The SmarK Rant for Prison Break – Episode 7
“Riots, Drills and the Devil (Part II)”
When we last left off, the prison was in the midst of a riot and Michael was on the roof, trying to save Dr. Sara from horny black guys.
So now we join the proceedings as morning breaks, and the Pope is trying to negotiate with the prisoners. Funny moment as Abruzzi is negotiating through an unwilling surrogate, because he doesn’t want to get shot for mentioning that they have the governor’s daughter hostage, at which point the poor guy realizes that he’s standing in the line of fire.
Things are going badly for Linc, as the guy protecting him turns out to be the guy hired to kill him, although he doesn’t do a very effective job of it. Back in the cell, Sucre takes off to help Mike out, leaving T-Bag on the honor system not to kill the guard. Boy, that’s a LOT of faith in the guy.
Speaking of faith in people, Veronica has apparently forgiven her lawyer buddy, as they head to Washington D.C. to uncover deep conspiracies that go right up the ladder of leadership and stuff. Well, at least putting them on a plane for a few hours will keep them out of the show this week.
Luckily for poor Officer Bob, Abruzzi stops by the cell to make sure that T-Bag won’t be following Tobias’ lead and becoming an analrapist. Dr. Sara seems to be facing much the same problem as Officer Bob, but luckily Michael appears out of the ducts to rescue her. And the rioting prisoners are all “Where did she go?” like it was a David Copperfield trick or something. Well, in all fairness, they’re not the brightest bunch of guys to begin with.
So now after 7 episodes, LJ comes back into the show again, picking a fight with his stepfather over his real father, who is engaged in a fight to the death at the same time. The payoff is sadly anticlimactic, as Turk slips and breaks his neck and then won’t even give up his employer.
Meanwhile, Sucre and Abruzzi pick up the hole-drilling and do some bonding, as Abruzzi waxes philosophical. Michael and Dr. Sara do some bonding of their own in the ventilation system (while still fighting off angry prisoners in a cute bit), and the governor wants into the prison, even if he has to kill everyone to make sure there’s no death.
Mike wins another round against the horny prisoners, breaking some bones in the process, while Bellick takes the moment to kiss the governor’s ass and improve his chances at taking Pope’s job. Given Pope’s problems with the Secret Service, I wouldn’t bet against him getting it.
Back at the hole, Abruzzi discovers why Mike is a mathematical genius and he, well, isn’t. Apparently drilling the wrong place and blowing up the gas pipe is BAD thing. But math wins out today, as the holes in the wall give way and we have an open pipeline. Michael and Sara are similarly on their way to freedom, but Michael finds a red dot glowing ominously on his chest. Man, that’s never a good thing. Luckily, Angry Prisoner #4 is around to take one for the team and allow Michael to crawl to safety.
Nick and Veronica’s trip to DC proves to be a bit of a letdown for them, as they don’t find anything but a payphone, and they’re apparently both dead. But the good news is, they just saved a bunch of money on car insurance!
Linc finally fights his way into gen pop for a reunion with Mike, as the good guys threaten to storm in and do some shootin’. Pope lays the verbal bitchslapping of a lifetime on Bellick for his end-run at the governor, and it’s smackdown time inside the prison, with anyone dumb enough to be on the outside of the cells getting whupped on. Officer Bob gets out alive, but with threat of death hanging over his head should he talk. Sadly, that’s not good enough for T-Bag, who makes sure that there’ll be no talking — the old-fashioned way. That man should be in the Shanking Olympics.
And we wrap up with Sara the authorities about why Mike would be doing work in the ventilation system for work duty (as he told her he was doing, thus his knowledge of them), but she finds out that there was no such work assigned. And the plot thickens.
So now as things stand, our Sovereign Six appears to be Mike, Lincoln, Sucre, Abruzzi, T-Bag and possibly DB Cooper, with Dr. Sara having an outside chance of helping them out.
