Finally, after the long hiatus of four months, we've joined our favorite convicts for another five episodes. Actually, I don't know how many, but I'm sure it's not enough. I could watch 208243708686 episodes of Wentworth Miller. He could just stand there with those gorgeous blue eyes scowling and I would watch it. Yeah, I'd have to Tivo it and watch it later, but I'd still watch it. If you don't remember where we left off, tough, you should remember, it's a great show. But if some reason you weren't able to join the Prison Break fan club like me (they send you shivs and shanks as their initiation gift) then check out my recap of the fall finale...
http://primetimetvblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/prison-break-sike-not-really.html
How that sad ass rope holds five grown men, I don't know
We pick up right where we left off last fall with the guys stuck in the supply closet, unable to go through the pipe to get to Lincoln. T-Bag is not a happy murderer. And what you want is happy murderers. A guard was making his way to the closet because he heard a loud clanging sound and he's still making his way. He gets to the door and does some Ace Ventura key shaking to let the guys know he's coming. When the door opens the guys are gone, hiding behind shelving in the room. He finds the broken pipe on the floor and picks it up. That's right, it's a pipe, can we say, pipe? And just to make sure it's a pipe, he takes it outside to another guard. Our group quickly goes back into the floor and back down the rope. There are a few holes in this, like how no one will notice the rope tied to the grate, but I'm just gonna go with it. The guards come back to the room just as Michael gets into the hole and puts the grate back on. That's our Michael, I've missed you. Meanwhile above him Lincoln's wondering where the hell Michael is. He tried banging a mop down the pipe to no avail. Pretty soon Dr. Tancredi returns and I wonder how they were going to go ahead with the escape anyway with the doctor and guard there. Oh, and Lincoln handcuffed to the bed. Oh yeah.
Our favorite guard, Bellick, is calling it a day and heading to Sharkey's for a fishbowl. No one wants to go with him. Awe, he's such a sad man. He's quite observant though. He sees the sheetrock the guys are supposed to be installing hasn't moved and since he'll jump at any chance to beat an inmate, he hurries over. The guys are making their way back to the guard's room from underneath when Bellick approaches. He tries the door and it's locked, and this pisses him off. The guys hear him at the door and start crawling into the room. Unfortunately, Westmoreland gets caught on something and can't make his way up before Bellick breaks the lock and comes in. The other guys are standing around. I'd be a little suspicious since they're not working, but hey, that's just me. Bellick bitches and moans about them not working and wants them to go back to their cells. He leaves and then it hits him that not all of the guys were there. When he goes back in and counts four he wonders where Westmoreland is. Westmoreland stands up like he was tying his shoe. Bad ass. After Bellick leaves they're all pissed and what you don't want to see is T-Bag pissed. He gets really inbred and scary.
The next morning is THE morning. By this time tomorrow Lincoln will be dead. Pope is giving a press conference and LJ is watching from their safe house. Actually, I don't think it's a safe house anymore, it's just a house. With Veronica blabbing earlier about her "source" and then that "source" being killed, the government doesn't seem to be on their trail anymore.
In Michael's cell, Sucre assures him that even though the other guys want to rip his balls out and serve them to him on a platter, he's cool with him. Michael thinks the only person who can help Linc now is Dr. Tancredi, seeing that her father is the Governor and all. He goes to get his daily shot and he sees Lincoln in the other room. At least Lincoln's comforted at the fact that Michael didn't leave without him. He asks to see Linc but the guard says no, that he has to wait until the final visit before the execution. Michael's desperate, so he pleads with the doc to talk to her father. Seeing that her father hates what she does, she doesn't think it'll do any good anyway.
Luckily Lincoln's lawyers are workin' their butts off trying to get in to see the judge. Nick and Veronica are talking to one of Nick's friends near the court house, pleading with him to just give them fifteen minutes to talk to him. They want to exhume the Vice President's brother's body. Remember at the end of last season Hale told Veronica that he's still alive. After a few minutes and great lawyering, he agrees to let them see the judge later in the day.
