All in all, I thought this was a pretty ridiculous episode. Would a man with one good hand be able to pull a switcheroo with a bag full of money without anyone noticing? What are the chances of a guy getting his foot caught under a log in a stream? Between T-Bag’s unlikely theft of five million dollars – five million! – and Sucre’s ability to bend the laws of physics, the writers are really stretching the limits of reality.
But there were some nice surprises. It turns out I was dead wrong with my prediction that Agent Evil was going to save Sara. Turns out she doesn’t need saving, she just needs some conveniently placed bug spray. She is one tough cookie.
Agent Evil is back to being evil, so all is right in the “Prison Break” world. He’s in cahoots with Agent Mahone, who turns out to be more of a mercenary than an actual FBI agent. Mahone’s instructions are to kill all of the escapees, which certainly raises the ante for this season. When he murdered Tweener in the last episode, I gave up any hope of a Tommy Lee Jones-in-“The Fugitive” vibe, but maybe it’s more interesting this way.
I bought Sucre’s act in the garage and really thought he was going to take off with the money. Of course, when Scofield ran into him in the forest, it was clear it was all an act (even though at first they tried to make it seem like Scofield was going to attack him). That was a nice moment of friendship – that is, until they opened up the bag. Crap, outsmarted by the hick again!
So now T-Bag is a millionaire. He’s so smart, he can steal the money from a genius, but he’s so dumb that he’s going to head back to his ex’s place to confront her. All he has to do is drive to Mexico – buy a bungalow on the beach, ice down some beer in a bucket – and he’s got himself the Corona commercial that everyone wants when they retire. Instead, he’s going to go to the one place anyone would think to look for him. What a joke.
It looks like Lincoln has a few brain cells after all. Setting up the fight to free LJ seems like a playcall from his brother’s playbook. So Agent Evil has lost LJ, which means finding Sara is now doubly important. So far, we have the following code:
RENDEZVOUS/SUNDOWN/HOT/??????????
Where do we go from here?
