Prison Break

We open with Sara riding up an elevator. And, hello, cleavage! She’s dressed in some jeans and this weird printed tank top. Michael, on the other hand, is wearing the Evil Hat that Wants to Take Over the Show (or, “Evil Hat” for short, because even the acronym is too long). He stares appreciatively at Sara’s cleavage while she admonishes him. And, oh yeah, they’re at a race track. Michael crosses back with Linc (who is wearing a hat that looks about two sizes too small but is, thankfully, a normal baseball cap), hangs him something and says “Gate 8″. Do you all think that I’m unnaturally obsessed with the hats on this show?

Mahone, who we quickly learn is the one man in the group not wearing a hat (at least Sucre is wearing a cool Panama hat) joins Michael and the two of them see Sara and Bellick placing bets. While Bellick gets all ornery and loud with the ticket seller, Sucre lures away a securing guard so Linc can enter the area where the horses and their jockeys are. Sara manages to distract another security guard so that Michael and Mahone can sneak into an “employees only” section. We see Linc by the track with a little transmitter device.

Michael hides the Black Hole device under the desk of the Operations Manager and the boys hightail it out of there. We see that Scylla cardholder #4 is at the track with his wife. As people gather outside to watch the race I lament the fact that not even a man as attractive as Wentworth Miller can make that hat work. That just goes to show you that there are some items that are so ugly they’re nearly unspeakable. Meanwhile, Sara, Bellick and Mahone are all watching the race on monitors inside.

We see that the device Lincoln had messed with the gate of the horse that cardholder #4 bet on (let’s call him Racetrack Guy). He’s super pissed and storms off to bitch to the manager.

We see Racetrack Guy storm into the Operations Manager’s office. Ah, all the better to steal his Scylla information. The Operation Manager gets called away because of the device used to stall the gate and Racetrack Guy goes with him, but not before the Black Hole copied all of the Scylla data.

Some guys start a fight and Mahone sends Michael off in case he gets recognized. Sara, meanwhile, tries to chat up a security guard using a fake Southern accent. He calls her “sweetheart”. Sweetheart? Could you get any more condescending, asshole? Mahone retrieves the Black Hole from the office while the guard calls Sara “honey”. I totally want to slap that jerk.

Unfortunately, the security guards find Mahone in the hallway near the office and arrest him. Probably because he punched one of them. Unfortunately, he didn’t punch the asshole guard. The rest of the gang sees him being put in a police cruiser.

Now we’re in Riverside, California, where Gretchen is knocking on her sister’s door.

At GATE, T-Bag is discovering more clues in Whistler’s bird book by holding it up to the light. Another employee (Andy) enters, telling T-Bag they have a issue. Could the fact that T-Bag is still gainfully employed yet appears to do no work whatsoever be the “issue”? T-Bag starts spewing some salesman nonsense and Andy leaves.

Mahone arrives at the police station where we see he has given a face name to the police. The sergeant dumps his personal effects on the desk and starts going through them. Mahone tries reasoning with the sergeant to let him off, but the sergeant doesn’t wanna.

Linc is talking to Self on the phone, explaining what happened to Mahone. Linc demands that Self get Mahone off, while Self protests. When he reenters his office, Self sees some IT guy working on his computer without authorization. Self demands that he leave. I’m thinking this IT guy was sent by Pad Man.

Linc returns to HQ and tries to convince the group that Self will get Mahone out. Sara starts briefing the group on what they know about the next cardholder (who’s name is Howard Scuderi): he owns an agricultural conglomerate which is profiting off of the food inflation in Laos.

Gretchen’s taking a shower in her sister’s bathroom. When she inspects her injuries she starts to cry. Oh, I’m sorry, am I supposed to feel sorry for the bitch?

She goes down to the kitchen, where her sister is reading with her daughter. Gretchen lies about what happened and asks to see the owl she sent her sister from Germany. It’s ugly, so she breaks it. Ok, not really. But she does smash it to reveal a gun inside. As her sister gets freaked out, Gretchen says she’s now an independent contractor..

Wyatt is briefing Pad Man on Self’s background when the IT guy enters. The IT guy admits that he can’t get past Self’s computer firewalls to access his personal information.

Mahone’s stewing in jail when he sees that Self is trying to get him out. The sergeant is getting lippy while Self starts throwing around some federal authority. Self asks Mahone to sign a paper to release his personal effects, including the Black Hole. Mahone is reluctant (he wants out of jail) but eventually agrees and Self leaves him there.

Linc updates the team back at HQ: Self has the Black Hole, but Mahone’s in prison. Linc says he feels bad but they can’t sacrifice the mission just to save Mahone. Sucre is a bit pissed, particularly when Linc says that if Sucre got arrested they would leave him behind too. Bastard! Michael doesn’t immediately jump to Sucre’s rescue, but I’m certain he wouldn’t leave his old cellmate behind.

Despite some protestations from various members of the group Michael finally agrees with Linc. Sucre looks horribly betrayed and disgusted.

In the parking garage of the federal building, Wyatt and Self come face to face. We learn Pad Man’s name (General Krantz) when Wyatt says that he works for the General and asks why Self is snooping around. Self is practically peeing himself trying to come up with lame excuses for his snooping. Wyatt warns Self to butt out. Then he says “that’s all” in a manner so akin to Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada that it’s actually a little creepy. While Self walks away, Wyatt sees a parking ticket on Self’s dash from the police station.

Self is telling Michael about Wyatt. Self offers to have Mahone killed in case he shoots his mouth off. Dude, seriously! It’s Mahone! You cannot do that.

The sergeant is talking to Mahone, offering to drop the charges. But only if he can identify his “accomplice” at the racetrack: Michael.

The group is taking a meeting, trying to decide how to get to the fifth cardholder: Scuderi. Unfortunately, Scuderi has a state of the art alarm system. Michael starts whining about how hard it will be to breach it. Um….did they not just breach a state of the art alarm system back in episode 2? Michael suggests that they overload the power to the alarm system so that it’ll shut itself off.

Bellick interjects: he wants to know what will happen if the cops get him. Roland worries that Mahone will squeal about the team. Michael says they have no way of knowing what Mahone will do and they have no real options; they can’t break him out of the police station. Seriously? Seriously?! Did they not break out of a maximum security prison? But somehow they can’t break Mahone out of some junior jail?

T-Bag’s in his office, trying to figure out the clues in the bird book. He enters a closet while Trishanne looks on suspiciously.

Linc’s back at HQ with some jumper cables. Michael tells Sara that they’re going to leave Mahone in jail, but Michael feels guilty if The Company gets to him.

Speaking of The Company getting to Alex, Wyatt has entered the police station where he’s being held. He sees that Self signed in to see Mahone and asks to see Mahone, but the sergeant denies him access. Mahone recognizes Wyatt and hides while Wyatt asks for the name of the courthouse where Mahone will be arraigned.

Mahone calls Michael from jail to deliver news of Wyatt. Mahone promises not to rat them and asks Michael to kill Wyatt. Michael agrees.

Gretchen’s on the phone, speaking to someone about her “dead husband”. Her sister wants answers, but Gretchen dismisses her. We quickly learn that Gretchen is the mother of her sister’s daughter (Emily) but gave her sister custody. She kisses the girl and leaves. Again, considering the choices she’s made, am I supposed to feel sorry for the bitch?

Michael and Linc start fiddling with the power to the alarm system. Self is listening to his voicemail messages and we learn he has a wife. Self pulls up the map of the location of the boys and sees that they’re near Mahone. Ah ha! So Michael isn’t fiddling with the alarm system! He’s going to break Mahone out of police custody.

Mahone is being escorted into the courtroom and sees Wyatt enter. The two clearly recognize each other and there’s some tense music in the background alerting us to the fact that this is a tense moment.

T-Bag’s trying to figure out if something is hidden in the closet when Andy comes in to expose him. Apparently he thinks T-Bag is defrauding GATE. T-Bag quickly wipes his prints off of his office supplies and runs out of the building.

Gretchen is meeting with a police officer or a corner or something. We see that she is trying to claim Whistler’s personal belongings by claiming he’s her husband. She doesn’t have a marriage certificate so she just punches the guy out. Gretchen goes through the filing cabinet and sees that Whistler’s phone has a voicemail message: his one-bedroom apartment is ready.

Sara’s playing lawyer and walks into the courtroom wearing a suit and a weird hairstyle. She asks the DA for Mahone’s file and we see Sucre in the back on a phone. He begins a countdown as Wyatt approaches Mahone. Michael pulls the switch and the lights don’t just go off in the courthouse, they explode. We quickly see that Sucre has retrieved Mahone and they have disappeared. Wyatt is super pissed.

Sucre and Mahone are fleeing the building as Wyatt gives chase. The boys quickly get into the getaway car and leave with Wyatt still in pursuit. Unfortunately, his plan to shoot everything in sight is stopped by the arrival of the police.

Back at HQ, Mahone thanks everyone for getting him out. Mahone sneaks out to call Wyatt. He offers to meet up with Wyatt, but Wyatt wants more. He wonders why Sara and Mahone are both in LA. Mahone doesn’t care much for this tangent, he only wants to deal with Wyatt. Unfortunately, Mahone hangs up before they can make a deal to meet. When he reenters HQ he throws out the paper with Wyatt’s number on it, which Roland picks up from the garbage can. Christ, Roland, you are seriously going to get yourself killed.

T-Bag, meanwhile, is trying to dust his prints from his pretty apartment when Gretchen storms in and kicks him to the ground. Pointing a gun at his head she asks “who are you?” And I’m assuming that this is how the two pair up together for some joint dastardly deeds.

Well, since I discovered time-shifting but my family members have not, I have no opinion from my grandfather or cousin this week. We’ll have to catch up with them later. See you all back here next week.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

Okay I have you covered until the end of Septemeber. I gotta get some rest. Will fill you in more tomorrow and I have a few little spoliers to share with you too….SSSHHHHHHH!!!!! LOL

Back at HQ, Michael asks Self to get the FBI tech guys to help them identify the people he filmed on his cell phone. Self immediately recognizes that one of them works in his building. How awkward. I can only imagine that conversation around the water cooler on Monday morning. That guy is the head of the Treasury in LA. Michael hands Self the Black Hole device and suggests he make up something to get close to Treasury Guy (aka, the next Scylla cardholder), but Self protests. Because lying about government stuff can net you five years in prison. Shit! Did someone warn George Bush?!

I suspect that Self is going to end up on the run like everyone else on this show before the season is through.

