They’re out! Even if the escape itself wasn’t so exciting — and little more than the boys commando-crawling under jeeps — the chase so far has been smashing. Just our luck that when the going gets good, the show goes on hiatus after next week’s winter finale.
So apparently Michael’s whole "we have only thirty seconds to make it across no man’s land" warning was mumbo-jumbo. He made the whole thing up to trick Lechero, Bellick, and T-Bag into rushing out first, getting nabbed, and creating a diversion so the rest of the crew could make a clean getaway. Cheeky bastard. Luckily it worked, if only because not a single guard thought of looking under his car for the missing prisoners. I just wish the show’s producers had hired less of a ham to play the general hunting them down: every time he heard new information about the escape he’d make this angry, bug-eyed face that looked like he was in the middle of passing some painful gas.
So now we’ve got the group split in two, with Bellick, Lechero, T-Bag and Sucre still at Sona and Michael, Linc, Alex, Whistler, and McGrady on the run. I won’t spend too much time on McGrady: Nothing bad is gonna happen to that sweet boy and his faithful, good-in-a-pinch dad. I doubt they’ll make anything but a clean getaway. On the other hand, back at the prison, Lechero has been shot under the arm and is basically bleeding to death. Bellick is out of for the count, having been beaten practically to death by the prison guards even after giving away the location of Michael’s tunnel. T-bag has just implicated Sucre (who was practically in the clear) in the whole mess. It was a hateful move of course, but the guards were going to fillet his testes if he didn’t give them some info. And Sucre. Poor Sucre, I’d bet ten bucks he’s going to end up in Sona. Leave it to him to steal the identity of a man with a warrant out for his own arrest.
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Running (and swimming) around Panama we have Linc, Mike, Alex, andWhistley. First off, what’s going on between Alex and Whistley? Why wasAlex so ready to “drag [Whistler] by the hair” to safety after he hurthis ankle (and yes, I think it was faked, even if he was limping — moreon this later)? He also helped Whistler find material for a splint. I’msurprised he wasn’t driving the getaway truck when Whistley escaped.Which reminds me:I’m not sure I get why Whistler’s so willing to splitfrom the group (hence the bogus sprained ankle and his order for themto leave him there). Why doesn’t he want to turn himself in and savehis girlfriend? Does he think if he doesn’t show up they’ll just lether go? Or is he planning some kind of commando move to rescue her? Or —and I think this is it — is he just trying to make his ownescape so that he and Gretchen can run off and go back to work forthe Company? You know he was still carrying around that stopwatch withthe tracking device inside for a reason (unless of course the trackingdevice is in Linc’s cell phone, which is what I thought at first). Whywould Whistler need the device anyway? It’s pretty easy to count downfrom 24.
Anyway, here’s some more food for thought:
1. Why do the aerial views of the jungle look like broccoli?
2. Is L.J. trying to escape himself, and if so, why didn’t he think of this before?
3. What writer/producer/director had the gumption to have a character(one of the bus hijack victims) describe Linc (aka Dominic Purcell) as“over six feet?” I don’t care what anyone says, that guy is short. Ialmost hope it was a joke.
4. Wouldn’t you have gotten a tad more naked than our guys did for their little ocean swim? Seriously, shouldn’t all those wet clotheshave weighed them down? Sure, they’d have appeared a little odd comingout at the other end without their kit on, but they looked just asweird walking off the boat with no shoes.
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Things are definately getting interesting, I think
According to IMDb, Dominic Purcell is 6′1″: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700712/bio
good episode good episode…but the Sucre thing really annoyed me. I can’t have him be in prison and have Michael come back for him. It would be way toooooo repetitive.
T-Bag had a season full of great one-liners last night when he was about to be tortured with shocks to his goodies. The escape is ho-hum since I see how they are going to have to go back for T-Bag now that he has Whistler’s book. If Mahone is gone from the show, that is a shame. Linc looks short to me too. Like the Gunny says: “Boy, you trying to squeeze an inch in on me?”
Sooooo, winter finale? I wonder what that means: more episodes this spring and then the show is done? Or would they really subject us to one more season? Please say no. I have survived Prison Break this long, but don’t make me come back for another season!
Legna…I use IMDb as a mostly-credible source for what movie or TV shows an actor’s been on and that kind of thing.
When it comes to height, they’re kinda horrible because if you believe Sylvester Stallone is 5′10″…
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000230/bio
…then I have some swampland in Florida you should really take a look at.
Those guys swam underwater for miles biting on a tiny little oxygen tank and managed to find a buoy out in the middle of the ocean without ever having to surface???? My husband said it’s because they read the script.
I thought the perfect explanation for the break out was that the generator took 30 seconds to come on, but only last ed 5 minutes, and then there was darkness again. Certainly, in the 5 minutes, the power would not have been restored, hence, there was a second period of darkness for the “real” escape. Mike would even have known this, having called the generator company. Instead, they went for it with guards everywhere. Lame with a capital L!
Whistler ran off b/c he doesn’t care one whit about his ‘girlfriend’. He is just trying to get out & reunite with his evil company. The whole ’save Sofia’ thing is an act to Michael wouldn’t just take the damn bird book and leave him behind.
Whistler ran off b/c he doesn’t care one whit about his ‘girlfriend’. He is just trying to get out & reunite with his evil company. The whole ’save Sofia’ thing is an act to Michael wouldn’t just take the damn bird book and leave him behind.
I think I’ve had it now. Shoulda stopped watching when they beheaded Sarah. Also, I get the whole ’suspension of disbelief’ thing but how long are we expected to believe that a hot ex-con like Linc has still NOT gotten laid….give me a break, PB writers!
I hope the basketball kid and his Dad find a way to get past all the roadblocks and make it back to their family. I really want to watch Michael behead that witch Gretchen
The only thing that keeps me on the edge of my seat is waiting to see when Michael is going to change that damn grey shirt.
Does anyone else think that Jodie Lyn O Keefe is trying wayyyy to hard to be a badass. With her red lipstick and everything. That being said she’s still pretty gorgeous.
Gretchen gets worse every week. Now its greasy hair, red lipstick and knee-high boots to go with an increasingly obnoxious attitude. Please, Michael, blow her head off soon. Tired of watching Bellick get his butt kicked; he needs a lucky break. Linc IS short despite what they want us to think. Its always a better episode when T-Bag is in the middle of the action. His facial expressions are priceless. And, please, don’t tell me that he shot Mahone – please. Altho PB is running out of steam, the plotlines have to be resolved. After 3 years of loyal viewing, I really don’t want this to end with next week’s episode.
I just want Mahone to be reunited with his family and live happily. Poor William Fichtner has not had much to work with this season. I don’t even care about the brothers anymore.
i think Sucre was planted there by the writers so that he can get the bird book back from T-Bag. I’m not sure that Whistler really needs it, but if he does, Michael will have something to hold over him or to trade for L.J. As for L.J. himself, I really wish he would grow a pair and escape by himself. Please God, don’t let him have Stockholm and suddenly try to save Susan B. Shoot her Michael. Shoot her already.
FYI: Dom. P. is 6′1″.
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