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Prison Break: “The Killing Box”

November 28, 2006 /

My wife and I took a bus tour of Europe this summer, and while we were there we met an Australian that loved to throw out an Andrew Dice Clay “OH!” anytime something major happened – a punch line to a joke, some sort of weird event…anything, really. It was addictive, and needless to say, we brought it home with us.

I told you that story to tell you this one…

When Agent Evil shot Mahone and said – “The President ruined your life and she ruined mine. If you want to take the bitch down, you’ve got your inside man. But it’s got to be RIGHT NOW!” – it was definitely an “OH!” moment in the Paulsen household.

What a twist! I knew the brothers weren’t going to die, but I figured the two agents would shoot each other out of paranoia. And I didn’t think that would even happen until the “second” season started. I was not expecting Agent Eisen (thanks for the nickname idea, Mr. Medsker) to turn the tables on the powers-that-be and join Michael in his quest to exonerate Lincoln. After all my bitching about the “Silence of the Lambs” switcheroos, the writers really got the drop on me, and they deserve a ton of credit.

In other news, Sucre is wandering the Mexican desert, Bellick’s stuck in a cell with a rapist, and T-Bag reunited with his ex, while Sarah has (sort of) cut her hair, dumped her cell and gone all rogue on us. I don’t know how the Brothers McMullen are going to locate her without her phone, but Michael (or Agent Eisen) will surely think of something.

I can’t wait to see Michael, Lincoln and Eisen in a three-way conversation about taking down the President. That should make for great television.

OH!

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Prison Break: “Disconnect”

November 21, 2006 /

Well, Mr. Medsker was right on the money last week when he said that Sarah was going to pull out the drain chain with her teeth. I cheered when she pressed the hot iron on Agent Evil’s chest. He just squealed and dropped like a rock to the floor. I thought Sarah might be able to get the gun from him and end this chase once and for all (or just hit him over the head with the iron), but her leap out the window made for pretty good television. It now appears that the tables have turned on AE since Mr. Kim is none too happy about his performance of late. To utilize Jeff Foxworthy’s comedic structure: when you’re boss is erasing you from pictures, you might be a dead man.

Meanwhile, Bellick is another baddie that is getting what’s coming to him (sort of). The dynamic between Bellick and the detective was pretty good, and I loved Bellick’s line, “That’s the way Roy would have wanted it,” before he took a big bite out of a chocolate donut. But I kept waiting for the detective to play his voicemail message for him. It would have been more of a surprise had they not shown him threatening Roy in the “previously on…” clips at the beginning of the show. Anyway, it looks like Brad is going to be on ice for a while.

C-Note’s storyline is getting a little old. He and his family go camping, but they forget their daughter’s medication. Then the pharmacist just happens to have a newspaper with pictures of C-Note and his wife on the front page. The pharmacist calls the cops and they cart wifey off without even bothering to look around the parking lot. Of all the characters, I think I’m least interested in C-Note right now.

But back to the desert. After firing off about 40 shots without a hit, it’s clear that Agent Mahone didn’t go to the Jack Bauer School of Shooting. He did finally make contact, conveniently killing off Proud Pappy and shifting the whole direction of the series. No longer is Panama the #1 priority – the brothers need to find Sarah. Let’s hope their dad expanded on his statement, “Sarah can end it,” which is almost as cryptic as “Save the cheerleader. Save the world.”

Now, for a few gripes. I don’t understand why cell phone coverage was so spotty. Michael can’t get a signal, yet Mahone wasn’t having any problems making calls. Did anyone else think it was a little fantastic that Mahone would have the power to scramble fighter jets on a moment’s notice? Puh-lease.

For those that are counting, the hospital switcheroo (substituting Fu Manchu Drug Dealer for Proud Pappy) makes four this season. I wonder how many more times they’ll use that trick.

All in all, it was a pretty action-packed episode. It’s a balancing act trying to intertwine four (or more) different storylines, and they did a good job this week. The next episode is the fall season finale, which means we’ll be sans “Prison Break” until the New Year.

Did anyone catch the “24” promo? It looks like Jack escapes the Chinese. Whew! (I was really worried about that.)

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And the Emmy for best casting decision goes to…

November 19, 2006 /

…whoever lined up the venerable veteran chosen to play time traveler Hiro Nakamura’s father in an upcoming episode of “Heroes.” Even Masi Oka, the actor who plays Hiro on the popular NBC series, has described the casting as “absolutely brilliant.”

Don’t want to know who it is? Then don’t click on the link. But, really, you want to click the link. You know you do. And it will be ever so very rewarding.

So go ahead. Click the link. You’ll be glad you did.

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Battlestar Galactica: “Hero”

November 18, 2006 /

Until now, Will Adama seemed utterly infallible. In this episode, we learned that even the Admiral has a few skeletons in his closet. But who would’ve guessed that one of those skeletons was going to enter the fleet’s space, flying a damaged rogue Raider?

Apparently, the Cylons let Marcus Dixon…err…Bulldog…sorry, I had an “Alias” flashback there…anyway, they let him escape so that he would learn the truth about how he was left for dead in Cylon space three years earlier. (Although if the Cylons know where the human fleet is, why don’t they just attack? Maybe annihilation of the human race is no longer their endgame.) When you think about it, the Cylons would have to know that Adama was the one in charge of Bulldog’s final mission if their ultimate goal was to get him to kill Adama. That would be quite crafty on their part.

That whole storyline led to the realization that Adama believes that he started the war. I think he’s being way too hard on himself. But still, that’s some heavy stuff.

Meanwhile, Cylon Biers is having a spiritual crisis on the mothership. Was it the result of the apparent three-way she had with Baltar and Number Six? Doubtful, but possible. I’m not sure where that storyline is going, though the other skinjobs looked pretty worried when she said there was something beautiful between death and rebirth.

Baltar never ceases to amaze me. One minute, he’s on the verge of execution. The next, he’s getting double-teamed by a former Victoria’s Secret model and Xena the Warrior Princess. He’s certainly got the mojo working.

And then there’s everyone’s favorite alcoholic, Saul Tigh. There was a great exchange when he offered Bulldog a drink.

Tigh: Drink?
Bulldog: You have no idea.
Tigh: Yes, I do.

It looks like the Bulldog encounter is going to bring Tigh back to the world of the living. The cigarette game he was playing – “I see it…I see it…I see it.” – was pretty creepy. But none of my regular readers should be surprised that he looks razor sharp in an eyepatch. I was hoping for a black one, but that tan one looked pretty tight.

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