Mahone’s sitting in a diner, meeting with his ex-wife, Pam. She’s very short with him and identifies Wyatt from some photos as their son’s killer. Damnit, Mahone! You’re breaking my heart again! This is, like, the seventh episode that you’ve done that. She tries to comfort him, while also encouraging him to find and kill Wyatt. She hands him something in an envelope.

Sara starts running as Wyatt continues to chase her. Fortunately, with some quick thinking, and some weaving through traffic, she manages to evade him.

At his shiny new job at GATE, T-Bag notices that spilling tea on the bird book reveals some secret code. With some more dabbing, he reveals a ladder written in ink.

Back at HQ Sucre and Linc are arguing. Sucre wants to track down T-Bag, but Linc wants them to lay low. Michael orders Bellick and Sucre to search the buildings where they last saw T-Bag.

Self barges into Treasury Guy’s office, spinning some tall tale. Back at HQ, Roland and Michael are watching the signal from the Black Hole. We quickly discover that the Scylla card is in Treasury Guy’s safe. He quickly dismisses Self, but not before revealing that he’s headed oversees soon.

Self and Michael quickly realize where the card is located. Michael asks Self to bring him the blueprints. Self protests. Self, seriously, did you even see Season 1? Michael crafted an elaborate plan to break out of prison based solely on the blueprints. Come on, man! Keep up!

Sara arrives back at HQ and tells the boys that she was followed. She identifies Wyatt from a picture that Mahone is holding. He announces that Wyatt killed his son.

Mahone’s asking Sara for help to find Wyatt. She tells Mahone that Bruce’s credit card is missing.

Michael, Self and Lincoln are pouring over the blueprints, trying to come up with a way to get inside the federal building. Michael comes up with a plan in about 26 seconds (a new record!) and Self draws the insignia that was on the safe.

Wyatt’s visiting with Gretchen. Gretchen’s not doing so good (yeay!), yet she still manages to insult Sara and her escaping skills. Wyatt puts a bucket of something rotten in front of Gretchen and she starts gagging. When he leaves, she continues to jimmy the screw free.

Michael announces that only the Treasury Guy’s fingerprint will open the safe. Linc, who apparently robbed safes in a former life, suggests many options, all of which Michael shoots down. Self is being a Negative Nancy, insisting there is no way the boys can get into the office. Considering it’s his ass on the line too, you think he’d be more helpful. Michael’s wearing a little grin that says “dude, I’m the smartest thing in a 50-mile radius and I’m going to find a way into that safe”.

Roland is helping Mahone track down information about Bruce’s credit card and Wyatt’s whereabouts. Along with Sara, they’re trying to figure out where Wyatt is staying.

Back at GATE, T-Bag is asking for more tea when he sees Bellick and Sucre at reception. They’re spinning some story that T-Bag just inherited a bunch of money and they’re looking to give it to him, but the receptionist, Trishanne, denies knowing him.

Michael’s playing with an etch-a-sketch and working on a science project. Self gets a call and promises to keep Treasury Guy’s adjoining officemate out of his office. Michael calls Sucre and Bellick and asks them to meet him.

Self drives the boys into the parking garage of the federal building, where Linc walks out in a suit. Oh yeah, baby! Where’s a damn wind machine when you need one?!

Linc, Bellick, Sucre and Michael are in the elevator, fiddling with the controls, heading up to the 10th floor.

Back at GATE, Trishanne is again displaying her inappropriate office cleavage. She blackmails T-Bag: in exchange for keeping quiet about his whereabouts, she wants more than the $10,000 Sucre offered. She eventually settles for 3% of his commission.

Self takes out Treasury Guy’s next door officemate for lunch. Before they leave, he squirts something on the carpet outside the office. In the storage room, an employee encounters Bellick and Sucre fiddling with the vents. Up in the vents, Lincoln sees that Michael’s nose is bleeding. Finally! Maybe we’ll finally learn what’s going on.

Back at HQ, Roland’s handing Mahone a list of possible hotels that Wyatt may be staying.

At the federal building, Sucre and Bellick, posing as janitors, find the mess that Self left behind. They go into the guy’s office, while Michael and Linc come down from the vent. They start to break into Treasury Guy’s safe from the other side of the wall.

Outside the office, Sucre and Bellick are covering up the sound of Linc and Michael’s actions by cleaning up the mess Self made with a vacuum.

Inside the office, Linc is asking Michael how long he’s had the nosebleeds. Linc mentions that it was a big deal when Michael was 13, but Michael insists that Linc not tell Sara. He says he’s just “acclimating to the warmer climate” and brushes Linc off. Damnit, writers, just tell me what’s wrong with Michael! Tell me what’s wrong so I can love him back to health.

Back at HQ, Roland and Sara are staring at the pictures of the cardholders. Sara realizes that Lisa (last week’s cardholder) recently headed to Laos, while Treasury Guy is also heading to Asia.

Mahone arrives at the bar Sara hung out at last week. He pretends to be an investigator and shows the bartender lady a picture of Wyatt. She gives him a short description of Wyatt’s car.

At a motel, Wyatt is bribing the desk clerk for information? Something.

Back at the federal building, the secretary is trying to get Sucre and Bellick to stop the noise. Sucre retrieves a stack of letters inside the office for her and the boys resume their work.

Pad Man arrives at an office, asking for someone named Griffin. The assistant offers to get him.

Michel hears that someone has entered Treasury Guy’s office. Oh yes, it’s Pad Man. Ok, Treasury Guy is named Griffin.

Michael and Linc are scrambling for a new plan: a way to get into the safe quietly.

Mahone, meanwhile, pulls up to a motel. We see that Pam gave him a gun the last time she saw him. Mahone approaches the same desk clerk Wyatt was speaking to before. The desk clerk identifies Wyatt from a photo, but says he checked out. Mahone asks for a key to the room. When Mahone leaves the office, the desk clerk calls Wyatt. Before the desk clerk can deliver the news, Mahone points a gun at him. The desk clerk hands over the note with Wyatt’s phone number.

The Treasury Guy greets Pad Man in his office. We learn that Treasury Guy is also headed to Laos, while the boys finally break into the safe with minimal noise. Michael pulls out the Scylla card and they call Roland. Sara is watching a news report on her PDA, which says that Laos is suffering from inflation and food riots. Plus, 200 people are dead. Michael is taking a picture of both sides of Scylla, while listening to Pad Man and Treasury Guy’s conversation. Pad Man is telling Treasury Guy that there’s some funny business going on.

Pad Man insists that Treasury Guy take out Scylla from his safe. There’s some tense moments while Treasury Guy is slowly opening his safe and the boys are still copying the information. Pad Man insists that all of the cardholders keep their cards on them. The boys quickly pack up and leave just as Self returns from lunch.

Back at HQ, Sara is telling Michael what she learned about Laos. She thinks the cardholders are trying to tear Laos down and Michal thinks they’re going to do so to turn a profit by rebuilding it. She tells him about the bar, but insists she can handle this.

Back at GATE, Trishanne escorts Mr. Xing’s killer into T-Bag’s office. He takes out a gun and tells T-Bag he was supposed to deliver “the item” two days ago. Mr. Xing’s killer demands to know where Scylla is, but T-Bag tries to stall. When the killer threatens his life, T-Bag agrees to deliver. And this is how T-Bag starts working with Michael again, I’m sure. Trishanne looks at the phone number Bellick left her.

Back in Gretchen’s cell, she quickly strangles the guard who enters. No, I’m sorry, she stabbed him in the head with the nail. Ew. Gross. She then frees herself with his keys and escapes.

Self is talking to Michael. They have identified the names and addresses of two of the remaining card holders, except for the general, aka Pad Man. Sara tells Michael that when she was being held captive, she heard Gretchen taking orders from Pad Man. She thinks he’s in charge of The Company.

Wyatt is telling Pad Man about Gretchen’s escape when one of his assistants announces that Self has been searching for images about Pad Man.

Unfortunately, my father is in town and stopped by my grandparent’s house, thereby preventing my grandfather from watching the show yet. My dad screws up everything. If he didn’t hand me money this morning, I’d be super pissed at him. But he did, so I’ll forgive him. Cousin Joe also missed the show since he just arrived home. Sheesh, no one in my family is as dedicated to this show as I am. I definitely need to get a new family.

See you all here next week. Same bat time, same bat channel.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

Michael finds Sara sitting by the water. He tells her that the photos from the Scylla team meeting are still printing. Because Michael took the video with a crappy cell phone….as opposed to the awesome new BlackBerry Pearl I just got last week….the images of the meeting are grainy. You should have gotten a CrackBerry, Michael. I already love it more than I love my own sister. Sorry, Jen, but you don’t even read my recaps and the CrackBerry is there for me all the time. Anyways, Michael asks Sara if she’s ever been on a yacht (well, what passes for a yacht in LA, which is pretty small) and she says she has. He, unfortunately, has not. Because despite his brains and all those suits, he actually grew up on the wrong side of the track. Then he says something about how the ocean is Sara’s front yard, but his voice goes up as he says it and he waves his hand around. It’s so weird and out of character that I wonder if this is another of Michael’s “tumor” symptoms manifesting itself. Sucre interrupts their plans for the future.

Linc shows the group a picture of a license plate they got from the video. The team stares at the fuzzy letters before Sara and Michael realize there’s a flag sticker on the plate and it’s a diplomatic plate. Bellick wants to know about the break-in that’s clearly going to happen later in the season (during sweeps, perhaps?), but Michael assures him that Agent Self will provide information for that. And that the whole break-in is useless without the cards. Pay attention, Bellick. Turns out the flag on the plate is from Turkey and the gang’s headed over to the Turkish consulate. Sara elects to stay behind and work on the video.

Elsewhere in LA, T-Bag’s suffering from first-day-at-work jitters. Maybe he’s afraid the other people on the team won’t invite him to sit with them at lunch.

The boys are outside the Turkish consulate. Fun story: I went to law school with the son of the Prime Minister of Belize. Great guy. Google now tells me that he’s the leader of a political party. At the consulate, the boys see the car from the video. Roland calls to say that his little gadget from episode 2 (let’s call it The Black Hole) is copying data from the card. Some lady gets out of the car, kisses the man goodbye and walks away. Roland announces they lost the signal to the card. I quickly guess that the woman actually has the card about two minutes before the guys do. The boy quickly drive off before they get recognized.

Back at HQ, Roland starts talking to Bellick. He tries to bond with Bellick, but he’s having none of it. Self calls Sara and delivers the news that Bruce has been found dead.

