Five-Hour Phone Conversations

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Prison Break, Episode 5

In order of appearance:

Why is Mahone obsessed with Scoffield?

Tweener wiping his fingerprints. Does he actually think that will work?

Love how Michael put the number in the swan. So sweet. But what does it belong to? Is it a clue to the location of the money? A cryptogram? Don't leave us hangin'. Not fair.

Where is Hightower?

Loved how T-bag and Tweener met up!

How did Sucre get to 100 miles outside of Las Vegas in one day? The phone booth just happened to have chapel phone numbers of where Hector and Maricruz were getting married? C'mon. We are not stupid tv watchers.

At the municipal building in Utah? How could the polic not recognize the brothers right away?

Lincoln went to jail for a crime he didn’t commit, but if he goes back, it’s for a reason. These guys may not have been criminals before, but they all are now.

How did Sucre make it to Vegas (100 miles) in a few hours on a motorcycle?

Love that T-bag ate the map. Serves Michale and Lincoln right for actually believing him. Are all criminals that stupid? Why did they not search him better?

Line of the night: “I’d a tattooed it to my body but I didn’t have the time.”

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Prison Break: Episode 4

It's all about the characters, baby....

John Abruzzi: We hardly knew ye. R.I.P, my favorite mob boss. Saw this coming from a mile away, albeit after the fact. No wonder Peter Stormare has only been listed as a guest star in the opening credits. That never bodes well for a character. He did clean up well though. But where did the sudden accent come from? Let's hope this doesn't happen with Lincoln. To have Dominic Purcell's Australian accent suddenly come screaming out in the middle of a scene, would just be laughably wrong.

Tweener: Where did that body come from? He's being made out to be the stupidest of the group, so he'll probably be one of the last to go back to Fox River.

T-Bag: Ewwwwwwwwww! And I'm not referring to his hand. And how did the cops at the gas station not recognize him with the pictures being flashed all over the airwaves?

Michael: Where's the 5 o'clock shadow? How did you get Sara's cell phone number? And one tiny little detail, which harkens back to my first post of the season: How could you not destroy the hard drive?

Lincoln: Scrub city, but it works for you. Guess Michael is not loaning you his razor. Smart move removing the gun cartridge. You're turning out to be smarter than your brother. Then again, you are on the run, on the streets, something you are used to. Keep up the good work, and please keep that shirt open. Lovin' the view!

Sara: Why are you not in jail or under house arrest? Your little slip-up let eight inmates escape. Hopefully you'll redeem yourself next week when it seems you can see through "Lance."

Now for the real questions:
During the car chase, why didn't Lincoln slam on the brakes?
At the gas station: Why didn't the cops run the plates of the Jeep instead of asking who the driver was? And why were the so suspicious right off the bat?
How did the blood in the staged car wreck go from being B+ to pig's blood? And why didn't Michael use real blood? Didn't he think this thing through?

Best line of the night: "You really suck, Bellick. You know that?"

Thursday, September 07, 2006

R.I.P. Crocodile Hunter


It's a testament to how much the man was loved, when my fellow waiting passengers at Gate C8 at Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport payed more attention to the announcement of Steve Irwin's death than they did to GW's Labor Day speech. [Mikey: Insert snarky liberal comment here.]

Then, just yesterday, feminist author Germain Greer had to open her fat trap of a mouth and diss the man. Hey, Germ, put a sock in it! He leaves behind a wife and two kids. All you have are enemies. Especially when you publish soft-core porn photos of half-naked boys.

We'll miss the "Crikey!"

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Prison Break Episode 3

What is the deal with Sucre making it from Ohio to Bed Stuy in two hours? From experience, it takes at least five hours from Long Island to the middle of Pennsylvania. Based on how the rest of the episode went, switching back and forth from Michael and Lincoln to Sucre, it was too hard to keep track of what went down when. To add insult to injury, how was Sucre able to slip out of his pulled-over car when the cop was facing him the whole time? I learned something new during the segment, courtesy of Officer Money: You can get a ticket for not having your license, but you can't get arrested for it.

Nikka: Love your accent, but tonight there were too many coincidences, looking back, that is. You just happened to have cayenne pepper on your stove and a change of men's clothes for Lincoln? Let's hope you're not two-timing our duo.

Lincoln is just fine after being shot in the leg. Yeah.....Just doesn't happen that way.

How was Bellick able to get back in the prison? Much less through the gates. Aren't there cameras all over the place?

Liked that C-Note told his wife the truth. Just wished they started that scene with him making the phone call, not in the middle of it at his wife's reaction.

Absolutely LOVED the bobble-head Virgin Mary. Classic all the way! Same for the brawl in the convenience store between Bellick and Roy! And the scene in the beginning with Michael and Lincoln saying, "What are you going to do? Go back to prison?" and then laughing.

My only two real problems with this ep: Everyone's line was tapped. Why would they even bother calling anyone? Then again, if they were stupid enough to get thrown in jail, maybe they deserve to be caught.

And we all know Lincoln is not dead. He just can't be.

Next week looks like a great episode: We finally get some juice on T-Bag, Abruzzi, and Tweener. The best thing about this season is now that the Fox River 8 has broken out, we have seven storylines instead of one. No more of the gang trying to break out every week.

Just read: "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman.