Prison Break – Episode 4.01: Scylla – Recap
September 2, 2008 by Nikki Katz
Prison Break
Episode 4.01: Scylla
Aired: September 1, 2008
Recap
Thanks to David G. for his recap:
“What’s the matter, you eat some bad Mexican? Something like that.” ~ T-Bag and his cannibalistic tendencies.
Prison Break is back! Am I imagining? Is it a dream? No! It’s really happening! Airing before any other network show, and boy what a premier. Both episodes were packed. First episode up in the two hour premier was Scylla. Scylla refers to what not only the episode was revolved around, but what the series is about as well.
Scylla started off with a monologue by Michael. He was writing a letter to an unknown person. Basically the letter is letting everyone know that he is avenging Sara’s death, and it will all be over before the sun goes down. For the past three weeks, he has been spying on Gretchen and Whistler. This particular day, they were after a mysterious computer card. We learn quickly that it is very important, as Whistler pennies up 50 million dollars for it, and then kills the guy who gave it to him.
But wait, Whistler is up to something. He copies the computer card, only to be stopped by Michael Scofield, and he is not very happy. Wondering what is taking so long, Gretchen walks in on Michael and Whistler, and Michael is about two seconds away from blowing her away when she blurted out something about Sara being alive. This would have been so much more amazing if FOX didn’t pull their publicity stunt involving Sara’s life. Since Whistler has a gun on Michael, the only way to find his one and only is to let them go, which he does.
Gretchen meets up with the head of the company. This is the same bald man we have seen in all three seasons of Prison Break. He wasn’t very happy. The computer card given to him was a copy of the original. This took Gretchen by surprise as Wyatt, a hit man for the company came out of a car. She begged for her life, but Wyatt raised his gun in her direction. From this point forward, we think she was killed.
Now that Gretchen and Whistler are out of his reach, Michael called his brother. I think we can all guess that he has some ’splanin to do. Lincoln is still living in Panama with Sofia and LJ, I guess they are one big happy family. If you were wondering how the inmates at Sona escaped, well Lincoln told Michael in about two full seconds “Sona burnt down.” I’m no rocket scientist, but wouldn’t it take a while for an entire prison to burn to the ground? What about the snipers and police officers right outside? Oh well, I’m not going to think much about it, because they are out, and I can’t wait to see them. Michael tells Lincoln about Sara. When Lincoln saw the head, it was only for a split second in the dark, and LJ only heard Sara get killed, so maybe?
Mike gets a message on the show’s fictional message board telling him to meet at the Santa Monica pier. Whoever sent it has info on Sara. When he got there, he met up with Mahone, who said he’s working with Whistler against the company. The card they were after is a “company black book” with information on all the members of the company, and their whereabouts. When he asked about Sara, Mahone said Whistler has that information, and together they went to see Whistler.
At their meeting place, Whistler told Michael that Sara is back home in Chicago. He also said to take down the company he is going to need his bird book from season three. Not another word escaped from his lips as he was gunned down by Wyatt. Mahone and Michael ran away, while Wyatt grabbed Scylla (computer card).
The episode takes it’s attention off of Michael for a few minutes, and shows us what else is happening in the world. First, we see that T-Bag is living with the “nun” from last season. He still has the bird book and is after Michael. Then we see Lincoln and Sofia talking about pie, and he notices a member of the company spying on him. He ran after the guy and killed him. Unfortunately, the cops were there to arrest him.
So Michael was able to get himself to Chicago. He stopped to make a phone call to business man he knows to help him find Sara, but Chicago PD found Michael and took him into custody. Back at the police station, we meet a new character, Agent Don Self, who offers Michael freedom in exchange for Scylla. Mike said he wants to see Sara first.
Mahone, Sucre, and Bellick are then arrested, almost in unison. Mahone was caught at his house, at the scene of a crime. Sucre and Bellick were arrested at the hospital, where we got to see Sucre’s baby for the first time. [Quick question: Are Sucre and Bellick that great of friends to be hanging out together?]
Before Agent Don could explain more about the plan to go against the company, It is learned that somebody bailed him and his brother out. It was Bruce Bennett, who took Michael to see Sara! It has been three weeks since he learned she was dead, but it has been a year, give or take, since we learned that. So I think it wasn’t as great for Michael as it was for us. Sara has some serious scars from what happened to her. It wasn’t long before Wyatt found them and started shooting. Thankfully, they got away, and Michael called Agent Don to tell him that they are accepting his offer.
