[PRB] Disconnect

TV Programme: Prison Break
Season: 2
Episode: 12
Date I watched this episode: 28/03/2009
Time since I last watched this programme: 3 days.

This episode kicked off really well with the explanation of how Aldo and Michael had met before. It's something that they could have just thrown away easily as a passing glance, but they really tied in a lot of story here: Michael's confession that he'd watched a man die when he was a child, Michael's intuition for breaking out of places... The way the scenes were cut together, to make you think Aldo was the foster father, was excellent. The opening sequence in general was brilliant.

The title of the episode presumably refers to Michael's attempts to establish a connection with Sara's cellphone. The ending of the episode was heartbreaking; Michael had tried so hard to get through to Sara and then didn't manage it in the end. I'm sure the two will meet up again in future though.

Alexander Mahone was great in this episode once more. I think William Fitchner is so amazing at acting in silence. The scene when he looks around the desert shack is a beautiful piece of television, yet no lines are spoken in the whole scene. He can tell so much with his facial expressions and body language. He's clearly a man on the edge now, and as of the end of this episode, within inches of his quarry.

The other two storylines in this episode: C-Note and Brad, were not great. The C-Note story was just too simple and predictable, although it still left me feeling sad for him at the end. As far as Brad is concerned, I just don't really care what happens to him anymore. He is too much of a two-dimensional character who has no ethics whatsoever, and contrasted to the brilliant Mahone, he just doesn't measure up one bit.

The next episode is going to be very interesting. It's hard to see how Sucre is going to escape from the inevitable plane crash, or how Michael and Lincoln will escape from Mahone who now looks set to kill them; there is no Aldo to save them now (although I suppose Jane is still out there). Also I don't know what's next for Paul. Surely he has come to the end of the road with The Company, and must now join the rebels. I'd be sad to see his character go, and I think the next episode he appears in will be a turning point for him. Overall, I really enjoyed this episode and I think there is much to look forward to this season.