I'm right there with you, dude.
Oh yeah. They went there.
That box was a red herring of the "it can't possibly be that! It's way too obvious! Oh wait, yeah, that's exactly what it is." variety. Linc can't tell Michael and spends the entire episode looking like he's about to puke. Susan confuses and annoys me, Mahone finds something to take the edge off, and Michael pulls off one of his totally awesome sneaky plans. And Haywire shows up! And did I mention the part where a character that was just getting interesting is unceremoniously dispatched offscreen? You deserved better, Dr. Tancredi, but hey, maybe you can hook up with Kellerman in the afterlife.
3.04 Good Fences. Linc is on his daily taxi ride to Sona, and he is unnerved. God dammit, you guys. He keeps flashing back to the whole "what's in the box?" moment from last week, and god dammit. Dammit!
Michael is staring out his favorite window. Whistler inquires about their progress re: getting the hell out of there. Michael mentions that the supposedly electric fence on the perimeter isn't live, and Whistler's all, yeah, but the dozens of guys with machine guns sure are, and they'll get you before you're halfway there. Michael brushes him off, like, hey, I'm the prison breaker, you're the prison breakee, got it? Whistler brings up his bird book - he's supposed to be figuring out where he brought the naturalist the bad guys are looking for, and sooner or later they're going to ask about it. He doesn't want to have to tell them he's not making any progress on account of Lincoln Burrows took it. He's not threatening, they're on the same team, he just knows that unless they play along, they're going to come after all of them. He and Michael have a Churchill quote-off, and Michael seems to win with " I never worry about action. Only inaction." Something tells me you're going to be revising that opinion relatively soon, you poor oblivious bastard.
Linc arrives at the prison with more flashbacks to the goddamn box. He sort of stumbles up to the fence, and Michael can tell right away something's wrong. Linc mutters that all this stuff is just starting to get to him, that's all. Michael says the situation could change very soon, but he needs Linc to reach out to the gravedigger, and he hands him a note with instructions on what to say. Linc's face tries to say "woohoo, imminent breakout," but it actually says "I'm going to throw up everything I've ever eaten." Michael: "Linc, what are you not telling me?" Crap! Crap crap crap. Linc is just so sorry about all the people that have been hurt because of him. He's so sorry. Michael insists they're the ones who did this, not him. Just get to the gravedigger; they're running out of time.
"Nope, absolutely no head- or box-related news to report today."
Linc shuffles off and just collapses into a flashback for which I will never, ever, ever forgive this show, ever. In the box was indeed a head, and it was indeed Sara's. I won't even get into how many levels of wrong this is, because despite my fangirl fury I do have actual nonfictional life events to think about, but this particular turn of events has upset me more than any unnecessary fictional demise since Sheriff Lamb. Mother. Fucker. I mean, just, so many kinds of wrong, on so many levels. They could at the very least have let her get a piece of hot escaped con ass first! You hear me, show? I will never forgive you. I will watch you, and I will write about you, and I might even enjoy you, but I will never forgive you.
I was going to put a screencap here but it's way, way too disturbing.
Christ. Poor Linc. He can't tell Michael, he needs him too much to have him fall apart a couple of days before they kill LJ too. But he just breaks down sobbing with guilt and grief and it's heartbreaking and, as I might have mentioned, unforgivable.
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Motherless Bitch! You are so full of win. Seriously. I couldn't stop laughing all the way through this. I read your recaps every week and it's certainly the high point of it.
The Sara situation has irked me quite a lot. Sure they had to off her but they certainly didn't have to do it in such a disrespectful way. And now? The writers have decided they need to keep the romance going so Michael is getting a rebound relationship with a new chick in Episode 9. Fucking dandy, that! Good luck with those ratings FOX!
1 of 11 | Posted by Quarkz | Posted on October 10, 2007 12:30 AM
Hey wow, thanks! And boo! Boo on that alleged relationship for so many reasons! Unless it's Mahone. I'd probably be okay with that.
Seriously, there was contract stuff going on behind the scenes and all, but damn. I'm sure LJ will be living mostly offscreen like he did most of last season; they didn't have to just murder her offscreen in episode four. I feel rather slighted, but hey, I guess kudos to the writers and the performers for making me care so much. Jerks.
2 of 11 | Posted by loula | Posted on October 10, 2007 12:51 AM
I also read an article about Dr. Sara not returning...I read that they had her written into the first 13 episodes so she and Michael could have a proper goodbye and then that number was cut down to 10 eps, 9, 4, etc. They were even going to shoot just one phone call scene and bring the crew to her house and everything, but that wasn't accepted...too bad...I really was hoping that it was Whistler's girlfriend's head in the box. But obviously Susan mailed the bird book to Whistler in Sona, so WTF is really going on?!?
