(S02E16) I guess for those of us who assumed Haywire would be the only one to find his way to freedom, maybe we weren't all that far off.
As much as I'm sad to see Haywire gone, it was a fitting end for him. As short as the scene was, it was actually one of the more well done moments of the show so far. We get a sense for how Mahone feels having to always run away while mirroring Haywire's feelings of being caught in a maze like a rat. What worries me now is how quickly they're killing off interesting characters from this show.
Robert Knepper is so good as T-Bag that I dare say sometimes he deserves award recognition. And T-Bag spooning with his woman? She couldn't have slept a wink that night. That was about as creepy as it gets.
What's with Michael and Lincoln so easily deciding they need Kellerman based on what he tells them? "Why do we need you...Oh, a cigar club? Hm, maybe we do need you. Brilliant! Nevermind." I don't think what happened was far off from being that simple ... and short, for that matter.
Sara did show some guts trying to kill Kellerman, and I think that telegraphs what Kellerman's fate will ultimately be. There's no way he's found salvation in the eyes of Mike, Linc and Sara, so unless he gets some protection from elsewhere, he's as good as dead.
Bill Kim is definitely someone to hate. I swear he's wearing lip gloss. His fate isn't far off from Kellerman's -- not by a long shot.
It made a little more sense that Mahone needed Bellick, since he needed someone to crawl around under the radar, as now his every move was plotted through the "proper channels."
T-Bag C-Note playing hero was another high point of the episode, and it makes it even more painful to see how next week's episode is looking.
I thought the decoys jumping off the train was both easy to spot and a huge cop out by the director. They show us, the viewers, a scene with the engineer radioing to the authorities about train jumpers, then later we're shown what really happened. There were other ways they could have handled that scene, so I felt cheated somewhat that they felt they had to do things that way.
Random thought: Where the hell is Mahone's HQ anyway? He's at Fox River, then he's in Arizona, Wisconsin... Who knew Prison Break was a science fiction show, complete with teleporters?
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2-05-2007 @ 11:13PM
Henry said...
When you said T-Bag in the 3rd to last paragraph, you meant C-Note, didn't you?
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2-05-2007 @ 11:19PM
Tucker said...
I think you mean "C-Note playing the hero was another high point..." ;)
Another great episode, though some of the bits felt cheesier and lower budget than usual. For example, T-bag's jump and fall was well put together, but sort of ruined by the obvious clear shot of the stunt man at the beginning. And a lot of the train chase stuff felt like it was lifted from a cheesy 70s flick. Maybe all that is the price we pay for HD, oh well.
Glad to have so much TV to watch, I missed having to pick what to watch live.
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2-05-2007 @ 11:21PM
Adam said...
RIP Haywire. You were undoubtedly my favorite "escaped convict."
I personally think it would have been a good end to the series if they would have shown him landing his raft on the shores of Holland.
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2-05-2007 @ 11:21PM
Whitecat said...
"Brad Bellick, I'm with the bureau."
"Bradly Bellick, FBI"
"Special Agent Brad Bellick"
God that was funny. he was like a kid.
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2-06-2007 @ 12:34AM
BigTed said...
They killed Haywire! You bastards!
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2-06-2007 @ 1:34AM
Christine said...
I wish I hadn't read this now, I still haven't seen the episode yet. They killed of Haywire?!!?!!
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2-06-2007 @ 1:35AM
Christine said...
Typos, I hate them...*they killed off Haywire?!!??
Much better.
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2-06-2007 @ 1:37AM
TVblogger said...
Hey Keith,
I just wanted to point something out about the "jumper" scene that you talked about. At first I was confused by the scene they showed first then the flashback second.
But, I've just re-watched it and noticed that it's not actually the engineer they are talking to in the flashback. It's the guy that was taking tickets that Kellerman was talking to at the beginning telling him that Michael was a fugitive. They radioed then to the conductor and the conductor radioed the police.
For a minute I thought they showed us something that didn't actually happen the way it happened. But, they did, we just didn't see the other side.
The thing that I thought was stupid was those guys kept running and running when any person in their right mind would know that after about 5 or 10 seconds there'd be NO WAY someone would be able to shoot them from a moving train, those nitwits!
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2-06-2007 @ 4:24AM
Adrienne said...
I thought it was one of the better episodes this season. It was different somehow, not in the writing, but according to IMDB there was a new director. A few new touches, including music other than the theme music. Go Jesse Bochco!
