T-Bag lets everybody else into Cole Pfeiffer's magic closet. It's like the Narnia wardrobe, only the alternate universe you end up in is much darker and dirtier and totally lacking in either thinly veiled Christian allegory or Turkish Delight. Cole Pfeiffer is confronted by his boss, who hasn't been around to witness the ongoing pissing contest between Andy and T-Bag, so he finds Andy's resignation letter puzzling but not necessarily suspicious. Mr. White can't get ahold of poor, dead, garotted, almost certainly dismembered Andy, and Cole naturally shares his boss's concern for the dead guy who was totally on to T-Bag's bullshit from practically the first second and who was murdered right in front of him. T-Bag calls Gretchen to let her know Mr. White is sniffing around, and she's all, yeah, keep me posted on that, can't talk now, I have a Thing. He says if he gets caught, he's not going alone - they're going down together like traffic and weather. Which is funny and also a great Fountains of Wayne CD.
Sara is babysitting Wyatt, whose phone keeps ringing. He reminds her that the longer he goes without answering, the more danger they're in. He tries to cut a deal with her, playing on her doctor guilt, and she looks sort of tempted.
"Sure, he's a hired killer, but that Kellerman guy sure came through for me in the end, so who knows?"
Mahone is still all antsy and desperate in the corner, looking pretty much exactly like he did when he was a hopeless, sweaty detoxing junkie. All of a sudden he jumps up like "aw, this is bullshit!" and sets off toward Wyatt's cage, but Self manages to restrain him before he can kill their potentially valuable hostage. Mahone is sobbing but Self talks him down. Oh, and okay, so remember the Rachael Ray grinny lady Self has a photo of on his desk? And he listened to that one inane grocery store voicemail that one time? Well it turns out she's his dead wife, and she was pregnant, so he says he does understand how angry Mahone is, losing a kid and whatnot. Mahone could split hairs there but he still has a wife so he decides to let it go.
And okay, see, all this ironic foreshadowing from Bellick wouldn't be so hamfisted if the damn promo guy hadn't spoiled it for me and told me someone was going to die this week. So the guy saying stuff like "I never cared about anything that much, look at what I've done with my life," etc., is a pretty safe bet, and the whole rest of the episode is Bellick Deathwatch 2008. Or is it a curveball? Are they being all tricksy? Dun! Anyway, they're all in Whistler's secret passage and Michael tells them they're headed up this ladder, towards this whooshing noise no one can identify, and ultimately to some unknown impasse, on the other side of which is the LA headquarters of Muahahaha, Inc.
Sara, who's gotten a cute haircut and some lovely auburn highlights over the break, is listening to Wyatt wax poetic about how he's just like Mahone. Which he kind of is, really, the only difference is I like Mahone. The point is that both of them have done terrible things because the Company had them by the balls. But he knows people, and if Sara can help him out, he can make sure she and Michael are safe and this will all be over. Don't buy it, Sara, what are the odds of meeting two trustworthy honorable assassins in the space of a few months? "It is over," she says.
So it turns out our mystery impediment is one of the main conduits of the LA water supply. Eleventy kabillion gallons of water rush through it every second, or something, so they can't just put on their floaties and wade through. They can't risk tunneling too close to the surface, so they can't go over it. They're gonna have to dig.
"Detective, I assure you that all this sweating and stammering and maniacal fidgeting is due to the stress of losing a beloved colleague."
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Comments (2)
Loula,
I am so glad you are back! I missed you! Hope nothing too terrible happended to keep you away....although the election is certainly a good enough reason! In fact the only entertainment reading I have done over the last two weeks is come to tvgasm to look for you! Loved this episode. Big Kudos to WW. And his character did redeem himself in a big way. I am becoming quite obsessed with speculating where they are taking this michael/brain tumor thing. Thought I read that Matt Olmstead envisioned the series as going for 4 or 5 seasons, so maybe this one will be it....anyway.
After such an intense week, thanks for posting! I am glad to see you back!
1 of 2 | Posted by mamabird | Posted on November 9, 2008 1:08 PM
You're right that Fox is ruining the suspense by saying "someone will die this week on Prison Break"--it was in the TV listings that way, too (I'm guessing that comes from the network). As soon as I heard that, I thought, "Bellick." After they killed Roland, he was the lowest in the character hierarchy.
It also ruined the suspense for this week, because they DIDN't say someone would die, so there was no question about it when Sucre stepped on that mine.
2 of 2 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on November 11, 2008 12:32 PM