Aptly titled, this episode was mostly about Michael’s goal to get Sara on the phone. I liked the juxtaposition of Linc trying to rescue Sara and LJ, though the throw-them-in-the-white-van-and-drive-off was a little too clean of a getaway, wasn’t it? At what point does Linc decide to rent a car? It would really help if he had his own wheels.
So that leads us to the box – what’s in it? It’s a perfect size for a head, bringing the final scene of “Se7en” to mind, and the fact that the bad guys have two hostages makes one of them expendable, but a decapitated head of a main (and good) character seems to be a little much for “Prison Break.”
Inside the prison, it looks like Mahone and Bellick are starting to realize that Michael is a train on its way out of town, and if they ever want to get out of Sona, they had better hop on. To that end, they need to put Michael in a position where he has to agree to take them with him, which isn’t an easy task. Bellick’s search for a shoe (while a pretty funny Spanish version of “We’ve Got to Get Out of This Place” played in the background) allowed him to conveniently overhear Mahone and Micheal’s conversation about Whistler, so he’ll surely be more involved in the coming weeks. Sucre also made a couple of cursory appearances, but it seems like the series is just touching base with the character so he can be used later on.
Another nice twist: Michael’s decision to blackmail T-Bag with his own history. It looks like T-Bag may be too distracted by undercutting Luchero’s henchmen to bother with Michael. Speaking of Luchero, he now has a line on Linc, who would be wise to get rid of that cell phone. But the words “Linc” and “wise” aren’t often used in the same sentence. (He did do a nice job of figuring out the “3 o’clock” bit, however.)
