Okay, and here's where Manly Angry Badass Michael shows up, and it's awesome. Lechero's men are prepared to drag Whistler away to his demise, but Whistler's protesting the whole time - doesn't this knife prove I'm innocent? Suddenly Michael explodes. "You're a joke!" he screams. Oooh. You talk about justice, he says, and equality, but you're just a dictator afraid of losing your power. He's really in his face about it and it's completely awesome. Lechero has determined who's guilty, and the punishment is death. He turns toward the two minions holding Whistler down and stabs...one of his own guys. The ponytail guy. 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.
Sucre is spraying down the otherdead body of the day, and gets a few sprays onto the fence. Linc and Sofia are watching and waiting for Susan, who shows up with the exact same Sara picture as before. Christ almighty, this Company doesn't have Photoshop? Susan says it's the best she could do, which, no, you produced dog tranquilizer in ten minutes, you could have photoshopped a different newspaper or something. She's done doing favors for him. He stumbles out of the car to go break his brother's heart into eleventy billion teeny pieces.
Unfortunate hair to be caught dead in, my friend.
Everyone's in the yard staring up at ponytail guy, who is literally strung up for all to see. "No fútball today?" Sammy says. Lechero confirms. No fútbol. D'oh, a thousand times d'oh.
Aw crap. Linc is at the fence looking like he's going to throw up. The guard is drugged, but Susan found out the real time of the escape. Michael looks heartbroken. Yeah, that's not really even the bad news, kid. Linc insists they can't play any more games, and Michael goes "or what? They'll hurt them? Not if they want us to deliver on Whistler they won't!" Yeah, that's what I thought too, was that was the whole point of the hostage thing. But Linc says they're playing this one straight, no surprises. Michael asks to see the pictures and immediately Linc sort of crumbles, and gah! This whole scene between the two of them is really well done. Michael's voice breaks as he sees Linc struggling. Finally Linc puts his head down and mumbles "I can't show you the pictures, man." When Michael asks why not, he screws his face up and eventually says "She's dead, Michael." Michael's steely eyes get all shiny, and it's so sad. Linc apologizes for lying to him and says if they don't do it today, LJ's next. Michael just walks away, saying nothing. Linc yells after him desperately: "We have to do this!" But Michael is reacting in a way that I think is totally appropriate for the character, which is to narrow his eyes at Linc for a split second, then go off and lose his shit for a few minutes before he has to get his mind on breaking out of a damn prison. However, I do wish the "Michael losing his shit" montage looked a little less like a Skid Row power ballad video. I mean, there's no real way to get that exactly right, but damn, Wentworth Miller gets so few chances to all-out emote, and we don't even get any sound for this. Not cool, Prison Break. I think his reaction at the fence was perfect, but bad idea with the misty montage. I mean, bad idea with the Sara thing in general, so I guess you work with what you've got.
Michael? Has had a BAD day.
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Comments (3)
Great recap.
It was probably better than the double-feature itself.
"Whistler approaches Michael in the bathroom. No, not like that." - Classic!
1 of 3 | Posted by Firthguy | Posted on November 12, 2007 7:14 AM
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.
2 of 3 | Posted by mamabird | Posted on November 13, 2007 6:38 PM
"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?).
3 of 3 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on November 17, 2007 7:37 PM