No reason for this picture. I mean, there's a reason...
In the yard, Michael's still frustrated, kicking the dirt. Sucre tries to comfort him again, saying that Lincoln knows he tried his best. T-Bag doesn't care how damn hard he tried, that it isn't good enough. Sucre tells him to back up or he'll make him have sex with a woman. As they're all walking back inside, Westmoreland also comes up and tries to make Michael feel better. He ends up doing it because he mentions that if something goes wrong with the electrocution they have to issue another death warrant. Ding! Ding! Ding! Light bulbs go off in Michael head. As they're finishing up their conversation, Tweener comes up. Let's not forget Tweener's deal with Bellick to give him inside information about Michael.
Once back in the cell Michael decides to go back into the wall. Sucre puts the white sheet up and I remember that in prison talk that means you're gettin' it on. I wonder what everyone else is thinking about Michael and Sucre's private time. Michael's in the pipes and catches a rat. I think I know where this is going and it's nasty.
Lincoln's still with Dr. Tancredi. Glad to know people who are about to be killed by the system are taken such good care of while they're there. Sara tries to comfort him. There's a lot of comforting going on. The one person I'd want to be comforting is Michael. Gotta love conjugal visits. Anyway, I digress. He asks about Michael and she tells him that he's really anxious and that he wanted to see him earlier but it wasn't allowed. Lincoln asks Sara to look after Michael when he's gone and she says, "gladly".
Oh hell yeah!
In Bellick's office, or some back corner, Tweener's there enjoying french fries dipped in ice cream. That's the best ever and it surprises me that a dumbass like Tweener knows about this amazing combo. Tweener gets a bit too comfortable with his burger and fries and when he doesn't come up with any good information about Michael, Bellick snatches the food from him and charges him a hundred bucks, due at the end of the shift. Of course he doesn't have it, so Bellick suggest he become a businessman. And what on Earth could he possibly sell in jail? Why his ass. This gets Tweener going and he remembers the tail end of the conversation he heard between Westmoreland and Michael, about the execution not happening if something's wrong with the chair. I know this poor kid is just trying to stay alive in this horrible place but he's pissing me off. Now that Bellick has this information he goes down to the electric chair room and makes the CO there test it out. Of course it doesn't work so they check the wiring. In lies the dead rat. The mechanic says that he'll have to replace something or another and that he'll issue some paperwork for the part. Bellick won't hear it, and asks the guy if he has the part with him, and he does. He makes the guy use it anyway, without filing any paperwork.
While this is going on, Michael tells Sucre about the plan and Sucre wonders if this means the escape is still on. Since it'll be obvious if they try to corrode the pipe again, they have to figure another way out. Michael doesn't have time to think about that yet, he's still worried his brother's going to fry.
Speaking of poor old Linc. He's doing a little praying. He says that he walked in a man, and hope he'd walk out one too. He'll certainly be carried out in a pine box as one if Michael doesn't find out soon what happened. They come to shave his head and again he asks to see Michael. Because they're a bunch of heartless bitches they tell him no, not yet. The one guard is cool though, he says that if Lincoln says he won't have any problems, he'll not put the cuffs on. Lincoln agrees and they walk out of the room.
Lawyerullet
What school did Veronica go to because her arguments are pretty bad. She and Nick just argue that they've been lied to and intimidated. They don't really show anything we laymen people like to call "evidence". Between outting her source before she met with him and now just pissing off judges, I have no idea how she has stayed alive this long. The prosecutor shows a document from the Secret Service saying that no one named Kellerman or Hale have ever worked for the agency. Really, ever? In the hundred and fifty year history there's been no one? Why didn't they check the CIA, or FBI, or NSA? Anyway, the judge has had enough and says that anyone they would ever bring on the witness stand is either dead or missing. At least he believes that much.
By now Bellick thinks he's better then sliced bread. He goes to get Michael for final visitation and wonders why Michael's so surprised, I mean he knew this was coming, right. Michael starts to get his composure when the lights flicker. Bellick revels in Michael's astonishment. If he does think Michael put the rat in there, you'd think he'd be trying to figure out how that's even possible.
