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The episode opens where Chicago left off: Sara and Michael waltz into the cigar club, even though they are two of the most wanted people in America. It’s surprising that Michael is willing to take such a big risk. Once inside, they arent sure what to do. The concierge asks for Sara to come with him. Michael grabs Sara and they escape through the kitchen. This sets off an alarm. Two cop cars give chase down a short alley, but Michael and Sara make it back to the car with Lincoln and Kellerman. Michael shows a flyer he took from the club: it turns out the ex-warden Henry Pope is a member of the cigar club, so they plot to get his help. They show up at Pope’s house, who is in no mood to deal with felons. Pope says Michael betrayed him. He goes to call the police. Michael pulls a gun and says Pope can’t do that. Pope still refuses to help, even after Michael puts the gun down. Michael says he can offer something to Pope.
T-Bag drives the Hollander family to his boyhood home. He pulls out a worn looking dictionary. The ghosts of his past show up to haunt him. A flashback to his youth follows. He recites synonyms for destroy for his father’s drunk friends. Later in his bedroom, he says he feels like a freak. But his father insists he study the dictionary. It’s his ticket to being president, his father says. His father rubs him in a not so paternal way. Back to the present and T-Bag says he is really to put down roots. He obviously wants to try to make some good memories. But does he think he can make it work through shear force?
Sucre meanwhile is on his way to the aeropuerto to meet Maricruz. But the Volkswagen runs out of gas 20 miles away. Even on this lonely stretch road, he gets a ride. The driver is going to the airport, even! What luck! But it turns out the driver is airport security. The guard says they got a tip that an American fugitive was flying in. The fugitive isn’t flying in however, he’s already there!
C-Note goes to a hospital to try to get help for his daughter, who is only getting sicker. But without any insurance or identification, they refuse him help, even calling him homeless! He is of course insulted and storms out. But as he is leaving, Mahone shows up. A chase ensues and Mahone catches C-Note and his daughter on a train. But he lets them go. Mahone was thinking of his own son who was in the hospital. Was this why he let them go?
Back in Mexico, Sucre arrives at the airport. He is eager to distance himself from the guard. Just as Sucre is walking away, the airport security guard learns that Sucre is the man he is to be looking for. Esta aqui! Down on the terminal, Maricruz arrives and is looking for Sucre. They have a short reunion, for security is right behind them. They make it out of the airport and into a taxi. For now they are safe. Maricruz seems generally happy to see Sucre and be on the run with him. This could be the end of Sucre’s story, as he and Maricruz could disappear into the Mexican countryside. But knowing Prison Break, this won’t be the case.
Apparently whatever Michael offered to Pope has worked, because Pope has agreed to go into the cigar club. Sara and Michael have a light and humorous exchange.
Sara: You sure about this?
Michael: Nope
Sara: Either way you still owe me dinner
Michael and Sara make a date. It shows that they believe they will make it out of this situation and they can lead a normal life.
Pope makes it to Tencredi’s lockbox. Inside is a thumbdrive. He borrows someone’s computer to see what is on the thumbdrive. Outside, everyone is getting nervous about how long it’s taking. Just then Pope walks out but Bill Kim shows up and stops Pope before he can leave the cigar club. Bill tries to question him about what Pope found. Pope’s having none of it and tries to walk away but Bill flashes a gun and tries to get Pope in the car. Michael is behind the wheel of the stationwagon and it looks like he is going to make a getaway. Instead, Michael runs Bill down! Way to take charge. Pope dives into the station wagon. Bill pulls out his gun, ready to to take a shot. But before he can, Lincoln comes out of nowhere kicks him and beats him down. Kellerman takes out Bill’s partner. It seems they’re all working as a team. But Sara locks Kellerman out of the car and they drive away. Sirens are fast approaching, so Kellerman goes off on foot. It seems like a bad time to abandon Kellerman, but it is difficult to trust him. He did try to kill all three of them on multiple occasions.
Back at the T-Bag homestead, T-Bag is trying to clean up the house. He wants to build a family, one that isn’t of the Bagwell bloodline. He reveals he can’t procreate, but says this is a good thing because the Bagwell blood is bad blood. So he wants to start over. But Susan says she can’t do it. There is no way to force them to be a family. This isn’t what he want’s to hear, so he locks the Hollanders up in the shed. But later the police show up and free the Hollanders. It seems T-Bag was the one who called the police (not before leaving the scene), realizing that it could never work.
