Michael makes his way through the Middleton, Maxwell & Schaum offices late after working hours. He continues to check his back as he makes his way to a file cabinet. He squats down and opens a drawer labeled, “FOX RIVER.” He grabs several plastic tubes full of blueprints and steals away.
Sucre, Hector and Manche stand in the backyard of an apartment complex. Sucre proudly beams, “I’m gonna do it.” He’s going to propose to Maricruz. Hector laughs, knowing that there’s no way Sucre can afford a ring. Sucre is insulted but Hector says, “I’m trying to protect you. You think you’re gonna be able to give her everything she wants?” Sucre is hurt. He loves Maricruz. Manche puts his arm around Sucre, “Seriously Primo, how are you going to afford a ring for a girl like that?”
The same store clerk from before sits at the counter, reading a magazine. Sucre slowly approaches the counter, much less aggressive than last time. The clerk opens the drawer and hands Sucre a single one-hundred dollar bill. Sucre politely tells the clerk, “Actually…I think I’m gonna need a little more this time.” The clerk hands Sucre all the cash. Outside, the cops are already arriving. Sucre is busted. In the dark, across the street from the store, Hector watches, the number 911 is still on his cell phone.
The Vice President sits in her office, Kellerman next to her. She wants to know if everything is on track with Lincoln’s case. Kellerman tells her that everything is quiet and no one is making noise. The Vice President confides in Kellerman, “God, I can’t remember the last time I was this much of a nervous wreck.” Kellerman hands the Vice President a real estate listing for a secluded piece of property in Blackfoot, Montana.
Sara sits in a community center, surrounded by fellow recovering addicts. She’s a different person now, stronger and free of drugs. She speaks about getting her life back on track, and thinks the best thing for her to do right now is to get back to work. “I want to help people to get from where I am to where I’ve been.”
After the meeting adjourns, Sara fills a paper cup with coffee. She is approached by a quiet, almost shy man who we recognized as Captain Brad Bellick. “Hey Sara, you used to be a doctor, right?” He says he might know of a job opening where he works, at Fox River. Sara is interested to hear more, and Bellick stutters nervously as he asks her to dinner. Sara, smiles politely and tells him that she’s working on her resume that night. Bellick tries to hide his disappointment from the rejection.
Inside Michael’s apartment he looks over a massive blank wall. In the center is a newspaper clipping about Lincoln’s case. He opens the plastic tubes and unrolls blueprints of the cell block.
C-Note drives a truck through the night. He looks over at photo of his wife and daughter, not happy about what he’s doing but knows it has to be done. Suddenly, police cars pull up along side the truck. C-Note knows he’s busted.
Theodore sits at the dinning room table with Gracie Hollander, helping her with her multiplication tables. He shows her a trick to remember and Gracie excitedly catches on and dances away. Susan whispers, “Thank you,” to Theodore. She kisses him and then heads into the kitchen. Theodore turns to watch the kids. While in the kitchen, Susan turns around and sees a crime stopper style show on television. The show host stands next to a graphic of Theodore Bagwell’s mug shot. Susan stands frozen, suddenly aware of the monster sitting in the living room with her children.
Michael continues assembling information on his apartment wall. Index cards cover blueprints of the pipes in the prison’s underbelly and he tries to memorize the route he’ll need to take to break out of Fox River. As the night continues, Michael grows more and more frustrated with every wrong turn he makes. The doorbell rings, giving Michael a much needed break from the project. He opens the door for a delivery girl. He hands her some money and sees that her arms and chest are completely covered in tattoos. Michael smiles and thanks her.
C-Note walks into his house to find his wife and daughter reading together on the couch. C-Note looks with love and regret at them until Dede sees him and jumps into his arms. Darius walks in the door behind him. After a moment of hesitation, C-Note tells Kacee that he’s being shipped back to Iraq: his unit is being called back for another tour. Darius interrupts the moment and asks if C-Note can help him out back. Behind the house Darius tells C-Note that pretending he’s back in Iraq is crazy. But C-Note knows Darius will take care of Kacee and Dede. C-Note says that Darius owes C-Note for driving the truck and taking the rap for it.
Michael sits at his desk, laying tracing paper on top of the Fox River blueprints. The first layer maps Michael’s route through the pipes, the next later is the design for the demon holding the sword piece of his tattoo. Scattered across his desk are sketches for other tattoo pieces, including “ALLEN SCHWEITZER,” “CUTE POISON,” and a mysterious piece, “boLshoi booze.”
