Prison Break...of course

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Bumped for a F[color=black]U[/color]CK YEAH!

Just....yes. T-Bag/Bellick is hard to beat, especially when it involves violence, bondage, and yo mama jokes. Oh the yo mama jokes...

Anyone who didn't LOVE the snarking between them is mentally ill.

I think this is going to call for a new sig. The bitches are dead, besides Michael, time for some Teddy and Brad love. When I stop being lazy.



(and, as always, LJ has the worst life ever)
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"I care about people as much as I care about lawn furniture" - Dexter/Michael C. Hall

[loveliesbleeding]

Its been so long since I last posted here!
Pahh.

For the past few episodes Ive noticed them portraying Teddy as rather bright becoming less stubble then previously. Which is good, very good.

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Last year I was annoyed that they completely rewrote T-Bag's profile and timeline on the website during the hiatus. But given that he was only meant to last two episodes, now it's understandable that they had to move some things around to make the Susan storyline work and give him something to do on the outside. So glad they did.

And I always love those little human moments in some of the more evil characters. I like Bellick much more this season, and liked him last season when Sara shot him down in the flashback, 'cause it's those little "underneath the hard exterior" moments. When he went home to his mother after being fired...and now with T-Bag making fun of him for living with her...most excellent.

Of course same goes for Teddy with James/James Jr. being killed, Susan betraying him, and last night's scene in the house. Yaaay.

The Michael/Sara storyline bothers me a little less when there's such good things to focus on instead. Unfortunately the Sara thing is just going to get worse.

It's kinda sad that I don't care all that much about Linc/LJ being captured or what's gonna happen to Michael's plan. I just wanna see how the T-Bag/Bellick situation plays out.
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"I care about people as much as I care about lawn furniture" - Dexter/Michael C. Hall

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....I need to think happy thoughts for awhile.


Even though I knew a lot of what was going to happen, some of this week was very....ugh. The Sara storyline is almost so bad it's funny at this point. And, sorry to say, I wasn't at all impressed by Went's acting in the "hello Sara" scene. Bros before hos, Michael!

I don't like Bellick anymore. Well I do, for plot reasons, but now he and Geary are just cunts. Kellerman is now my only beloved government villain. Go Kellerman! Kill the bad doctor. All the T-Bag scenes...technically good, but still hard to watch. For me. Not for the subject matter, I love Oz (etc), just 'cause that's some hardcore dedication. Poor Teddy. The writers give him five million dollars, then take his girl away and beat the sh[color=black]i[/color]t out of him. Nice.

...Does anyone really even care about Sucre anymore? His story was cute last season, but it's so overshadowed and unimportant compared to everyone else. Might as well capture him sooner than later and get it over with.

At least T-Bag and Kellerman and even Michael/Mahone makes up for the sickening crap moments this season. T-Bag [i]still[/i] rules. In his pimp shoes.
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"I care about people as much as I care about lawn furniture" - Dexter/Michael C. Hall

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If any law-enforcer (I would say antagonist but that could apply to pretty much every char.) ever, ever joins up with Michael et al I may keel over from the clich-ness of it all but I can kind of see it happening

Also, I thought the T-bag torture scene was generally well done and I just really enjoy Kneppers acting, its very raw, for lack of a better word. In any case you can tell that Robert enjoys those type of scenes, and Im glad he does.

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Robert's da bomb. 'Cause unlike the Tom Cruises and even Wentworths out there....his scenes ain't pretty. And like you said, very "raw". Especially apparent in an episode with such a poor showing from Went.

I don't think Mahone (or Kellerman/Bellick/etc) will ever [i]really[/i] side with the escapees (especially Kellerman)...but the writers [i]are[/i] trying to blur the line of loyalties this season. Michael getting in Mahone's head and trying to bargain their way across the border, while clever and moderately effective, doesn't really change the fact Mahone [i]has[/i] to get these guys. Letting them get away is just as bad for his record as needlessly killing them. Which even that isn't particularly needless, 'cause the Company wants them all dead too.

Kellerman, well...he has been given a little soft spot for Sara, but he's still the most evil bastard of the bunch, as Rob and Wade have agreed. And now that he's been booted down the ladder so quickly, he needs a little success [i]somewhere[/i] to get some respect back. I always hated him in the beginning, thought he was a dumb single dimensional character...till right around the time he killed Hale for naming him. My favorite part is still that he named his fictional gay lover after Hale. The way he's panned out, mostly this season, has put him way up on my list of favorite characters. But that could be partly 'cause Abruzzi's dead.

I dunno, I see what you mean, and some of it has bugged me, but I've been too annoyed by Michael/Sara to care much about any other issues. Aside from the issue with the girl who played Maricruz quitting, thus part of why Sucre's entire storyline this season has consisted of phone calls to friends. Dull.

Aaaand, yeah. T-Bag's shoes win the last episode. Everyone keeps talking about the suit, but those [i]shoes[/i] are such an alabama white trash style choice. Excellent.
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"I care about people as much as I care about lawn furniture" - Dexter/Michael C. Hall

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The shoes are rather abfab, though I find the "Southern Gothic" theme to be a little overly extreme. Also, death by champagne bottle? Lovely.

And both torture scenes remind my of George Orwell's [i]1984[/i]... But mostly in the Sara// Kellerman love-hate tourture scene, for odvious reasnons.

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The Sara/kellerman scene was so...delightfully ridiculous. My favorite part was when he said "smarten up for ONCE in your life" and she still stared at him with that dumb "what?" look. He's saying you're a moron, darling, just like the rest of the world.