Lisa, the lady cardholder, walks into Pad Man’s office. I think I know this actress from somewhere. I know! She’s from season 1 of seaQuest. For those of you who don’t recall, that was a show about some soldiers and scientists in the future who lived on a huge submarine. Roy Scheider was on it. God, I totally loved that show when I was a kid. Anyway, Pad Man tells her the kip is currently at 10 and when it reaches 15 she’ll have to leave. He talks to her about some sort of event she’s attending that evening. She kisses him on the cheek and he tells her to stay safe.

The boys are sitting around a table when Lisa comes out of a nearby building. They quickly realize that she’s got private security. Then Linc spots T-Bag across the courtyard. He looks shocked. I suspect, like me, he wonders why T-Bag has chosen to wear a porn mustache straight out of 1976. The boys run to chase T-Bag after he starts to run away.

Michael sure runs fast for a guy that lost two toes a few months ago. Linc greets T-Bag by slamming him against the wall. Standard Lincoln greeting. Michael asks why he’s in LA and T-Bag says he’s in town for some good old-fashioned revenge. Michael wants the bird book, but a cop starts looking at the trio suspiciously and the brothers take off.

Wyatt’s in a hotel room, trying to locate Sara. He calls Pad Man and gives him an update. Pad Man is convinced that Gretchen knows something and she should stay alive until she talks. Pad Man has a job for Wyatt: find a former Company employee who’s asking questions about Scylla.

The boys return to HQ and tell Bellick that T-Bag’s in town. Michael goes to find Sara at her boat. She’s upset that Bruce is dead and blames herself. Michael assures her that it isn’t her fault. He’s right Sara, it’s all his fault. And he’ll continue blaming himself for the rest of the show. Michael’s a lot like Angel (from Buffy). He’s all about the guilt and the sacrifice.

T-Bag arrives at GATE. He charms the receptionist (who is displaying her cleavage for the entire office). She announces that the boss, Mr. White, is running late. She tells him that Mr. Xing has already left two messages. Oh, Teddy, you’re getting in deep with this, aren’t you? He notices that Mr. Xing’s phone number was already in Whistler’s bird book.

Michael calls Self about Bruce’s death. Self wants to know if Bruce knows Michael’s location. They go back and forth before Michael announces that T-Bag is in town with Whistler’s bird book. Self, who may have heard rumors about T-Bag’s horrendous mustache, seems worried that he’s in town. He leaves a message for that Company contact he met back in episode 2: the guy who was supposed to get information on The Company’s HQ. You know, the guy that Pad Man ordered Wyatt to find.

Mahone announces that Lisa is the wife of the Turkish Consul. Roland announces that she’s being honored at a charity party that night for a group called “Eagles and Angels” (and we have our title!). Mahone announces that the party is for the Association of Law Enforcement. In other words: cops.

The former employee (Jason?) calls Self. He’s all worried because he thinks his phone is being tapped. Self announces he’s on his way. He should be worried, because Wyatt’s closing in.

The boys are playing with magnets and are leaving to go thieving. Michael leaves Sara behind.

At GATE, Mr. White announces T-Bag to his mentor, Andy, and then leaves for San Francisco. Andy shows T-Bag to his office and seems a bit suspicious. T-Bag notices that his office number was also marked in Whistler’s bird book.

Sara’s brooding about Bruce back at HQ. She grabs her bag and heads out to a bar. Oh, Sara. We always end up back here whenever you’re upset. Back in season 1 it led to an overdose. She starts chatting with the bartender, asking all sorts of existential questions. I prefer to get existential with cabbies when I’m drinking. They’re always fun. Sara asks for bourbon, but doesn’t drink it.

Self arrives at Jason’s apartment. Correction, Jason’s former apartment. Because Jason is dead.

Linc, Michael and Sucre are engaging in a little B&E. Sucre’s wearing a wife beater and I’m drooling. He’s cute. Linc screws up the security camera with the magnets. You want to know their clever plan for getting in to the building? They literally take the door off its hinges. I hate when Michael spends entire seasons executing a hugely complex plan only to see them accomplish something like this so easily. We quickly learn that the boys went to steal some cop uniforms.

Our next shot is Michael, Linc and Sucre in the uniforms. Mmmmm, I love me some boys in blue.

Mahone joins the other boys, who mingle around the party. They spot Lisa. Michael quickly finds her table and slips The Black Hole underneath it. Michael calls Sara, but she’s telling the bartender about Bruce. A creepy bar guy is trying to hit on her. I hate creepy guys at bars. He walks away and steals her credit card. Well, Bruce’s credit card. Sara continues to tell the lady bartender about some story when she was 12. Then she starts crying.

At the benefit, a cop is giving a speech. Mahone flashes back to a picture of his son, while Michael remembers his father’s grave. A security guard from the consulate recognizes Linc, so he leaves. Michael calls Roland, who says The Black Hole is copying the card.

Pad Man calls Lisa and says the kip is at 15. It’s clearly some sort of signal. Linc is being followed by the guy from the consulate. Lisa gives her regrets and goes to leave, thereby cutting off the signal. Linc calls Sucre and Bellick and asks them to pick him up out back. Before he reaches the car he’s intercepted by the consulate guy, who greets him by name.

The consulate guy has Lincoln at gunpoint but his calls over the radio go unanswered. Michael and Mahone move to get the card. Bellick saves Linc by stabbing the consulate guy, but in a non-fatal way. That is quickly remedied by Linc, who kills him dead. Linc is racking up quite the body count isn’t he? Bellick is suitably freaked out. Linc calls Michael and tells him what he did. Michael wants Linc to let the others from The Company find the dead guy’s body.

Wyatt greets Gretchen in her cell. She is having a REALLY bad hair day. Wyatt asks if she knows anything about Scylla, but she says she doesn’t. He accuses her of lying, but she protests her innocence. My, my, how the tables have turned, Gretchen. Wyatt gets a call: someone just used Bruce’s credit card. And off he goes. But not before we see that Gretchen is trying to get a screw out of some wood. Presumably to get her cuffs off and break out. Too bad she didn’t learn the fine art of breaking out at the feet of Scofield.

At the charity event, Mahone approaches one of Lisa’s guards. He says he believes of their guards is dead outside. Mahone takes the guard outside while Michael remains behind with Lisa. The Black Hole picks up the signal again and is copying the data card. Lisa is chatting with Michael and she tells him his nose is bleeding.

Sara’s crying in the bathroom at the bar. I can’t even remember how many times I’ve cried in a bar bathroom. Alcohol has a tendency to make me cry for no good reason. Sara finds the origami rose from Michael. Wyatt enters the bar and asks the bartender about Sara.

We see the data is nearly done copying while Lisa asks Michael if he’s ok. Her real guard returns and drags her off.

Back at the bar, the bartender denies seeing Sara. Sara manages to leave without being spotted by Wyatt.

Roland greets the guys enthusiastically when they return to HQ. Michael asks where Sara is.

One of The Company goons is telling Pad Man about the dead guard. Turns out Lisa made her flight.

Michael is talking to Self at HQ. Self tells Michael about his now-dead informant. Self admits he has no idea how to do the breaking-in part of the plan. Self compliments Michael on his style.

The receptionist checks in on T-Bag, who’s chilling in his office. I’m so jealous. I wish I had an office like that. He’s going through the bird book. He also sees Xing’s name in there.

We see two Asian men. One of them is Mr. Xing. Unfortunately, Mr. Xing did not meet up with Mr. Pfeiffer as planned and, therefore, does not have Scylla. Then Mr. Xing gets stabbed. Because these guys don’t fuck around. If you don’t deliver the goods, you end up dead. The guy who just killed Mr. Xing announces that he’s going to LA.

Roland is looking through some of Lisa’s personal information, but quickly denies he picked up anything but the card when Linc asks. Oh, Roland. What the hell are you doing? Linc is going to beat you senseless if he finds out you’re hiding information.

Linc thanks Bellick for saving him from the guard. Mahone asks Roland for a favor. Mahone tells Roland he wants to find the man who killed his son. Mahone asks Roland to search the FBI database for a man matching Wyatt’s description and asks him to keep it secret.

Sara is taking a nice stroll when Michael calls. He wants to know where she is, but she says she’s almost home. She says that he’s the only thing in her life right now and she wants them to be together. He says they are. Clarissa disagrees. They’re sleeping in separate bedrooms. How “together” is that? She hangs up the phone and starts walking back to HQ. We see Wyatt following her.

My grandfather called. He says the bitch (Gretchen) is in trouble. And so are the guys. He thinks it’s all complicated. He actually said “gee wiz, it’s all complicated with these cards and everything”. No, seriously, he said “gee wiz”. Too funny. See you all here next week.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

We open with Agent Self fingering a wedding ring which he quickly hides when Michael appears. Michael starts yelling. Someone check my heart rate, because Michael being all aggressive and loud never fails to make me swoon. Michael explains (or, rather, yells) that the data card retrieved in the last episode is only one of six and he assumes that Self knew that fact. He also announces (or, rather, yells) that the team fulfilled their end of the bargain and they have no intention of going after the other five cards. This discussion disintegrates into a shouting match, with Self insisting that the team find the remaining cards otherwise they’re going back to jail.

At this point you have to wonder if there’s even a point to sticking Michael in any prison. Hasn’t be proven that he can simply scheme his way out? Heck, he seems to improve his timing with each break out.

Michael walks off in a huff, agreeing to get the other 5 cards. He returns to HQ, explaining to the rest of the team that they’re now in it for the long haul. Alex leaves the room, afraid that the government might shut down their little operation.

Roland enters, happily telling the rest of the team that his little thieving device stole information from the previous cardholder’s PDA, including emails and photos. Sara quickly realizes that Cardholder 1 has some secret appointment today. Bellick suggests they push back against Self, but Michael, who is supremely tired of constantly being surrounded by idiots who aren’t even half as smart as he is, finally tells Bellick to shut the hell up.

Mahone, meanwhile, calls Lang. AGENT LANG! I love her. He asks her for a favour: she needs to bring something to him in LA. She’s hesitant, but he tells her that The Company killed his son and she agrees to help. Lincoln also head Mahone’s announcement. Presumably having followed Mahone in order to shout more threats about the two of them will fight to the death when this is all over, Linc instead chooses to leave quietly.

Michael tells Sara that unless they can find the next cardholder by the end of the day, they’re all going back to prison. Dum dum dum!

Cut to Chicago, where Wyatt, The Company assassin, has Bruce Bennett tied to a chair, demanding information about Michael and Lincoln. Wyatt injects Bruce with something and then starts rambling about a family picnic. What is the point of this picnic thing? It lasts the rest of the damn episode.

Back in LA, Self is getting chewed out by his DHS Director. Everyone’s pissed that Scylla is six cards, not one. Self defends Michael’s intelligence and insists that he’s up to the job. The Director says that he’s going to call Senator Dallo to inquire whether the operation should continue.

