Last we saw dear Lincoln Burrows, the transport van he was riding in on his way to see LJ was broad sided by a tractor trailer. If you didn't see that coming you need to start doing something else with your time besides watching television. Hit by a truck, jumped by a whole bunch of people with guns, in some way shape or form Lincoln wasn't making it to see his kid.
Could you identify this man in a line up?
Lincoln's been thrown out of the van and is laying on the side of the road as the van smokes. He's a bit banged up and can't see well. He does see a car pull up and a figure get out. The person comes close and into his site and it's Kellerman. I can't remember at this moment if Lincoln knows what he looks like but I don't think he does. Anyway, Kellerman starts telling some stupid story about a stupid dog of his and putting him down. While he tells it he puts his knee on Linc's chest and gloves over his mouth to kill him. Linc is struggling to stay alive but is still quite dazed from the accident. He sees another car stop and a man get out. I can tell already through the haze that it's Lincoln's father. Kellerman doesn't realize who it is until it's too late. In a true Karate Kid moment, in a daze, Lincoln sees the man, who he doesn't realize is his father, take a fire extinguisher to Kellerman's head. He passes out and his father drags him from the wreck. Later he pulls the car into a junkyard under some sort of open garage. He goes around to the passenger side and pulls Lincoln out.
At the prison, Sucre's finally being released from the SHU. His cousin, who's now part of the escape, and Michael, embrace him. T-Bag's having none of it and wonders what's going on with the plans. Michael tells them that he was able to get the part of the plans he needed. The only difference is now they can't come up through the pipes under the infirmary. They'll have to make their way down a hallway and go through the infirmary door to climb out of that window. C-Note thinks they can just steal the keys from a C.O. but that won't work since only the medical staff carry the keys. T-Bag wants to know how they're going to get it and Michael says all broodingly, "Carefully". Hot damn.
As the cons are talking Westmoreland nearly faints. They all look to see what he's gawking at and off of a prison transport bus is none other than ABRUZZI!!! What did I tell you?!? If you don't see their last breath with your own eyes they're probably still alive! The Italian Stallion is back, baby. Of course the group is happy to see him since he is their transportation out of there and C-Note's guys didn't come through for them last time. The person most surprised to see him is the person who tried to kill him, T-Bag. He's gonna start catching flies if he keeps his mouth open much longer.
That is one bad ass scar
In the cafeteria, Michael wearily approaches Abruzzi. He's praying and seems like a changed man. He even stands up and gives Michael a warm hug. He's surprised Michael's still there and quite frankly, so am I. Michael admits to running into a few snags. He sees how religious he is now and wonders if the new man still wants to be in escape plan. Abruzzi says that the person he used to be deserved to be in there, but not the person he is now. Michael confirms that Abruzzi's still getting the plane and he says he is, making some Noah's Ark comment. T-Bag watches from another side of the room and tells one of his lackeys that he'll need a knife. I mean he uses some weird prison talk name that I can't remember now.
Pope's freaking out because of the crash and doesn't want this to be how he's remembered as a warden. Not sure why wardens get remembered in the first place, but I guess they do. Bellick thinks maybe they should hold off telling anyone about the escape, to let him try and find him first. Unless Lincoln has a T-Bone steak or a hooker around his neck I don't know if Bellicks's the best person to lead up the search. Pope's not too happy leaving his fate to this moron, but he reluctantly agrees to give him four hours.
At Nick's house he's all bent out of shape because of the mysterious guy who caught up with him in the phone store last episode. He and Veronica are going through boxes of paperwork from the phone they got off of Quinn. Any talk about LJ was for last week, this is all about getting the information from the phone. She's asks him why he's so brooding and he says, 'I don't know, because a man's life hangs on the balance and I wanna do the nasty with you but you're all about this guy who's probably going to die." He tells her nothing's wrong and that he doesn't want to quit and goes back to work.
