Double Double, We Gots Trouble

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"Can you see my panties? Stop looking at my panties!"

It's two great eps that taste great together! Linc finally, finally has to tell Michael about Sara, which results in a really sad conversation and an unfortunate 1989 power ballad video montage. Lots of things alllllmost happen but don't, including one decapitation and one prison escape. The things that actually do happen include dead Frenchmen, free (from Sona, anyway) Mahone, and Bellick totally breaking my heart. Go figure.

3.06. Photo Finish. In the yard, Lechero and his posse shuffle along past T-Mac, just minding his own business, and having a really nice season averaging 28.8 in the first five games. He accidentally knocks over a basket of corn, but Lechero just says he should be more careful in the future. Translation: you owe me. T-Mac runs off and Lechero snags something from the basket but we don't get to see what it is.

Michael chases after New Guy from last week, whose name, according to my closed captioning, is Tyge. Okie dokie then. Tyge clarifies that yeah, he knows Whistler from the Ambassador - Hotel, that is. He was the concierge and could swear Whistler worked there for awhile, but that's all he'll say. Michael has other concerns, like the fact that his escape hole just got chained up and he needs a new one in less than 4 hours. Whistler wishes Sucre could spray the fence one more time just to be safe, but Michael says that's not an option. "Unless he had another reason to be there," slurs Mahone, who's just been hovering around all spacey. Hmm. He and Whistler set off to find a replacement for the hammock-ladder that's locked in Michael's old cell. Mahone doesn't care whether Tyge knows him or not - all he cares about is that Tyge keeps a constant eye on Whistler, which is inconvenient when you're trying to break out of prison. Whistler says it won't be a problem. Hmm again!

Poor Bellick. Seriously, Wade Williams, you are my hero for making me pity this bastard. He tries to make friends with Tyge in the food line but is rebuffed and ridiculed. Tyge rather presumptuously thinks Bellick is just trying to get him in the sack, you see. Get over yourself, Frenchie.

Michael fills Linc in on the plan and gives him an assignment - find out where this guard's coffee cup came from and roofie the hell out of his afternoon cup. They start at 3:13, they'll be at the beach at 3:25, but Snoozin et al still think they're doing it at night. Linc pleads that he can't lie to them anymore, and Michael once again asks for pictures. Linc says there's not enough time, but Michael isn't breaking out of a damn thing if he doesn't see some pictures by 2:30. D'oh.

Okay, now there's this really weird scene with Susan and LJ. She's wearing just a men's oxford buttondown, for some reason, and as she gives him his sandwich, she tells him how, when she was taken prisoner in Mosul, she heard the US Army outside and tried to break out. Turns out it was a hostage exchange and 6 guys got killed, and instead of going home she was recaptured and horrible things were done to her for weeks. She shows LJ the scars to back it up. Which, yes, that really does suck. But you know what else sucks, Snoozin, is pretty much everything you've done this entire season. She very seriously tells LJ that this is not the time to be a hero. They play by the rules, everyone (who still has their head) will be fine. Then after just the tiniest pause, she brightly says "Eat!" It's inexplicably hilarious and scary.

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"I don't know about you, but that torture story always makes me hungry!"

T-Bag is joking with his fellow Lechero Leaches. Turns out Lechero's real name is Norman, which, yeah, that's pretty funny. Sammy isn't laughing though. "Go get me some water, boy," he tells T-Bag. Teodoro reminds him he's been promoted, boy. Ooooh, totally fightin words, and Sammy reaches for the nearest available chicken foot. Lechero interrupts to say he'll take care of it, and Sammy reluctantly obliges. Lechero wants to know how that whole "snitch" thing is working out, but T-Bag carefully says he doesn't know anything, but Sammy's the one who's always changing the subject when he tries to get info out of the gang. Just so we're clear, Lechero = Othello, Sammy = Desdemona, Teodoro = Iago, and I think they're doing a rather good job with it.

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Comments (3)

Firthguy:

Great recap.

It was probably better than the double-feature itself.

"Whistler approaches Michael in the bathroom. No, not like that." - Classic!

mamabird:

This is the first episode since season 1 (with the notable exception of S3 premiere) that I was literally on the edge of my seat with my heart in my throat. Watching the first season, every episode started with me on the couch and ended with me 2 feet from the TV alternately holding my breath and screaming at the TV. What a great buildup to last nights fall finale.

And although Michael got his "moment" aka Skid Row Power Ballad Emoting; Wade Williams was totally MVP this week. I am embarrased to admit that I actually teared up when he said I can't even kill myself; which was compounded by my memory of the scene in which he did not, in fact, kill himself. So utterly fantastic.

Now about that Skid Row Power Ballad Emoting; OMG I swear you are in my head Loula. That is EXACTLY what I thought when I was watching (er, wincing)....Which is so weird b/c Sebastian Bach was one of my first crazy famous person crush. Could have been so much better. But the genuis Chicken Foot Throwdown move afterwards made me forgive them.

And Whistler and Snoozin/Rethcin...WTF is that? Can't wait to see what happens and where they are taking Michael.....Again, they better not kill him!

Oh and how awesome was that helicopter scene? Terrible editing and somehow I found it rather hysterical. But it was pretty ballsy move....

Thanks for doing it all in one shot. Know it must have taken much longer but you did it! So, till next week.

blahblah:

"Turns out what he found in the yard was a cigar butt - Antonio, his man on the outside, used to give them to him as tribute and now he reeks of them. Ponytail guy looks up at Sammy, who gave him the cigars in the first place, but Sammy fails to leap to his defense. I don't really get what the problem was, but the end result is that Lechero has a body to string up and Whistler goes free."

Ponytail guy looked up at Sammy because Sammy gave Ponytail guy the cigars - meaning, Sammy probably killed Tyge (he has a name?).

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