Back at HQ, the team is going through the information from Cardholder 1’s PDA, trying to figure out some cryptic email messages. Alex and Michael crack the code: there will be a meeting about Scylla today at 4:00, with another cardholder. The team quickly concludes that the location for the meeting was sent in another email, which was not copied to Roland’s device. But, a copy is located on a server in Anaheim. Am I the only one who’s worried about this? Does that mean that all of our emails are backed up on some server somewhere? Crap. I’m going to have to start using carrier pigeons for security purposes. Sucre and Bellick, meanwhile, are sent to trail Cardholder 1 (Tuxhorn). Michael orders Roland to Anaheim.

T-Bag enters an apartment…a furnished apartment that’s running circles around my little condo. While T-Bag’s shaving, he’s having Scofield flashbacks. Could it be that T-Bag has a mini-crush on Michael and this whole revenge thing is a smokescreen?

Alright, let me summarize the completely pointless storyline involving Bruce Bennett and Wyatt. Wyatt shot up Bruce with sodium pentothal (otherwise known as truth serum). While Bruce is tripping balls Wyatt tries to find out where Michael and Lincoln are. Bruce insists he doesn’t know, but finally admits that Sara is in LA. And Wyatt clearly figures out that where Sara leads, Michael will follow. Then he shoots Bruce in the back of the head. Well, we think he does anyways. As with Gretchen, until I see a body with a bleeding wound, I’m not believing that Bruce is dead.

In Anaheim, Sara is pretending to be a temp in order to snatch a security guard’s passkey to hand off to Michael and Roland, who use it to break into the server room to copy the email. The security guard, who may very well be the most intelligent bit actor to appear on this show, quickly realizes that Sara stole his card and goes to call the cops.

Meanwhile, Self sees from the GPS ankle monitors, that Lincoln, Mahone and Roland are in Anaheim. Michael explains whey they’re there and Self quickly hangs up as his Director comes into his office. The Director has bad news: he and Senator Dallo are shutting down the Scylla operation.

Let me explain something to you: the server room has tons of windows. And not a single freaking person in the office is questioning why two strange men just set up shop in the server room. Outside, Lang calls Alex with the news that she retrieved the information he wanted and he’ll have it later that day. Inside, Linc calls Michael with the news that Sara has been stopped by the guard. Michael pulls the fire alarm to cause a distraction and returns to the server room while Sara escapes the building.

Roland confirms that he got a copy of the email when Michael insists that they need to split. But wait! There’s a snag. The boys are locked inside the server room and the oxygen is being sucked out.

Global TV informs me that Dominic Purcell saved a baby last year, who was choking on an onion ring. What kind of a parent gives their baby an onion ring?

Michael calls Lincoln, explain the situation. Roland, meanwhile, shows that he is completely useless in case of an emergency, and starts hyperventilating on the floor. Outside, Linc grabs an axe from the fire truck. Miraculous, no one starts screaming because a large, glowering man is striding into the building whilst brandishing an axe. Right.

Michael is unsuccessful in breaking the sever room windows with a chair, but the day is quickly saved by Lincoln. That looks super fun! I want an axe too!

Back in LA, Bellick is trying to convince Sucre that their whole mission will fall apart and maybe they should return to Mexico. Wasn’t Bellick bitching not 14 episodes ago about places like Mexico and Panama?

Still in LA, Self is trying to get a phone appointment with Senator Dallo, when another agent comes into the room and announces that it’s time to go.

Ha! T-Bag’s drinking in the shower. Why in the hell did I never think of that? That’s genius! I can’t help but be sad when I think of all those wasted hours I spent showering without alcohol, getting ready for a night on the town in law school. I could have been having one heck of a pre-party by drinking in the shower. [Disclaimer: PBMH does not endorse drinking in the shower. In case any of you decide to follow my advice and then slap a lawsuit on us]. T-Bag learns that his new alias is Cole Pfeiffer and he’s supposed to work at the Gate Corporation.

Back at HQ, the team goes over the two emails they found. One involves constellations. Mahone goes off on Roland when he makes a remark about everyone who’s been killed by The Company, but Linc diffuses him.

Sucre tells Bellick that they need to follow through on their quest to take down The Company because it’s the only way to keep his daughter safe and to ensure that he can be in her life. Sucre’s touching soliloquy is interrupted by DHS with guns. Sucre manages to send a text message.

Back at HQ, Roland’s bitching that his computer is frozen. Roland, do you have a Dell? Or Windows? Cause either of those shitty, shitty products is likely the cause of your computer freezing. I can’t even count the number of times I wanted to throw my Dell laptop (or any laptop I’ve owned with Windows) out the window.

Alas, Microsoft is not the culprit here. Roland quickly deduces that the government is shutting him out of his computer at the same time Michael receives Sucre’s text message, telling him to run. Mahone, Michael, Lincoln and Sara pile into the SVU and try to escape. Because Prison Break has two main themes: prison breaking and running. If they can’t have prisons, they’re gonna fall back on running.

Then there’s the car chase, with Self insisting to Michael over the phone that they pull over. Michael doesn’t like taking orders and instead tells Lincoln to lose the feds.

On a side note, why is Lincoln always driving? I don’t think we’ve seen Michael drive the both of them in a car since Season 2.

The team ditches the car and Mahone, Michael, Linc and Sara run off, with Self and the other agents in hot pursuit.

T-Bag, back in his apartment that’s still making my apartment jealous, calls the Gate Corporation. The receptionist there tracks down the CEO (?) Mr. White and patches him through. Mr. White tells T-Bag (aka Pfeiffer) he’s excited to meet him. T-Bag quickly deduces that White has never met Whistler, which means T-Bag might be able to successful pull off this scam to impersonate a salesman (he was hired to be a salesman for Gate). Oh, the comedic possibilities are endless.

The fab four (Michael, Mahone, Sara and Linc), manage to hide in a tunnel, cutting off the single from their ankle monitors, which pisses of Self to no end. Michael experiences another headache, but refuses to tell Sara what’s wrong. He spies another piece of paper and quickly figures out the clues in the two emails: the meeting is taking place at a power plant in Newport Beach.

The fab four steals a cab and makes a run to Newport Beach, just as Self gets the signal again and starts to follow.

At the power plant, Tuxhorn meets with Pad Man. Tuxhorn asks Pad Man why they’ll be using Laos for an op. The fab four arrives at the power plant and starts to look around. Why didn’t we see the shot of them sitting for HOURS in LA traffic? When I was there in January the highway was like a parking lot.

Unfortunately for the fab four, Self and the agents arrive at the power plant. Which means more running. Linc gets plowed down by a car and Sara gives herself up while Michael escapes. Mahone is also caught. Self insists to Linc that the operation is over.

Michael sees Tuxhorn meeting with Pad Man. We also see another car arriving.

Back at the warehouse, we see that everyone from the team has been captured except Michael. Self also tells the agents to let Sara go. Michael returns in the cab and shows Self a video he shot of the Scylla meeting. Turns out all six cardholders were in attendance. Self flashes back to a conversation with his Director. I’m thinking either the Director or Senator Dallo are sketchy. Self allows the team to go free to continue their pursuit of Scylla.

Turns out the Director’s name is Herb. The Director tells Self that Senator Dallo won’t be there to save him. After Herb leaves, Self stares at a picture of a girl. An ex-wife perhaps?

Mahone retrieves the information Lang got for him. It turns out to be an autopsy report about his son. There’s a little tear dripping from my eye. Mahone spent all of Season 2 killing members of the Fox River 8 in order to protect his family and now his son is dead anyways. Linc approaches Mahone and says he knows about his son. Mahone says that only his son was killed. His ex-wife, Pam, is still alive. Lincoln, who finally realizes that he isn’t the only person who lost something throughout the course of this show, promises to help Mahone avenge his son.

Ok, I have to send the episode to Cousin Joe since he’s working nights this week, so I’ve got no update from him. And my grandfather hasn’t yet watched the tape (yes, the man has a new computer, but still uses a VCR) he made of the show last night. So, there’s no word from my family members today. My friend, Geoff, however, says he’s disappointed that Michael didn’t use some clever plan to escape from the server room. I told him that Michael has been using his brain for months, and he’s been thinking so hard that it’s clearly giving him a tumor or something and Geoff should just lay off. See you kids here next week.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

I have one medical crisis after another. I found out I had endometrios and they gave me birth control that seemed to have taken care of that. Now I havefybrmyalgia and that isn’t so easy to deal with. I am trying without meds but I am thinking that isn’t working so well. Anyways, let me catch ya all up on the hotties of Prison Break.!

We open with Michael staring into the mirror. Fortunately, he recaps Season 3 for me. Panamanian prison (yo!) blah, blah, blah, forced to escape by The Company yadda, yadda, yadda, they killed the only woman he’s ever loved blah, blah, blah. He’s tracked Whistler and Gretchen to LA and now he’s out for some good old-fashioned revenge.

Ha! Mahone’s a chauffeur. With a hat! Oh my God, it’s too much. I can’t stop laughing. He’s driving Whistler and Gretchen to the racing track in a limo. Gretchen is telling Whistler to get his hands on some sort of “data card”. She also whores herself out to Whistler. Way to be subtle, Gretchen. Especially since he doesn’t seem to be interested.

Michael, meanwhile, is spying on the trio arriving at the track. Racing tracks are so much fun. I went to a track back in high school with this law firm that I worked with. Looking back on it now, I’m pretty sure I wasn’t old enough to gamble and those lawyers should have known better. Someone else happens to notice Gretchen and Whistler’s arrival…some weird old guy.

Michael’s playing waiter, carrying a box full of champagne. This ruse ends quickly when Michael puts on a suit jacket and pulls out a gun.

Whistler meets up with some no-name men. They want to know who he’s buying “it” for. “It” is likely the data card. WHOA! The data card is worth $50 million. Man, I gotta get me one of those. Once the transaction is completed the strange man warns Whistler that “The Company will do anything to get [the data card] back”. Whistler rewards the man for his advice by shooting him in the head. He then walks out of the room and Michael follows.

I think Whistler’s doing a little double-cross. He stalls Gretchen while he copies the information onto a second data card. His sneakery (is that a word?) is interrupted by Michael and his gun. Gretchen appears and reveals the worst-kept secret in the history of Prison Break: Sara’s not dead. Gretchen didn’t kill her. Ergo, Sara is ALIVE. Michael demands to know where Sara is but Gretchen refuses to respond until they’re outside. Whistler and Gretchen leave as the cops swarm in. We also see that Whistler left the second data card in a newspaper, which is picked up by the same strange man who was watching him as he entered. I’m going to call him Whitey because of his white hair and current lack of name.

