WRITERS: Monica Macer & Seth Hoffman DIRECTOR: Greg Yaitanes
CAST: Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield), Dominic Purcell (Lincoln Burrows), William Fichtner (Agent Mahone), Robert Knepper (T-Bag), Paul Adelstein (Agent Kellerman), Sarah Wayne Callies (Dr Sara Tancredi), Marshall Allman (L.J), Wade Williams (Bellick), Matt DeCaro (Roy), Reggie Lee (Bill Kim), Anthony Denison (Aldo Burrows), Barbara Eve Harris (Lang), Jason Davis (Agent Wheeler), Callie Thorne (Pam Mahone) & Kristin Lehman (Jane Phillips)
Michael heads to a secret location to secure a place to Panama, while Lincoln and Aldo discover an enemy close to hand. Meanwhile, T-Bag tracks the $5 million and Agent Kellerman tortures Sarah...This episode is a little strained in its attempts to refocus the season as we reach the mid-way point, but it's still a great deal of fun if you ignore some goofs from writers Monica Macer and Seth Hoffman.
Wentworth Miller grapples with better material as his guilt over crimes he's committed for the greater good take hold. Miller is a charismatic and likeable lead actor, but Michael's never been particularly talkative and he's often used as a means to an end. In recent weeks the stories have been able to peel away some layers of Michael's character -- last week with love interest Sara and now with his conscience.
A personal aspect to proceedings has also returned for Dominic Purcell as Lincoln. Purcell gets a lot of grief from some snottier critics, as he generally just broods and mumbles in his performances. But I like him -- he has a believable intensity and sells the brotherly and fatherly angle to his character. He's also a pretty decent action hero through his physical presence, but the recent reappearance of his father Aldo is giving him something meatier to get stuck into.
The ongoing Bellick and Roy shenanigans over the $5 million seems like padding the longer it goes on, although Bolshoi Booze atleast wraps things up nicely with T-Bag tracking down double-crossing Roy (who has been spending his cash in a swanky hotel suite full of prostitutes).
Paul Adelstein continues to do great work as Agent Kellerman, here forced to torture Sara for a voice recording that could expose the White House conspiracy into the now-President's supposedly dead brother. It's about time proper reasoning was added to this plot strand, as Kellerman's focus on Sara just to get to Lincoln through Michael was beginning to strain credibility. Of course, the writers seem to have invented this new piece of the puzzle at the last-minute, but atleast it's plausible.
Reggie Lee as Bill Kim, the latest villain who's been bubbling away in the background for awhile now, gets a great scene with trapped Agent Mahone that crackles with electricity. Lee is an exciting new addition to the show who's proving to be very enjoyable to watch in a real boo-hiss manner.
