It was an unfortunately underwhelming episode of Prison Break this week. Sure, it was ramping up to something big -- the apparent (at last) escape from Sona prison. But all that's to happen next week.
Instead, this week we got more of Susan/Gretchen threatening people. More of Sucre being kind of a dope. More waffling back and forth on whether Whistler is to be trusted or doubted, pitied or hated. In short, this week was almost entirely just iterations on material we've seen before.
There was a bright spot. Michael's dilemma about whether to invite his young pseudo-friend on the escape was an issue we'd actually not seen before in Prison Break. Before, it's always been about him having to throw in with people out of necessity, from the crazy to the dangerously evil. Unless you count Tweener as a genuinely nice soul -- and I'm not sure I'd go that far -- Michael had never been faced with someone like this, which was a nice new dimension to have. (Though it didn't get much screen time.)
But that's about all the real sustenance in an otherwise empty batch of calories this week. There are still two episodes left of those completed before the strike, so here's hoping they deliver the goods.
2 comments:
Just watched it: weak episode indeed.
Any word on whether or not we'll eventually get to see the end of the series?
FKL
No word yet. The WGA members are voting on ending the strike over the next 24 hours. It's expected to go through, with many writers back to work this week. Then we'll start to hear word about which shows are coming back, when, and for how many episodes.
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