Gretchen, who managed to take time out of her busy killing schedule to get a hair cut, meets up with Pad Man in the desert. He insults her leadership and planning style. He yells at her that the data card she retrieved is worthless…a duplicate. Gretchen catches on that Whistler may have double-crossed her. It’s also revealed that they broke Whistler out of Sona because he had made initial contact with the man who originally held the data card and they needed him to get the card. Pad Man is too pissed off for Gretchen’s excuses and out of the car walks…Wyatt (The Company’s assassin). Gretchen starts begging for her life. Man, I didn’t think they were going to kill her.

Back in Panama, Lincoln answers his phone. Michael’s on the other end. We see that LJ and Sofia are playing “happy family” with Linc. Linc also reveals that Sona burnt down three days earlier and that T-Bag, Bellick and Sucre are all missing. Turns out Michael had no idea Sucre was in Sona. Michael tells Lincoln that Sara might still be alive and asks him about the head in the box. Apparently the explanation is that the garage was dark and LJ never really “saw” them kill Sara. Linc begs Michael to come back, but Michael says goodbye.

In the Arizona desert, a man is driving a truck full of illegal aliens. Among them…Bellick and Sucre! Oh, Sucre, baby! You?re back! Bellick’s mom pulls up to save the day and pick up the boys.

Michael’s logging onto EuropeanGoldFinch.net…remember that site he used back in Season 2 to keep in touch with the other guys? Someone’s posted a message that they have information on Sara and Michael should meet him at the Santa Monica Pier.

You know who Michael meets at the pier? Mahone. In another god-awful hat. Who is the frickin’ hat costumer on this show? Mahone says he’s happy to see Michael. No, really. Mahone also reveals that he and Whistler are in cahoots against The Company. Michael demands information about Sara and Mahone reveals that Gretchen is dead. Yeah, right. People have a funny habit of coming back on this show. I’ll believe that if she doesn’t show up again by the end of Season 4.

Mahone explains the data card to Michael, calling it Scylla. It’s The Company’s “black book”, with information on all of their agents. Mahone promises Whistler can provide information on Sara if Michael will meet with him.

The three boys meet. Whistler says that in order to decode Scylla, they need to break into a secured facility. Which means he needs Michael’s help. He also reveals that last he heard, Sara was headed to Chicago. Michael wants to throw caution to the wind and reunite with his lady-love, but Whistler insists that they use Scylla to take down The Company and end this running business once and for all. I find this all very ironic considering that Mahone was hunting Michael not two seasons ago. Michael moves to leave when Whistler gets shot in the head. I yell out “Jesus!” while Mahone and Michael make with the running. Meanwhile, Wyatt the assassin takes the Scylla card from Whistler’s dead body.

T-Bag?s back! He’s with Nun McHoochie from Season 3 and he’s got Whistler’s bird book. He’s got a porn mustache straight out of 1976 and he’s going after Michael for revenge.

Wyatt enters a limo with Pad Man, who verifies the authenticity of Scylla. Pad Man then hands Scylla over to Whitey, the man who seemed to be in league with Whistler…you know, when Whistler was still alive. Pad Man orders Wyatt to kill Michael, Mahone and Lincoln.

Mahone calls his ex-wife, Pam. He tells her he hopes they’ll still get together.

Back in Panama Lincoln is acting carefree and funny for all of two seconds. Until he spies a suspicious-looking man. He herds Sofia and LJ out of the market. Linc attacks the suspicious-looking guy and the two fight. The fight is ended when Linc kills him and the police approach. LJ and Sofia run off while Linc gets arrested.

Wyatt arrives at Pam’s house, looking for Mahone. After some pleasantries, he bursts into her house and grabs her.

In Chicago, Michael calls Bruce Bennett (Governor Tancredi’s right-hand man) from a pay phone. He’s still wearing the suede jacket from Panama. You would think he could have picked up some new clothes in the last month. Michael asks Bruce about Sara and Bruce agrees to meet Michael. Further conversation is interrupted with the arrival of police officers, who cart Michael off to prison.

Michael is waiting inside of an interrogation room when Agent Don Self, from Homeland Security, enters the room. Don says that Whistler is dead and reveals that he knows about The Company. Ohhh, the plot thickens. Looks like Whistler was working with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Don asks Michael to help him retrieve Scylla, otherwise Michael’s off to the big house. Michael should scoff. He hasn’t met a prison yet that can hold him! Michael offers to help Don in exchange for Don helping him find Sara.

Don also reveals that Linc is back to his old criminal tricks in Panama. He utters what might be the best line of the episode: “The Company tried to take [Linc] out in Panama. He…um…reacted”. Don reveals he pulled some strings with the Panamanian police and Linc should be arriving back in the US soon. Don reveals that Michael’s father spent the last two years going after Scylla. Michael demands to speak with Lincoln.

Mahone arrives at Pam’s house to see it swarmed with cops. He tries to get in but the cops stop him. Oh no, did Wyatt kill Pam and Mahone’s son? That makes me sad.

On a brighter note, Sucre’s at the hospital, meeting his daughter. She?s so cute! It looks like Maricruz’s sister called the cops on him. What a bitch! He runs out to meet Bellick at the car when the cops swarm around them.

T-Bag is pontificating to his compadres about how he and Michael are cut from the same cloth. We see that one of T-Bag’s traveling companions has a crowbar. Ah, I think they’re going to knock him out to steal his money.

Linc arrives in chains. Don explains why this has to remain a secret operation and promises to provide the boys help. It seems like Sucre, Bellick and Mahone are going to join the team. Don says that they’ve got to break into The Company’s headquarters in LA. Only he doesn’t know where the building is. Typical government employee. Do they know anything? Don reveals that he’s been chasing The Company for five years and in order to save this operation, he’s recruited Michael and Lincoln.

Don walks back in, telling the boys that bail was just posted for them. He gives them Aldo Burrows’ file. Michael and Linc soon meet up with Bruce, who had them sprung from jail. He takes them to a house. You know who’s in the house? Prepare yourselves…Sara! I know. I’m shocked too.

When we come back from commercial Michael and Sara are making out on a bed. When they come up for air he gives her the origami rose he gave her back in Season 1. Michael tells her about the deal offered by Don.

Linc’s having flashbacks of his father’s death from Season 2 and is reading a poem from Aldo’s file.

Back in the bedroom we see Michael still has his tattoo. He scares Sara, who’s off crying by the window. She shows him scars all along her back and insists that it’s not Michael’s fault. Before Michael can get two minutes into his comforting routine, the window is shot out. Linc bursts in and the three of run out while we see that Wyatt has attempted to shoot at them from outside.

Oh man, I think Michael and Sara were “gettin’ busy” She’s wearing what appears to be his boxers as the three of them flee the house. Linc and Michael agree to take down The Company and, instead of escaping from the assassin, they decide to call Don to let him know that they’re in. Holy crap, how did these morons survive for so long?

The brothers are reunited with Mahone, Bellick and Sucre. Sucre also reveals that T-Bag has Whistler’s bird book. We flash to the desert where T-Bag and one of his buddies are bleeding on the ground, having been beaten up by the less trustworthy companions.

Don takes the brothers into another room. He gives them fake IDs and Michael shows Don his tattoo. Don arranges for Michael to have his tattoo removed by laser. Which is apparently a very long and painful process.

The team gathers at a airstrip and gets lectured by Don about the pride they should take in their new jobs. The team gets on an Air Force plane and flies off to LA.

We open with Pad Man in an office. He receives a note that says “10,000″ and gets a call. Wyatt is on the other end. Pad Man doesn’t want to chat with Wyatt, he just wants the brothers and the others dead.

The team arrives in LA and Don wants them to wear GPS ankle bracelets. Lincoln protests that it clashes with his shirt and refuses. Don pulls the whole “I’m in charge” routine and they all put on the monitor.

Don brings the team to a warehouse where they meet Roland, the team hacker. Don instructs the team to find Scylla and Mahone says he knows where they can start.

Michael acts like a gentlemen by offering Sara the houseboat while Linc threatens to beat Mahone to a pulp when they’re done making nice. Mahone reveals that Whitey (also known as “The Cardholder”) was working with Whistler and that he got a look at Whitey’s driver.

In the Mexican desert, T-Bag and his lone companion trying to make their way back to the US. We see that T-Bag is making his way to San Diego, which was written in Whistler’s bird book.

Back at the team’s HQ Sara is having flashbacks to Gretchen beating her while she was captured. It also looks like Gretchen killed another woman in front of Sara.

Inside warehouse the boys are picking on the new guy, Roland, who’s an identity thief. Actually, according to Linc, he’s a “douche”. Mahone identifies Whitey’s driver.

The boys are watching the house of Whitey’s driver when he exits and gets into his car. They start to follow him and see him pull up to a house with private security. The boys spot motion sensors, alarm systems and armed guards. Linc tells Michael he better have one hell of a plan. Oh, please, Lincoln. Michael?s already got Plans A through G.

Back at HQ, the team is trying to devise a plan. Ok, so Michael doesn’t have a plan. And it looks like he’s not the only brains of the operation anymore. Thank God he’s still the prettiest. Roland suggests they copy the card and we learn that Whitey is the CEO of some company (his name is Stuart Tuxhorn). Roland reveals that he invented a device that “steals” electronic information situated around it. If they can get close enough, his device will copy the information on Scylla.

Whitey’s meeting up with Pad Man and he agrees to some plan that involves 10,000 people. I think these 10,000 people are going to die.

Sucre and Bellick are in a car, while Michael and Linc are in another. Michael calls HQ and we see Mahone, Sara and Roland were left behind. Sucre cuts in front of Whitey’s car and causes an accident. Unfortunately, Roland’s little device doesn’t seem to be getting the data. On to Plan B…

Don meets up with some guy named Jasper. Jasper used to work for The Company. Don tells Jasper he’s going after Scylla. Jaspers tries to dissuade him. Don asks Jasper for information about the Scylla decoder box.

T-Bag and his friend are still in the desert. Uh-oh, it looks like T-Bag’s friend has decided to turn to cannibalism in order to stay alive. T-Bag manages to kill him while defending himself. And then T-Bag turns to cannibalism in order to survive.

Michael and Lincoln are keeping watch outside Whitey’s house. Michael decides to use the housekeeper to get to the card.

