the other elevator by pretending that he has to tie his shoe. As he and his guard get onto the "right" elevator, Mahone notices the Otis sign and shoos the guard off, saying that he'll escort L.J. himself. Bummer.

After the commercial, Mahone starts to ruminate to L.J. about the "Otis Wright" clue, but he doesn't have to wonder about it for long, because Michael and Link immediately appear on top of the elevator (removing a ceiling panel) and threaten Mahone with their fake gun. It almost works, but they end up dropping the fake gun and it makes a piddly little plastic sound, so Mahone stops cooperating. He offers Link a deal whereby if they give themselves up, L.J. can walk. Not too convincing, if the state actually believes L.J. committed those two murders. There's a whole big struggle and ultimately L.J. does NOT get away through the ceiling. Nobody gets hurt or anything.

The elevator opens up at the next floor and Mahone busts out and tells everyone that Scofield and Burroughs are in the building. Michael and Link get away by stealing a furniture truck out front. They got shot at, but no harm, no foul, or so we think.

Bellick is at home. He's very depressed over the loss of his job. Cry me a river, buddy. Maybe he'll kill himself. I'm not going to be too broken up about that. But then - aw - we find out that he lives with his elderly mother, and he can't bring himself to tell her that he lost his job. Okay, this is sad. His mother leaves the room and he assembles a shotgun.

Pope is in his office. Hey, there's the popsicle-stick Taj Mahal! Oh, how I missed you. He picks up one of those cardboard boxes that people on TV always use when they're "cleaning out their desks." I don't think that Taj Mahal is going to fit in there, Pope. Suddenly I realize that we are going to see the Taj smashed to smithereens. It's been begging for it ever since it was first conceived in the writers' apparently drug-addled brains. You see, the Taj is no longer a symbol of Pope's love for his wife. Instead, it has become a symbol of his betrayal by his beloved Michael Scofield. Sure enough, the normally peace-loving Pope approaches the Taj with his fists clenched in a menacing manner. We get a flashback to all of the love between Pope and his boyfriend Mikey, and then another flashback of the manner in which it all went so very, very sour. Oh, Wentworth, how could you do this to me? Pope grabs a lamp and gets to smashin'.

Take that, landmark of world architecture!

T-Bag walks out the door of the vet's office. He's very neatly attired, I guess in the vet's clothes. We see that the sign outside just says "Clinic - Dr. Marvin Gudat", and then a tiny little "D.V.M." Yeah, I guess that's the source of the whole initial confusion where T-Bag thought he could get his hand sewed on there. Hey, Dr. Gudat, you might want to consider putting something on your sign that will actually let people know that you're a vet without them having to decipher those fancy letters after your name. Might be good for business. Oh, never mind - you're dead. T-Bag steals the vet's car and checks himself out in the mirror. He looks almost respectable - he seems to have done his hair, complete with fresh highlights. He dials up OnStar and asks for directions to Utah. Argh! AGAIN, people - if you are asking for DIRECTIONS to Utah, you probably need to give just a little bit more information.

The Bag is lookin' sharp.

Tweener meets up with Debra Jean on campus for the ride to Utah. It's all very awkward as he tries to do his best impersonation of an actual college student with legitimate business in Utah. Debra Jean is fresh-faced and adorable, i.e., ripe for the victimizin'.

Posted by Amanda on August 30, 2006 2:11 PM