Prison Break "The Message" Talkback (Spoilers)

[The Penguin]

Escape is just the beginning.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/Bordo316/PrisonBreak2.jpgPrison Break #37 "The Message"

MICHAEL TAKES THE AIRWAVES HOSTAGE; BELLICK LANDS IN THE INFIRMARY; HAYWIRE RETURNS AS SUCRE HOTWIRES HIS WAY ACROSS MEXICO ON “PRISON BREAK” MONDAY, JANUARY 29, ON FOX

Michael, Lincoln and Kellerman take the airwaves hostage as they attempt to evade the authorities and get a message to a missing Sara; Bellick gets a surprise visit in Fox River’s infirmary; Haywire resurfaces and lands in more trouble; Sucre takes his good Samaritan for a ride in the PRISON BREAK episode “The Message” airing Monday, Jan. 29 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (PB-215) (TV-14; L, V) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1 PA: Viewer discretion is advised.

Cast: Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows; Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield; Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre; Wade Williams as Brad Bellick; Paul Adelstein as Special Agent Paul Kellerman; Robert Knepper as T-Bag; Rockmond Dunbar as C-Note and Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi with William Fichtner as Special Agent Alexander Mahone.

Guest Cast: Silas Weir Mitchell as Haywire; Kaley Cuoco as Sasha; Daniel Ross as Matt; Dushon Brown as Nurse Katie; Barbara Eve Harris as Lang; Jason Davis as Wheeler; Reggie Lee as Bill Kim; Anthony Fleming as Trumpets.

Last week's "John Doe" (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=182431) talkback.

Comments?

[Hyper Shadow X]

Was nice to see Heywire again.

[Peter Paltridge]

It was nice, but I like Haywire better as "nutball" rather than "stalker."

Why would the Scofields intentionally make the body movements to suggest they were lying? I don't understand that part. I heard "to mislead them" but I thought they WANTED to be believed.

Once again, Mahone is way, way too on the ball. Tossing him would be a mistake for the Feds, as it's rare when a villain is always right.

[Freedom Fighter]

Haywire's still bent on getting to Holland? Well, okay then...

That was an intriguing scene with Mahone and the crew trying to decipher the videotape through hand gestures, and consequently, how Kellerman guided Michael and Lincoln through it to throw the feds off. It still amazed me how Mahone could tell the real signs from the fake ones. Uncanny.

So Sara just can't stop thinking about Michael, huh? Well, there was still the matter of the key she found in her father's dead hands, so that's still at least one out...

And if Kellerman was smart, he would've thrown that cell phone out after his 'turn.' If President Caroline got in touch with him, then why hasn't Agent Kim tried to call him and berate him for what he's done? Unless Kellerman's ignoring him...

"The Message": 3.5/5.

[The Penguin]

This show used to have a lot more 'talkbackers.' Prison Break isn't a show I think a person can just stop watching, where are the rest of you?

I must admit that watching this episode as it aired (and somehow not commenting until now) was not as bad as I thought it would be. I seeme to recall being tortured by the last time I watched the show with the commercials intacts, but this wasn't too bad. Even so, I think I'll watch my other show 'live' and catch this week's episode on tape later.

The entire plan with "the message" was well-done by Michael, Linc and Kellerman. A lot of effort obviously went into that plan and it's a shame that most of it didn't work out. The code Michael used to talk to Sara was cleverly done and it took extra help to figure out what it meant. I don't know what's going to happen next week with Michael and Sara once she finds out Kellerman is with them. I don't know what to make of Paul Kellerman getting the call from the President though. Steadman told us that he had a crush on his sister, but after everything that's happened, would he really trust her again so easily? One would assume Caroline Reynolds wouldn't want Paul killed, but that may not even be her decision.

Brad Bellick certainly got an unexpected visitor in the form of Agent Mahone as the slippery FBI man once again put all the pieces together. Bellick is bad, but I still feel sorry for the guy, begging the other doctor to let him stay in the infirmery another night.

Haywire is generally a harmless character, so much so that we can almost forget he is a mentally disturbed man who killed both his parents. Charles Patoshik is obviously very smart and was a doctorate candidate in mathematics before the murders, but he is very dangerous all the same. This girl's father deserved to some extent whatever he was about to get, but I'm just always afraid the guy is going to snap on someone.

I really liked Sucre's story this past week with the old man in Mexico. The entire thing was kind of 'feel-good' and even after Sucre took advantage of the old man, he sent him on his way and wished Fernando good luck.


Why would the Scofields intentionally make the body movements to suggest they were lying? I don't understand that part. I heard "to mislead them" but I thought they WANTED to be believed.Michael, Lincoln and Kellerman are taking on the government itself, they knew before they even recorded 'the message' that it would be discounted and it would be brushed under the rug with some other news (which ended up being the terror alert level being raised), the entire point was to get word to Sara and they did that. Everything else was done to keep the FBI busy and it almost worked, it probably would have it Mahon was dead.

[NickWhiz1]

I don't know, it seemed to me that the call to Kellerman was faked. I'm probably reading too much into it, but it definitely didn't feel like a natural phone conversation, more like it was forced.