Meanwhile, Sucre was still at the pay phone, and since it was clear that Maricruz wouldn't be calling anytime soon, he decided to call her again and leave a message on her answering machine. Never mind that he was an escaped convict at the center of an intense nationwide manhunt, he still left pretty much all the details of his whereabouts out in the open. Of course, that wasn't before he painted a lovely picture of his aunt Idalis's Mexican farm. "Listen to me," he told the answering machine. "My aunt Idalis, she lives outside Mexico City in the mountains on a farm with a llama for the baby to ride." A LLAMA? Well! Why didn't you say so earlier? Maricruz will be THERE!

Anyway, Sucre then told Maricruz that he'd meet her in an airport exactly a week from that day and that they could go off together and yada yada yada. It was pretty obvious that this entire message would never get to her, especially because in the very next scene, an angry Hector (hisss!!!) barged into Theresa's home in search of Maricruz. Oh papi! She's already left for Ixtapa! Next time, be muy rapido!

Amazingly, Hector did not hear the voicemail (yet), but I'm sure we will not have seen the last of him. Meanwhile, over at their new motel room, Tancredi lovingly tended to Michael's wounds. At long last, would we be finally seeing some hot Tancredi-on-Scoffield action? It is sweeps, after all.

Sadly, they just continued to yammer on about how to get out of their predicament. Michael said he had people at the border who would help them. "One more day, Sara. One more day. That's all I'm asking," he pleaded. Yes, one more day. We'll see how that works out...

Back in Colorado, Grandpa met LJ, or as he's formally known, Lincoln Jr.. Blah. Amusingly, Lincoln's dad's name was... Aldo. That's right. Grandpa Aldo Burrows. Shockingly, he did not moonlight as an old Italian barber.

Anyway, Lincoln insisted that they had to leave and cross the border, follow Michael's plan, etc. Aldo disagreed. There was evidence to take down The Company! They just needed more time! But for now, there was no need to run. No need whatsoever.

Unfortunately, what none of them realized was that the guy who deigned to look at Lincoln earlier was none other than a mole for the Asian guy. Doh! And he was just told to kill Aldo, Lincoln, and LJ. Uh oh! Odds of Dad dying? 3-2. Odds of Lincoln surviving with the blond girl and a small lead towards the evidence? 1-1.

Before we could see how that situation resolved itself, we then went back to T-Bag, who was still trying to save himself, even as the sirens of police cars neared the house. With no other recourse, T-Bag began pulling aggressively at his hand. Yes, it looked like was gonna tear his arm off. We didn't see if this gruesome possibility came to fruition, however, because we then went back to Michael's motel. Apparently, Sara had decided enough was enough. She had disappeared while he was in the shitter. Sara did leave a parting note, saying "This time, I know better." (It was a reference to an addiction conversation they had earlier). Well, Michael looked absolutely devastated, and I was kind of hoping Sara would come back in, saying, "Yeah, I just went to get a different soda. I know better than to drink Mr. Pib."

Sadly, Sara didn't return. She actually went out to her car, sat in the driver's seat, and almost left, but then she had a change of heart. Maybe she should stick with Michael. Yeah, that's the spirit! Go back to Michael! Unfortunately, when she stepped out of the car, a gun was pointed right at her face. Yes, Kellerman had magically tracked her down, and just like that, the episode ended.

What did you think about this episode? Fun? Exciting?

Posted by B-Side on November 11, 2006 12:58 PM