Last night’s two-hour PB "event" — or, as I like to call it, pair of back-to-back episodes — was chock-full of reveals. So let’s begin at the end:
• So Susan (aka Gretchen) is working with/for Whistler. Now I want to know, as soon as possible, the exact nature of their relationship. My best guess? They’ve collaborated before — were partners, even — in some covert military operation. Now they’re both out for a buck. Either that, or he’s the one who saved her when she was taken captive years before and now she’s gotta help him out (a debt of honor — oh, how old school). One thing is for sure, though: After Susan reminded Whistly that he’d wanted to be out of Sona in seven days, and he should be miffed about staying four more, he replied, "won’t be comfortable — if I’m out of here by then, I can still do it." What exactly, then, is it? And don’t tell me it has anything to do with water samples or geological tommyrot.
• Susan is an ex-soldier. I got the point of the story she told L.J. about her experience as the bargaining chip in a hostage situation: Don’t try to run, you whiny, useless moppet. What I didn’t get is why she told it with no pants on. Yes, she wanted L.J. to see the scars from the rape and torture she received from her own captors, but that could have been done in a pair of shorts. The whole thing just felt forced and strange.
• I might be wrong, but I suspect Whistler is former army as well.Fishermen aren’t the only ones who know how to tie knots (hello, BoyScouts). Say he did whack the Frenchie and frame Alex (come on, do wereally think Mahone would hide the murder weapon under his own bed?).Then, as Michael said, he must be a professional who knows how to killa man with one clean stab to the neck. And did you see the fightingmoves he whipped out on Michael? That swift throat check and some kindajumping head punch? Next up: He knows seven languages and Morse code.
• Susan planned on moving a lot of corpses. Body bags. Bodybags. But let’s not jump to the conclusion that they were meant forMichael, Linc, and L.J. (though, in that case, I hope she rememberedone for Sucre, too). Who knows what double cross she has/had up hersleeve? At this point, I’d like to see Susan and Sofia snuff them all,collect some sort of bounty, and then go windsurfing together off theIvory Coast.
• Sucre mans up fast. I’m not so positive thatsending a package of cash with his I.D. picture to Maricruz was a greatidea, but pulling his car out in front of Susan’s speeding van in orderto save L.J. was pretty darn brave.
• Linc can make a dog’s breakfast out of the simplest task.Yeah, the guy is under a lot of stress. And he’s only been out in thefree world for what, maybe a month? So we can’t blame him for the twofailed rescue attempts. But did he really need to slip up and let Susanfigure out that the escape was taking place sooner than she thought? Heknows how she reacts to that sort of stuff.
• Bellick has a heart. He wants to play dice and he grieves, grieves, grieves for Sara.
• Alex is up poop creek without a paddle. Unless you believeLang or the Wikipedia entry that says he’s going into rehab beforemeeting up with Mike in the Swiss Alps, saving Sofia, and dying like aman. I don’t.
• Michael’s gotta get Lechero out, too. Why do thesethings always become a party? At least we know that Lechero (aka NormanSt. John) has been burned in the past, that he can plan (he got hisnickname by pretending to be a milkman in order to kill his mother’srapist) and that he believes in vengeance.
• PB has gigantic plot holes. You can list those fromSeason 1 on the side of the Empire State Building, yet last night’swere too much for me. Not one of the other prisoners asked Mike andWhistly why they were knotting together a long rope. Macrame? I thinknot. And how did Hurtado not find it strange that Sofia asked him for aride to Sona after getting out of the driver’s seat of a car? Why didhe not notice that Linc — who said he was heading in the otherdirection — was then following them?
• You can’t stage a prison break using sunlight and dog anesthesia.
So what did you guys think of last night’s episode? According to thescenes-from-the next, Pad Man is returning, Mike’s tattoo is back inplay, and Whistler is gonna end up on the roof waving to a helicopter(shades of the Season 1 finale). How’s this plan gonna come together?Who has ideas about Prison Break: Cherry Hill, the proposedspin off starring upcoming new addition "Molly"? And how can the titlenot make you think of that old dirty joke, "I was on top of CherryHill?"