In the infirmary Michael locks the door leading into the back room where Dr. Sara usually gives him his shot. When she comes over to it he watches which key she uses and to unlock her door. Luckily it's the one with the bright pink covering on it so he'll know which one. When they get into the room he takes his shirt off and Dr. Sara starts cleaning his back wound. When she's close enough they lock eyes and he goes in for a nice tender kiss. Pause, rewind. They kiss for a moment and like the smart lady she is she doesn't push him away. Did I mention he doesn't have a shirt on? After they kiss she wonders what he wants from her. He looks down at her keys but can't bare to tell her that's what he needs. He, instead, asks her to wait for him, that it won't always be like that. Like what? You in jail? I hope not. She gets too uncomfortable and walks out just as an orderly comes in, without seeing them. Okay, maybe she's not so smart.
At the crash site, Bellick is pleading his case to Sheriff Ballard. He wants his help to quietly find Lincoln. I guess these two go way back and he agrees to help. They question Kellerman who's nursing a small head wound and Kellerman keeps up the buffalo jerky charade. Says he was on his way to a meeting. Bellick's a bit suspicious seeing that he's taken a roundabout way of getting to his meeting site. Kellerman plays it off and heads to his car to leave. How come he's allowed to leave? These cops aren't that good. Don't they wonder how this dude got the head wound? I guess he can say Lincoln did it to him. Kellerman quickly leaves the scene with Belllick still curious. When Kellerman gets into his car he turns on his police scanner to listen to any updates on Lincoln's whereabouts.
With Tweener, poor guy's not having a great time. Big ol' Avocado's sitting on the top bunk when Tweener walks in. Tweener tries to get into the corner to hide, but it is a 9x9 cell. Avocado tells him he has the one thing he wants and pulls the white sheet down over the cell for a little private time. Later in the yard Tweener's sitting next to the fence. Michael comes up and says that he wants him to steal something else, like the watch he stole so long ago. Tweener says he'll only do it if Michael kills Avocado who's so sexily sitting across the yard, looking over at Tweener. Michael says he can't do that. Why he doesn't ask T-Bag to do it I don't know. Anyway, Tweener makes some comment about some guy and we find out why Tweener's in jail. He stole some baseball cards from the father of a friend and one of them was worth a few hundred thousand dollars. Since our judicial system is fraked up, he was charged with grand larceny and sent to the big house to be the big man's bitch. He starts to cry as Michael looks on, and I'm feeling a bit sorry for the kid. That won't last.
So Lincoln finally wakes up and discovers it's his father that saved him from Kellerman. It's a bit awkward at first and Lincoln wants some answers to why he left him. Out comes the lamest ass excuse I've ever heard. He tells him that he was part of the Company. Apparently to get anywhere in the job you have to leave everything, so he did because he didn't want to put his family at risk. Now, the reason they framed Lincoln and is having him executed is to flush him out. Huh? Maybe it'll be explained better later but as of right now that blows. Okay, so he left the Company? Are they flushing him out because something happened? I'm confused. His father says he regrets leaving them every day. I bet he does now.
Michael's on the phone with his wife, Nika. You know, the one he married so she could get a Green Card. Apparently he needs her to do that thing they talked about that we don't know about. She doesn't want him to get into anymore trouble then he is, but he assures her that he'll be alright and to just do it. She doesn't want to and he begs a little. She just says sorry and hangs up. That's right, she hangs up on this hotness. Later Michael sees Dr. Sara walking with the nurse and gazes at her through the fence. She does a quick double take in his direction. Sucre wanders up and wonders how everything's going. Michael admits that it's not going too well. Sucre also questions him if he has something going on with the doctor which Michael says he doesn't know.
In T-Bag's cell Abruzzi approaches causing T-Bag to nearly crap himself. Abruzzi wants to assure him that there're no hard feelings about T-Bag slicing his neck open. He even offers his hand to shake. Of course T-Bag is a little weary and at first doesn't shake it. Abruzzi points out that after what he did to him he shouldn't insult him by not shaking his hand. T-Bag finally does and they call a "truce" to T-Bag's relief.