C-Note makes it to a free clinic and sees a less-than sympathetic doctor. He gives him the rest of the cash he has: $400. The doctor agrees to look at her. The doctor says C-Note’s daughter has renal failure and attempts to put a catheter in her neck. C-Note doesn’t trust him though, so he and daughter leave. They are hiding in an alley and she is dying. Sirens wail in the distance. It’s a hopeless situation. Then, C-Note sees a payphone, a way out. He calls Mahone. C-Note says he wants to turn himself in, provided his daughter get the help she needs and his wife goes free. Mahone is in no mood to make deals however. C-Note says he has some information. Intrigued by this Mahone gets the daughter to the hospital and the wife freed. Now it’s time for C-Note to hold up his bargain. C-Note whispers “I’ll get you Scofield.” He is led away in cuffs.
Michael, Sara and Lincoln returns to Pope’s house. Michael then reveals that the offer he made to Pope was that Michael agreed to turn himself in if Pope helped them. Sara and Lincoln are very against this. But Pope lets him go because of what he heard on the thumbdrive. He thinks that Michael might have been right about Lincoln’s innocence. Back at Sara’s, the trio gather around her computer to listen to the sound file. But before they (and we) get to hear it, it’s the end of episode.
It was a very drama filled and fast-paced episode. There were a lot of allusions to the bad blood that the title of the episode refrerred to: between Sara and Kellerman, Michael and Pope, T-Bag and Susan Hollander, and T-Bag’s own lineage. Michael and Lincoln are edging closer to the truth, but it seems to come in very small increments.
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THIS WEEK
SUNDAY
Desperate Housewives, episode 61: I Remember That.
MONDAY
Wife Swap
Super Nanny
TUESDAY
House, episode 60: Insensitive.
American Idol, Episode 198: Hollywood Round 1.
WEDNESDAY
American Idol, Episode 199: Hollywood Round 2.
Beauty and the Geek, episode 24: Beauty Queen and Geek King.
THURSDAY
Ugly Betty, episode 16: Derailed.
The Office, episode 46: Business School.
The OC, episode 91: Night Moves.
Scrubs, episode 126, My Perspective.
NEXT WEEK
SUNDAY
Desperate Housewives, episode 62: The Little Things You Do Together.
MONDAY
Prison Break, episode 39: Bad Blood.
TUESDAY
House back March 6.
American Idol, Episode 200: Top 12 Boys Perform.
WEDNESDAY
American Idol, Episode 201: Top 12 Girls Perform
Beauty and the Geek, episode 25: Beauties and Geeks reunite.
THURSDAY
American Idol, Episode 202: Results.
Ugly Betty on break.
The Office, episode 45: Cocktails.
The OC, episode 92: The End’s Not Near, It’s Here. Series Finale.
Scrubs, episode 127: My Theraputic Month.
The episode opens with Nate saying how sad he is that Jennylee had to go. But Megan is happy to see Cecille back. Nate tells Scooter that he is upset at what Cecille said in the elimination room (”You can take the blonde to the ranch, but you can’t take the bikini off the blonde.”) So Megan and Scooter confront Cecille about it and tell her it how it affected Nate. She of course feels no remorse and thinks Nate should have gotten to know her better instead of Jennylee. She does have a point though.
Mike the host calls the team down to the library to reveal the week’s challenge. Only this time there won’t be a challenge. Instead the each teammate will show the other a hobby they haven’t previously revealed. It all goes along with this week’s overarching theme of change. Finally the teams will get some downtime and some one on one time.
Megan takes Scooter to play some tennis. She’s a self-proclaimed tennis pro. What’s surprising is that she is a actually quite good. This comes as a shock only because she is so against any kind of physical activity. But Megan has really proved herself to be a good competitor.
Cecille meanwhile takes Nate to do some hip hop dancing. Nate has some rhythm and is able to pick up the moves pretty quickly. But of course Nate has that willingness to try anything and learn and grow.
Scooter’s favorite activity is hiking. From his the mountain man beard he came into the show with, this seems to fit him well. He and Megan hike up a hillside, and Scooter surprises her with a picnic he packed–but made her carry! Scooter, haven’t you learned anything about chivalry?
Nate flies in his Star Wars band from Harvard to perform for Cecille. This hard rock outfit writes songs based on scenes and characters from Star Wars. Even though their music is mostly noise rock, Cecille seems to genuinely enjoy it, even joining them on stage. We as viewers get to see another side of Nate.
The teams return to the mansion to reflect on their experiences. Megan says she’s just happy to have been on the show and to have learned something from the others. Megan really has come full circle in this competition. She says that she doesn’t even care about the money. Nate of course makes a Star Wars reference, comparing it to Luke going after the Death Star. Cecille just wants to win. That is all that is on her mind.
