Kellerman recovers a little and freaks me right the fuck out by lunging at her with his gun drawn. Linc and his bulk stop him from getting too close, but he's sputtering "you get ONE of those!" Which, at least he realizes he had that one coming. Anyway, just then there's a knock on the door. Conductor guy, who incidentally looks like he's about 14, says that some kids in the next car saw what they thought was a fight, and does he need to call the police? Kellerman bitchily tells him that no, he should do exactly what he told him to do, which is to leave him the hell alone and everybody mind their own damn business. He turns back toward Sara et al and says "Just so we're all clear, if she tries that one more time..." "you'll do what?" Angry Michael hisses. Linc just tells Kellerman to stay on his side of the playground. Sara gets up to follow Official Girl Protocol For Overwhelming Situations, by which I mean she locks herself in the ladies' room, but not before she gets in a nice "It wasn't personal, Paul." Heh. Kellerman grins at her, and it's kind of evil, but it also kind of looks like he might be genuinely tickled by her. More than you bargained for, eh, big boy? She's got spunk, that one!
Bellick strolls right out of Fox River where a very shiny very blue pickup truck is waiting for him. On the passenger seat is a supercool secret agent manila file with his name on it. There's also some cash, a handgun, and an FBI badge. Lord help us. He proudly places his badge on the dashboard and speeds off to do Mahone's bidding.
At the Hollander household, The Least Observant Welcome Wagon Lady In The Universe is taking her leave. T-Bag's all "y'all come back now, ya hear?" but as soon as the door closes his affected Southern charm just dissolves. "This isn't going to work," he says, but before any of us can get too relieved, he clarifies: they're just going to have to pack up and move. Susan has a look of horror on her face, part "Holy crap, this delusional psychopath is never going to leave my family alone;" part "But I just freaking moved! I hate packing!"
Cut to T-Bag driving his new, reluctant family around in a station wagon, happily listening to what google tells me is "Give Me Just a Little More Time" by The Chairmen of the Board (peak Billboard position: #2 in 1970), and I really hope the Chairmen of the Board invested their "Give Me Just a Little More Time" money wisely.
So, okay. In C-Note news this week: He and Dede are sitting at a diner, listening to the same song as the Hollanders, which I guess means they're in Kansas now too? He's trying to do cute Daddy things to make her maybe not hate him for putting her mom in jail and basically uprooting her from everything she knows and making her live in a trailer with no friends. It's not working very well. She's not eating, but it turns out she's not just being petulant - you'll recall Dede's mystery ailment, for which Kacee was arrested buying medicine. Evidently it's digestive in nature, and evidently it's hard to get an appointment with a gastroenterologist when The Man is after you. She's sick, and C-Note hurries to carry her out of the diner. Just at that moment though, some twitchy meth head decides to rob the damn diner. Oh, for heaven's sake. Sure, why not? So Tweak the Robber is generally tweaking out, demanding money from everybody and pistol-whipping a rather large gentleman in the process. C-Note tries to talk him down. It's okay, Tweak. C-Note can help him get whatever he wants and he won't have to hurt anybody.
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Comments (5)
loved that part where bellick practiced his G-man introduction in the rearview mirror of his shiny new truck. HI-larious.
getting bellick out of the joint was a smart move for the writers, as it simultaneously enables them to more easily integrate the search for the other escapees and reinforces the increasingly tenuous connection to the prison. damn hell yeah!
glad to see from the previews that stacy keach (the warden) is back on the scene next week, and that the plot may be returning to fox river. this show got unruly after the actual escape. for one thing, it's no longer a 'prison break'--it's 'the fugitive(s)'. and with all of the prisoners spread out, things got messy. now that there are fewer prisoners to catch, the story is regaining cohesiveness, but then again, the less distractions there are, the easier it is to spot the gaping plot holes (how on god's green earth could t-bag--by far the most dangerous of the escapees--not have been cornered yet? i know ted bundy busted out of jail in colorado and made it all the way to florida, but he had 2 hands and looked like a normal dude rather than a skeezy bottle-blonde truckstop hustler).
i also agree that the haywire/mahone standoff was one of the finer acting moments this show has seen. william fichtner is really on a different level than the rest of the cast, and while he's been saddled with some ham-fisted scenes (wouldn't mahone pop his precious pills BEFORE he started climbing the silo ladder?), when given the chance, he can actually make a cardboard character like mahone seem 3-dimensional and sympathetic.
glad to see sara get a little saucy on kellerman and then finally get to neck with michael, setting the hearts of millions of ladies and gay men aflutter. hell, i'm not even gay, and i'd probably make out with ol' wenty. he's soooo adorable.
1 of 5 | Posted by jack
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Posted on February 8, 2007 6:21 AM
I liked this episode a lot. So happy to see Sara and Michael together, and I wanted to jump up and down when they FINALLY made out! But of course the train had to stop before it got really good. :)
This show frustrates me somewhat b/c I want to see smart writing, plausible scenerios, good plot twists, etc and it doesnt always happen. I didn't see the "fake president" situation coming so that was pretty clever.
Thankfully Went is so fun to watch, even with that permanent mean face he has going.
2 of 5 | Posted by TVCheese
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Posted on February 8, 2007 7:55 AM
The plot holes bother me less and less as time goes on. It's kind of like a comic book, really. The actual storytelling, particularly the main "troubled genius stops at nothing to exonerate his lovable thug brother" plot, is usually interesting enough to outweigh the continuity/plausibility problems that would drive me bonkers on other shows. Maybe they're just good at distracting me.
Re: T-Bag, Robert Knepper does a really good job of reminding me that sociopaths, sort of by definition, are scary good at blending in and gaining trust from otherwise reasonable people. Ted Bundy even used a fake cast to get girls to trust him, so I think the fake hand kind of works to T-Bag's advantage. People don't want to be rude so they don't look too hard. So I buy it, but only because I watch way too much Court TV.
I didn't see the fake president thing coming either! That's another thing I like, is that this show surprises me pretty often, probably because I don't speculate about it obsessively.
And yeah, I'm really glad William Fichtner has something to do. Much like Adelstein with Kellerman, I love the Mahone character, but I definitely think that has a lot to do with the actor. He seems genuinely troubled and exhausted and desperate, not cartoonishly evil. I also think I've underestimated Wentworth Miller's talent, now that we're seeing more of the non-prison Michael. And Sara, actually. I barely noticed her last season, but she's knocked it out of the park lately.
I totally didn't see the Warden in the previews! That's fantastic. I've missed him.
3 of 5 | Posted by Loula
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Posted on February 8, 2007 9:11 AM
Loula - What a great recap! I LOL'd many a time. I actually think Kellerman is a genius character...and the actor who plays him is perfect. Just menacing enough to be believeable, just babyfaced enough to be extra terrifying.
4 of 5 | Posted by suedisco
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Posted on February 8, 2007 11:07 AM
I think I've only ever watched 3 complete episodes of this show. But I'm in the loop thanks to these great recaps!!
5 of 5 | Posted by fignuts
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Posted on February 8, 2007 11:58 AM