S4EP17 - The Mother Lode

[joeyjoejoe]

Been a while since I could post in here, glad we're back to business. All I can say about this episode is, WOW!

The cliffhanger at the end was great, but knowing how this show operates, I suspect Linc will be fine in the next episode.

We also got to see a little bit more about the people behind the retrieval of Scylla, and that Mrs. Scofield wants to kill the general in order to take over.

My only complaint is that things seem to be moving too quickly, there are too many balls up in the air all at once. I guess they are pulling out all the stops in these last few episodes. Also, a couple of questions:

Who sent the man to kill Michael and Sara? Christina Scofield? How would one man working on his own track them down that easily? Why didn't he call for backup when Michael broke through the truck?

What happened to Gretchen? Has she been written out of the show? They didn't show any resolution to the cliffhanger from the fall finale.

Also... I'd like to point out that Mrs. Scofield's guard is not Kellerman. <sigh>

[joeyjoejoe]

Oh, and slaughtering chickens is a crime. Who knew?

[gunners]

I don't think that guard was sent to kill Scofield and Sara otherwise any idiot would have surly just shot them when they were trapped in the lorry. I think he was taking them to Scofields mum maybe?

I imagine Gretchen has now been captured by police.

The best sceen is with T-bag and the religious guy when he touches his hand hahaha

[matt729]

It was a good return after the 4 month break. I think Kathleen Quinlan is an awesome addition to the cast and a very good villain. She just has a very cold vibe about her. It's so thrilling and full of surprises! I didn't wait 3 months for nothing! Sorry, but Prison Break is the best show on tv!



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[LovPrisonBreak]

Indeed!

I also say WOW...

The last scene, I would never expect... not sure cos we have our mothers and in our perspective they would never give the green light to kill her own son/daughter.

I very much hesitated to believe that she was a villain... I thought she wanted to take down the company but Michael was right when he told Sarah that he was pissed with his brother to accept an offer from the company.

So now? what is next me mates? Will the brothers whack down their own mother?
What about the general? Is he the less worst of them all? or perhaps his mother is trying to do something good and in order to save the civilization she might have to kill her own son? (Remember when she said to her bodyguard: "if they only know what I am trying to do").

Don't know, don't know... I am really messed up with all these...

I can just say: I am very much looking forward to seeing the next episode - do anyone work at Fox Corporation? If so, release the next episode ASAP...

catch you all soon... please send some thoughts!


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Originally Posted by joeyjoejoe

Been a while since I could post in here, glad we're back to business. All I can say about this episode is, WOW!

The cliffhanger at the end was great, but knowing how this show operates, I suspect Linc will be fine in the next episode.

We also got to see a little bit more about the people behind the retrieval of Scylla, and that Mrs. Scofield wants to kill the general in order to take over.

My only complaint is that things seem to be moving too quickly, there are too many balls up in the air all at once. I guess they are pulling out all the stops in these last few episodes. Also, a couple of questions:

Who sent the man to kill Michael and Sara? Christina Scofield? How would one man working on his own track them down that easily? Why didn't he call for backup when Michael broke through the truck?

What happened to Gretchen? Has she been written out of the show? They didn't show any resolution to the cliffhanger from the fall finale.

Also... I'd like to point out that Mrs. Scofield's guard is not Kellerman. <sigh>

[candyrose]

My only complaint is that things seem to be moving too quickly, there are too many balls up in the air all at once. I guess they are pulling out all the stops in these last few episodes

I don't know if I would make the same assessment. Prison Break is notorious for being fast paced and having a lot going on, so this episode was normative and certainly wasn't out of place. This, of course, is simply my opinion.
I'm glad they didn't drag things out, to be honest. There are many other shows where if similar circumstances had been incorporated into the story, they would have postponed the "big reveal" and let the story trudge along. Plus, the series is reaching its conclusion. There are only a handful of episodes left, and the story needs to move at a satisfactory pace in order to give the fans a good ending, where all the loose ends are tied.

Who sent the man to kill Michael and Sara? Christina Scofield? How would one man working on his own track them down that easily? Why didn't he call for backup when Michael broke through the truck?

