(S03E04) "I don't need to know how to change a diaper to know when it stinks to high hell." - BellickWell there you have it. "What's in the box" turned out to be what we all expected. For those that thought there was still a glimmer of hope that we might see more of Dr. Sara Tancredi this season, you can stop holding your breath. I suggest reading that link (it's from Ausiello over at TV Guide) with an open mind. You'll know what I mean after you skim through it. Anyway, upon opening up his little gift from The Company, Lincoln saw the worst -- Sara's head neatly wrapped up in some decorative tissue paper.
If only Michael knew that his one true love was dead and gone. Something tells me Linc was weighing his options by not telling his brother the truth though. Saving only L.J. might not be enough to keep Michael in escape mode.
That's the beauty of this season, much as it was in the first. It doesn't matter who you kill off or who you add to the mix. The goal remains the same. As Michael proved in this episode, all that matters is who you can manipulate to achieve that goal.
I didn't expect Michael to have a plan implemented just yet. Granted, it's still in the early stages but it's also steps ahead of what I expected by episode four. However, I do think that it's a little less dramatic since he's making it all up as he goes along rather than glancing under his left armpit for the next tattooed instruction. Still, I am enjoying the manipulation. It's making the show for me right now. Lechero has no idea that Michael electrified the fences and Bellick paid for it in the end with that hot cup of coffee poured on his back. I almost wonder if Michael pushed all that dirt into the breaker box just so Bellick would think something was going on. Sort of an impromptu set-up on Michael's part.
One of my biggest complaints so far has been the worthlessness of characters like Mahone and Sucre. Consider that fixed. Both men have now been given a point to be on the show. Sucre is the new gravedigger. It's a perfect situation for him. He can make money to send back home to his family and help Michael escape at the same time. By spraying the chemical meant for the dead bodies onto the fence, the electricity heats it up and according to Michael, it'll rot through steel. Hello hole in the fence. Next step? Getting rid of the guards with guns. How's he going to create a diversion that will actually get all those guys out of their towers though?
Mahone has a different story. Michael has been jerking him around, giving him pointless tasks to make him feel involved and Mahone didn't really think twice about it. That was until he started with the withdrawal symptoms coupled with hallucinating images of Haywire. Throw in a drug addiction courtesy of the newly appointed prison drug czar T-Bag, and Mahone got his faculties back. So it seems that for the rest of the season, he's going to be quite the thorn in Michael's side unless he has an active involvement with the escape. At least we know he won't be seeing images of Tweener.
Other stuff on my mind...
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I'm not sure I really care what Whistler did. Unless it's something horrible or utterly amazing, I really don't think it will impact the story. You still need to get him out of prison. Mark my words though because I'm calling it now -- whatever conspiracy he's tied into will end up being a big disappointment.
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I wish Lechero had been a bit more lenient on Bellick. I liked the little dynamic developing between him and Lechero. Bellick got fooled and was just trying to pass on some advice. Even though Michael covered his tracks this time, I think it's safe to say that Lechero's curiosity has been
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Sooner or later, McGrady is going to want more answers from Michael.
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Why try and make Susan B. Anthony compassionate and cold all at the same time? I don't get her character though. What about her involvement made her the right pick to handle the duties as Lincoln's pseudo-handler?
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Michael will hear about Sara somehow. That won't be good because he is going to be PO'ed with his brother for keeping mum.
Now I mentioned that Whistler has to have done something pretty crazy for me to really care. What if it is something horrible though? How's Sofia going to react to that? Already, she seems like she doesn't know him that well. She might be the lynch pin for this whole operation and if it turns out that she gives up on Whistler, then what's Lincoln going to do? I don't actually see that happening... just a thought. I guess my point is that Lincoln needs some better roadblocks on the outside. He's not hitting any bumps in his quest. Sure, Sara's head was a traumatic thing to see and all the deaths are weighing on him, but he's not slowing down. Give this guy some obstacles already.
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10-09-2007 @ 12:57AM
Benjy said...
Great episode, although I'm extremely bummed about Sara's death.
I can see why Sarah Wayne Callies didn't want to come back to the show. She was probably PO'ed that Fox execs decided that her character must die. I'm sure this was not the path that she (or anyone else who's a fan of the show) wanted to go down for the character, so she just decided to pull a Jorja Fox (http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/04/csi-star-doesnt-want-to-die/) and not come in to film her own death scene. Good for her! If Sara was going to die eventually anyway, why wait on it and give the fans false hope? I just hope the show doesn't suffer as a result of killing off its great love story. Oh well... I guess it's time to bring back Michael's stripper friend from season one!
