S02E12: 'Disconnect'

Having found out the details of the plane that will transport them to Panama, Michael and Sucre have just been joined by Lincoln – and Aldo Burrows, Michael and Lincoln’s father. Michael has not seen Aldo since the age of ten, when Aldo rescued him from an abusive foster father by killing the man who beat him. Still bearing the scars of seeing what his father had done, Michael is also furious that Aldo abandoned him and Lincoln, and refuses to listen to Aldo’s claims that he had to leave the boys in order to protect them from the Company. “We can fix this,” begs Aldo. “I came back so that we could fix this.” Michael is not so sure: “This can never be fixed.”

Despite this reopening of old wounds, there are more pressing issues to contend with right now, such as the fact that the boys’ plane to Panama is leaving in just two hours. Getting ready to leave, the fugitives are suddenly confronted with the spectacle of a wild-haired Mahone, who immediately starts shooting at them. All four make it to the car in time and speed off, but their joyous whoops are soon curtailed when Michael realises that Aldo has taken a gunshot to the stomach – and there is no hospital for miles around...

Sara, meanwhile, is still trapped in a motel room with Kellerman, who was about to act on his orders to put her “in the ground”. Fortunately for Sara, Kellerman’s plans are interrupted when the motel owner knocks on the door to complain about the volume of the TV. Sara takes advantage of her captor’s momentary absence by getting free, hiding behind the bathroom door and burning Kellerman with an iron before escaping out of the window. Kellerman realises that he is now in a lot of trouble with the Company, and tries to cover up his error by claiming to have completed his task. What is he going to do when he is asked to provide photographic evidence?

Also in trouble is Bellick, who has been asked to answer some questions about what happened to Geary. He manages to string Kansas detective Slattery along for a while by claiming that he and Geary had been bounty-hunting T-Bag, and claiming that the felon was the one who killed Geary. However, Slattery soon realises that there’s something Bellick is not telling her when a detective informs her that a receipt from Bellick’s credit card was found in Geary’s hand – with his bloodied finger pointing towards Bellick’s name. “With his last ounce of strength, he told us you killed him,” says Slattery coldly. Bellick desperately comes clean about how the pair fell out over Westmoreland’s loot, and claims that T-Bag has set him up. His story does not ring true, however, when Slattery plays him back the threatening message he left Geary...

Michael and Lincoln realise that Sara may hold the proof they need to exonerate Lincoln. C-Note’s happiness at being reunited with his family is cut short when daughter Dede needs some medicine – and the pharmacist recognises his wife and calls the cops. And while Sucre takes the next step towards freedom, Michael and Lincoln make a decision which seems to be completely at odds with the whole plan.