I don't think he was trying to kill them. He could have killed them at any point because he pretty much had them trapped in the back of the truck. It seemed like he was taking them somewhere, perhaps to meet up with Mrs. Scofield. She may have wanted to talk to him, much like she did with Linc, and try to convert him to her side. She was probably aware of what Micheal was up to and how he was interfering with the company's retrieval of Scylla, which could potentially get in the way of her own plans.

What happened to Gretchen? Has she been written out of the show? They didn't show any resolution to the cliffhanger from the fall finale.

No, she has not been written out of the series and will be appearing in future episodes, although I don't remember which ones.

I have to say I was impressed by Dominic's performance. He had some emotionally compelling scenes, IMO, and the inner conflict his character was experiencing was well conveyed on screen. Surprisingly, I thought Wentworth did a good job as well. This season, thus far, has not been his best, but the scene where he was talking about childhood memories and the birdhouse was a nice departure from what we viewers usually see from his character.

I think [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]Kathleen [COLOR=blue ! important]Quinlan[/color][/color][/color]
is an awesome addition to the cast and a very good villain.

I agree. I think it was a good casting choice.

[prisonfun]

I'm glad for prison break return. Ep17 was a fantastic! I liked how Link plays his role.
I just want to tell that nor Gretchen, nor Sucre did not leave show because I saw their names in main title.
I think Cristina Scofield want to kill general for becoming The company headman.
I have another idea maybe she is already headman of Company, remember her words "tell you what. Why don't you gether up the brain trust, that half-witted daughter and your psychotic mustress? Why don't you get together and figure out where scylla is? Then call me."
This man in truck wasn't sent to kill Michael and Sara, he wanted to take them to Cristina. Remember what Scofield found from his pocket- the paper, maybe its a location where Cristina waits for to bring them in 16:30. VS mean something cause the main title of episode 18 called VS.
What about Mahone? When they found something from church, it was a chip-card, but they told Link that they found some credit card or something. I can't who's side Mahone. Why Cristina hire man to kill her own sun.

[grizzler]

I think Christina is someone who believes in killing for the greater good. She sees the potential of the Company as a force of good which is why she wants to kill the general and take over. She also believes that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one, even if it may be her own son. I also think she's been brainwashed into thinking like this and in future episodes Michael is going to make an emotional plea to get her back on the side of good and destroy the Company. She's going to have a change of heart.

[joeyjoejoe]

Originally Posted by candyrose

I don't know if I would make the same assessment. Prison Break is notorious for being fast paced and having a lot going on, so this episode was normative and certainly wasn't out of place. This, of course, is simply my opinion.

I don't know....

They are certainly packing a lot in, and while I agree that PB does that a lot, the last few episodes have had me thinking the show was moving in a different direction. The tone of this episode was much more like a Season 2 episode rather than a Season 4 episode. I'll get over it.

Originally Posted by candyrose

I don't think he was trying to kill them. He could have killed them at any point because he pretty much had them trapped in the back of the truck. It seemed like he was taking them somewhere, perhaps to meet up with Mrs. Scofield. She may have wanted to talk to him, much like she did with Linc, and try to convert him to her side. She was probably aware of what Micheal was up to and how he was interfering with the company's retrieval of Scylla, which could potentially get in the way of her own plans.

I'm not convinced he was working for their mother. Michael had already been told that his mother was alive, so I don't really think the writers would make a big deal about that, especially since Linc had already met with her. Wouldn't you think Michael would be willing (and excited) to meet his mother, so why would the writers make a big deal about who this guy was working for? I dunno....

There's more going on here, I suspect he was working for someone else, hell maybe it was the Padman faction (funny to say that now), they are the ones that had spotted him in Arizona.

Originally Posted by candyrose

I have to say I was impressed by Dominic's performance. He had some emotionally compelling scenes, IMO, and the inner conflict his character was experiencing was well conveyed on screen. Surprisingly, I thought Wentworth did a good job as well. This season, thus far, has not been his best, but the scene where he was talking about childhood memories and the birdhouse was a nice departure from what we viewers usually see from his character.

Yeah I totally agree, I thought Wentworth didn't care at the beginning of the season either. I also really liked the scenes in the church with T-Bag, Self, and Mahone. Good episode overall, I just wish I had more to look forward to.

[joeyjoejoe]

What's the deal with the ID cards and guns? Any guesses? Did anyone spot what was on the cards?