TV Review: Prison Break - "Unearthed"

T-Bag (Robert Knepper) has managed to make off with the entire D.B. Cooper fortune. Unlucky for him is the fact that Bellick (Wade Williams) knows exactly where he is going and manages to beat him to the punch, capturing him.

Meanwhile, Scofield (Wentworth Miller) has evaded capture and learns of Tweener’s death. He is able to use that genius of his and a computer and discover all the nasty little secrets Mahone (William Fichtner) has buried in his backyard. Coupled with an interview with Mahone’s ex wife, Scofield calls Mahone and tells him to back off.
Mahone knows where Scofield is going to rendezvous with Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies), so he’s feeling pretty damned brave about the whole thing.

Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) and his son LJ (Marshall Allman) make the stupid mistake of trying to catch a train and get caught by locals instead. And, while all this is going on, C-Note (Rockmond Dunbar) is able to get his daughter and wife right out from under the nose of the F.B.I.

This is one of those episodes that moves forward at an incredible rate. The hour feels like half that and you are left breathless at the end, wanting more. Prison Break has managed to become more of a viewing addiction than a lot of programming because it relies on the old Hollywood trick of the cliffhanger. Sure, it might seem tiresome to some people that the entire show hinges on a series of cliffhangers, one right after the other, but as long as it manages to be interesting, it will continue to work and continue to suck in new viewers with each episode.

Now that we know Agent Mahone is working for Madame President and his orders are to kill every one of the convicts, it becomes more interesting. These convicts think they are eluding the police and the worst thing that can happen is they will be sent back to Fox River. Now, they have to work under the knowledge they are being hunted down and executed one by one.

My only complaint is the scarce amount of screen time given to Haywire (Silas Weir Mitchell). Besides Scofield, he is probably one of the most interesting characters in the series and more should be done to develop his character.

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