In a rustic bar south of the Mexican border, Michael stands next a to shady looking man. The man probes Michael, “Why do you want to…” But Michael cuts him off, “I want what I want.” The man sizes Michael up and smiles. He then slides him a piece of paper and tells Michael, “You show this to anyone else, and I’m calling the whole thing off.” Michael smiles, on the paper are the words, “boLshoi booze.”
Back on Michael’s desk, another piece is shown, bold letter spells, “RIPE CHANCE WOODS.”
Michael stands in a cemetery with a shovel, the ground covered with snow. He stares down at the headstone for a moment, then hoists the shovel up and smashes it into the earth.
In his loft, Michael’s hands scan the now covered wall. Newspaper articles, blueprints and note cards have created a complex web. Items that stand out are articles about John Abruzzi, an ad for “Czechoslovakian Brides,” and a history of Warden Pope. Michael writes, “PUGNAC” on a sticky note, and presses it to a copied article full of chemical compounds.
Susan Hollander sits in the visitation room of Fox River. On the other side of the glass is Theordore “T-Bag” Bagwell. Susan tells T-Bag that her therapist told her to confront T-Bag and tell him how betrayed she feels. T-Bag, in a moment of never seen weakness, admits to Susan, “You think you’re the only one who feels betrayed? I loved you, Susan. Real love. For the first time in my life. And then to have you do me like that, to just throw me to the dogs, toss me out the back door like bath water…” Susan cuts him off, “You’re a murderer, Teddy!” As he continues to speak, his face grows cold. He tells Susan that he had changed for her, but when she sent him to Fox River, it was like he was home again. He raises his head and looks her in the eyes, “You know, some day, I’m gonna get out of here. And don’t think I won’t remember what your front steps look like, Susan.” Susan spits on the glass between them, and storms out of visitation.
In the remote woods of Blackfoot, Montana, The Vice President slices up vegetables and places them in a blender. She slowly walks out into the living room and speaks to a man sitting in a large leather chair. “It’s almost over now. Burrows will be dead soon. And then things will start getting back to normal.” She pauses, sensing frustration from the other person, “I know you’ve been through a lot, but I promise you, the worst is behind us.” The man in the chair places his drink on the table, then reaches into another mug containing a set of false teeth. The Vice President walks away, and the man, Terrence Steadman, turns towards her and says drying, “My dear sister, you have no idea what I’ve been through.
Michael stands before a mirror, finishing donning his best suit. In fact, it’s the same suit he will be arrested in during his bank heist. He methodically straightens his tie, his jaw set in a stern resolution. He turns to leave his apartment, but he stops first at a glass table, where his hands hover over two pistols.
Prison Break
Episode 117 "J-Cat"
Airdate: 04/10/2006
Michael spreads glue over another piece of the Warden’s Taj Mahal model. His eyes focused on the task at hand. Pope enters the room, “Hey, that’s looking good!” Michael tells the Warden that the plaster he is adding to the model is increasing the weight of the walls and he is going to have to add more supports. The Warden doesn’t mind as long as the model is finished in time for his anniversary.
Pope then tells Michael a story about a dark Taj Mahal built by the Shah across the way from the current Taj Mahal. Becky, Pope’s assistant, interrupts and informs Pope that Dr. Sara Tancredi is there to see him. Pope asks one of the C.O.s to escort Michael back to his cell. As Michael leaves, he meets eyes with Sara. An awkward moment passes between them, but Pope doesn’t notice.
Once Michael is gone, Pope and Sara walk into Pope’s office. She tells Pope that she’s concerned about the serious burn on Michael’s back. She initially believed that the burn was caused by another inmate, but she later discovered other evidence. She presents a plastic bag containing a scrap of fabric that had been embedded in Michael’s skin. She believes the fabric came from a guard’s uniform. Pope clearly understands the implication.
Back in his cell, Michael sits over a small pile of paper with a poorly drawn sketch on it. He taps his pen in frustration, and finally gives up, crumpling up the paper and throwing it away. Sucre sits on the bunk and asks Michael what he’s doing. Michael replies, “Trying to remember the blueprints. What was lost to the burn. Without them, we'll never be able to navigate those pipes beneath psych ward.” Michael tells Sucre he isn’t having any luck, “It’s like trying to take a test you studied for ten years ago.”
The inmates of A-Wing are scattered around the floor and on the tiers. Bellick marches in and bellows out a call to the P.I. crew. Sucre walks behind T-Bag as a new inmate, Annie the Trannie, saunters out of his cell wearing his shirt tied in a knot around his stomach. Annie’s pants are pulled low, revealing pink, women’s underwear. T-Bag says Annie has been, “tuggin’ on too many pockets.” Sucre asks if she tugged on his. Disgusted, T-Bag replies, “I may be ‘social’ in my own way, but that’s a boundary-line even I won’t cross.”