The teams are called to the elimination room. Mike says that the teams will be judged on how much they’ve changed during the competition. And the only way to determine that is to have the former housemates vote for them. The former teams are then shown in the library, to the happiness of the finalists. All but Cecille. Since she has been so cruel to other contestants, she knows that they will judge her harshly. The finalists will have 24 hours to sway the “judges.”
The finalists then reunite with the former teams. Nate and Jennylee of course make a beeline right for one another. As the finalists glad hand everyone, Nate and Mario step back to have a private conversation. Mario comments that everyone likes Nate, it’s just unfortunate that he has Cecille as a teammate. Mario is absolutely right, because Nate is very personable, whereas Scooter is a little more shy. At the end of the night, Cecille is ranting to Nate, saying that she doesn’t want to kiss a–. Nate just tells her she should be humble. She tells Nate that anyone who thinks they’ve changed from the show is ridiculous. Nate feels really hurt because he has been so changed so much.
The next day Nate tells EVERYONE not to vote for he and Cecille because if they win, Cecille won’t learn anything. It’s quite shocking at first to see him making this kind of sacrifice, but this really is his character. He might win just for being honest.
The final two teams head to elimination. Each of the former housemates will get one vote, so the final teams need seven votes to win. Jennylee is first to vote and of course chooses Nate (oh and Cecille.) The rest of the former housemates vote as they were eliminated.
Neils: Megan & Scooter
Nadia: Megan & Scooter
Mario: Megan & Scooter
Erin: Megan & Scooter
Drew: Megan & Scooter
Andrea: Megan & Scooter
Matt: Cecille & Nate
Sharee: Megan & Scooter
And with Sharee’s vote, Megan and Scooter have the seven votes needed and they are crowned Beauty Queen and Geek King. It’s a little anti-climatic. There are no balloons, no confetti, no fanfare.
Cecille is of course bitter, saying that any girl who learned something from a geek is stupid. Megan and Scooter were certainly the right choice. Scooter may have been a little boring, but he was always consistent and nice to everyone. Megan may have been a bit of an airhead but she was always willing to go the extra mile to help her team and everyone else on the show.
It was a great season and it should definitely get renewed!
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Webisode 002 - Music from this episode was provided by Bit Rationale from PodSafe Audio . This webisode dealt with television episodes that aired during the week of February 4 to February 10.
This Week’s Shows:
Prison Break, episode 38 - Chicago
American Idol, episode 196 - San Antonio, TX
Beauty and the Geek, episode 23 - Down on the Farm
American Idol, episode 197 - Best of the Rest
Ugly Betty, episode 15 - Brothers
The Office, episode 45 - Phyllis’ Wedding
The OC, episode 90 - The Shake-Up
Scrubs, episode 125 - My Road to Nowhere
Next Week’s Shows:
Desperate Housewives, episode 61 - I Remember That
American Idol, episode 198 - Hollywood Round One
Beauty and the Geek, episode 24 - Beauty Queen and Geek King
Ugly Betty, episode 16 - Derailed
The Office, episode 46 - Business School
The OC, episode 91 - Night Moves
Scrubs, episode 126 - My Perspctive
Shows to Watch:
The Thick of It - Premieres Thursday March 1
The episode opens with the Shake Up: an earthquake is shown causing a lot of damage. Wow, right into the drama! Um, no. The scene dissolves and the heading “72 Hours Earlier” is shown.
Summer and Taylor are at the mall, discussing the “surprise” party for that Summer and Ryan are planning for Taylor. Summer presses Taylor, asking her what she wants for her birthday. All Taylor wants is for Ryan to ask her to go to Berkeley with him. We know that Ryan is not going to do this. And Summer knows as well. “You applied to Berkeley?” Summer is thinking what we are: Taylor applied to follow Ryan. But turns out Taylor got in before she and Ryan starting dating. Oh and she also got into Princeton. It’s dubious as to when Taylor applied, but we’ll believe her for now.
Summer and Taylor see the day’s newspaper on a table and comment on the headline (Mayor Warns of Earthquake Weather). Taylor: “Makes you almost wish one would happen.” Be careful what you wish for Taylor!
Cut to the Cohen’s pool house. Ryan wakes up and Taylor is already there, breakfast prepared. Taylor is excited to see Ryan, but he doesn’t seem to share her sentiment. Could he be tiring of her constant appearance at his home? This is exaggerated by the fact that he takes about two bites of the breakfast Taylor worked so hard to prepare. Before he takes off, he tells Taylor he wants to his way with her as payment for planning her birthday. Again, Ryan is lacking just a bit in the romantic department. But he might make up for it at her birthday party.
