With the two hour block last week, you probably thought someone was going to get out of prison in Prison Break Season 3 episode 7. Try as they might, that didn’t happen. Well, Mahone arranged to be moved from prison, but nobody actually broke out. While Michael and Whistler did get out the window, the weather dependent plans were spoiled by some clouds. Lechero, afraid he was losing power, told Scofield he was going to get him out of there whether he liked it or not. I don’t think that will be a problem.
McGrady gets dressed up for a visit from his father.
Lincoln tells Michael LJ’s still alive and that they have 4 more days. Michael’s upset Lincoln used him.
Susan’s told that it needs to be ended today. Bang and burn. She says that it should be reconsidered, but she gets ignored/threatened. She informs Whistler of the plan and tells him he’s either going to cooperate and be ready by 5, or she’ll leave him there to rot. It’s pretty clear from the hectic pace of the planning stages they’re not as prepared for this as they probably should be.
Sofia gets a call from someone who says he’s Whistler’s landlord. She goes to visit him.
Mahone’s still crazy and flashing back to Oscar Shales, who he killed and buried to prevent some lawyer from getting him off unfairly. He tells Lang he can’t testify in his current state, so he needs some drugs.
Michael seems to know something’s up with Whistler but can’t quite put his finger on it. Nothing to be worried about, though. Just the small matter of Whistler wanting him dead, at Susan’s request.
Lechero reveals a secret buried underneath Sona, an underground tunnel that had been used to transport prisoners. After the riots, the tunnel was blown up. Scofield suggests they can’t dig out, but that they can dig up.
While visiting Whistler’s landlord, Sofia starts to snoop around. For starters, his name’s not even James Whistler. The call was intercepted, allowing Susan to find out where she was headed, so she shows up to tell her not to get in the way.
Whistler pretends to be claustrophobic, but Michael’s not dumb enough to buy it. The fact that Whistler keeps looking at his watch isn’t helping matters any.
Lincoln and Sucre rent a cabin and come up with a plan that involves recording gunshots.
Good thing Michael knows McGrady’s father’s coming today. He asks him to have his dad pass a message along to Lincoln. McGrady does as he’s asked. The message is don’t go home for dinner, a code they used when they were younger, meaning to watch his back. While McGrady’s visiting with his father, Whistler also gets a visitor, Sofia. He asks her to stay away from Lincoln and to just go home and stay there. She asks about the apartment, but he denies knowing anything.
Disregarding the warning from Whistler, Sofia’s first stop is Lincoln. Susan, who of course is having her monitored, considers this a violation of her instructions, and says to take them all out. Lincoln breaks the news to Sofia that the passport with another name is proof her boyfriend’s a liar. Lincoln calls Lechero’s phone, which Sammy answers. The men watching Sofia pull a gun on her, but Lincoln pulls one on them in return. They beat up one guy, but the other captures Sofia and tells him to put down the gun like he did with LJ. Instead of dropping the gun, this time, he shoots the guy. Nice aim.
Mahone’s been dragged off to court, too quickly to get his drugs. He testifies that he killed as he was told so he could protect his family. Then he asks to go home.
Michael continues to get more suspicious about Whistler. He gets a message from Lechero to call his brother, and during the conversation, he realizes that the Company’s breaking Whistler out on their own and doesn’t need them any more. Whistler climbs on a roof and waits to be picked up by a chopper, which is firing on the military men standing by. Scofield gets there in time to start kicking his ass. Whistler manages to jump on the helicopter’s ladder, and Michael grabs onto him and holds on. Eventually, he manages to force him to let go, and both of them fall onto the roof of a building.
Here we go again. The alarm sounds, and all prisoners are forced out into the yard and on their knees.
Mahone’s told that they have to take him back to Sona. I guess this is supposed to be a surprise.
Scofield is the first one to be confronted. He claims to be innocent. He’s informed he causes too many problems in Sona, so he shouldn’t be there. They escort him out of the prison.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Prison Break season 3 episode 9 Boxed In, which airs in January when Prison Break returns to Fox.