3 of 11 | Posted by LNNC92 | Posted on October 10, 2007 6:57 AM
Sara,smara - Motherless Bitch who cares? Perhaps she and Gwyneth Paltrow can walk around and look for their heads together!!!
Yes to Bill Fitchner - the unsung star of this show. I will moon over Michael, Linc, Sucre and Mahone, but Kudos to T-bag and Bellick and their consistently excellent performances. As for Smusen - well where is Daddy Don Johnson and uncle Cheech? Surely Cheech could supply Mahone with all the pharmaceuticals he needs....
4 of 11 | Posted by lilah | Posted on October 10, 2007 10:07 AM
It would be nice if I could get through one episode of this show without missing Kellerman. Don't think it'll happen.
Too bad you didn't get the screencap I really wanted - Mahone thisclose to making out with Michael in his confrontation at the end. Please let that be the rebound relationship!
5 of 11 | Posted by WideStance | Posted on October 10, 2007 10:52 AM
Where's Weirdo totally cracked me up.
I thought the Sara head was a little much myself. I am not liking Susan -- she reminds me of Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Saved by the Bell, 90210) in both looks and acting skills. Not a good thing.
6 of 11 | Posted by fycin | Posted on October 10, 2007 11:10 AM
WideStance, I totally have a fantastic screencap of that scene on my computer. I worry that I overdo the whole Mahone/Michael chemistry thing, so I figured one fake kiss screencap per episode is enough. But glad to know I have your permission to overdo it in the future! Noted!
Also, ha! Is that where she's from? Nash Bridges? That explains a lot. I never cared enough to imdb her before. And yeah, actually, a Cheech Marin cameo this season would be awesome. I will need comic relief once Michael finds out about Sara. That will not be pretty. Well, it'll be pretty, but you know what I mean.
7 of 11 | Posted by loula | Posted on October 10, 2007 2:14 PM
Seriously full of win. I was actually nervous after watching that you wouldn't recap. Glad you are here in fine form as always.
If linc can hold his shit together we may get to see more Badass Engineer McGyver Michael before we get stuck with Emo-Michael for awhile. At least till Episode 9 when his new love interest arrives...Yech. Can't even picture it.
Dr. Sara....So sad....loved her since the episode in S1 when Michael wisks her up to the ceiling tiles to save her ass in the Fox river riot. Michael Ausiello at TV Guide had an interview with Matt Olmstead (EP) that tries to explain why they chose to off her that way....i don't buy it that she was as difficult to work with as he made her seem. So it does taint the already horrific disturbing not-sara head-in-a-box ending if that is possible....
I am still a slave to PB (one of only two shows that I absolutely HAVE TO watch in real time--dvr be damned) simply because the offing of Michael is the only thing that would make stop watching.
P.S. that last screencap was hysterical....rockin the recap as always....
8 of 11 | Posted by mamabird | Posted on October 10, 2007 7:25 PM
Yes Loula, the World Cup is usually in June. But there wasn’t one in 2005, so it’s still "nitpickable".
It’s every fourth year, last one was in 2004.
Love your recaps, by the way.
9 of 11 | Posted by Anonymous | Posted on October 11, 2007 9:12 AM
Pretty much killed the shw there, I would have accepted Tori Spelling as Dr. S. . . no I wouldn't have, but at least another no-name Candian actress then put her head in a box.
My girlfriend gasped and said, "they just ruined teh whloe show, what's the point?" It's true. well I will watch you PB, but to me you are dead like Sara's head in a box, but not a nice box one of those flimsy bpxes that aren't glued well and fall apart easily.
10 of 11 | Posted by mattypopo | Posted on October 17, 2007 5:04 PM
"Yes Loula, the World Cup is usually in June. But there wasn’t one in 2005, so it’s still "nitpickable".
It’s every fourth year, last one was in 2004."
Maybe the prisoners are watching the 2004 World Cup on tape? That would be hilarious if they were watching the same game over and over, cheering and booing as if they don't know the outcome.
As for dead-head Sara, Linc better hold out on telling Michael for as long as possible. Does anyone else get the feeling that Michael cared more about freeing Sara than LJ? I know he loves his nephew and all, but he often spoke of LJ as if he was an afterthought. Remember in season 2 when they were in the subdivision and LJ called Linc to come get him, but Micheal was all "he can wait" about it? lol Michael just lost his biggest incentive to help Whistler out. I wish they had killed LJ instead. He's useless as anything but a plot device to guarantee Linc's cooperation.
11 of 11 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on October 19, 2007 10:32 AM