C-Note walks out of A-Wing in front of Michael. C-Note asks when they’re breaking out and Michael tells him he has one more “hiccup” to work out, “The road map is a little incomplete at the moment.”
In the guard room, Michael continues to try and recreate the map from memory. Sucre asks why he doesn’t try to get under the psych ward again and Michael tells him, “'Cause one, I don't have the guard uniform anymore, which means I can't get across the yard, or past the orderly. And two, even if I did, it's a mess down there.” Michael, growing increasingly frustrated, tells Sucre to stop bothering him.
C.O. Patterson walks into the room, making his rounds. Patterson tells them that they’re work is about done. Bellick is bringing in professionals to install the carpet the next day. The inmates quickly share looks, this is not good. Once Patterson leaves, T-Bag throws down his paint roller, “We got a real problem on our hands, don't we? Them rug monkeys come in here, tear up that carpet... that hole's just gonna be smiling up at them.” Michael tells them that they’ll need to do a patch on the hole with plywood and fast setting concrete. The carpet guys will never notice anything. On the night of the breakout, they’ll just smash through the concrete patch with a sledgehammer.
A C.O. steers Tweener into Bellick’s office. Waiting inside is the giant form of a particularly skanky con. The Con turns his fat, tall and disgusting gaze Tweener’s way. Bellick threateningly says, “Hey Tweener, you met Avocado?” Avocado reaches out with his fleshy, hairy arm and touches Tweener’s chin, “Look, she’s just a baby.” Tweener smacks Avocado’s hand away, and Bellick sends Avocado off. Bellick tells Tweener to sit, then asks for an update on Scofield. Tweener, again, tells him that he hasn’t heard anything. Not what Bellick was hoping to hear. Tweener says he’s trying to find out more, but Michael won’t let him into the P.I. circle. Bellick pauses, an idea forming in his head.
The cons quickly mix together concrete, getting ready to fill the hole. Westmoreland quickly comes in through the front door, “Fire on the line!” The inmates quickly shuffle around and cover the hole, each of them moving with the confidence that has now become their normal routine. Bellick swings the door open, and commends the cons on their work. But there’s a bravado to his body language, “You know, you girls have done such a good job, I thought you might like an extra pair of hands on the crew.” He gives a quick whistle, and in walks Tweener. The cons exchange looks.
Tweener moves about the room. Everyone is uncomfortable with him there. C-Note steps towards Tweener saying, “My brush is all sticking together.” Michael plays along with C-Note’s remark. The others tell Tweener that according to rank, he gets the job of washing the brushes. They pile the gear up on Tweener and send him outside to the shed. Tweener acts like he’s leaving, but once the guard room door is closed, he turns back and tries to listen in on what’s being discussed. Westmoreland busts him for eavesdropping and makes sure Tweener finally makes his way outside.
Agent Brinker and Agent Kellerman move through a busy Secret Service field office. Brinker hands Kellerman a folder which contains a large surveillance image of the man Lincoln saw behind the glass at his execution. Brinker tells Kellerman that it’s the photo of a man who used to work for the Company and went rogue. Kellerman asks what the man has to do with the “situation.” Brinker is forced to admit that the man is Lincoln’s father. Kellerman stops for a moment and asks if the Company knew about the relation. Brinker tells him of course they knew. When Kellerman wants to know more, Brinker shuts him up, “How 'bout stopping with the questions. You're a glorified bodyguard, that's it. Your job's to be seen, not heard.”
Michael kneels next to C-Note, who is mixing the quick dry concrete, and asks how close they are to finishing the patch. C-Note says they’re ready, just as Westmoreland enters, “Got another badge!” he warns. The cons cover the hole and hide the concrete. C.O. Geary tells Michael that Warden Pope wants to see him and tells the rest of the cons to head back to A-Wing. C-Note argues that Patterson gave them until end of day, but Geary sends them out. Sucre whispers to Michael, “We’re dead,” the hole isn’t patched and the carpet installers are certainly going to find it. Michael says he’ll get it done as Geary barks to speed them up.
Lincoln stares at the ceiling of his Ad Seg cell. Stolte gets his attention and tells Linc the Department of Corrections re-filed all the paperwork. The execution is scheduled for Midnight a week from Friday. Linc asks to be let out into the yard. Stolte refuses. Linc just wants ten minutes, but Stolte’s hands are tied. Unless Stolte hears different from the Pope, Linc has to stay in his cell.