Nice
We've finally made it to final visitation. Pope gives Linc his dead man walking clothes. Luckily he's provided him with an adult diaper. I'm gonna need one too, this is nail biting. Michael and Linc share a brotherly hug and even though it's only brotherly, I pause and rewind. Michael wonders if there's any news from Veronica and Lincoln says no, in fact, he's so tired of this whole, he said/she said crap. He either wants to die or not, this back and forth is just too much.
"No, I don't want to switch to Verizon"
With Veronica, LJ really wants to go to see his dad. Hopefully they wouldn't allow him to see the execution. Talk about a messed up kid. He saw his mother and step father killed. Plus, since he's one of Illinois' Most Wanted, showing up at the place he'll probably be incarcerated later isn't such a good idea. Nick gets a call on his cell and surprise surprise, the judge didn't think their finger pointing was enough to warrant a new trial. Veronica decides to leave and when she opens the door, guess who's standing there? Dr. Tancredi. She wonders if they're Lincoln's attorneys. How'd she find out where they are? If she can find it out, so can anyone else. I'm smelling a nighttime break in.
With Lincoln and Michael, they're playing a good game of cards. Exactly what I want to do before I die, lose money. Lincoln looks at his last meal that they brought in for him, pancakes and mentions that "they're the only good things he did for LJ". Well that really blows. The only good thing your father does for you is make you some damn pancakes? That's messed up. Michael says that he was there for them, but Lincoln doesn't think that it was enough. Just about then Veronica shows up. The guys can tell by the look on her face that things didn't go too well with the appeal. She does mention that Sara showed up and that gives Michael a little hope. Veronica tells Lincoln that LJ couldn't be there, you know, being wanted and all, but she can get him on the phone. He calls him and they talk about making sure he clears his name. Apparently LJ had a dream the night before, about them being together and that gave him the hope that this wasn't the end. What? Now he's clairvoyant?
Meanwhile, Sara's trying to work on her dad. She knows that he doesn't like what she does, but she actually believes this guy is innocent. Aren't they all? The Governor thinks it's a big waste of time but she gives him the paperwork and tells him to just look at it. Oh, and pretend it didn't come from her, a bleeding heart liberal.
With Lincoln, the worst part about all of this, you know, besides the whole being electrocuted thing, is that his name will go down in history as an assassin. He's pretty heart broken. I have to agree with him here. I get pissed when someone thinks I honked at them on the freeway and didn't do it, I couldn't imagine what it's like to have people think you killed someone. Especially if the little bastard is still alive somewhere. Finally Linc shows some emotions and topples over a table or two. The guards take a bit too long to get in there and it doesn't even seem like they're in there for that. Nope, they're there to take away to change into his undergarments.
I hope Veronica ends up slugging this bitch
Everyone's making their way down the Green Mile, including Sara, and one of the guards runs in and tells them the Governor's on the line. Apparently Sara's pleas helped. Or not. He was just calling to tell them that he's not giving him a stay. Do they really call? Seems sorta rude and unnecessary. Lincoln probably needs a new pair of pampers. When he hangs up, the Vice President is with him and she thanks him for taking it up the ass and doing what she wants instead of what's right.
Nice. Nice.
As Lincoln walks down the hall, Veronica and Michael are stopped from going any farther by Bellick. Unfortunately they get stopped too late and Lincoln is now too far away to hug goodbye. Veronica asks Bellick if she can go hug Lincoln. In a moment of humanity he lets her go without any lip. When they do hug she tells him that she's loved him since the first time she saw him. Hey, if you're gonna go all out, this is the time. After her, Pope orders Michael uncuffed and he and Lincoln share a long brotherly hug. Pause. Rewind. Twice. They walk him to the room and the show ends! Yes! Will he die!?! Hell no he won't die, he's first billing on the show. Only 24 does crap like that.