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2-06-2007 @ 8:29AM
Corey said...
At the moment when Haywire shows Mahone the painting of Holland, I thought Mahone would squint at it, realize that it was a masterpiece worth millions, and put Haywire off the tower himself to take the artwork. Oh well, that's more plausible than some plotlines on this series.
And yeah, "Special Agent Brad Bellick" ... cracked me up!
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2-06-2007 @ 9:24AM
Gordy said...
Hated the Bellick storyline...hated it! That was just stupid! You got a hard assed warden, apparently, and he lets someone go that quickly? Not believable at all. Complete with a badge? FBI? Isn't the FBI tracking Mahone's every movement? Wouldn't that raise a red flag, since Bellick is connected to the case? Just stupid.
I want Kellerman dead. I want the C-Note storyline over. I want Lincoln to get some (he's very agitated). I want Mike & Sara to hook up.
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2-06-2007 @ 10:34AM
rvkey said...
I loved this show when it started last season. My eyes would be glued to the screen every minute it was on. I told all my friends to watch it. Now it's like I watch it just because it's on. I found myself looking up recipes on the net last night while it was on. I hope it gets better soon because I really want to like this show again. I almost feel as if I've invested too much in it to give up now.
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2-06-2007 @ 11:14AM
Sam said...
I keep watching this show, and i think it's really out of pure suspense at this point. I'm not emotionally invested anymore, especially since they offed Haywire. Season 1 was great because it was tightly plotted and Michael was in control. Now, Michael's out of control, and you can feel it in the writing, unfocused, wandering blindly, throwing things against the wall to see what sticks. this is the problem with American TV, if it makes money, it gets renewed.
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2-06-2007 @ 2:37PM
Diego said...
Mahone said he was gonna get Bellick out quick, that took less than a day or something. i am sad to see Haywire go though. what's gonna happen to larry, the dog?
I think the show needs to slow down a bit they keep coming up with so many plot twists so fast and there's really no time frame. i guess a lil clock on the bottom of the screen could help.
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2-07-2007 @ 4:32AM
adam said...
I have to say season 2 is finishing on a high and it's more the prison break i loved in season 1. S2 started off pretty poor and unrealistic (even for PB standards), but the last few episodes have been top class, this one was no different.
RIP haywire, a top character and it was perfect the way he went. I also found it hilarious when bellick was trying out all these phrases for his introduction, he is a top actor.
but the guy that would probably get an oscar if he did film is t-bag, the mans a genius and he's better than 90% of the top actors out there.
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2-07-2007 @ 3:49PM
Tyler said...
i'm surprised Larry (the dog ) didn't follow Haywire...o well , is it just me or what: WHY DOESN'T ANYONE NOTICE THE CONVICTS!!!WATCH THE NEWS!!
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2-08-2007 @ 7:43AM
Tyler said...
Forgot to add that i was right about Haywire (check my comment in "Jhon Doe". hehe and same about Sara and Michael kissing. Peace!
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2-14-2007 @ 10:33PM
rose said...
I haven't seen the episode yet and cant find it online it any one knows where to look please let me know esor_elleinad@hotmail.com
thanks Rose
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2-08-2007 @ 11:29PM
Benjy said...
I really enjoyed this episode. Hopefully, though, the Fox River body count will end here (except for T-Bag) -- so far we have said farewell to Abruzzi (the scumbag), Tweener (the snitch), and Haywire (the psycho -- albeit the sweet lovable psycho!).
That leaves the brothers (who need to get their justice), Sucre (Who doesn't want to see him pull off his run for Maricruz?), and C-Note (who's all about his family -- although the preview for next week doesn't look good for him!).
It was nice to see the moment between Michael and Sarah (the unofficial ninth escapee) on the train -- although the look she gave him right before they went into the cigar club (when he said he loved her too) was somewhat strange.
The T-Bag story has also gotten very intriguing with his obsession regarding his "fake family."
And although I really wish they would have raked Bellick over the coals much longer in Fox River before this new turn, the scene with Bellick pretending to be an FBI Agent was hilarious!
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2-16-2007 @ 8:46AM
Sarah said...
Oh my gosh, I've got to say, why is it so rare that Linc wears a hat or something? I mean, he supposedly killed the President's brother, for God's sake. Get a baseball cap!
Bradley Bellick, FBI. Haha, what a toolbag.
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