Prison Break: Picking up the pieces

Last week on Prison Break, the Breakouts realized that Don Self completely screwed them. This week, they get to return the favor -- after some death-defying and Hail-Mary-pass activities, of course. Plus, T-Bag is going to be in SUCH big trouble...

Spoiler SMASH!

The Breakouts quietly -- then not so quietly -- contemplate Self's perfidy, and it's kind of heartbreaking. Poor Sucre keeps insisting that no, really, the parade is just a little late, and Self is playing a practical joke on them, and maybe they're being punk'd, and, and, and.... sigh. Sorry, bunny, but you've been had. Meanwhile, Mahone spews venom, Michael's brain starts melting, Sarah wants to figure out what to do next, and Linc SMASH! Meanwhile, over at Company HQ, The General contemplates his humiliation. General SMASH! The General's minions circle and snipe as he tries to act like everything's fine, and he eventually has to shoot a guy in the face. That was therapeutic!

Self calls his boss and spins a story about how the Breakouts betrayed him and killed Miriam/Trishann. Then he shoots in the air, screaming "Burrows, no!" Stanton, the boss, is bent on revenge. He storms Breakout HQ, but the Breakouts have already vacated. They're surprised they're being accused of murder -- again, in LInc's case -- and moderately panicky. What to do?  Sucre wants to head for Mexico, but Michael is adamant -- we're taking The Company down, and that's that. Oh, and that whole time-bomb-in-my-head thing is just going to have to wait. Sarah is NOT happy about that, and tells him he reminds her of her dad. That's not a good thing -- he spent so much time putting other people's needs and problems ahead of his own that her mom left him. Sarah pledges to stay with Michael, however.

Self hijacks T-Bag and makes him take him to Gretchen's family. Self tries to lure Gretchen there by having her sister say her kid was in an accident, but Gretchen's not an idiot. Self demands that Gretchen find a new buyer for Scylla, or he'll unleash the T-Bag on the family. Funnily enough, the Breakouts also contacted Gretchen, in hopes of getting to Self. With her daughter in danger, Gretchen gives up the location of the meet she was supposed to have with the Breakouts. Don calls in a tip to homeland Security. Michael calls Stanton while he's waiting, and a fortuitous siren informs him that Homeland Security is closing in. He escapes -- but Linc gets nabbed. Doh!

Linc argues with Stanton and Senator Dallow, the two superiors behind this operation -- why would we risk our freedom to kill Self? Stanton doesn't want to hear it, but he eventually does some digging and discovers that Self had set up a new identity and booked tickets out of the country. Huh. Dallow makes a pitch for all the Breakouts to come in and testify against Self. But there's more to it than that -- Stanton warns that if news of this operation comes out, they're facing substantial jail time. But if the Breakouts just happened to be slaughtered... well, who would know?

Michael tells Mahone, Sucre and Sarah that they should take the deal, but that he's set up a meet at a secret location. He sends Sucre and Sarah ahead... and it turns out to be the Greyhound station. Mahone tells them Michael wants them to get out of town. Sucre and Sarah reluctantly agree... but change their minds.

Stanton is set to kill Linc and Scofield, but Sooter, a US Marshall who claims to be looking into the Burrows/Scofield/Supermax thing, shoots Stanton. He's working for The General! Before he can take his captives back to The General, Sucre drops him -- and then Linc shoots him. He threatens to shoot Dallow, too, but Michael convinces him not to.

Self and Gretchen meet up with the buyer...and Self realizes he's not as smart as he thinks he is. See, Michael removed a piece of Scylla, and he's kept it hidden in the warehouse. Hah! Take that, Self!

Highlights, thoughts and odds and ends

• Sorry if I missed anything. My cable is being recalcitrant, and things were jumping around. As my colleague Andy reveals, I blame Fulcrum.
• Howard, The General's minion, was all but salivating at the sight of The General on the ropes. Doesn't he realize wounded animals are more dangerous? The General's daughter, Lisa, doesn't take the shooting well.
• Michael moans that he should have seen Self's betrayal coming. But... he did, didn't he? Or at least, he saw SOME reason to keep a bit of Scylla behind...
• Once T-Bag gets over his shock, he's impressed with Self's double-cross: "I always said cops are more crooked than criminals." The he tries to guess Self's motives: A woman on the side? Gambling debts? "Maybe you're a geologist of the rock-candy variety..." Hee!
• Gretchen's sister calls, sniffling about an accident. Gretchen: "I want you to tell whoever's got that gun pointed at you to grow a set and get on the phone." I love Gretchen. And I'm going to love her even more when she rips Self's head off with her bare hands -- and without chipping her manicure.
• Gretchen's sis is less enamored with her -- when Gretchen threatens T-Bag that there will be consequences if he hurts them ("You will remain captive in my negativity...") Rita hauls off and smacks her across the face. I'll fix this, Gretchen swears -- and Rita hits her again.
• Gretchen also tries to play the guess-the-motive game with Self... and it doesn't go well. He calls T-Bag in instructs him to take out his gun, pull back he hammer... fortunately, the buyer calls at that moment. I can't help but thing that Gretchen is really, really going to hurt both Self and T-Bag when she gets the chance.
• Self's bluster is less effective with the buyer. We can do business when you get the whole thing, Vikan says. "Who is this clown," Self demands. Vikan rolls his eyes: "There's a piece missing, slick." Dork! Guess you're not so smart after all, huh, Self?
• All the surviving Breakouts are back together, except one -- Mahone took off. Where'd he go --- and why?

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