Katelyn awakens to find Julie and Frank canoodling in Dr. Roberts’ kitchen. Julie is on a love buzz, but Katelyn is still sore from losing the Bullit as a step-father. She is downright nasty with Frank. He leaves for a job interview, leaving behind what Katelyn refers to as his convict bag. She eyes it with suspicion. What could she be planning?
Kirsten meanwhile has headed to the gym to sign up for pre-natal yoga. There she finds herself surrounded by 20 somethings who are more concerned with staying skinny during pregnancy. Some go so far as to say they would induce labor at eight months. Kirsten is shocked and not surprised at the same time. She knows this is how Newport is, but she is wondering how she can bring a new child into this kind of environment.
Ryan is now at work and Summer comes to visit him. She questions him on his big gift. Ryan has done pretty well, it would seem: he has had some poems Taylor translated from French professionally bound. Summer is unimpressed however. She thinks a better gift would be for Ryan to say “I love you.” This is not Ryan’s style though. So how will he resolve this?
Katelyn meets with Frank at the mall. Frank wants to know why she dislikes him so much. She says it’s because he is boring. “The Bullit was awesome!” She continues to insult him, but Frank remains calm. Julie meanwhile is back at the house. She looks in Frank’s bag and discovers . . . clown porn.
Summer has taken Seth to an art film exhibition put on by GEORGE (Global Environmental Organization Regarding Greenhouse Emissions). While Summer is totally into her latest fad, Seth is unimpressed by the films from a directorial standpoint. Summer challenges him to create something better.
We find Taylor and Ryan watching the old classic “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Taylor tries to use the movie as a metaphor, hinting that one should express how one feels when the moment is at hand. Ryan clues into this and turns to Taylor. “Taylor, I . . . ” the music swells, this could be it! “. . . missed that last part, could you rewind it?” Taylor is totally miffed, but we are lead to believe that Ryan may have a trick up his sleeve yet.
After the break, we find Summer and Taylor discussing Ryan’s lack of enthusiasm. Taylor it seems has given up on him, again. She is going to decline the scholarship she won at Berkeley. Summer suggests Taylor use truth serum to find out what Ryan really thinks. Taylor does her one better and decides getting him drunk is an easier route.
Back at the Cohen house, Ryan has just returned from a run. Sandy is in the kitchen, ready to hand down some sage wisdom. “Rather than tell Taylor you love her, tell her you enjoy spending time with her and that you care for her.” Yeah, that’s not exactly what she wants to hear.
Seth is just outside at the pool, filming his environmental art film. He’s calling it Six Hours in a Pool. He’s obviously not taking Summer seriously. Later, he debuts the film to Summer, who tires after two minutes of watching pool toys floating in the water. Seth claims it is a satire, but Summer says he has to make a new film. Seth says, “What am I supposed to do? Follow Ryan around until he punches someone?” This is a nice little dig at the show.
Sandy and Kirsten go to meet Sandy’s friend Jason Spitz and is wife Kerrie for dinner. Kerrie acts like a young Newport girl, talking about partying, belittling Sandy and Jason’s work, and referring to her own child as a thing. Kirsten is disheartened by the fact that she can’t find one decent woman in Newport.
Ryan meets Taylor at Roberts’s house for dinner for two. Taylor is very liberal with the wine, trying to get Ryan loosened up. Instead Taylor is the one who ends up drunk. Ryan shows a lot of care for her as he puts her into bed. He looks at her, realizes he really does love her and says those three magic words “I love you.” Neither he nor Taylor can believe he was able to muster the strength to utter that. Taylor is well pleased and slurs “Now we can go to Berkeley together” and then passes out. Ryan is taken aback by this latest development and finds her acceptance letter on her desk. He loves her, but does he really want her around for four years? We the viewers have to question his level of commitment.
The next day, we find Seth has decided to make a film about Ryan. As he films his subject he asks Ryan, “How does it feel to get the Dean of Discipline’s sloppy seconds?” Another great dig at the show!
Taylor tells Summer that Ryan said “I love you.” Or so she thinks. She can’t remember due to her drunken state.
Frank shows up at the Cohen help, asking for Ryan’s help with Katelyn. Frank says, “You have a experience with Cooper women.” Kind of a low blow there, Frank.