I can't wait to see Mike's reaction to the news about Sara's death. Linc made a VERY serious mistake not telling him. (What an asshole thing to do... especially after all that Michael has done for Linc!). This just goes to show the fundamental difference between Mike and Linc. Mike would give everything for his family... EVERYTHING! Linc, on the other hand, would rather not come clean with Mike (and even sort of lie to him) just to keep him focused on the now false hope that he can get out to rescue Sara.
I am enjoying the fact that Sucre is now an integral part of the main plot again.
Oh... and I can't wait to see Michael eventually kill Susan B! She signed her death warrant the minute that head hit the box (no matter what crocodile tears she tries to shed). Linc should have been far more angry with her. Instead, he just acted like she owned him! What a dope! Mike would have known how to handle Susan B. immediately, but as we've seen time and again, Linc is no Mike.
For those of you who were worried that Prison Break had lost its balls, what do you say now? Be careful what you wish for...!
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10-09-2007 @ 9:53AM
Bill said...
Lame. I avoid spoilers like the plague, and don't even pay attention to the credits, but it was painfully obvious even to me that she wasn't coming back, because they spent three episodes coming up with excuses not to show her. Wouldn't it have made more sense just to have the season start with "We have your son, and just so you know we mean business, we killed your brother's girlfriend!"? And the fact that they make what we all know is coming a big cliffhanger and promote it as a shocking moment... they even used "What's in the box?" as the catchphrase for their commercials, as if they're intentionally trying to remind people of Seven. That's just plain bad.
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10-09-2007 @ 9:54AM
amy said...
geez those fox execs are complete idiots.. movitation or no motivation for michael - don't they know a big chunk of pb viewers watch the show for MiSa?!
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10-09-2007 @ 9:54AM
Joe said...
"Lechero's curiosity has been peaked."
Or maybe even piqued. Seriously, you're a writer!
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10-09-2007 @ 9:54AM
johnnymac said...
OK, did anyone else see the two red lights near the bottom of the screen again, they were at the 28 minute mark. I saw them during the 1 eps of the season (and the 1 eps of K-Villebut I'm not watching hat anymore) but not again until now. Anyone else see it, any thought on what it is?
Oh yeah, loved seeing Haywire again.
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10-09-2007 @ 12:58PM
Captain Obvious said...
I thought that Michael put a message of some sort around the wire and then duct taped it.
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10-09-2007 @ 3:37PM
Chris.B. said...
johnnymac, just to put your mind at ease, my family & I also saw the two red lights at the bottom of the screen while watching Prison Break. In fact, those two red lights have appeared during the 1st & 2nd. episodes of Prison Break as well. Sorry, but I have no idea as to why or what is causing those lights to appear. I also would like to know what those lights are all about.
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10-10-2007 @ 8:12AM
Scott said...
I saw the 2 red lights, too! Just for a few seconds, right at the :28 mark. I doubt they're there intentionally; I think it's just a technical glitch. But in every episode, at the same time? It's very strange.
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10-10-2007 @ 8:12AM
Blair M said...
I am seriously impressed with the writers of this show. They managed to bring Bellick from the brink of "so pathetic you can't even enjoy his suffering" right on back to "evil douche whose suffering brings you great pleasure."
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10-10-2007 @ 12:48PM
fred said...
I think they did all they could with Sona and much more, they need to have Michael initiate his escape very soon, they need to have things to go unexpectedly and badly wrong, they need to shake things up so that maybe we care, when he goes after all those responsible for Sara’s death.
http://88.191.26.34/i_watch_tv/2007/10/10/prison-break-good-fences/
I'm not only sad to see her go, but the way she did just feels quite wrong.
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10-12-2007 @ 12:09AM
schmegs said...
The red lights at the bottom of the screen (on many of the Fox primetime shows, not just PB) are probably the beginning of a promo for The Sarah Connor Chronicles... if you can, pause the image & look closely at the lights. You can start to see the outline of a Terminator face around them...
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10-12-2007 @ 8:12AM
Monica PL said...
Why killing Sara... ;(;(;(
I love this serial but that is out of the question! You mustn't do it! ;(;(;(;(
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10-12-2007 @ 11:19AM
superfan said...
so. johnny, did fox sent you a box with a (fake) "bloody" female's head inside, holding a disc for that episode in it's mouth, like last season with "T-bag's hand"?
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10-12-2007 @ 3:58PM
dil said...
PRISON BREAK IS SO AMAZING!
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10-14-2007 @ 11:15AM
eustacia said...
SAVE THE GOOD DOCTOR!!!: http://community.livejournal.com/savethegooddr/5171.html
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10-14-2007 @ 11:15AM
eustacia said...
SAVE THE GOOD DOCTOR!!!: http://community.livejournal.com/savethegooddr/5171.html
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10-15-2007 @ 3:54PM
Travis said...
I think it's all a hoax for us the viewers and Linc. It's not really Sara's head. Hopefully we will find out by season's end...
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