Good Fences (Prison Break episode)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Good Fences
Series = Prison Break


Caption = Kesslivol dissolving the steel fence surrounding Sona.
Season = 3
Episode = 4
Airdate = October 8, 2007
Production = 3AKJ04
Guests = Silas Weir Mitchell
Writer = Nick Santora
Director = Michael Switzer
Season list = Infobox Prison Break season 3 episode list
Episode list = List of "Prison Break" episodes
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"Good Fences" is the 48th episode of the American television series Prison Break. It premiered on October 8, 2007 in the United States on the Fox Network.

Overview

As Michael starts to hatch an escape scheme, Whistler warns him that if he doesn't give up the book, he'll tell the Company that Linc has it. Michael is unfazed.

Lincoln, still in shock over the bloody box, visits Michael. Michael asks Lincoln to make friends with the prison gravedigger. A flashback of Lincoln's shows what was in the box. It was a severed head, which appeared to be the one of Sara.

Outside in the yard, Michael wins McGrady's cross necklace in a quick bet, but McGrady demands to know why he wants it.

The power goes out in the prison. Michael visits a trembling Mahone who is going through drug withdrawal, to enlist him in his escape plan. He asks Mahone to find him a black felt-tipped pen. A hidden Bellick watches them talk. Mahone begins to hallucinate that Haywire is there, warning him against trusting Michael.

Sofia visits Whistler and insists on helping with the plan. Whistler asks her to dig into the Scofield brothers' pasts.

Linc meets with Susan, who demands Linc give her the real book, which he does. When Sucre refuses to help, Linc enlists Sofia as a translator so he can speak with the prison gravedigger. They visit the gravedigger and he recognizes Sofia from the prison gates.

Lechero, knowing Michael is an engineer, tries to see if he can get the electricity back on. Lechero tells Michael that if his cell phone dies, he can't get any food into Sona and they'll all die. Michael says the electricity can only be repaired from No Man's Land, the area between the inner and outer gates of the prison, where any escaping prisoner is shot dead by tower guards. He makes a deal with Lechero to safely get into No Man's Land to repair the electricity in exchange for a specific corner cell. Bellick horns in, offering to help dig, and letting Michael know he overheard his conversations with Mahone. On the dig, Michael won't include Bellick in his plans. Bellick tells Lechero Michael's planning an escape, and that he saw Michael bury something in a junction box in No Man's Land. Lechero demands to Michael to see what he buried. Michael takes him to the junction box and shows that it is duct tape on frayed wires buried under dirt. Michael states he has to go to the breaker box to turn the power back on, and Lechero insists on going with him. In the main power room, a fusebox has been jammed by McGrady's cross, which is what has really been keeping the electricity off. Michael picks a fight with Sammy, during which he is able to surreptitiously remove the cross. The power comes back on. Lechero, though suspicious, is satisfied for now.

T-Bag kills Nieves, Lechero's man for smuggling drugs and money into the prison, and makes it look like an overdose. Lechero has suspected Nieves of thievery in the past. T-Bag takes Nieves' place in Lechero's organization.

Linc arranges to meet Susan and get $15,000 from her. Sofia insists on coming along; however, Linc refuses to let her. Sofia presses the issue, and the already stressed Linc blurts out that The Company killed Sara and put her head in a box, and that they have his son. Sucre is clearly shocked when he hears this, and he gets up and paces about the hotel room nervously.

Mahone brings Michael a felt tip pen. Whistler questions Michael as to why he repaired the electricity. Now the electric fence, which hadn't been working in the first place, is back online. Michael says they'll escape by making the fence as deadly as possible.

Susan and Linc meet with the gravedigger with the $15,000 to bribe him. He asks for more money and Susan shoots him dead, in fear that he was just trying to get as much money as possible before tipping off the cops.

The hallucination of Haywire begins to urge Mahone to kill Michael. T-Bag brings Mahone some drugs, and Mahone takes them to steady his nerves. He visits Michael in his new cell which overlooks the electric fence. Mahone questions Michael as to why he would leave the pen in his old cell. Full of new confidence and self-control, Mahone says he'll kill Michael if he's not included in the escape attempt.

Bellick is invited to watch soccer with Lechero and his group. Lechero has T-Bag bring him some coffee, and Bellick is suddenly slammed into a table and has his shirt pulled off his back. Lechero warns him about giving bad information and proceeds to pour the scalding hot coffee onto Bellick's exposed back.

Linc, still hiding that Sara is dead, tells Michael that the gravedigger has been killed. Linc states, however, that they have paid off the gravedigger's supervisor to make Sucre the new gravedigger.

Whistler receives his bird book in the mail. Whistler then visits Michael to find out the details of the escape plan. Sucre buries Nieves. Michael explains that every body is sprayed with Kesslivol, a chemical that kills the odor of decomposition. He explains that when heated to a certain degree it can corrode steel, at which point Sucre sprays, and starts to dissolve the fence.

International broadcasts

Via Global's simulcast, the episode was broadcast on October 8, 2007 in Canada. It aired in Ireland on October 11 2007, Great Britain on October 15, 2007, Australia on October 17, 2007, Armenia on January 19 2008 and Belgium on March 23, 2008.

Reception

The episode attracted 7.35 million viewers overall with 3.1% household rating and 8% household share in the 18 to 49 years old demographics. [Kissell, Rick, " [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973702.html?categoryid=1275&cs=1] ", "Variety", October 9, 2007. Retrieved on October 15, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/recaps/recap_304.htm Episode summary] at the official site