Prison Break makes its return after taking a 3 week hiatus for the MLB playoffs (
@ St. Louis Cardinals). Fortunately this episode was worth the wait because it is probably the best episode of the season. We start off this week with Sucre taking hostage of Michael, C-Note, and T-Bag by holding them at gunpoint. Proceeding leave with the money, we follow what everyone will do and what Lincoln will do to help save his son LJ. Lastly we find out what Agent Mahone is up to and what he’ll do next.
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Last time Sucre bid “Adios!” to the rest of the group and left with the backpack of money. Soon after, T-Bag escapes and both Michael and C-Note go their separate ways. When Michael finally catches up to Sucre and his motorcycle, it turns out that they were working together to get rid of T-Bag and C-Note and keeping the money for themselves. Unfortunately T-Bag pulled the “‘ol switcheroo” on them and filled the backpack with magazines while stashing the money away for himself. T-Bag’s acting his reaction was pretty funny. “No way I’m letting that…that dunder pete off with…FIVE!”
Meanwhile back in Chicago, Dr. Tancredi is approached in her apartment by a member of “The Company” to set her up for a fake suicide like her father. You might notice that this is the same guy that killed Veronica in the first episode of this season. Acting quickly, “Miss Tan-creedy” manages to escape by spraying the guy with bug spray and using the fire escape to leave the premises. She finally reaches a pay phone where she contacts one of her father’s buddies in the government so someone can come pick her up.
At the same time, Agent Mahone has been pulled from the field to explain to Internal Affairs Agent Richard Sullins how David “Tweener” Apolskis apparently took his pistol and ended up getting killed in the process. It seems that his “higher-ups” have become suspicious of his actions and believe he’s intentionally killing the Fox River Eight one by one. As of now, it’s becoming clear-cut that there are two factions within the government, the real one (relatively clean ones like in Without a Trace), and some separate underground evil faction that Mahone is part of.
Also at the same time, we return to our comical, portly, fired-CO duo of Belick and Geary. Ready to leave to go back home, Belick calls his mom, but is interrupted by a news report about the gang digging around in someone’s garage and decides to investigate hoping it will lead them to Westmorland’s $5 million. After speaking with the owner, she notes that T-Bag returned to the house, slipped her $100 and ran off with the rest of the money. How did those two guys get out of being tied up anyway?
Going back to Sucre and Michael, they decide that taking to the streets isn’t in their best interests so instead they ditch Cousin Petey’s motorcycle and continue on foot. Strangely, Sucre falls off a log while crossing a small river and gets stuck under it. As the water quickly rises, Michael has to devise a quick plan to get Sucre out of there before drowning and before the police catch up to them. Using the now useless motorcycle, he ties it to the log with a rope and proceeds to drive it back toward the river creating enough leverage for Sucre to swim out safely.
Lincoln finally arrived in Arizona where LJ has been released from prison and is wandering the streets with nothing to do. Looking to get some money, Lincoln pawns off ladies golf clubs for $80 and a cooler. Shortly after, a homeless guy goes over to LJ and asks him for money, then beats him up after LJ starts to walk away. It turns out that Lincoln gave the guy $50 to beat LJ up, but in turn gave Lincoln a chance to save him while F.B.I. agents are distracted. Lincoln really needs to button up that shirt and at least get something less suspicious than those over-sized sunglasses.
Coming back to Dr. Tancredi, she wanders a few feet away and someone that looks similar to her passes by only to be killed by a drive-by shooting presumably facilitated by her father’s “friend”. I thought it was pretty dumb that she would even try to get help from someone in the government since she already knows people can follow her easily and got to her father easily as well.
As we close this week’s episode, both Kellerman and Tancredi both eventually realize that Michael’s first crane spells out the word “RENDEZVOUS”. However, Dr. Tancredi has the second crane which spelled out “SUNDOWN HOT”. Missing the third crane she’ll have to figure out what Michael is telling her without that piece of information
The suspense and puzzle-solving is finally getting back into the swing of things before Prison Break goes on its winter hiatus at the end of November. Next week, we’ll see a continuation of what happens to C-Note and T-Bag, if Dr. Tancredi figures out what to do without the last crane, and where Michael goes after splitting up with Sucre.
That Linc really needs to button up his shirt.