Later that night, the gang is all assembled for Taylor’s birthday party. As Taylor opens her presents, she comes to Ryan’s. We all know it’s an incredibly romantic . . . dictionary? Ryan has substituted the dictionary for the poetry book. But why? Is he having second thoughts about their relationship? The two go off for a private moment. Taylor asks Ryan about what he said. She asks if he would have said it if he would have said he loved her had he known she got into Berkeley. Ryan makes the mistake of hesitating. Taylor walks away, crushed, only to be confronted by her birthday cake. As her friends urge her to make a wish, she looks into the candles. We know the wish that is on her mind. But she thinks better of making it and runs out of the party before blowing out the candle. Ryan is left looking like a jerk.
During all this, Katelyn has been putting up posters of Frank’s mugshot with the caption “This Guy Loves Clown Porn!” Julie catches her in the act and wants to know why she is doing such mean things. Katelyn tearfully replies that she only wants to be a family. Suddenly all her bad behavior since she was first introduced as a character makes sense. She desperately wanted her mother’s attention. Julie decides to take it slower with Frank and focus more on her relationship with Katelyn.
We find Taylor back in her room, doing her usual birthday ritual of watching 16 Candles and talking to a psychic on the phone. Ryan shows up and sheepishly gives her his real present. Taylor is blow away by the romantic aspects of his gift. Ryan says he does love her and he doesn’t want to lose her.
But before the couple can reaffirm their love, the room begins to shake. No it’s not their passion; It’s an earthquake. All across Newport, everyone tries to protect their loved ones from falling debris. Ryan throws himself protectively over Taylor, shielding her from a glass armoire that falls on him. Seth and Summer escape from their vehicle just before a light pole crushes it. Kirsten is laying on the ground, dazed as Sandy can only helplessly try to make sense of what is happening. All over the OC, the world is being thrown into chaos, just when everyone was at a good spot.
At the start of the episode, Nate and Jennylee are shown in bed, canoodling, both most likely contemplating that one of them may be eliminated (they are on different teams) or they may face each other in the finals.
The other girls and geeks are shown in the next bedroom, having a “serious” discussion. While the boys try to convince Cecille and Megan that a quality relationship is most important. Cecille states, “Money is the most important thing. Call me when you make the big bucks.”
The teams are called into the library to learn what this week’s challenge will be: doing chores at the farm! Both the beauty and the geek will be working as a team for this challenge. Megan chooses to wear hardly any clothing and her uncomfortable cowboy boots. Like she says, “It’s important to look cute no matter what.”
When the teams arrive at the ranch, they learn they will have to complete three chores:
1) Move five bales of hay
2) Milk a cow for a couple ounces of milk
3) Catch six sheep and remove their teams tag
Scooter and Megan lead the entire challenge. Props have to be given to Megan, as she sacrifices her body in order to catch the sheep. Thanks to her hard work, she and Scooter win the challenge. This team has never gone to elimination.
A hilarious scene follows after the challenge in which Scooter and Neils hose each other’s bodies off. Once everyone is cooled off, they are treated to a country style barbecue. Jennylee and Nate sneak off to have a tender moment. There is a very touching exchange between the two as they embrace.
Jennylee: You’re not a geek.
Nate: You’re a beauty.
Aw, maybe it’s love?
When the teams return to the house, they are treated to a video chronicling their first moments in the house. It’s surprising to see how much the geeks have changing, mostly in appearance. The girls have changed a bit too, in that they have grown closer to people whom they would never socialize with (case in point: Nate and Jennylee). The group marvels at how much they have changed, with the exception of Cecille. She claims she hasn’t changed.
At the elimination the questions are about farming. Everyone gets all the answers and it comes down to Neils. He misses the question (Where did the Chisolm trail end?) which was extremely hard, and Nate and Cecille are in the finals now. Cecille says something really stupid that no one understands: “You can take the blonde to the farm, but you can’t take the bikini off of the blonde.” Classic Cecille!
The finale will pit Megan and Scooter against Cecille and Nate. With Megan and Scooter’s record of never going to elimination, they will be a tough team to beat.
Our Score: 8/10
Overall, San Antonio was probably the most boring of the cities. No real talent here, and really no real train wrecks.
The best part of the San Antonio auditions was the montage of people running into the locked door. Like Paula said, it’s the theme of the season. One has to wonder if they locked the door purposefully for the viewers entertainment. Just another slap in the face of the bad performers.
The contestants in San Antonio numbered 11,000. But they were the most boring 11,000 entrants of the season. Even the “good” singers were that exciting. Simon made that comment to several of the singers.
Balie Brown seemed to be the front runner of the night. You’ll remember her as the blonde self-described “city” girl from the ranch in small town Krum, TX. But as soon as she came on the TV screen, you knew she would make it through just because of her looks. Simon said she was Commercial with a capital C. But what of her singing?
It was not a memorable episode. The auditions ended not with a bang, but with a whimper.
