Back in his cell, Tweener sits on the lower bunk, fearfully looking up to where Avocado is. Avocado slides his massive body off the top bunk and starts to cuddle up next to Tweener. He tells Tweener to, “start relaxing. Hurt a lot less.” Tweener quietly asks if they can go up to Avocado’s bunk. Avocado likes the sound of that and stands to smooth the sheets. Tweener, now out of Avocado’s eyesight, pulls a razor blade from the metal frame above him. Tweener clenches his jaw, then slashes Avocado with the razor. Avocado cries out in pain.
In the prison parking lot, Sara digs through her purse looking for her car keys. When she gets to her car, Nika comes up from behind her and asks her if she’s the prison doctor. When Sara says yes, Nika asks if she knows Michael Scofield. Sara realizes Nika is Michael’s “wife.” Nike tells Sara that she wants to talk to her. She believes Michael is in some trouble and that he’s going to do something dangerous to get out of it.
At a nearby diner, Sara asks what Nika thinks Michael is going to do. Nika tells Sara that Michael has a deep need to help people, and he saved her from being sold by the men who smuggled her into the United States. Michael gave her an opportunity for a new life. Sara says that she wants to do whatever she can to help Michael, but to do that she needs to know more about what kind of trouble Michael is in. Nika gets flustered and thinks talking to Sara was a mistake. Nika stands and knocks her purse on the floor. Sara bends down to help pick up the purse. As Sara stands up again, she begs Nika for a way to contact her. Nika doesn’t think that’s a good idea. As Nika hurriedly leaves the diner, she asks Sara not tell Michael they spoke.
Lincoln, finally able to sit upright, doesn’t understand how his own death would stop his father. “Because I’m the one who leaked the information about EcoField. They could’ve covered up the scandal a thousand different ways, but they chose to fake Terrance Steadman’s death. And they chose you because they knew it would flush me out. They knew that any man with a son on death row who was innocent would have come forward.” But Lincoln coldly reminds his father that he didn’t come forward. Lincoln’s father tells him that millions of lives could have been saved, by sacrificing Lincoln. But he couldn’t watch his son die. Lincoln turns to his father, furious, telling him that LJ’s mother is dead, Michael is in Fox River and LJ is rotting in some jail, and all of it is his father’s fault. Lincoln’s father accepts the blame, but says there’s still a chance that they can make it right.
Outside the garage, one of the employees at the junkyard notices the black Mustang behind some plastic tarps.
T-Bag slithers across the floor of Gen Pop. Another inmate approaches and quickly hands him a shiv. He tucks the blade behind his back, then begins moving towards Abruzzi’s cell. John sits quietly reading on the bottom bunk. C-Note, swiftly moves in behind T-Bag and grabs T-Bag’s arm just as he was about to charge. C-Note spins T-Bag around and pulls him close and says, “That man in there, is our transportation out of here. Which means, if you go after him, that messes with my chances of me seeing my family. So I ain’t gonna let that happen.” T-Bag stands quietly, knowing C-Note is right. C-Note then tells T-Bag to give him the shank he’s holding. Reluctantly, T-Bag gives up the shank. C-Note calmly walks off as T-Bag slides away.
Back at the infirmary entrance, Sara digs through her purse. She can’t find her keys. An orderly has to let her in.
Nika sits with Michael in visitation. Michael apologizes to Nika for getting her involved. Nika says it’s okay as she takes his hand, subtly passing Sara’s keys to him. Michael thanks her as he stuffs the keys in his sock. Nika says that now they are even. Michael tells her she didn’t owe him anything. She says she owed him everything, but that’s over now. Nika stands to leave, and whispers to Michael, “The lady doctor, she cares for you.”
Bellick paces the hallway of the administration building. C.O. Patterson rushes in with a walkie-talkie, the Sheriff is looking for Bellick. Sheriff Ballard relays to Bellick that the junk yard owner spotted the black Mustang and they’re moving to check it out. Bellick says he’ll be right there.
Kellerman, listening in, puts down the police scanner and speeds away.
Lincoln’s father goes over their escape plan. He tells Lincoln there’s an unimproved road by the river. There’s a chance it hasn’t been blocked off yet. Just as they are about to get in the car, Lincoln sees Kellerman through the plastic hanging over the garage. Lincoln and his father hurry out the back on foot.
They crouch behind cars, trying to keep and eye on Kellerman as they make their way through the forest of discarded junk. Kellerman, gun drawn, is on the hunt. He moves slowly, deliberately as he seeks his target.
Now police cars flood into the compound. Staying low, Lincoln and his father double back, away from the main road. Kellerman also sees the police cars and quickly attaches a silencer to the barrel of his gun.