Back at HQ, Michael finds Sara on the houseboat. She’s reading the poem Lincoln was reading in the previous episode. Turns it it’s a passage from The Odyssey. My Homer must be very rusty, since I didn’t recognize the passage. It’s from a chapter where Odysseus is told he has to fight a monster named Scylla. In order to pass the monster, Odysseus sacrificed six of his men. Wow, I hope that’s not a metaphor for what Michael has to do. Sara also agrees to go ahead with the plan tomorrow involving the housekeeper.

Wyatt’s in an apartment, sitting next to a bound girl, asking her if Claudia Mauricio is a good roommate. Claudia returns home to see Wyatt and her roommate. Turns out Claudia works for the Department of Corrections. It looks like he’s trying to use Claudia to find Michael and Lincoln.

The next day Sara is at a bus stop, standing next to the housekeeper. She starts talking to the housekeeper and they start chatting about handbags. Ah, the universal female small talk topic. The housekeeper stupidly hangs over her bag when Sara asks to admire it.

T-Bag meets up with some bikers in the desert. They offer to take him to San Diego.

Michael and Linc are still staking out the house when the housekeeper arrives. Michael calls the house, pretending to be the alarm company. He asks the housekeeper to check the window alarms for each room in the house. Oh, clever boy. She’s going to walk through the entire house with her bag (and the device Sara slipped inside it). Roland’s picking up electronic information from the house, but not Scylla. The housekeeper walks into the den and we see that Roland’s device is now picking up information from Scylla.

The housekeeper is back at the bus station when Mahone and Bellick do a purse snatch-and-grab. They discover the device isn’t in the bag.

Wyatt has a sniper rifle outside a prison in Texas, clearly looking for Michael and Linc. He calls into the office to discover that Bruce posted the brothers’ bail.

Back at HQ, the boys are trying to figure out where Roland’s device is. They suspect the maid left it in the house, thinking it belonged to Whitey. An argument ensues, but Michael quickly breaks it up by announcing that they’re going to break into the house. See? It’s the opposite of breaking out. It’s like a reversal of Seasons 1 and 3.

At the docks, Michael is asking Don for extra help. Michael grabs his head as if in pain, but insists that he is fine.

At HQ, the team is trying to come up with a plan to get inside the house. Michael is hung up on the quote from The Odyssey “all that avails is flight”. He suspects running might be their only option. But Linc insists that Aldo believed The Company should be taken down.

Michael’s alone in the warehouse, trying to come up with a plan. See? All he needs is a little time and space and he’ll come up with something. The man’s a genius, for crying out loud. And it looks like he did come up with a plan because we see the team arrive at Whitey’s house.

Sucre and Linc scale the fence while Michael and Mahone wait close by. Linc jimmies open the door, the alarm goes off and the guards start searching the property.

Linc and Sucre bail while Mahone and Michael enter the house from the backyard. Whitey comes down the stairs, trying to see what’s going on. We quickly learn that the alarm isn’t coming from Whitey’s house, but from the house across the street. Whitey disables his own alarm, obviously thinking it was his that was set off. When the alarm is disabled Michael and Mahone enter Whitey’s house. Mahone’s wearing this black shirt with a really weird collar. It makes him look strange. Like he’s a 25 year old metrosexual or something.

Mahone hears a boy’s voice and sees a picture of Whitey’s young son. He flashes to his own son, Cameron. The boys make a quick getaway.

Wyatt is in Bruce’s house. Wyatt asks where Michael and Lincoln are, but Bruce denies knowledge. Wyatt injects Bruce with a needle.

The bikers, meanwhile, drop T-Bag off in San Diego. During the trip he saw Whistler’s death in the newspaper. T-Bag notices that the bird book was pointing him to a locker at a bus station. Inside a locker is an envelope from the “Gate Corporation”, with a copy of Whistler’s ID and a key. We then see that T-Bag is on a bus headed to LA.

Back at HQ, Michael delivers the device to Roland. Roland plugs the device into his computer and appears to be very upset with the information they downloaded from Scylla.

Michael meets Sara out by the water. She gets all mushy and tells him that only the thought of them together kept her alive. Awe. She asks if they can wipe the slate clean and tells Michael he shouldn’t feel guilt over what happened to her. Michael cracks a joke and asks if he has to divorce his wife so they can be together.

Linc and Roland approach. Roland explains that they only have a portion of the data. Sara says that according to the quote from The Odyssey, the Scylla information should be with 6 men in total. Meaning they have to track down the other 5 men and their data cards.

And guess what? Gretchen’s not dead. Damnit! My grandfather will be so pissed. She’s being held captive by Wyatt’s associates, who are trying to get information out of her.

Back at HQ Michael appears to be ill. And his nose starts bleeding. Linc enters the bathroom and Michael reassures him that they’ll all be OK. Yeah, right.

As you all know by now, PB did not air last night. I did manage to find a few spoliers floating around for some upcoming episodes.
SPOILERS FOR SEASON 3, EPISODE 13 “THE ART OF THE DEAL”

NEW! Spoilers from an extra on set: “As some of you know, I recently had the opportunity to work as an extra on the set of Prison Break. I was involved with Days 3 and 4 of filming Episode 13. Keep in mind that the scenes are not necessarily filmed in order so I do not not know what necessarily leads up to the following events. Also keep in mind that sometimes scenes are cut and scripts are changed so please don’t take this as written in stone: Michael, Mahone, Whistler, McGrady escape. Bellick kills someone in a fight.

Bellick gives Sammie a chicken foot. Sammie is killed when the escape tunnel collapses on him. I think this was a set up. Lechero is shot and killed in SONA. Sucre is badly beaten and gets thrown into SONA. (I think for smuggling drugs) T-Bag takes over SONA. He finds money buried under SONA and distributes some to the inmates to gain their trust but keeps most for himself. Michael sets up the hostage exchange site to be a museum with a metal detector. (LJ for Whistler) The exchange is made. Gunfire goes off outside the museum and Sofia is shot in the crossfire. (I do not know if she dies) Whistler is taken by the Company. Source: DarkUFO

We open with Sammy whining to Lechero about that guy Michael killed in the first few episodes in the chicken foot fight. Lechero tells Sammy to stop moaning. T-Bag, meanwhile, who’s been listening to the coversation, goes to the coutyard and catches the attention of his new best friend: Whistler.

Mahone’s got mail! It’s a picture of his son. Dear Lord, Mahone’s brought a tear to my eye two episodes in a row. Damn him!

Michael’s brushing off McGrady’s questions about the failed helicopter escape in the courtyard when Whistler comes up to tell Michael that T-Bag is now on the break-out train. HAHA. Michael, who to his credit does not suddenly scream “You’ve got to be kidding me!”, simply stares into the distance while Mahone approaches and asks about the plan.

T-Bag is following the boys into the tunnel, shouting “I’m coming with you!” He sounds like a kid in the fifth grade trying to tag along with the popular crowd. Michael and Lechero manage to delegate look-out duty to T-Bag, who glares petulantly.

Inside the tunnel, Michael tells Lechero to hook them up with a saw so they can create the right support for the hole they’re digging. Is it wrong of me to hope that digging will result in sweatiness that will cause the cute boys in Sona to take off their shirts, lest they overheat? I mean, seriously, is that wrong?

Lechero sends T-Bag to fetch some tools, because Lechero has absolutely no prior escape experience with T-Bag and is unaware that he’ll turn on you at the drop of a hat. When T-Bag leaves Sammy sneaks up on Lechero and points a gun to his head. Oy, this can’t end well.

Sammy’s all “this is my room now!” (I’m not paraphrasing, that’s a direct quote) and insists that he’s in charge of Sona now. Sammy unwisely (because it’s going to come back and bite him in the ass) lets Lechero leave.

Back in the tunnel, the boys are gathering wood. Sammy is surveying his new kingdom in the courtyard of Sona, announcing his coup, and offering a case of rum to the first prisoner who brings him Michael. Do you think if I offered someone a case of rum they would bring me Wentworth? Cause I’ll do it.

Lincoln’s searching for Whistler’s alias (Gary Miller) on the net. Sucre’s setting up a meeting for Lincoln. He also says that he’s off to meet with Susan.

T-Bag purposes two options to Lechero: (1) let Sammy in on the escape, which, if I was Sammy, I would refuse considering what happened to most of the Fox River 8, or (2) get Sammy killed. T-Bag offers to outsource the killing.

T-Bag approaches Bellick and indicates that there’s an escape plan in the works. But Bellick can only jump onboard if he uses those sneaky fight moves from his last fight (drugging his opponent and then knocking them out) on Sammy. They’re just playing fast and loose with invitations to the break out, aren’t they? Don’t these people know that the more people who are in on a secret, the less likely it is to remain secret. That’s why whenever I let people in on secrets, I end up killing them. Um….I probably shouldn’t have admitted that on the internet, huh?.

Lincoln’s out buying supplies with Sofia. She is….again, for the 10 millionth time….questioning whether Linc will screw over Whistler. Alright, Sofia, we get it! Ok? We freaking get it. You love Whistler, but you’re afraid to trust him. WE GET IT. Enough.

Susan’s sending an email to someone named Edward Guthrie. And she’s sending it as Gary Miller. Well, since that’s the same name that Whistler’s using, I’m guessing he’s in pretty tight with Susan and, likely, the Company. Sucre enters the bar and approaches her. Sucre doesn’t really appreciate Susan’s “Sucre means sugar” joke. He tells her that Linc knows that LJ is in danger and will play by the book. She hands him a cashier’s check for $25,000 and walks out. A cashier’s check sounds fishy.

In the tunnel the boys are learning the fine art of bracing and Michael’s showing why he’s the one with the $100,000 education by using a small metal plug to basically brace the whole damn tunnel. Whistler admits that he was supposed to kill Michael otherwise the Company would hurt his family. What family? Mahone, meanwhile, wonders where Lechero is.

In the halls, T-Bag assures Lechero that everything is “set”. Bellick proves that he really is stupider than he looks and challenges Sammy to a fight.

Global TV has just informed me that Robert Knepper draws a cartoon for his 4 year old son every day. Awe. That’s cute.

Bellick’s in his cell, informing T-Bag that he’s got no more acetone left to drug Sammy with. T-Bag doesn’t give a crap; he tells Bellick he’s got to continue with the fight.

Linc’s arriving for the meeting Sucre set up for him. Linc (who’s taken Sofia along) offers the mysterious guy money in exchange for an unknown product. We quickly learn that Linc’s shopping for a bomb, along with a remote trigger.