In one of the stairwells Pope is fuming that Bellick hasn't caught Lincoln yet. Bellick tries to assure him that things will work out. The Sheriff's department has all the roads blocked so it's just a matter of time. Pope gives him two hours and then he's going to alert the media. He says that a killer is loose and that some things are more important then careers. Yeah, like what? Oh right, that. Bellick's stopped by another C.O. who tells him that Tweener needs to talk to him. Bellick blows him off and tells him to get lost and have fun with Avocado.
Tweener and Avocado are ready for their second round of love. Man, this guy has some stamina. Anyway, as Avocado approaches him on the lower bunk, Tweener says he'd rather do it on the top one. Avocado can do it anywhere but prefers his place, so he's cool. He stands up to straighten the sheets, leaving Little Avocado right in Tweener's face. Tweener pulls out a razor and then Little Avocado. Big Avocado's liking this idea, until he feels the razor cut Little Avocado into some Guacamole.
In the prison parking lot Dr. Sara's at her car. This woman has the strangest hours. In the parking lot is Nika. She asks Dr. Sara if she knows Michael, and of course she knows him, she was just making out with him. Dr. Sara realizes this is Michael's wife. Nika tells her that she thinks Michael's in trouble and that maybe she can help. The two are at a diner together, talking. Nika says that Michael likes helping people and that's what he did, paying for her freedom so she wasn't sold. Before she can get out how Michael's in trouble, Nika becomes frustrated and tries to bolt. As she's leaving she knocks Dr. Sara's purse on the ground and helps her pick it up. Dr. Sara wants her to leave some contact information but Nika runs out of the diner.
Okay, so to continue with the confusion that is Lincoln and Michael's father, he goes on with his story. He says he was the one who leaked the information about Ecofield. What the hell is Ecofield? I'm confused again. Anyway, they could have covered up the scandal any number of ways but they chose to fake Terrance Steadman's death and blame Lincoln. I mean who would let their innocent son sit on death row? You would you pecker. Lincoln reminds him that he didn't come forward to save him. His father admits that millions of lives could have been saved by sacrificing Lincoln, but he couldn't let that happen. Lincoln gets mad now and says that LJ's mother is dead, LJ's in prison and Michael's in prison because of what he did. His father admits that yes, that is all his fault. Because all prisons are in the middle of nowhere, Cletes comes back to the junkyard and recognizes Lincoln's dad's car as the one the cops are looking for.
Nick and Veronica have stumbled onto something. At least she has. She's noticed a number that's been repeating on Quinn's cell phone. It's a 406 number. Most of the numbers are international, from all over the world, so Veronica wonders why this numbers in Blackfoot, Montana is so damn important.
Cue Terrance Steadman. He needs to make a phone call so he picks up his teeth. I remember my great-grandmother used to have fake teeth and she never had to put them in to talk. He must not be used to them yet. Terrance calls the Veep and insists he needs to talk to her and she doesn't think they should speak on the phone. He says that her numbers are dropping in the polls. She reminds him that the only reason he's still alive is because of her. He shoots back that he wonders why they've let her stay alive. I'm confused again. I love political intrigue but none of this is making any damn sense to me. Hopefully I'll have an "A-Ha!" moment soon.
T-Bag is inside and passes another prisoner. The man slyly passes him a shiv or shank, or whatever they call those stabby knife things. He sees Abruzzi in his cell reading the Bible or something and goes to shank him. C-Note sees this and stops him. He points out that whatever's going on between them has to stop, that Abruzzi is their ride out since his stupid brother-in-law parked the huge SUV with three black men right outside of the prison last time. T-Bag reluctantly gives him the knife.
Dr. Sara's back at the hospital. Seriously, is she on her own hours? She's looking for her keys and guess what? Can't find them. That's because sweet little Nika swiped them out of her purse. She shows up to see Michael and passes him the keys at the ineptly guarded visitation room. He thanks her for doing this and she admits that she does owe him. When she stands to leave she says that Dr. Sara obviously cares for him. Well duh.