Bellick, shotgun in hand, now combs the rows or cars with Sheriff Ballard.
Lincoln’s father leads them to a way out of the yard, but Lincoln hesitates. Kellerman turns the corner, gun raised, and calls to Lincoln. Lincoln whispers to his father, “Get out of here.” Kellerman closes in with Linclon square in his gun sights. Kellerman orders Lincoln to turn around.
Lincoln then sees Bellick moving on the other side of the fence. He calls out, “Bellick! Don’t shoot!” Lincoln knows that Bellick’s punishment will be harsh, but at least he’ll be alive. Kellerman is forced to run for cover as the police move in on Lincoln. Lincoln painfully drops to his knees and the police restrain him. Lincoln’s father hurries away from the scene.
Michael huddles over his desk, trying to melt the plastic handle of his toothbrush so he can mold it into a key. Sucre enters the cell and asks if Michael heard about Avocado. Sucre tells him that Avocado was cut up pretty bad, but told people it was the bed frame. Sucre says that Tweener sliced him. Avocado is lying about the bed frame because he doesn’t want Tweener in the SHU. Once Avocado gets out of the infirmary, he’s going to kill Tweener.
Sara and nurse Katie tear the infirmary apart looking for the lost keys. Katie tells her to retrace her steps. Sara tells Katie she noticed them missing, right after lunch. Then she figures it out. Nika must have used her frantic exit as a diversion to get the keys out of Sara’s purse. Sara jumps up and finds a C.O., she tells him she needs to see the visitation log. She grabs the clipboard and scans the names. She finds Michael’s, then moves her finger across to find the name “NIKA VOLEK.” Obviously upset, she puts the clipboard down and leaves.
As Michael walks through the yard, John stops him says he needs to know where Fibonacci is. He explains that his conversion requires that he not only seek forgiveness, but also provide forgiveness for those who betrayed him. Michael remains quiet. John pleads with Michael, but Michael refuses. John says he understands and that he’ll be patient.
Having walked away from Michael, John then makes a phone call. A man on the other end answers. John tells the man, “You’re now officially on standby. You’ll have her there, you understand?” We now see John is talking to Nick Savrinn. Nick, replies with a heavy heart, “I’ll do my best.” In old Abruzzi fashion, he continues, “Good. Goose Park Airstrip. Find it on the map. Soon as I call, you have that bitch there ready and waiting.”
Michael finds Tweener at the bleachers. Michael tells Tweener to go to Ad Seg, but Tweener knows admitting what he did to Avocado would add time to his sentence and that he’s a dead man either way. Michael tells him that there might be another way out of Fox River, but he needs to know if he can trust Tweener. Tweener locks eyes with Michael. Tweener now knows there’s something bigger going on.
In the infirmary, Michael rolls up his sleeve as Sara walks in with his daily insulin injection. Michael tries small talking Sara, but he can tell things have changed. Katie walks in and tells Sara that she found her keys over by her inbox. Sara stares fiercely at Michael. Michael can’t look her in the eye. Katie adds, “There’s a maintenance guy waiting outside -- said you wanted him to change the locks. Should I call him off?” Sara eyes Michael for any response, but then says to send him in. Sara asks Michael if there’s something wrong. Michael tries to cover by asking if she wants to talk about what happened earlier. But Sara coldly says she has a pretty good idea and sends Michael off. The maintenance man throws the old doorknob into his work box as Michael walks by, defeated.
Lincoln, still in pain, shuffles his cuffed legs out of the van and back into Fox River. Warden Pope stands waiting, then barks out, “I want him under twenty-four hour surveillance. He doesn’t sneeze without my knowing it.” When Lincoln pleads that someone tried to kill him. Pope tells him that finding Lincoln 8 miles away from the accident scene makes him believe otherwise. C.O.s march Lincoln back to Ad Seg.
Obviously in a good mood, Bellick sings to himself as he strolls into the yard. Tweener checks to see if anyone is listening, then calls for Bellick at the fence line. Tweener tells Bellick that he has information for him this time, but he wants guaranteed protection from Avocado as well as time taken off his sentence. Bellick laughs it off, figuring that Tweener is bluffing. Tweener continues to plead. Bellick gets serious and tells Tweener it’s his last chance to prove himself. Tweener leans in close to Bellick, “Scofield and his whole P.I. crew…they’re escaping.”
Bellick furiously tears apart the guard room. He grabs a sledge hammer and begins hitting the floor until he hits something that sounds hollow. Bellick drops the sledge hammer, then flips up the couch and tears up the carpet. He takes the sledge hammer and smashes it repeatedly into the hollow spot. Bits of concrete and plywood fly as Bellick furiously whacks away at the floor. Then, Bellick breaks through. His eyes are wide as he stares down at what he’s uncovered…Bellick has found the hole!