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Sigh. Sad to say that as much as I love Wenty I’ve given up on this show. Although, perhaps if they showed off more of his tattoo I’d be interested. I mean, come on, he’s sweating to death in that shirt–let’s see the TAT!
I’m too far in now to give up on PB yet but there is no way I can get started on a spinoff. One gigantic leap away from actual character development, plot and plain old common sense is all I’m willing to give.
120 minutes of crap. Whoever’s writing this stuff should be fired. I liked the addition of the French guy 2 weeks ago. Yeah he had a foggy memory because he has a drug problem, but I was already sick of the other Sona characters. I believe that Michael, after learning that Sara’s dead, should have either left Whister (or yanked the rope down with him on it) and escaped. He, Linc, and Sucre could have taken that wretch Gretchen and the driver and freed LJ. My one question: why was Sucre passed out up until the point Linc asked him if he was okay? The best part of the episode(s) was Michael’s tantrum upon learning of Sara’s demise. That was great acting. But, they need to write him out of Sona, into better clothes, and seeking bitter vengence immediately. Also, I’d like to know what having Bellick in these episodes adds. Every second he’s in a scene is a second wasted. And no, nix the Prison Break: Cherry Hill concept. They had that show 3 decades ago (Prisoner Cell Block H).
Last night had to be the WORST show ever – it is embarassing how this show went from top notch excitement to jaw-dropping stupor in just one season. I look at the TV screen wondering what happened? Did they go and hire an entire writing crew off the street? I can’t even believe this is the same show – they have jumped the shark 10 times over on this one. Having now wasted the last 2 seasons, I guess I’ll stick around and hope they wrap it up and cancel it at the end of this season. Spin-off? Give me a break – instant cancellation. I’m sure the ratings are starting to take a hit on this idiotic SONA storyline. Has gone from my favorite to absolute worst show in just a few episodes.
I actually liked both episodes last night. Sure, there were plot holes and implausibilities, but when have there not been on PB. I say, keep ‘em coming, ’cause I’ll be watching.
There is Linc standing with a gun to Gretchens head, finally giving up and standing there with a gun watching the two put LJ in the back of the van. Then watching the two get in the front and drive away. Why did he not cap them there in the front of the van. The show is getting hopeless………..
There is Linc standing with a gun to Gretchens head, finally giving up and standing there with a gun watching the two put LJ in the back of the van. Then watching the two get in the front and drive away. Why did he not cap them there in the front of the van. The show is getting hopeless………..
Michael needs more tattoos.
I really love this show. Of course I get a little annoyed at some things that could have turned out differently but there are a few sweaty guys worth watching each week. I don’t think this show is as bad as some people do. Just sit back and enjoy and stop being so critical.
Susan is hot and nasty. Sit in front of me anytime with just a shirt on!!!!!!!!!
After watching the first 2 seasons faithfully, the hubby and I had a course to go on Monday nights, so we gave PB up and after reading this tv watch, glad we did, PB should have quit after season 2. But we’ll watch season 3 DVD when it comes out cuz a part of us is annoyed that we spent TWO years on this show with no closure.
Dina, I’m sure that your “hubby” enjoys being led around by his nose.
I guess I stopped regularly watching this a the beg of the season, then when I learned Sara was dead, it totally ruined it for me. I was able to catch up a bit last night, but, it’s ruined now that we know there won’t be a happy ending ever for Michael. I agree with Yo Yo, love Wentworth, lose those clothes! I was also irritated with Linc when he let them drive off with LJ. Linc doesn’t deserve a bro like Mike, he isn’t as dedicated. Bellick’s grief may turn into something down the road to help them out, we shall see. And really, you thnk Lechero would just let it go so easily? And how was it that susan could just walk up and do a prison visit so easily? whatever, it is called entertainment!
here’s my dilemna: PB is so annoying this season. The plot holes, the characters acting stupid, on ther other hand, I am a devout Wentworth fan (like so many other’s i chose him as my ultimate hottie). so i need to watch PB for my fix as there doesn’t seem to be many options on that front. so i guess I will muddle through the season in hopes it gets better.
