Prison Break 3x09 - Boxed In
Jan. 16th, 2008 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seriousficPretty boring. Yeah, like anyone's gonna get a comeuppance because an authority figure got some news. At its best, the show walks the line of making you wonder whether the plan is going to come off... but come on, Scofield Luck outweights even Parker Luck. So even Buddhist monks that had never watched a TV show before could've told you that Michael's plan, such as it was, wouldn't work. The scheming from the regulars was a little fun, but without the central thrill of "how is Mikey gonna get out of this one," everything else just kinda fell flat.
Although in terms of getting Susan B. and InAVendettaKindOfMood!Michael some facetime together, success. Still, those cards could've been laid on the table better by having Michael confront them while Whistler and Susan were confabbing. And that could've tied into a more interesting episode plotline. That way, everyone's a winner, just like in special ed.
Oh, and a prison warden uncovering a conspiracy that has resulted in multiple dead guards and almost broke out a prisoner... then tells no one and takes off with the one guard who ALSO knows about the conspiracy, so they get killed and the entire confession gets a reset button hit about it? Another one of those fabulous PB contrivances. Oh, how I've missed you, PB contrivances, and what fun we shall have?
Although in terms of getting Susan B. and InAVendettaKindOfMood!Michael some facetime together, success. Still, those cards could've been laid on the table better by having Michael confront them while Whistler and Susan were confabbing. And that could've tied into a more interesting episode plotline. That way, everyone's a winner, just like in special ed.
Oh, and a prison warden uncovering a conspiracy that has resulted in multiple dead guards and almost broke out a prisoner... then tells no one and takes off with the one guard who ALSO knows about the conspiracy, so they get killed and the entire confession gets a reset button hit about it? Another one of those fabulous PB contrivances. Oh, how I've missed you, PB contrivances, and what fun we shall have?