Bellick's pacing, hoping to find Lincoln soon. Suddenly, another C.O. runs in with a walkie-talkie. Someone from a junkyard has called in that they've spotted the Mustang that was involved in the crash and Bellick rushes off. Kellerman hears this exchange on his police scanner and heads off as well. With all that fancy "Company" training it's a shame Lincoln's father didn't think about the scanner thing. Unfortunately, Kellerman moves like the wind and gets to the junkyard fairly quickly. Lincoln's father's going through his escape plan and Lincoln sees Kellerman. Not sure how he knows Kellerman's a bad guy still, since he was all bleary eyed and hadn't seen him before. I guess his dad recognizes him. Regardless, they know he's there and instead of getting in their car and plowing through him they decide to go hide amongst the cars.
All of the sudden, nearly every exit has cop cars blazing in. Kellerman wisely puts his silencer on because you don't want the cops to hear you kill Lincoln. As he and his father are rounding a corner Lincoln hesitates and Kellerman walks around another corner, telling Lincoln to stop and turn around. Helpless, he tells his father to go, but he doesn't want to leave him, of course. Lincoln then sees Bellick across the yard and yells for him. Kellerman's forced to retreat and so is his father. Bellick finds Lincoln and is happy to have him back in custody.
Michael's in his cell, making a cast of the key with a melted tooth brush. Him and McGyver need to get together and share notes. Sucre comes in and tells him what happened to Avocado. Apparently Avocado is telling everyone he did it on the bed frame because he doesn't want Tweener put in the SHU. He wants him in the room when he gets back from the infirmary so he can do him really good. Uh oh.
In the infirmary, Dr. Sara and nurse Katie are searching high and low to find her keys. They can't of course and Katie suggests she retrace her steps. Let's see, she had them when she went to lunch with Michael's wife, but didn't after, oh snap. She figures it out. She then goes to see if Nika visited Michael today and guess what? She did. Ouch. Betrayal is a bitch isn't it.
In the yard, Abruzzi approaches Michael and asks him where Fibonacci. Are we on that again? Abruzzi assures him that with his newfound religion he's making amends to the people he's hurt. He wants to "talk" to him and apologize for putting a hit out on him. Yeah, sure. Michael doesn't buy it either and walks away. Abruzzi hurries to the phones and makes a call. He tells the person on the other end that he needs to have "her" there. When we see who he's talking to it's Nick. I'm kinda relieved he's working for Abruzzi and not the Company. He tells him to meet him at the airfield with "that bitch" and I assume he means Veronica.
Michael's in the infirmary with Dr. Sara, who comes in all suspicous. I'm sure she feels hurt, and used. He tries to talk to her but she's not having it. When Katie (who doesn't look like a Katie at all) comes in she says that her keys were right there, in the in box. Come on Mike, you could have been a little more original than that. Dr. Sara eyes Michael, realizing what he's been up to. Katie says that there's a guy there to change the lock and wants to know if he should still do it. Dr. Sara says yes and Michael leaves, watching the man change the lock. Damnit!
Lincoln gets back to Fox River and Warden Pope is pissed. He tells his men that Lincoln's to go on 24 hour surveillance and that he can't sneeze without him knowing it. That'll suck to be the guy who watches if Lincoln sneezes. Linc tries to tell him that someone tried to kill him but Pope's not having it, seeing that caught him 8 miles away from the crash. Hello, that's because he was running from the dude who was trying to kill him.
In the yard, Bellick's pleased with himself that he found Linc. Tweener comes up and begs him to help him with the Avocado problem. Bellick's a d*ck so he won't help him. Then Tweener goes there. He tells Bellick that he has information about Michael. He says that Scofield and the whole P.I. crew are planning an escape. Bellick immediately runs to the break room and rips up the carpet. He finds the hole and BAM, that's where it ends. Damnit!
