Mahone is slumped over in the courtroom watching Wyatt glare menacingly when Sara walks through the door. Dun! She's all businessy and gorgeous and she marches right up to the prosecution table and says she's representing Mr. Zwan, so she's gonna need his jacket. See, that's what those fancy lawyer types call a folder. Sara is good at pretending! She could totally be one of those interchangeable supermodel ADAs on Law & Order: Original Recipe. Incidentally, couldn't they find a reason for Sara to pretend to be, you know, a doctor? Seems like that would come in handy at some point. She looks at Mahone, who looks at Sucre, who's also in the courtroom. He's on the phone, counting down, "5...4...3...2..." as Wyatt calmly stands up and walks toward Mahone, who I guess he's just going to assassinate right then and there? Anyway, Sucre gets to "1" and Linc nods to Michael, who pulls a switch on their newly rigged electrical supply thingy, and pow! The power surge causes every lightbulb in the courtroom to splode all over the place. When the smoke clears, Sara, Sucre, and Mahone are gone.
This would be the titular Blow Out.
Wyatt manages to catch up with them in the confusion, and retrieves his "gun hidden in a newspaper hidden in a trashcan," which is standard equipment for hired killers. He's really close to the SUV of Justice, looking right at Mahone, but there are cops everywhere and he can't do anything but point a finger-gun at him and go "ptcheeew!" It's scarier than it sounds. Mahone thanks the A-Team, saying he doesn't know why they helped him but he doesn't care. They all wordlessly acknowledge his gratitude and walk off to resume Justice. Sara hands him the fingerprint card for Frank Zwan, which she stole from his file, so yay, they won't ever know who he was.
Mahone, who got Wyatt's number from the motel clerk last week, calls him up and says he got his message. Pam says Wyatt wants him to turn himself in, so hey, where should they meet, get this all over with? Wyatt is no dummy, however. He says it's nowhere near over, and they have a lot to talk about, what with him finding Sara and Mahone in LA at the same time. Mahone's like, yeah, whatever, you will get yours, Hot Mumbly Black Kellerman, you can be sure of that! On his way back into the Batcave, Mahone for some reason crumples up Wyatt's number and throws it in the trash, and Roland for some reason retrieves it, all sneaky-like. You're the only one left without a Compelling Backstory™, Short Round. I've got my eye on you.
I'm sure you have a perfectly good explanation for those shifty eyes, Guy Who Showed Up Out Of Nowhere Who We Know Nothing About.
T-Bag runs around his fancyass apartment, wiping fingerprints down and generally getting the hell out of Dodge, when he turns and runs head-on into Gretchen's fist. He drops to the floor, and she places one of her sexy but almost certainly impractical peep-toe stilettos on his face. "Who the hell are you?" she growls. (Advice: Don't say "Cole Pfeiffer" unless you want black patent leather in your temporal lobe.)
Next week looks fun, cause we get to go to Vegas, and that's like, the world capital of capers and heists and Missions: Implausible. Also, I remember Wentworth Miller talking about shooting in Vegas when I had that conference call interview where I just sat there and listened to him answer other people's questions but didn't have time to ask my own, which were awesome questions, by the way. Sigh. Anyway, somebody needs to kill Wyatt real quick, because if he found Mahone, surely he won't have too much trouble finding the Warehouse of Justice. I kind of hope it's Gretchen. Also, Roland: Company spy, red herring, or just your garden variety computer geek stoner who likes to dig around in people's garbage? Discuss!
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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