Prison Break
Episode 120 "Tonight"
Airdate: 08/29/2005
Bellick kneels on the floor and peers into the escape hole. He can hardly believe what he’s seeing. He’s about to stand up, when WHAM! A shovel slams him square in the face. Westmorland menacingly advances toward a stunned and staggering Bellick. Westmorland lands one more solid blow before Bellick recovers enough to fight back. Bellick blocks the next swing and pushes Westmoreland back against the lockers as he wrestles the shovel away. Bellick takes the offensive, landing a few gut punches on Westmorland. Bellick then shoves Westmoreland onto a countertop. Westmorland lands on a glass coffee pot, which shatters during the struggle. Bellick grabs for the shovel, then rears back for a vicious swing, but Westmoreland grabs a nearby metal thermos and smashes it against Bellick’s head. Bellick is knocked backwards, landing on his back. He slips into unconsciousness. Westmoreland takes a few breaths to collect himself. He looks down at his side and realizes a shard of glass from the coffee pot has been pushed deep into his abdomen. He grabs the shard and slowly pulls it out, trying his best not to cry out in pain. He then stands over Bellick, panic starting to show on Westmorland’s face.
Guards walk the fence line being led by several German Shepherds. The escape crew watches them as T-Bag notes that each time he’s been caught, it was always because of the dogs.
Charles pushes a small dumpster out of the Guard Room and does his best to conceal his wound.
T-Bag continues tell the cons that if you can’t get rid of your smell, the dogs will always find you. Abruzzi agrees and Michael tells them that they have to scrub anything in their cells that will have their smell on it. C-Note asks how much time they have left. Abruzzi tells them it will be three days until they will be allowed back into the Guard Room. Manche says that he will also have the extra suits by then. All that is left is for Michael to find a way to unlock the door in the infirmary and to figure out how to get Lincoln out of Ad Seg. Michael thinks three days will be plenty of time to sort out the last details.
Westmoreland then approaches the group. His face dead white, he tells them, “We’ve gotta get out of here…NOW.”
Westmoreland doesn’t know how, but Bellick found the escape hole. Westmorland tells them he covered the hole as best he could, but it’s only a matter of time before the other C.O.s notice that Bellick is missing. The cons look to each other and Michael asks Charles, “What do you mean, missing?”
A C.O. fills a cup of coffee in the Guard Room. Amazingly, there is no evidence of the earlier fight. However, just under the table of the Guard Room, Bellick still unconscious, lays bound and gagged.
Sucre contends that Fox River is a big place and no one will notice Bellick is missing. But C-Note tells him nothing happens inside those walls without Bellick’s approval. Michael, as focused as we’ve ever seen him, tells the group, “Soon as it gets dark, we go.” The crew is stunned. They aren’t sure they’re ready. Michael lashes out at them, “Then stay.” A tense moment, but the group quickly realizes there’s no other way. Michael asks if Abruzzi can have the plane ready tonight. John says he can. Next, Michael tells C-Note to grab as much peroxide from his kitchen duty as he can. Michael will get the infirmary key. The rest of them are to scrub down their cells to get rid of as much of their scent as they can. Michael tells them they’re leaving after dinner, during “Tier Time.” They’ll all exit through Michael’s cell, one by one. C-Note points out that they were supposed to leave through the Guard’s Room. If they leave through Michael’s cell they won’t have much of a head start. T-Bag nervously blurts out that if they plan to leave at seven that night, and eight o’clock is head count, that only gives them sixty minutes. Michael just nods and says, “Sixty minutes to get over the wall and as far away from here as possible.” Sucre interrupts, “They’ll be right on our asses!” Michael responds coldly, “They already are.”
Michael and Sucre walk the tier back to their cell. Sucre reminds Michael that Lincoln is still under 24-hour surveillance and if Michael can’t get to him tonight, the cons still need to make their break. Michael is well aware of that. Michael then looks across the tier, where he meets Tweener’s eyes looking back at him.
In Ad Seg, Lincoln calls for a C.O. He tells the guard his brother doesn’t know he was in an accident and asks if there’s anyway to get a message to him. The guard grimly replies, “Yeah. Put it in your will.”
Veronica finishes a phone call and hangs up. She tells Nick that she has a friend at the title company that was able to get the address for the phone number they found in Blackfoot, Montana. She continues, saying that the property was paid for through an offshore holding company bankrolled by a trust financed by Terrence Steadman’s estate. Veronica connects the dots, “Looks like you and I are going to Blackfoot, Montana.”
