Buried (Prison Break episode)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Buried
Series = Prison Break


Caption =
Season = 2
Episode = 7
Airdate = October 2, 2006
Production = 2AKJ07
Guests = Lane Garrison
Silas Wier Mitchell
John Heard
Writer = Seth Hoffman
Director = Sergio Mimica Gezzan
Season list = Infobox Prison Break season 2 episode list
Episode list = List of "Prison Break" episodes
Prev = Subdivision
Next = Dead Fall"Buried" is the twenty-ninth episode of the American television series "Prison Break" and is the seventh episode of its second season. It is written by Seth Hoffman and directed by Sergio Mimica Gezzan. The episode was first aired on October 2, 2006. Only one series regular cast member, Wade Williams (who plays Brad Bellick), does not appear in this episode but was featured in a flashback sequence. "Buried" marks the first time the protagonists, Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows separate as they each intend to carry out their own plans. This episode takes place on June 1, 2005. ["Wash", Prison Break season 2 episode 18.]

Summary

Haywire finds himself in Algoma, WI, where he steals a bagful of supplies from a crippled shopkeeper and runs away, with the shopkeeper's dog, a Border Collie, running behind him. Haywire and the dog end up on a shore, where he gleefully tells the dog that he plans to build a raft and to live in a windmill in Holland.

Jeanette's daughter Ann is apparently a police officer who arrives to see T-Bag holding her mother hostage with a hammer. Sucre attempts to subdue her, but fails, however Lincoln succeeds. Both Jeanette and Ann are tied up, gagged, and seated by the kitchen. Sucre is tasked with watching the pair. Ann manages to persuade Sucre to take off her gag by asking for her Metformin pills, which she claims she needs to prevent a miscarriage (she is pregnant).

Tweener gets interrogated by Mahone at a federal detention center in Utah. Mahone shows Tweener the crime scene photos of the deceased Dr. Gudat and assures Tweener that Bagwell will kill again. Mahone promises Tweener no additional time will be added to his sentence and he will be sent to Club Fed if he cooperates and discloses the location of the other Fox River fugitives.

L. J. Burrows is at the Klipton Detention Center in Kingman, Arizona, but is taken to a room to see his "attorney", who is actually a Mohave County Assistant District Attorney. LJ is served with release papers. He would be free by the next morning. When LJ's impending release was announced on Fox News, Lincoln insisted to go and retrieve him. He parted company with Michael, driving away in a blue Chrysler Crossfire, when he refused to leave without Charles Westmoreland's money. Michael's parting words to him are "Bolshoi Booze. Three days."

Dr. Sara Tancredi goes to her father's office where she is informed that his nomination for Vice President of the United States has been dropped by President Caroline Reynolds. When she asks the governor's aide how often does a popularly accepted nominee gets rejected in that manner, he replies "never". Sara later finds her father at his home, dead by hanging. The Medical Examiner ruled it a suicide. When Agent Kim speaks to Agent Kellerman, it is clear that Agent Kim has orchestrated Governor Tancredi's death. When Sara arrives back at her apartment, she finds another origami crane in the mail, presumably from Michael, and drug paraphernalia set up for her own death by morphine overdose, as a shadowy figure creeps up behind her.

Michael and the other fugitives find the buried container carrying Westmoreland's five million dollar stash. While they stash the money into bags, Ann attempts to talk Sucre into giving himself up. Before the other escapees can leave, Sucre enters the garage and points a gun at Michael, T-Bag, and C-Note, telling them that nobody leaves, possibly Ann's persuasion has worked.

Mahone talks at length to Tweener about Oscar Shales, calling it a "confession", while downing some midazolam pills. Tweener refuses to deal, even when offered no additional time on his sentence and serving the remainder his sentence at "Club Fed". He eventually agrees, but only takes Agent Mahone to the home of Debra Jean Belle, where he expresses his feelings for her, apologizes and says his goodbyes. Mahone immediately retrieves Tweener, takes him on a long ride, and confesses to the murder of Oscar Shales. He then says, "Sorry kid, I got nothin' against you, but they do." He then murders Tweener execution style, and plants the gun to suggest that a struggle occurred.

Reception

The episode attracted an average number of 8.99 million viewers [ [http://entertainmentnow.wordpress.com/2006/10/25/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-monday-23-2006/ Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, October 23, 2006] , "Entertainmentnow.wordpress.com". October 25, 2006. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.] with 5.7% household rating and 9% household share. [ [http://entertainmentnow.wordpress.com/2006/10/03/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-monday-october-2-2006/ Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, October 2, 2006] , "Entertainmentnow.wordpress.com". October 3, 2006. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.] Although the episode didn't attain the most audience out of all the other episodes broadcast before the end of 2006, it was picked as one of the best television episodes shown during the American fall television season in 2006 by "Yahoo! TV". [ [http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/270 Best episodes: Fall 2006] , "Yahoo! TV". Retrieved on March 9, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/recaps/recap_207.htm Official summary for Season 2 Episode 7 from Fox]