gimmie a break...

Well after 4 LONG months PRISON BREAK finally returned. And since now it only has 6 REAL TV episodes left (excluding the '2 bonus episodes' and 'THE FINAL BREAK' hour-long future episode planned for DVD release in July) After that, as far as the world, plot and characters of PRISON BREAK is concerned it's done dinner... So you'd THINK or at least I thunk that with this curtain call and more than enough time to ponder, plan and film 'HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO END' they'd have some impetus or drive or inspiration or SOMETHING to make their (season 1, season 2 and EVEN mostly season 3) great. Perhaps its just my way of being but my expectations completely fell short of anything because instead of giving STARVED obsessed and distraught prison break fans a refreshing shot of visual adrenaline (PB STYLE!) we were treated to the same old, same old stale pandering around "10 guys in a room with fuck all tdo" scenario...a glossy new opening scene...some flashy camera-work and even flashier shirts but as far as REAL MEAT on the table, it was bare bones.

Hadn't we ALREADY established 4 MONTHS AGO through that 'gripping' cliffhanger, that the buyer and company agent was ACTUALLY Lincoln's mother!?!
Although it seemed like NONE of the guys seemed to grasp this at all spending half an hour gawking at a computer and each other saying "REALLY?!" (As if they, like us, couldn't believe the writer's would chose such an obvious, tiresome cliche route either...but there we have it.

So half of the episode was spent trying to make 'mom' look as viciously mob-boss as possible while still retaining some sort of motherly charm...the result being...an annoying mess. Where's Angela Petrelli when you want her to sit and look cold..yet caring.

The other half I dont even know...ONCE AGAIN the writer's felt they needed to GIVE MEANING to the other characters (which they did) but in doing so...well, what a mess...

I guess they thought T-BAG needed ANOTHER reason to keep going (originally at the start of season 4 it was pure vengeance, a vendetta against michael - which was plausible as well as pleasing) next they felt they totally wanted to RE-INVENT T-Bag turning him from a cold-blooded paedophile with speckles of remorse to a fully-pledged, good guy, a respectable business man...Cole Pfierer(sp?) LOL although that was completely ditched too...and then Lincoln took out some of his teeth remember?!...but that was all done and forgot about by next week. Well since Michael's mother has been introduced why not... T-BAG'S MOTHER!! (WHY NOT?!) turns out she's alive (even though their had been no mention of her AT ALL until right now, 6 episodes before the end) she's safe and sound in an old folks mental home...OR NOT (woah, twist) the general has APPARENTLY taken her, LJ, Pam(?) and that photo of Self's we see ocassionally (but dont really care about) as an insurance policy but more than that a pathetic reason for the writers to justify their hanging around til end time.

So what really happened? Not a lot.

The general got double-crossed and then "died" but obviously didnt before they later made it obvious that he didnt...hooray, oh yeah an unknown, unimportant agent lackey shot Michael's car window mid-sentence (tenner's bet we'll never see him again) that was about as exciting as it got for them, as they spent the rest of the episode seeking refuge in a van...talking about various MOM shit before an unconvincing agent 'i smell an extra' who i will dub as 'MEAN GUY' shows up, "SHOCKINGLY" killing the driving and trying to take the van back to COMPANY HQ...the racing drama that follows consists of Michael and Sara trying to wedge a van door open....yass....

The other guys raid a mosque or pray area or somethin which just totally seemed like US writers tryin to take an untasteful jab at muslims to me...usually T-Bag's quips are quirky, sly, cheeky racist remarks but the whole chicken blood thing just went a bit too far...especially since mahone even got in on it too LOL.

Anyway they force their way in and guns are found and a firefight ensues with T-Bag...finally scoring the only good line of the episode when the muslim takes out a gun and he retorts "NOW THAT'S NOT VERY HEAVENLY IS IT?" ...10 mins left and it was the first thing to make me smile.

Oh yeah and Lincoln meets up with mom-boss instead of confrontational family reunion theres some petty back and forth...lincoln goes along with what she says but in the end tries to go back and ends up with a sniper at his head...END

will he die next week?
No - I'd say not.

Instead of a welcome back thrill-ride I gots not a lot

It's hard to say I'm impressed when theres so little to be impressed by, it's heartbreaking.

Sorry for the bitch and moan about Prison Break
I'll gladly stop when it promises too.

More general less MOM please oh and as a wild-stab in the dark guess SELF is STILL working with the company I CAN FEEL IT because "that guy ran away" bullshit a mile of

he's a snake and a liar
KILL HIM, KILL HIM

THAT IS ALL.