And Then There Were 7

Infobox Television episode
Title = And Then There Were 7
Series = Prison Break


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 11
Airdate = November 14, 2005
Production = 1AKJ10
Guests = Michael Gaston
Frank Grillo
Holly Valance
Writer = Zack Estrin
Director = Jesús Salvador Treviño
Season list = Infobox Prison Break season 1 episode list
Episode list = List of "Prison Break" episodes
Prev = Sleight of Hand
Next = Odd Man Out"And Then There Were 7" is the eleventh episode of television series "Prison Break". It was first broadcast in the United States on November 14, 2005. The episode is directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño and written by Zack Estrin. It features another part of the protagonist Michael Scofield's escape plan which involves finding out the length of time the guards take to complete one round from under the infirmary window.

For this episode, Jesús Salvador Treviño was awarded with an ALMA Awards in the category "Outstanding Director of a Television Drama or Comedy"

ummary

After Michael and Abruzzi successfully set up Philly Falzone in a fruitless raid in Canada, Abruzzi is back in charge of prison industries. However, C-Note barges his way in, telling them that he knows about the hole to the escape route. He is accepted as a break member due to his knowledge of the plan. Meanwhile Westmoreland, who previously rejected Michael's invitation into the team, finds out his daughter is dying of cancer, but he can't see her until her funeral. He wants to see her alive once again, but Warden Pope says the law makes it impossible. Westmoreland then decides to join the escape team.

Michael's conjugal visit with his wife shocks the other escape team members. Nika, married to Michael two days before he robbed the bank sentencing him to Fox River, gives him a credit card and promptly asks him why he would need a credit card in prison. As Sara sees Michael hugging Nika, she turns and walks off in the opposite direction.

When Westmoreland tells Michael that he wants to join the team, Michael is skeptical and tells him that every member of the escape team has to bring something to the table. Westmoreland offers his money and admits that he is D.B. Cooper who hijacked a plane and got away with 1.5 million. He proves to Michael by handing him a unique $100 bill which had the same serial number as the hijacked money.

Quinn, the agent sent by "the Company" watches Veronica and Nick from outside their cabin and rubs a piece of sandpaper against his face, causing scarring and abrasions. When Nick answers the door, Quinn acts like he's hurt and Nick lets him into the cabin only to be shot by Quinn in the back. After tying and gagging Veronica and LJ up in separate rooms, he then proceeds to interrogate them, trying to pin the blame on each of them as he goes to them individually and persuades them to tell him about what they know about the Burrows' case and who else knows about it.

The next part of Michael's escape plan involves the credit card Nika gave him. However, it isn't a credit card; it is a keycard. Flashbacks are shown of Michael gaining access to the prison security system manual and an encoder. With that data, he encoded the card with the master keycode to the prison personal items storeroom. Michael sneaks off at night to use the card to enter the room, only to discover that his watch is missing. Westmoreland tells him that the guards sometimes steal the personal items of the prisoners and Michael finds out that C.O. Geary had stolen it.

After Tweener expressed his interest in joining the P.I. team, Michael uses this to ask Tweener to steal his watch back for him. Upon the return of his watch, Michael attaches it to his tape recorder and hides the device in the grass outside the infirmary. As Michael digs his device back out the following day, Sara walks by and asks him if he's married. Michael nonchalantly replies that his marriage is not a marriage in the traditional sense of the word. Sara tells him that from now on, their relationship will be strictly professional only.

Meanwhile, Veronica breaks free and thrashes Quinn with her chair. She then unties LJ and Nick and they head for the woods. However, after Quinn comes out and confronts Veronica, LJ pushes him into the well. Veronica, Nick and LJ drive away from the cabin. Later when Kellerman and Hale come to find Quinn, they cover the well and leave Quinn down there to die.

Captain Bellick suddenly remembers where he had seen Nika before. He goes to the strip joint in which Nika works and threatens her to tell him what she gave Michael during the conjugal visit until she finally confesses about giving Michael the credit card.

Michael and Sucre listen to the tape recorder that Michael had dug out. The device recorded the sound of the guard's keys and revealed that the guards take 18 minutes to complete their round, leaving the team that much time to escape. He reasons that the bars outside the infirmary windows require 5 minutes to remove, allowing the team only 13 minutes to cross the wire and escape over the wall. Furthermore, with each member taking 2 minutes to cross unnoticed, Michael calculated that only 6 of the 7 people can go.

Music

*The song used in this episode is by Aerosmith - "Sweet Emotion".

External links

* [http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/recaps/recap_111.htm Official summary for Season 1 Episode 11 from Fox]