Prison Break“Blow Out”
Original Air Date: Sept 29, 2008
Tom R - TwoCents Staff Writer
tom@thetwocents.com
As the momentum continues to build, certain elements of impending tragedy run through the episode. The crew and Gretchen each start to think for the first time that they might not see the end of this.
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Original Air Date: Sept 29, 2008
Tom R - TwoCents Staff Writer
tom@thetwocents.com
As the momentum continues to build, certain elements of impending tragedy run through the episode. The crew and Gretchen each start to think for the first time that they might not see the end of this.
At the Los Alamitos racetrack, the crew targets the next cardholder. Bellick creates a diversion at the betting window, drawing the security staff. Sara distracts a guard so Mahone can get into the monitor room and plant the “digital black hole”. They disable the gate for the horse that the cardholder has bet on. When the horse loses, he goes to the monitor room to complain to security, and Roland picks up the signal from the DBH. But when Mahone goes to retrieve the device, Sara cannot distract the guard, and Mahone is trapped, then arrested.
Mahone is booked under an alias, and the crew realizes it’s only a matter of time before the cops find out who he really is. Linc calls Self to get Mahone out. Self arrives at the police station. He retrieves the DBH, but cannot get Mahone released. He offers to take Mahone out if he becomes a liability, but Michael refuses. The crew then starts to discuss who among them is considered expendable, with Bellick and Sucre being the most worried. Michael turns their attention to the next cardholder, named Scaderi. The crew breaks into a generator field, ready to overload them.
Self finds someone who claims to be from IT working on his computer. The mystery man then shows up at a meeting between Wyatt and General Krantz, telling them he needs more time to access Self’s files. Wyatt meets Self in a parking garage and warns him away from the General.
Gretchen finds sanctuary with her sister and daughter, although she has given custody of the child to her sister. She retrieves a hidden gun and head out. When asked who she works for, Gretchen answers, “Myself.” She tries to get Whistler’s personal effects, claiming to be his wife. But when the officer presses her for ID, she attacks him and gets the items herself. Checking voicemail, she finds out about an apartment.
As Mahone is led into court, Wyatt is lurking in the background. Sara shows up, claiming to be his attorney, and the other public defender surrenders his file. As Wyatt moves toward Mahone, the generators overload and the lights go out not at the Scaderi location, but in the courtroom. Mahone is whisked away. Wyatt gives chase, but there are too many policemen for him to take a shot. Sara returns Mahone’s prints to him. He calls Wyatt, using the number he got from the hotel clerk. He drops the number in the trash, but Roland retrieves it.
Bagwell finds another clue in the bird book, but his coworker, Andy, is still suspicious of him, and has found more inconsistencies in his past. Bagwell follows clues to an adjacent storage area, but is interrupted by the GATE receptionist, followed by Andy, who is threatening to call the authorities on Bagwell. He bolts from the office, then heads back to the apartment to clean up when he is jumped by Gretchen.
There’s my two cents. What do you think? Drop them in the comments or drop me a line at: tom@thetwocents.com.