Five-Hour Phone Conversations

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Prison Break Season 2: Episode 2

So many issues, so little time.

Theodore Bagwell: T-Bag, T-Bag, T-Bag. HOW THE HELL ARE YOU ALIVE?!?!?!?!?!? Also, don't you think when the vet is found and his car is discovered missing, the cops will use his OnStar record to search for clues? Or dust the car for prints? IMP, this makes T-Bag a sitting duck, but with his hand miraculously healed, who knows what he's capable of.

Tweener: How can anyone be that stupid and obvious? And it's too much of a coincidence that he found a ride to Utah on a college ride board. The show is going downhill. TV viewers are much more savvy these days. We don't want to be hit over the head with a plot point just to move a story along.

Where is Haywire?

"On the third, look out for Otis right. Keep your head up." AKA: Otis Elevators, third floor, right. This is where the show is doing better than last year. The dialogue is very clever. So many clues. Dare I say "Prison Break" is venturing into "Lost" numbers/Easter eggs territory?

Bill Fichtner is brilliant as Agent Mahone. Who knew the jerk from "Perfect Storm" would make out so well? Does everyone or anything George Clooney touches turn to gold?

Lincoln: Dominic you are still a looker, but that is not going to make up for your lack of reasoning. Dropping your cell phone? Dropping your toy gun? Dropping your son? Although I have no doubt LJ and dad will be reunited.

Speaking of LJ: Why was he brought down in the court house elevator? Convicts have a separate elevator. Officer Money pointed this out very astutely.

Love it that Bellick lives at home. Very creepy Norman Bateish! One thing, though: How could his mom hear his responses? They were barely a whisper.

Most stupid of all: The guards at the courthouse. Are all TV guards specifically told not to shoot at tires? At least Lincoln was hit. That was the one realistic scene in this episode.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Prison Break Season 2 Premiere

Definitely a let down from last year, and way too many plot holes.

Lincoln, Michael, Abruzzi, Sucre, C-Note: When Season 1 concluded, they were all trapped in a field? Suddenly it is the next day and they are safe in the woods.

Dr. Tancredi is not dead. Out of a coma so soon. How is it possible she is so coherent?

How can T-bag be alive? Did he cauterize the stump? Last we saw, he was running off without the chopped-off hand in the Season 1 finale.

Michael didn’t clean his apartment? Get rid of his paper trail? Fix the holes in the wall?

Veronica had no cell phone access. Then she suddenly had it. Was this so the feds could come and kill her?

When were the tattoo photos taken of Michael?

How did the FBI guy get to the storage area so quickly?

Hiding in the grave? Ingenious!

R.I.P. E Chance Woods. Brilliant!

Dominic Purcell is a hottie. Must be that whole open collar shirt thing.

What is the deal with Terrence? Was he going to whistle blow?

Is it me, or did Bellick lost about 30 pounds since the end of last season (about 10 hours in tv land)? It's the Chandler-Bing syndrome all over again.

Dropping the handcuffs? C'mon. Mr. Scoffield you are slipping!

All in all, a good episode, but continuity was severly lacking.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

I'm Bored (or Boring)

Apparently I am a bore. Because I don't get invited to going away parties. Because even my sister forgot my 30th birthday. Because my parents can't keep my schedule straight. Sometimes I wish I could step outside of my body and be a spectator. Just to hear what everyone else REALLY thinks. About me, the wallflower. Ahh to be irresistable! Not to the point of having paparazzi follow my every move, but to be someone who's wanted there (besides Chris). So I don't like to drink during the week because I don't want to be hung over at work the next day. That doesn't mean I'm boring.