What I'm Watching: Prison Break

Prison Break: Season 4, Episode 5 "Safe and Sound" (F)

Michael Rapaport makes a really bad spy. He also makes a really bad actor, so I guess there's no surprise there. It's slightly amusing to see the whole crew working together on a secret mission (think season two tunneling for Westmoreland's money), but everything always needs to be cut so damn close. What's the likelihood that the head of the Company would happen to be meeting with the boss man at the exact same moment that the guys were drilling in from the other side - and that he would ask him to get the card right then? I can understand the desire to make each commercial break a compelling point of suspense, but this is going too far. Did I mention that they're not in prison any more?

It's somewhat refreshing to see Mahone back on the investigative trail that made him such a great character in season two. You'd think that uncatchable super-assassin Wyatt would be a bit subtler than to run around waving his gun and hide by ducking behind a car. It's unintentional comedy. Speaking of Wyatt's foolishness, there's the subject of Gretchen. I'm unconvinced with the assertion that she's some kind of Terminator-like superhuman who's completely impervious to any form of torture (and that's she stronger and smarter than anyone else). You'd think that an accomplished expert interrogator like Wyatt would focus more on making sure her handcuffs were secure and unbroken rather than insisting on putting tape over her mouth when she's already in a secluded area where no one would possibly be able to hear her. After her cliche move of strangling the guy with her legs, that shot of her ripping the tape off her mouth with a fierce look on her face is just ridiculous. I wish she had just been killed off, and she better ultimately get her revenge served to her by Michael.