Prison Break Season 3 episode 1 primarily focused on the horrible conditions of Sona, the prison Michael ended up in with Mahone, Bellick, and T-Bag. They dangled a bit ray of hope that he would be getting out by the end of the episode, but we knew better than that. Easy exit means no escape. At the end of the episode, it was revealed that he had to help break out James Whistler, and LJ and Sara were being used as leverage to ensure his cooperation. Welcome to another live blog of Prison Break. When this show’s over, stick around for the Heroes Season 2 premiere recap.
The show starts with everyone waiting in line to get rationed water. One of Lechero’s men starts a fight, which ends in the water barrel being accidentally pushed over. This is a serious problem. People can live weeks without food, but there’s only so long a man can go without water. The potential of another riot is seriously high if this doesn’t get resolved quickly.
Scofield inquires about Whistler and is informed everybody’s looking for him, as he’s disappeared, having been accused of killing the mayor’s son. The message that was hidden in the dead body’s clothes has also been hidden in Michael’s pocket, both by Bellick, who ironically is Michael’s only hope of finding Whistler. This is what makes it so hard to tell good from bad in this show, but also what makes it so interesting.
Bellick tips Michael off to look in the sewers. It’s not going to be as easy as he’d hoped because he must break Whistler out without anyone knowing about it, since he’s a dead man if he gets spotted. Later, we find out that the mayor has promised freedom for whoever kills Whistler.
Due to the political nature of the crime, they’re going for the brothers because it’s the only option of getting Whistler out, as it’s going in through the backdoor. Link is informed by his contact, “Susan B. Anthony,” that she knows he’s going to threaten her life, but he tells her he’s going not going after if something goes wrong, implying he’ll wipe out her family. He says the breakout can’t be done in a week, but she doesn’t care.
Scofield promises to help Bellick with his problems (starvation, being half naked, etc.) in exchange for keeping quiet about Whistler. Will they work together, or will one or the other turn the first chance they get?
Sucre shows up with a gun looking for Maricruz. He threatens to shoot Bellick, who then reveals he just conned him and that he made Maricruz run off, so she is not actually locked up. He expects the favor be returned by helping him get out of jail, but Sucre just runs off.
So much for the secret. Mahone also discovers Whistler. Yeah, he’ll be along for the ride as well. We later find out that Mahone had a deal with Lechero to bring him Whistler. Michael’s fully willing to break him out of there… or die trying.
Bellick decides to use his knowledge of Whistler in another way. He chooses to rat him out rather than working with Scofield and heads to T-Bag, who’s gotten in good with Lechero. By the time Michael gets down there, Mahone’s already broken Whistler out of his hiding place.
Michael tries to reason with Alex, but he doesn’t want to hear any of it. Whistler runs down the other end of the sewer before any action is able to be taken anyway. Scofield then also goes to talk to Lechero, where T-Bag informs him Michael’s a snake and can’t be trusted. Michael then heads out to the courtyard to meet up with McGrady, the young kid who seems to like him. He asks for some alcohol. After getting that, he asks for a lot of plastic bags and tells McGrady it will be well worth his while.
The woman from the first episode who grabbed the note from the dead body is Sophia Lugo, and she says she’s James Whistler’s girlfriend. Following up on the clue on the note, Link meets up with her at Banco de Versailles as she’s withdrawing Whistler’s belongings. He takes what she got, a book about birds, and she doesn’t seem to have a clue what he’s talking about in terms of his and Michael’s involvement in the situation, or at least that’s how she wants it to appear to whoever’s watching (and they know somebody is).
Alex catches up with Whistler, insisting he’s better off going with him. He drags him to the courtyard, where a riot due to lack of water is pending. Just as things are getting out of control, Scofield finishes working his magic, lights the alcohol filled bags, and causes water to come flying out through the pipes, giving everybody plenty of water, making them temporarily forget they hate each other. Lechero is very pleased with this and agrees to hand Whistler over to Michael.
Sucre decides against going back to Chicago to make sure his family is safe, following Lincoln’s advice. He promises Maricruz he’ll find her when he gets his life together.
When Link gets back to the hotel, Susan’s there waiting for the bird guide, threatening to kill him if he doesn’t give it to her. Prepared for this, he hands her a fake one, then pulls the real one out of his other pocket after she leaves.
At the end of the episode, Whistler asks Michael how they’re getting out of there, receiving a response that he has no idea.
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