In the tunnel, the boys are still wondering where Lechero and the saw are. Whistler starts telling his (potentially fake) story: one day Susan approached him to do charters for her employers. Mahone delivers the funniest line I’ve ever heard from him. Here’s how it goes:

Mahone: Quit embarrassing yourself.
Whistler: What?
Mahone: We’re not two chicks at a bar you’re trying to pick up. (to Michael) Unless you need to hear this?
Michael: No.
Mahone: (to Whistler): You work for the Company. And when you break out of here you’re going to do whatever the Company asks you to do.

Ha! The delivery of that was spot-on!

Sammy’s shadow-boxing in preparation for his fight.

In the tunnel, Michael asks for Whistler’s book. He asks about the various words written in the book and Whistler has an answer for everything.

Now Sammy’s meditating in preparation for the fight. Ha! He’s all very Zen about the fighting and the killing, isn’t he? He’s also very bare-chested, having decided to forgo a shirt in anticipation of the headache that he’ll get trying to wash Bellick’s blood out of it. Bellick, meanwhile, is frantically searching for any sort of chemical with which to drug Sammy. Unfortunately, he gets dragged off to the fight by one of Sammy’s new minions.

T-Bag finds Lechero hiding out. T-Bag wants Lechero to stop playing hide and seek because he’s afraid that if Lechero doesn’t go to Michael, Michael will come looking for Lechero and will get captured by Sammy, thereby threatening the escape plan.

In the courtyard, Bellick and Sammy square off.

Back inside, Mahone, Whistler and Michael exit the tunnel in search of tools.

We go back and forth between the boys leaving the tunnels and the fight. Unfortunately for the boys, they encounter Sammy’s minions and have to run back to the tunnel. Then they get into a fight of their own which involves a machete. A machete! That’s awesome. Michael and Mahone make it back into the tunnel while Whistler gets left outside.

Speaking of outside, Bellick’s getting choked by Sammy when he catches a lucky break: one of the minions comes to get Sammy, informing him that Michael’s been found. Sammy demands the combination to the tunnel from Whistler. Mahone won’t let Michael go out to save Whistler.

Back at the hotel, Sucre tells Linc about his meeting with Susan, and Linc asks him to set up another meeting with her.

In the tunnel, Mahone’s creating make-shift tools out of rebar buried in the concrete. In the courtyard, Sammy confronts Lechero, accusing him of hiding Michael.

In Panama City, Susan’s picking up Sucre in a car. He tells her that Linc bought a gun and he manages to slip the bomb under her car seat. She, meanwhile, tells him that she doesn’t buy his act for a second: she thinks that he and Linc are trying to set her up and threatens Maricruz (she now knows where Maricruz lives since Sucre sent the money from the check to her). Then she spazes out and tells him to go get her some real information.

Sammy now demands the combination from Lechero. Michael opens the door and Lechero is dragged inside. Sammy accuses Lechero of escaping with Michael and it sounds like he’s accusing Lechero of cheating on him. Michael offers Sammy the escape tunnel in exchange for a partnership, but Sammy’s having none of it. As Sammy reaches up into the tunnel we see that Michael has rigged it to collapse on him. When the minions are sufficiently distracted, the boys gain the upper hand.

Michael’s staring at Sammy, likely coming to the realization that he’s deliberately killed someone for the first time. The other boys go to make sure that there isn’t a sinkhole out in no-man’s land. And Lechero shows the rest of the prisoners that there has been a second coup and he’s back in charge.

Bellick insists to T-Bag that he’s in or he’ll blow the escape plan. T-Bag agrees.

Lincoln goes to pick up something and hands a paper bag to Sofia. He tells her “if he doesn’t take you, I will”. She opens the bag to find a little key chain of the Eifel Tower. He’s basically offered to take Sofia to Paris if Whistler doesn’t.

In his cell, Michael reveals that he deliberately set up Sammy to die (which was kind of obvious). McGrady approaches him and offers him all of his money if only Michael will let him in on the escape. Awe. That poor boy. Michael, unfortunately, tells him he wants no part of it.

At home, Sofia’s pinning for Whistler but slowly coming to the realization that she might have a crush on Lincoln. She starts clearing her closet of Whistler’s clothes and finds his bag. A search of it reveals a false bottom and a mysterious case.

Linc’s visiting Michael. He tells him about Whistler’s fake passport. Michael questions Whistler’s real job as Sofia pulls the mysterious case out of the bag.

We have to wait two more weeks for a new episode, folks. I’ll see you back here then….same bat time, same bat channel. Clarissa out.

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

When we last saw Michael, he was getting carted out of Sona. Lechero looks on worriedly as Michael gets taken away by General Zavala’s men. That’ll teach Lechero not to rely on any one person for a prison-escape plan. You gotta have a plan B, man!

Zavala takes Michael to his office and offers him a drink of water. Huh, this meeting is going better than I thought it would. He hasn’t even pistol-whipped Michael yet. Pistol-whipping is always a sign of bad things to come, so Michael’s day is looking up. Michael denies any involvement in the aborted helicopter escape attempt from earlier that day (or 2 months ago, in our time). Wentworth’s stubble is coming in again. I don’t like the stubble. It looks all weird and sharp. It bugs me.

Zavala quickly loses patience. He drags Michael back into the yard and throws him into the Sona version of solitary confinement: basically a cage wrapped in saran-wrap with the hot Panamanian sun shinning down on it. Michael sweats off about 3 1/2 pounds in two to three minutes. Seriously, PB people, I know that it’s a bother to continuously apply the whole Scofield full-torso tattoo, but do you know how bloody unlikely it is that Michael is wearing long-sleeves in Panama?

Lincoln’s leaving the hospital with Sofia, sporting a clean white bandage on his arm. Sofia can’t stop complaining about how Whistler is a sneaky liar of a boyfriend, but she still wants him out of Sona. Ah yes, the betrayed girlfriend routine. I know this one well. But when I play it, I don’t sound so whiney. She switches gears and thanks Lincoln for saving her ass.

Susan shows up and drags Lincoln away into a waiting car. She tells Sofia to buggar off.

Lang is delivering Mahone back to Sona. He seems strangely accepting of his fate. She presents him with a family heirloom/good luck charm. Awe, this scene brings a little tear to my eye. As Mahone is brought back into the prison, he sees Michael in the box.

Susan brings Lincoln to a small warehouse, where he’s allowed to visit with a bound and gagged LJ. LJ warns Lincoln that he’s always being followed and announces that he was in the room while Sara’s head was being cut off. Holy crap, do you have any idea how much that would traumatize me? I’m talking about years that I would spend rocking in a corner and mumbling nonsensically. LJ’s awfully composed considering what he’s been through. Lincoln promises that he and Michael will save LJ.

Whistler greets Mahone in the Sona courtyard and tells him that the plan is still a go. Whistler also says that they have a way to escape that doesn’t involve Michael. Bellick and T-Bag are strolling together, friendly as you please, discussing Michael’s current situation in the hot cage. Bellick accuses T-Bag of being involved in Michael’s escape plan, but T-Bag denies it.

One of Lechero’s friends comes by and demands that Bellick mop up some vomit. Bellick refuses. Methinks he’ll come to regret that later.

Michael’s hallucinating/sweating in the hot box. Sucre is met by his former business associate (who had him smuggle something into the prison) and agrees to help him again when he’s threatened with a gun. Arriving at work, Sucre offers to bring Michael some water. Michael and Sucre share a touching scene, reminiscent of their old buddy relationship. Michael wants Sucre to run away from the plan.

Down in the tunnel, Whistler and Lechero are attempting to dig up. That plan gets shot to hell when Lechero quickly concludes that they need Michael’s engineering skills.

Zavala offers Michael his assistance and finally finally admits that he’s been working on his escape since the moment he set foot in Sona. Which isn’t really true, but whatever. Zavala removes him from the cage.

Michael tells Zavala all about the Company, Whistler, LJ’s kidnapping….everything. Zavala offers to have his troops find LJ, but tells Michael he doesn’t believe the rest of the story.

Lincoln returns to the hotel and finds Sucre, who quickly admits that he ran drugs (or something) into the prison. Sucre tells Linc that Michael was placed in solitary.

T-Bag, ever the opportunist, starts chatting up Whistler, mentioning that Sammy doesn’t like Lechero’s new choice of friends (namely Michael and Whistler). T-Bag wonders if the world wouldn’t be a better place without Sammy. T-Bag offers to find someone to kill Sammy, but tells Whistler that if he does, he gets to be in the break-out club, Sona chapter. Awe, T-Bag just wants to make more friends. And possibly break out of prison to continue his murder spree.

Lincoln has changed out of his nice, clean, non-sweaty t-shirt into a dark blue, sweat-drenched shirt. Sucre tells him he can’t quit the drug mule job unless Lincoln throws him a few bucks. Lincoln tells him to go shove it up his ass. I bet Sucre’s wishing “why can’t I be teamed up with Michael again….the guy who wouldn’t leave me to drown in a stream….instead of his meany brother?” A Company informative, who’s been spying on Lincoln, calls Susan. I assume the Company will soon bribe Sucre with cash.

Zavala, who has been playing detective, tells Michael that maybe there’s some truth to his crazy tale after all. Zavala insists that Michael give up Whistler’s name in exchange for him finding LJ.

Sofia’s confronting Whistler at the visitor fence. As usual, he’s got an explanation for all of her accusations. Unfortunately, he gets dragged off to Zavala’s office.

Whistler denies Michael’s story when confronted by Zavala. Zavala doesn’t buy Whistler’s denials and insists on the name of the person in charge on the outside. When Whistler refuses to give up anything, a chair is brought into the room. But not just any chair. A torture chair. One that involves a bucket and a garden hose. Pfft, you don’t need the hose to drown someone and provoke them into talking, you just need the bucket. Maybe the hose is for strangling…. Why am I even questioning this? How sick am I?

T-Bag welcomes Mahone back to Sona. T-Bag quickly proposes that Mahone kill Sammy in exchange for a continuous supply of free drugs.

Whistler caves in about two seconds and under barely any torture at all (if you can consider Zavala yelling at him as torture). Wow, Whistler. Way to have a pair. He admits that he’s working with Michael, but denies that anyone else is involved. When he’s brought to Michael, Michael insists that Whistler give up Susan’s name. He even yells. Yelling Michael is always hot. Whistler, bowing to the mighty power of the Scofield yell, which is now apparently as powerful as the Scofield stare, quickly gives up Susan (aka Gretchen).

Susan approaches Sucre at a bar. She offers him $50,000 in exchange for Sucre keeping her updated on Lincoln. Sucre seems to be debating the offer. Sucre! Betraying Lincoln means betraying Michael. Remember that time he wouldn’t let you drown in that stream?! Remember?!

Zavala is asking Whistler for more information about Susan. Michael asks for a phone in order to get more information. He calls Linc to ask for his next meeting with Susan, which is to take place in an hour.