The only thing that keeps bothering me about the T-Bag storyline is that so much time has been given to Michael/Linc that T-Bag's scenes have been compressed down to the bare essentials. So you get MichaelMichaelMichaelMichael--two minutes of single motive T-Bag--michaelLincmichaelmichaelmichael. Now, though, will be interesting. 'Cause the most common "known" storylines pretty much ended at Geary. Where he goes from here with the money is anyone's guess.
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I must say, on the topic of any of the government people helping the convicts out....I'm a tad worried about Kellerman. Granted I love his character at the moment, but if, because the company has abandoned him, he helps out Michael/Linc to get back at them...I won't be happy.

BUT, at least there will be a revenge motivation, and not "oh, well, I guess they are the good guys and what I'm doing is wrong". They've set up a really good premise for him (beyond first season's rather static "kill kill kill"), I'd hate to see them ruin it by making him a purely good guy.

At least help out the brothers then betray them. Like everyone else does.
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There is only so much you can do with a story line like that, someone is going to get screwed and then get through it and then get screwed again, it's the how that I enjoy. And for the most part, the acting.

Annnnyway, Kellerman has that thing for Sara and will probably do something to help her and or kill her eveuntally.

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Indeed, 'tis very repetetive, but it always has been. They managed to get 23 hours out of a plan to break out of prison. That's a lot of "k we're gonna do this...SHIT! Foiled again. New plan..." And I <3 it.

Kellerman won't (successfully) kill her. He should. She was supposed to die instead of Veronica. But nooo. Fox must have their romance, implied, impossible, or otherwise. And as much as they love to talk about how "no one's safe"...obviously some characters are. There's too many Michael/Sara fangirls to kill her.

Long as Kellerman stays an evil, manipulative son of a bitch, that's good enough for me.
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Finale spoilers...

Kellerman Kellerman Kellerman... shame on you. I can't decide how to feel about him. On one hand, the whole point was that he was an emotionless bastard that would kill you without a second thought. I suppose, given how he was betrayed (and we all know how he feels about betrayal ), the self serving gesture of revenge is nice. Not like he can make it all better and start to do a good job at killing the brothers. But on the other hand...you're on the wrong side now, douchebag. It'll really depend on how he does in the next few episodes, whether or not I like the new Kellerman direction. I have faith in Paul, he does subtlety very well (moreso this season than last season's killing machine).

What am I saying, I should hate him for having a soft spot for Sara.

Bellick is quite literally screwed. That's karma, bitch. I've known it was coming for awhile, but nothing was quite as nice as seeing him in the prison orange. Wantin' his mommy.

Sucre, wandering the desert. Lucky boy.

Aaaaaand, T-Bag. lolz Well, if there was a prize for sleaziest, most sickeningly charming psychopath, he'd be a winner. My mother couldn't get over Denise falling for him in the first place, what with how rough he's lookin' on the run (she finds him creepy looking anyway, T-Bag or not). But there's a lot of desperate women out there. He came so close to getting the HOOK. It's not very appropriate for being on the run, but c'mon, it's a hook. Always has the best lines. And Susan should make for some excellent new fun this January.

In the end, not quite the cliffhanger of last year's "we run" or "unfortunately pretty, that ain't an option", but a very entertaining episode anyway. I don't like being left at a huge turning point for months on end.

They can easily get another 9 episodes out of it. This is already long, so I'll abandon my "what will happen after" novel that's useless at this point.


Hooray for another successful fall season. And hooray for them managing to keep my interest for 15 months and counting.

(and give Robert the emmy already)



ETA: 'K...one thing I have to add in the good!Kellerman defense...the three of them working together will be all kinds of awesome. Kellerman killed Linc's ex-wife and chased LJ. And now he's got a thing for Sara, whatever it may be, Michael will surely be pleased about that. And the torture. "Hey, nice burn..." "Uh, yeah, ironing accident" How they'll come to be admiring Kellerman's chest is yet to be determined. It's kind of a dumb premise, but I'll get a kick out of the awkward interaction. Maybe it can help fill the void caused by no more T-Bag/Abruzzi bickering.
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"I care about people as much as I care about lawn furniture" - Dexter/Michael C. Hall

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Was that Avocado in the cell with Bellic? Because that would be a glorious and truly enjoyable arrangement not that I dont like Bellic but I like him more when bad things happen to him.
Of course it is a little concerning that I remember Avocados name

In next season I can see more bad things happening to Sucre and C note (if anything), general betrayal by the brothers or Kellerman or both, Teddy being well Teddy and some fairly foreseeable plot twists

Still I cant get over the fact that they named Sucre after the capital of Bolivia and// or a South American general

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Sucre wasn't special enough for a prison nick. Poor thing.

And yes, that was Avocado. Absolutely priceless. And if Bellick tries to fight back like Tweener, even more priceless.

The spring half should be pretty much the same. Aside from the whole "ZOMG WE MUST SOLVE TEH MYSTERY!!!!" More people will die. Or be captured at least.


Then next season...next fall...if Paul S. follows through with it...that's the real mystery. 'Cause it was pretty obvious how he was going to make season two different than season one, what with it being constant chase chase chase. But he said his idea for season three was entirely different than both the previous seasons. Which is kinda scary, since they're so fond of killing off characters.

Paul's right that technically he could keep the story going indefinitely with such an elaborate (however farfetched) plot and interesting characters, but eventually you run out of people if you keep putting bullets in them. Tweener and even Abruzzi weren't such huge losses, but too many more and you're down to the brothers.
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"I care about people as much as I care about lawn furniture" - Dexter/Michael C. Hall