This episode started with a flashback, and for a minute I thought that we were in for some great revelation about Lincoln’s past. Instead, the purpose of the flasback was to 1) demonstrate a smash and grab operation and 2) to show that Lincoln wasn’t that bad of a guy because it was his “last job.” Right.
Meanwhile, Gretchen is up to no good. She managed to broker a deal with T-Bag’s new pimp, and it looks like she’s in for a massive payday if she can deliver Scylla. T-Bag’s cut is $25 million, so we were rewarded with a story about how he killed six people for stealing his sixer of Schlitz. He and Trish Ann seem to be cozy again, and it’s going to be interesting to see if they’re able to pull over anything on Gretchen.
We spent a lot of time flashing back with Sara once she found out that Gretchen was still alive. Sara apparently doesn’t hold a grudge over the scars that G left on her back, but she is pissed off about G’s decision to kill the guard that gave her a key that ultimately led to her escape. Part of me was hoping that Sara would go nutty in the hotel room and slit G’s throat, but that’s probably a little harsh for the good doctor. Gretchen is a good foil for the gang, and while it was enjoyable to watch Don talk some serious shit to her in T-Bag’s office, methinks it’s going to be a while before she truly gets what’s coming to her.
“One day we’re going to look back and laugh about this. You know, the whole kidnapping and torture thing.”
The gang only has one card left, and it belongs to the General. Everything would have gone smoothly if that “douche bag” (Linc’s words, not mine) Roland hadn’t lost his “electronic black hole” device because he just can’t say no to gambling. This led to Roland being ostracized by the gang, which of course led to Roland reaching out to Morpheus for a possible payday.
If Roland had been able to watch Morpheus work like we have for the past few weeks, he could have predicted how his story would eventually end (like we did). Is it any shock that “Prison Break” killed off a suddenly useless cast member? The gang better hope that they don’t need to do anymore hacking, because Roland is no longer. The upside is that the character was pretty annoying, though I will miss how easily he was able to tweak Lincoln.
The gang has Morpheus and Mahone wants to kill him. He wants to kill him so bad he’s having conversations with his son’s photo. This could get ugly.
By the way, how cool is it when Michael simply says, “Alex,” and Mahone knows exactly what to do?