I really liked these episodes. (But maybe they seemed extra good since I had just finished watching another crummy episode of Heroes off of my DVR.) Can’t wait to finally see the tats again! Susan is annoying (no pants why???), but other than that, it’s keeping me entertained.
This whole season sucks like a Hoover. I liked the show but the plot holes this year are massive.I thought so when so many from last year got stuck in the same prison. Please what clap trap is this? Linc has turned into a wuss of major proportions. Why not cap Susie’s carcass when you had a chance to get LJ? Work with your little brother instead of being an anchor that weighs him down. As for Susan wanting Whistler out did YOU (susie) help Mike by doing something creative like giving the boy blueprints to work with? You mean she couldn’t pay off the right people in charge to just bust him out or the guards to look the other way? Have the authorities done daily head counts to see they are all behind bars? Give us a break.
Weren’t they money bags, not body bags?
Susan B. really likes decapitating folks! Did you see her hauling all that junk – tarp and what looked like a bucket of bleach to rub out L.J. Someone should tell her there are far easier ways to kill somebody.
Just thought I’d let all the ladies who find themselves drooling over Scofield know that in real life…he’s gay. This is not a joke, he’s gay, and he dates some dude from another show. How’s that for a twist…again, I am not lying this is for real, sorry gal’s.
Michael is the sexiest thing on TV, but that shirt has got to be getting pretty skanky. And he never takes it off saving all the time and money that they put the artist who puts the tat on him. Cheap! Not even a little shows up around his collar. Why is Sucre there? I forget. And what about Belleck and T-Bag? How are they gonna get out so they can still be on the show? I mean their names are on the credits as stars! And I would rather they replaced Sara with another actress than kill her. That was a mistake–we need that motivation for Michael. Plus she was good! And why don’t those FBI people notice that Alex is a LOT strung out? I’d like to see LJ actually do something this season too. He just keeps getting handed off from one person to another–the boy has no balls. Anyway, it’s all worth it to get to look at Wentworth Miller–and hope that he gets naked again soon.
I love Wentworth Miller and I can’t wait to see him in another show or a movie. I really gave up on this show after the head in a box episode and I will never go back to it. The heart of the show is gone and that is one reason why it seems to have become a pointless mess. It should have ended last year.
And by the way, those who feel the need to constantly comment about sexual orientation, try to grow up. We don’t really care about his private life and you shouldn’t either.
I’ve grown to loathe this show and hope everyone dies. I love twists and turns, but I hate being teased that something big is going to happen, only for it NOT to happen and having the storyline have to back up. I feel like I’M in prison with this show and the walls are the storylines that go nowhere. Payoff. Payoff. Payoff.
ITS FUNNY HOW YOU ALL SAY HOW HORRIBLE THE TWO HOUR EPISODE WAS, BUT YOULL BE BACK TO WATCH NEXT WEEK? TELL ME ONE THING THAT WAS BAD ABOUT THE SHOW LAST NIGHT…
I think this season of PB has been terrific! I don’t understand what has happened in our culture…it’s like we love to build things up just to tare them down. It happened with Lost (another fave show of mine) and Heroes (which hasn’t been that great this season, but still) PB, I think, took their licks from season 2’s chaotic mismatch and really picked it back up! Stop all the hating!
So is this gonna be the last season of PB?
The tat is back next week and going by the previews it was worth the long wait. Damn that WM is fine.
I don’t know what all of you are being babies about – last night was as entertaining as ever. Prison Break has always had plot holes and required leaps of faith – the ones in the two-parter last night were no better or worse than any dating back to the very first episode. As for nothing being resolved, I like that Michael failed. It would be an awfully boring show if he succeeded every time.
Prison Break is getting old, and is going downhill, fast. They keep on rehashing old stuff, and this feels like a cheap version of Season 1. None of the new characters are great enough to make me care about them. I hope they stop this madness soon so that we’ll see Wentworth Miller in other, less embarrassing endeavors.
Prison Break is getting old, and is going downhill, fast. They keep on rehashing old stuff, and this feels like a cheap version of Season 1. None of the new characters are great enough to make me care about them. I hope they stop this madness soon so that we’ll see Wentworth Miller in other, less embarrassing endeavors.