Images Credited to ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Michael Lavine/FOX
I’m so disappointed! It seems like the show start a new story from every point of view. Sona has disappear, guys are out, back in America…
Michael back in America, get arrested, and then free and get the MiSa…
Lincoln chill out in Panama, kill someone, get arrested, is back in America, and then is free too and all these guys become special agents in the first 5 minutes of the show??!!! Maybe it will be a good season but for now it’s just action for action.
I was so happy to get finally the MiSa scenes… but I think it came to early in the season, to easy…
Disappointed for Whistler, his story line was just at the beginning.
Where are Sofia and LJ? We don’t know…
The scene with Mahone running after Bellick and the maid’s bag was so funny!!!!! Hope there will be other scenes of this kind!
Anyway, it’s so a huuuuge pleasure to see Michael and Lincoln again!
I hope sincerly Hope the ratings go up! in America, I’m afraid they will end the show because the ratings are downer again…
Ok, first of all, Michael said that “3 weeks ago I was in a Panamanian prison”. Ok, but how come Sucre has a baby!!!!? Sucre found out he has a baby in the first series. When he met with his girlfriend, she wasn’t visible pregnant, but he could feel the baby kicking. Then Bellick pretends to kidnap her, and a day passes. After that, he is working at Sona for about a week. He is then incarcerated for 3 weeks. So if you add up the time between the escape for Fox River and the escape from Sona… I think probably 1 or 2 months have passed. This is a huge mistake!! And the second thing. Ok, Whistler is shot in the head. But if you look closely, it looks like he was shot from behind Michael, because, if the bullet came from behind, and wee see clearly that the bullet came out of his head from his forehead, wouldn’t the bullet hit Michael also? Because Whistler was with his face at Michael at that time. And how could he be shot by Wyatt when Wyatt is seen coming behind a building. That scene sucked again, it wasn’t believable. And 3rd and final problem. The tattoo’s removal. Wow, that ruined the episode!!! It sucked big time!!!!! But big time!!! Michael shouldn’t be able to walk after a procedure like that. I don’t think much time passed since he removed it. So, that sucked hard!!! It will be cool that Michael will make a new tattoo, for something new. I don’t know, anyway, the second episode was pretty good.
i loved the first two episodes.
they were amazing
i love how my favorite character “alex mahone”
is not actually evil
i absolutely hated how his family was slaughtered by that evil guy
i’m just hoping that mayber his son is still alive
he could be, but only because we never actually saw any dead bodies in his wife’s home
what do you think?
do you think that Cameron could still be alive?
I dont know why people are complaining, one of the best episodes ive seen!
Both episodes were great.
It’s a very good show and I had a very good time watching it.
All character are amazing and the plot is fantastic.
Looking forward the third.
I don’t get it.
How are sucre, T-bag and Bellick out of sona!?
You see they go out a fan or something.
Maybe I haven’t listen good, because Ï’m from the Netherlands. Can someone tell me please?
Farther it was great!xD
Sona Burnt down so loads of convicts ran out, T-Bag, Sucre and Bellick were in that list.
I loved both episodes and thought prison break had lots of entertaining twists and turns the whole way through!! It did happen a bit fast 1st ep but that was nesecarry 2 get sucked in 2 the storyline and iron out where the characters are heading!! I cant wait 2 c the third episode!!
loved them
I wonder why my comments are always not allowed since I do not say anything bad?
Heey it works!. *Sneaks out silently*
i loved the two episodes..but sona burnt down???
I mean, seriously, they went through all that trouble to break out of it, wudn’t it be easier if mike waited around a few more weeks for some fire to start?? lol
Oh yeah, Sucre and Bellick sure look like best buds in their scenes together.A lil hard to believe.
And the tattoos are gone! I’m kinda sad..lol
Or Michael could start a fire at Sona instead of waiting for it! lol!
Although everything happened really quickly, ep. 1 was grrrreat!!!
I think this season will be the best one!!
Really enjoyed it as an opening episode.
Things are going to get harder for the gang
from now on. Michaels nose bleed was that a
curve ball they through in the mix?
The reason he went to the prison infirmary was to get insulin shots and get the lay down of the
the place and later he got beta blockers to counteract them. Maybe thats catching up with
him and he now has a blood disorder. The tattoo
coming off must have been hard to bare also.
Its a bit early to introduce this sickness so I am
not sure … its bugging me!!!!
Too many inconsistencies in this episode, though what the heck, I still love watching scofield and linc. =)