The problem is that we’ve never seen this so called “change” in Sara! Sara is pretty much the same girlie girl who is way too dependent on Scofield that we saw in season two. Despite us knowing that she survived torture at the hands of Gretchen, and witnessing a couple of scenes where Callies unconvincingly thrashes around some wood, Sara has hardly been depicted as a lady who’s changed to become someone capable of cold-blooded murder. Sara barely even raises her voice, not even to Scofield when he refused to go to the hospital last week. In short, Sara has been and still is a pussy cat. We don’t believe that Sara is capable of murder, but we are supposed to be convinced that the General believed that she was? Surely the General is a lot more astute than to buy this deceit.
The scene would’ve been a lot more believable and effective if they had stationed Mahone or Sucre with Sara, since Sara has never been imaged as someone capable of holding a gun, much less aiming one at someone’s face and pulling the trigger! On top of that, Callies, with her extremely limited acting ability, wasn’t able to convince us that her character would actually pull the trigger either. She couldn’t convince us, so how did she convince Lisa? It was rather ludicrous that the General would’ve believed Sara at all. In fact, it was rather outlandish that Lisa listened to Sara, instead of just whipping the gun out of her hand.
However, atrocities aside, this episode was simply fun and exciting. It was certainly a blast of an adventure that kept us spellbound. The ending of “Selfless” left us on a cliffhanger that returns the gang to turmoil once again, just as we thought they were finally free, thereby enticing us to watch next week with bated breath. Spellbound indeed!
Article comments
1 - pbisfun
The General wasn't about to gamble with his daughter's life. So he had no choice, really.
2 - Guy, Paris
However, Sara did held a scalpel to Gretchen's throat, and even made her bleed... something "old" Sara would never do...
3 - Beth
Sara survived torture at the hands of Gretchen AND KELLERMAN. If I remember correctly Sara almost strangled Kellerman with a cord (season 2)and she was the one who killed Bill Kim.
4 - Sara
Although Wayne Callies potrays Sara as a demure, sweet lady..her character is anything but. Sara is an ex-drug addict, who apparently supplied her junkie bfs with drugs, instrumental in allowing convicts to escape from prison, nearly strangled Kellerman, shot Bill Kim in the heart to his death, bled Gretchen's throat...and if these are not enough to prove she is capable of holding a gun to someone's head, then the simple fact that Michael asked her to is enough.
Sara is way head over heels in love with Michael and will do anything for him...he is all she has left!!
5 - mel
You are wrong ! Sarah Wayne Callies is a really great actress !!!
6 - Joebohio
I have to wonder how much time the writer has invested in actually watching the show. Sarah Wayne Callies is very good. As others have already noted; she nearly strangled Kellerman to death and shot Bill Kim to death at the end of season 2. This before she was tortured by Gretchen.