In the Sona courtyard, Sammy digs a mysterious package out of a box of veggies. Bellick, meanwhile, arrives at his cell to find a chicken foot. Apparently one of the other inmates isn’t happy that Bellick didn’t mop up some vomit. Haha, imagine if my boss started utilizing the chicken foot/fight to the death technique to get me and my fellow workers to behave? That would shake up the work environment.

Bellick wants to see Lechero to complain about the challenge, but Sammy dismisses him and announces that the fight will go on. Lechero isn’t pleased that Sammy issued the fight against Bellick and quickly realizes that Sammy is engaging in a power struggle with him for control of the prison.

Zavala gets a call about Susan and goes off to see her. Sucre arrives back at the hotel and….oh, you cute, cute man! Sucre smiles and tells Lincoln that their little set-up (getting Susan to offer Sucre money in exchange for info on Linc) worked. Bless those two. I love them.

Mahone’s going through more withdrawal (seriously, how long does withdrawal last?) and T-Bag arrives with drugs and taunts. Mahone refuses T-Bag’s bait.

Lincoln meets up with Susan and tells her that Whistler will be out by tomorrow. Zavala, meanwhile, arrives with guards and drags Susan away. Lincoln quickly protests that he has nothing to do with this.

Susan is taken to the torture chair and denies any involvement with Whistler. Zavala obviously doesn’t believe her and orders his men to “turn on the hose”.

The men inside the Sona courtyard are cheering for a fight while Bellick looks like he’s trying really hard not to pee his pants inside his cell. He goes outside to meet his fate.

Back in the torture room, Susan refuses to answer Zavala’s questions so he starts dry-drowning her. I just learned about this technique on last week’s episode of Law and Order: SVU. Saran-wrap is placed over her face and Zavala starts pouring water on her face. Outside the room, Whistler and Michael are listening to Gretchen’s torture. Zavala quickly concludes that Susan is a pro at surviving torture and calls the boys into the room.

Michael tells Zavala that Susan visited with Whistler. When Whistler gives her up, Susan says her only job is to look after LJ. She tells his (possibly real, possibly fake) location to Zavala. Michael asks Susan if she killed Sara and clearly doesn’t believe her denials. He chillingly tells her “I’m coming for you”. How does Wentworth Miller do it? How does he even make death threats hot? How?

Back in the courtyard Bellick is getting a beating, but quickly proves he’s not as stupid as he looks by slipping his opponent drugs, disorienting him and kicking his ass. T-Bag looks on in surprise and quickly realizes what Bellick did.

Zavala arrives at LJ’s former hiding place where Susan proceeds to kick his ass, kill the one (only one!) guard that Zavala brings with him, and shoot Zavala. *sigh* Then she calls Lincoln.

Sammy’s got a visitor, who’s obviously trying to get him to overthrow Lechero. The visitor wants Sammy to open the mysterious package from earlier.

Another army guy arrives to tell Michael and Whistler that Zavala was found dead. Michael doesn’t even flinch when he hears the news. I bet he has the best poker face in the world.

Michael asks Lechero for use of his phone and Lechero gives it up. Michael calls Linc, who’s not impressed that Michael planned to take out Susan without telling him.

Michael confronts Whistler and surmises that he only gave up Susan in order to get them both back inside Sona. Michael tells Whistler that the escape plan is going ahead, but Whistler better watch his back.

Sammy, meanwhile, opens up the mysterious package and finds a gun inside. He gets an evil little glint in his eye.

Not bad, not bad. With the strike still continuing, it’s nearly a miracle that we’ve got 4 more new episodes of the show to look forward to. Tune in next week for another new episode and another new recap. Until then….

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

I am sorry I was not here to post a recap of the first episode last week. I had a case of pneumonia. I am feeling better now. I will post 2 seperate posts: one for last week’s recap and one for last night. I have a whole bunch of stuff to share about PB and I will be doing that over the course of this week.

Spoilers for the episode airing on Monday, January, have hit the web, which means that viewers now have the chance to find out how things have unfolded since the last aired Prison Break installment.

So, without further ado, here are the spoilers for episode 3.09, “Boxed In.�?

According to SpoilerFIX, Michael experiences solitary SONA style after he raises the suspicions of the Panamanian Army. He speaks to the SONA’s new commanding officer with the hopes of talking his way out of solitary confinement.

Meanwhile, Susan B. finds a way to keep Lincoln motivated. She comes face to face with Whistler and Michael, and makes Sucre (Amaury Nolasco) an offer he can’t refuse.

Also, Sucre heads to SONA to make another delivery, while Lang (guest star Barbara Eve Harris) has a parting gift for Mahone.

As for T-Bag, he approaches Whistler (Chris Vance) and makes him an offer. Bellick finds himself in a very sticky situation when he refuses to mop up a mess.

SpoilerFIX is also reporting Panamanian officials torture Whistler and Susan B. in order to get the two talking, and a mystery woman pays a visit to SONA with the aim of talking to Michael.

Now, if you have been diligently following every piece of news about Prison Break, then you would be aware of the spin-off series that the network is reportedly developing. Called Prison Break: Cherry Hill, the series is set in a woman’s prison and revolves around a woman named Molly.

How is the spin-off relevant to “Boxed In?�? Well, the mystery woman that Michael meets in the episode may very well be Molly. According to E! Online’s Kristin Veich, producers said a new female character will be introduced in the current season’s ninth episode, and that the woman’s name is Molly Leif, an American housewife in her mid-30s who is in the middle of investigating the disappearance of her husband and daughter.

As per the Hollywood Reporter, Molly’s connection to the Lincoln Brothers is rooted in The Company. Apparently, the same organization that framed Michael and Lincoln is responsible for Molly’s family tragedy.

Source: BuddyTV

Surely this has to go to Scofield’s sweat patch. Festooned upon his grey sweatshirt, the patch regularly fluctuates in size between scenes and has taken on a life of its own. Surely this soaking mass deserves its own agent and trade union? Perhaps it should join the writers and take strike action, given the lack of recognition it currently receives. Besides, if Lechero can smuggle phones and hookers into prison, can’t he manage one can of anti-perspirant deodorant for his new buddy?

Best New Character

Susan, without a shadow of a doubt. Possessing the power to make a man’s testes retract in fear, she’s a straight-talking mercenary who is not afraid to go through with her threats. She beheaded Sara Tancredi and was about to do the same to LJ before the young chump’s father called. Her back story is intriguing too, with flashbacks harking back to her time as a captive subjected to brutal rape and torture. It will be interesting to find out the true nature of her dealings with Whistler.

Best Moment

There’s a temptation here to give it to the moment Sara Tancredi’s head was discovered in a box. No, not because of the sheer dramatic impact of the moment, of which there was very little - particularly if you’ve seen a film called Se7en. Instead, it was because it finally drew a line under the character after the increasingly frustrating attempts to show us she was alive - using body doubles and stand ins. Sarah Wayne Callies wasn’t going to reprise the role, so the sooner Schofield’s love interest was dispatched the better, because she was dead wood.

However, the ending to episode six was such a jubilant moment when Schofield, learning of his loved one’s death, grabbed the crow’s foot and challenged Whistler to a fight to the death. A sudden twist and reversal of our expectations, it worked a treat - even though we knew there would be some contrived way out of it.

Worst Moment

Sofia pulling the gun on Lincoln Burrows on the beach. The twist had been so clearly signposted due to various shots of Sofia looking very devious and calculating in the scenes leading up to it. This killed any dramatic impact. Then, before you can scream “bring back John Abruzzi’, the pair were back on the same side again. What a pointless waste of time, just for a cheap thrill.

Most Redundant Plot Function

The character of Andrew Tyge entered Sona in the fifth episode, was given plenty of airtime and pointed out that he recognised Whistler under another guise. Then he was killed. Cheers for turning up dude. Bearing in mind that Whistler lived down a hole in the prison, communicated with his girlfriend via bird watching books and was wanted by The Company, we already had the impression that there might be more to him than meets the eye.

Most Underused Character

This is a three-way tie between Mahone, T-Bag and Brad Bellick. All three were so crucial to the enjoyment of the last season, with their own unique traits and pantomime villain status. But once ensconced within the walls of Sona, they all lost their potency and Prison Break failed to find any appealing supporting characters to rival them. Still, at least we could wallow in Bellick’s perpetual suffering.

The ‘Please, No More!’ Award

We’ve had enough shots of Michael Scofield brooding and/or sulking. It might have worked over the first two seasons, but it has become too tiresome now and seems to constitute about 27.4% of each episode. It seems that Wentworth Miller has gone down the Joey Tribbiani route of ‘sniff the fart’ acting.

Source: Cult Spy via Prison Break Buff

In the midst of the show’s third season, Fox ordered a script of a possible spin-off of the show, which is tentatively titled Prison Break: Cherry Hill. It is being written by Prison Break’s executive producer Matt Olmstead and co-executive producer Zack Estrin. The series will be set at a women’s prison and focuses on a character named Molly, who will be introduced in the third season of Prison Break.

This came from an article on Wikipedia. I am not sure I am ready for a spin-off. It just wont be the same. It is bad enough that writers had to go on strike and now we have to wait a month for PB to come back on, but a woman’s prison? I dont think so FOX!

What shall we do now that PB is on its crazy hiatus? I dont understand why they wait till January to come back on? Why cant they just run a normal 16 week season like most other shows. I think the way they are doing it may in fact lose PB alot of viewers. Many shows like Lost start mid season (January) and Lost has a huge fan base. So I think that since people have to wait for 2 months, they lose interest and start watching another show or just dont go back to PB. I dont know…this is just my theory. What do you guys think??

The following are ratings for season 3 by the episode. The latest episode, “Bang and Burn,” had the lowest amount of 7.2 million viewers. No episode has yet to reach 8 million so far. Where have all the viewers from the first two seasons gone?

Episode 1: “Orientación�? 7.5 million viewers. (Sept 17, 2007)
Episode 2: “Fire/Water�? 7.28 million viewers. (Sept 24, 2007)
Episode 3: “Call Waiting�? 7.22 million viewers. (Oct 1, 2007)
Episode 4: “Good Fences�? 7.21 million viewers. (Oct 8, 2007)
Episode 5: “Interference�? 7.52 million viewers. (Oct 22, 2007)
Episode 6: “Photo Finish�? 7.80 million viewers. (Nov 5, 2007)
Episode 7: “Vamonos�? 7.80 million viewers. (Nov 5, 2007)
Episode 8: “Bang & Burn�? 7.20 million viewers. (Nov 12, 2007)