(Note: I'm so sorry this is so late. Weekend in New Orleans + Backlogged Work + Lost Season Finale = Tardy, Tired Loula.)
LINC MAKE FRIDGE GO BOOM
Well, here we are, limping to the finish line together with the handful of characters that managed to survive this long. This was kind of a placeholder episode before the big finish, but there was a very affectionate little minireview of the finale in Entertainment Weekly, essentially saying that while the run of the show pretty much defined "off the rails" it was always good fun, and it all pulled together very nicely in the end. So that's encouraging and I'm totally excited. It also alluded to [VAGUE SPOILER!] the return of a past villain. I'm pretty sure all of our former bad guys are confirmed dead except Kellerman (I said confirmed, dammit) and Gretchen, so it's either incredibly awesome or just kind of boring. I'll brace for mild disappointment just in case. [END VAGUE SPOILER!]. It's a 2 hour finale so I'll be even later than usual putting the recap up, but hey, a) it's the last one I'll ever do, so I want it to be good, and b) it's not like we have a "put it up before the next ep airs" deadline. Oh, Mission: Implausible. What will I do without you?4.20 Cowboys and Indians.We pick up where we left off, in the post-assassination pandemonium where Linc and Michael are just standing in the absolute worst place possible, with everybody going "hey look, it's that guy who shot that other guy but not really! But maybe he actually did if he also shot this guy, right?" And I guess that's kind of a fun meta thing to do, but it is also undeniably absurd and implausible. Which, this show could easily be called Prison Break: Absurd and Implausible so I'm not really complaining or even asking it to make sense, I just hope they can make it awesome. They didn't give us much about the world reaction to the events of season 2, i.e., the president set these guys up, the guy wasn't really dead in the first place, huge government conspiracy, etc., so it's even harder to put it into perspective. But anyway, okay, they finally realize they should probably get away from the exact place where the assassin was standing, but the only way they can get out is for Linc to shoot the lock on the door. This is unfortunate, since it a) puts Linc's fingerprints on not just the casings but the actual weapon as well, which is just a little present to Christina, b) freaks the crowd out all over again when they hear yet another gunshot, and c) draws the crowd's attention even more to their exact location. Christ. A whole gaggle of cops runs after them but they manage to hide out in the huge industrial sized kitchen just like in Jurassic Park.
Lesson: In terms of locating people hiding in industrial sized
kitchens, velocirapters are smarter than the Miami Police Department. They're worthless on a stakeout though.
Mahone and Self are outside amid the chaos and police cars and the whole thing has just gotten so completely ridiculously out of hand that Self is actually laughing. Mahone says yeah, it's fucking hilarious, dipshit, how long do you think it will take the General to see this on TV and follow through on the threats they made to the only family members these guys haven't already killed? Michael calls Mahone and Self, comically stage-whispering for help with a way out of the hotel. Self notices a loading dock door on the opposite side of the building with only one cop guarding it, for some reason. There are laundry bins outside, so Michael figures if they can get to the laundry, through the ventilation system, they can get to the door. But they need help getting there, and who saves the day yet again? That would be Don Self's Homeland Security badge! Who's a good badge? You are! Yes you are!
Michael sends Mahone over to Dr. Lady's condo where Sara is holding Christina hostage, except no, she's totally not. They figure they can get the company off their backs if they get Christina to give up Scylla, which they won't, because she's long gone. Good idea though, Michael, even though the initial "here, waifish exhausted obviously pregnant girlfriend, why don't you take this one singular handgun and assume for some reason that my Evil Genius™ mom won't McGyver her way out of there about ten seconds after I leave" plan was a bit lacking in foresight.
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Comments (4)
I would just like to thank the writers for Linc's "hi mom" comment at the end of the fake bank robbery.
I'm gonna miss this show. :-(
1 of 4 | Posted by Anonymous | Posted on May 15, 2009 3:07 AM
Is it too much to hope for that Sucre will make an appearance in the finale? I miss him and I will miss this show. Thanks, Loula, for the recaps.
2 of 4 | Posted by unwise | Posted on May 16, 2009 10:13 AM
Major props to Loula for the Kellerman call! My wife and I were watching and she beat me to calling C-Note's return, but she was shocked when I "called" Kellerman's return. She didn't even know who he was until she saw him.
3 of 4 | Posted by Anonymous | Posted on May 16, 2009 3:52 PM
I was SO EXCITED. I loved the finale - there was one thing (Michael) that I thought they'd probably end up doing, and they did it, and there was another thing (Kellerman-ex-machina) that I thought was too awesome to possibly happen, but they did that too! Kudos, PB, nice job.
4 of 4 | Posted by loula | Posted on May 17, 2009 11:57 AM