Mahone calls Michael and tells him Wyatt tracked him down, and don't bother trying to help, it's over for him. His goose, she is cooked. Poor Mahone's goose has been cooked so many times it's almost certainly burnt beyond recognition. He's on like his third or fourth goose. He says earnestly that he won't rat them out, but he begs Michael to kill Wyatt for him, then call Pam and tell her he's dead. Michael promises, and Mahone is relieved and resigned to his fate, but Michael is obviously troubled.
Gretchen is on the phone, saying "I'm his wife. I'm still in shock. I'll be there this afternoon." Sis doesn't even wait for her to hang up before asking "who are you?" Gretchen blows off Sis's attempts at any heartfelt conversation and just says she has to go. "So you're not here to take her?" Sis asks tearfully. "If I was capable of being her mother, I wouldn't have given you custody." Dun! Gretchen's Compelling Backstory™ gets compellingier! Gretchen, who has completely ignored the child until now, tells little Emily she loves her. She kisses her on the forehead, and it looks for all the world like she's taking a bite out of it.
"BRRRAAAAAIIIIINNNNS!"
Self has some sort of backstory too, incidentally. Or maybe he just has a boring wife who looks like Rachael Ray with a cheesier, nose-scrunchier grin, and no, I did not think such a thing was possible. So far she's just some nice lady who left him a voicemail from the grocery store. She's making pork chops, you guys! Fascinating!
So the Black SUV of Justice pulls up to some kind of power supply/substation thingy somewhere in downtown LA. Linc helps Michael attach jumper cables to the innards, presumably to go through with their "we can't cut the power so let's double it" plan for Cardholder #5. Meanwhile, Mahone is scooted into a courtroom with a bunch of other pathetically morose petty criminals. His eyes dart around, looking for Wyatt. The background music is a distractingly hilarious hybrid of the Prison Break theme and the theme from The People's Court. Like, complete with those bongo sounds. Wyatt finally walks in and makes "dude, you do not even KNOW how freaking dead you are" eyes at Mahone before calmly taking a seat.
T-Bag is still poking around that storage closet, banging on walls, looking for hollow spots, when Andy barges in saying he's found a few more inconsistencies in Mr. Pfeiffer's records, and his entire sales history is kind of starting to look a lot like fraud. Booberella, whose cleavage has taken the day off for Rosh Hashanah, watches anxiously as Andy tells T-Bag to be in his office in ten minutes to explain everything, otherwise he's calling the authorities. Ruh roh. T-Bag has an unpleasant history with Authorities in general. He jumps up, hurriedly wiping surfaces down, and I guess that's one advantage of the whole rubber hand thing, is 50% fewer fingerprints. And he's outta there!
Gretchen is at the coroner's office, identifying her husband Gary Miller, AKA James Whistler, from autopsy photos. The perfectly nice coroner guy tells her he can't release Mr. Miller's personal items without proof that they were married, so she punches him in the face and slams his head into his desk a couple of times. Well, that would be an alternative method, sure. She digs around in file cabinets till she finds Whistler's stuff, specifically, his phone. He's got a voicemail but it's just the apartment lady confirming his place is ready, so who knows if that's important or not, I can never tell with this show.
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Comments (5)
i would like to point out the truly badass musical number in the courtroom. you know, whenever Wyatt enters and this low, threatening growl of a synthesizer riff kicks in? when the dude just gets up to change his seat that music makes it seem like it's the devil himself with restless leg syndrome.
man, i hope that turns out to be Wyatt's theme. i'm sorry, but after an entire season of Gretchin, i'm glad we have a Company Assasin who's actually threatening.
1 of 5 | Posted by josef | Posted on October 3, 2008 9:45 AM
Another fantastic recap!
"Sara makes a face that suggests she disagrees, and Michael may come a-knockin' but the SS Minnow won't be a-rockin' tonight." Hilarious!
I don't trust Roland. I am looking forward to learning more about his backstory.
I loved that Michael and crew saved Mahone. I totally knew Michael couldn't just let him go down like that.
Oh and that hat....why couldn't they have put him in a baseball hat? Please no more floppy hats for Michael.
2 of 5 | Posted by akgirl7 | Posted on October 3, 2008 10:32 AM
josef, speaking of the music, I almost mentioned that ominous"BRRUNNNNNG!" church bell/chime sound they use a lot. As in, la la, just hanging out in a parking garage, turn around and BRRUNNNGG! It's Wyatt! That's what I think of as his theme, is just a single hollow echoey brrruuunnng. Have they always used that? I think I need to rewatch S1.
And you know, akgirl7, they might be setting him up as a red herring, but we know he's a crook, we saw him lie about the extra info he got from Lisa's phone, etc. And I think he's the only character whose POV we never get, you know? He doesn't really have a story yet, so they could pretty much do whatever they want with him. What's he doing while everyone else is out sabotaging electrical systems and rigging horseraces and stuff? It could be nothing, or it could be a big "DUN!" plot twist, but I'm surprised we haven't seen him like, on the phone with his mom or something by now.
3 of 5 | Posted by loula | Posted on October 3, 2008 5:14 PM
I just read your comment loula and that was hilarious! Yes why haven't we seen him talking to him mom? Maybe he's not a momma's boy like Bellick! Can't wait to read your recap on Monday's show!!!! Loved the twist for poor Sucre!
4 of 5 | Posted by akgirl7 | Posted on October 8, 2008 12:41 PM
Loula!!!!
Where are you! I miss you desperately. Hope nothing bad is afoot.......
Last nights ep rocked and i need your recap!!!!
5 of 5 | Posted by mamabird | Posted on November 4, 2008 5:29 PM