S04E08

• Name: The Price
• Air Date: October 20th, 2008
• Season: 4
• Number: 08
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Episode Outline

Rumor has it that there's going to be a chick fight between Sara and Gretchen in tonight's episode. Don't fail me, writers. I want to see some hair pulling like last week's episode of Gossip Girl!

We open in Chicago, 2001. Lincoln and some guy I think I remember from season 1 are sitting in a car with a shotgun, waiting for someone. A man leaves a house with a briefcase and gets into a car, while Lincoln pursues him. Actually, he smashes into the limo and Linc's buddy shoots the driver. Holy crap. I thought Linc was into some thievery, but I had no idea that he was into grand larceny and murder.

Why were we shown this glimpse into Lincoln's murderous rampagey past? Because he wants to pull the same stunt with Pad Man's car. He's at a gas station with Sucre, Roland and Sara, arguing the merits of his plan.

Michael and Self are meeting Gretchen inside a church. Michael wants to know Gretchen's intentions. She insists that she wants to take the Company down too and after some prodding from Self, Michael reluctantly agrees to partner with her.

Roland gets a very bad welcome from the rest of the gang for losing the Black Hole in Vegas. As punishment, Michael sends him to his room without dinner.

Sara confronts Michael about his nosebleeds and his mother, but he insists that she and Linc are overreacting. To distract her, he tells her about Gretchen.

Needless to say, Sara is NOT pleased about this. He promises revenge after they get the bird book pages and she agrees, although she asks him for some time alone. She also flashes back to getting whipped by Gretchen. Seriously, what was the point of torturing Sara down in Panama? It wasn't going to encourage Michael to break out of Sona any faster.

Roland's all pissy and hooks up some little electronic device to his computer. I'm not sure what he's doing, but he's tracking cell phone tower locations.

Linc tries to reassure Mahone that he will have justice for his son, but Mahone's still bitter. Meanwhile, Michael catches Roland being sneaky sneaky. Michael takes the computer and we see Roland sent a text message.

Where's the damn chick fight already?!

WHAT?! As it turns out, Roland sent a message to Wyatt, asking how much he was willing to offer for Linc and Michael. Roland, you bastard!

Gretchen's with Trishanne and T-Bag back at GATE. The scary Asian (Feng) is back with some cronies and asks about Scylla. Gretchen remembers Feng from some old job. She assumes him that she'll deliver Scylla.

Oh yeah, and Gretchen offers to sell Scylla to Feng for $125 million. T-Bag practically pees himself from excitement.

Michael tells Self that they can stage a car crash to get the card from Pad Man. Sara reveals that she's going to drug Pad Man with morphine so they can copy his card and Michael asks Self to get them an impounded ambulance.

Pad Man is discussing the Laos plan with the other cardholders. Turns out the Company flooded the country with fake money and they're proceeding with the next stage of the plan. Wyatt meets with Pad Man to tell him about the text message.

Self distracts the impound guy while Linc puts his boosting skills to good use and steals an ambulance with Michael. Awe, he's taking his little brother on one of his jobs. It's take your little brother to work day! Michael is pissed that Linc told Sara about the nosebleeds and insists that he's fine. The boys drive off with the ambulance while Don regales the impound assistant with funny tales.

Gretchen call Self, asking him to deliver a message.

Roland notices that Sara and Michael are no longer wearing their GPS ankle monitors. Self calls Sara, telling her that Gretchen wants to meet that night at a motel. Sara declines the invitation.

Bellick expresses his worry about the plan to Sucre. Damn you, Bellick! I'm starting to feel sorry for you.

And they're off to execute the plan! Roland, however, is left behind, where he receives a message that Wyatt is willing to pay $1 million for the brothers. Roland agrees. Seriously, is this little a**hole going to die?

Michael and Sara are waiting in the ambulance, while Linc and Sucre are waiting in the crash car.

Back at GATE, Gretchen promises T-Bag $25 million for his part. She also reveals that Scylla is more than the Company's black book but doesn't elaborate any further.

Roland sends a text to Wyatt with the location of the rest of the team.

Sara is still trying to talk to Michael about the nosebleeds and his mother's tumor. Meanwhile, Pad Man is on the move.

Pad Man gets a call and the limo takes a diversion as Wyatt starts shooting at Linc and Sucre. Oh no! Sucre is hit! Sucre, baby, are you OK?!

The team rushes back to HQ, where Sara is getting to work on Sucre while she's also flashing back to helping someone that Gretchen also tortured back in Panama. Michael realizes that Roland blew the plan. Roland screams his denials (methinks he doth protest too much) and Michael asks him to look for a license plate from the security footage at the intersection.

Self is meeting with T-Bag and Gretchen at GATE. He says that Sara isn't interested in meeting, but she says she'll be there anyways. Self threatens their lives and then leaves.

We see that T-Bag has made a deal with Trishanne and she manages to get Gretchen's fingerprint for security.

Sara pulls the bullet out of Sucre. Self calls Michael, saying that Roland's GPS has gone offline. Roland is going to die. Seriously.

The boys discover that Roland took his laptop and a car and go to chase after him. Sara continues to have flashbacks of being tortured.

Wyatt meets up with Roland. Wyatt decides not to play nice and shoots Roland in the leg shortly after greeting him. Yes! Do it again!

Sara, meanwhile, clearly changed her mind about meeting with Gretchen and arrives at the designated meeting spot. We see how Sara escaped: one of the female guards slipped her a key.

I seriously hope that Sara has a gun. Gretchen proposes a cease fire and offers Sara a switch to hit her with. Gretchen removes her shirt to let Sara beat her and we see that Gretchen already has a lot of scars on her back. Instead of hitting her, Sara asks for the name of the guard who helped her escape...the guard that Gretchen killed in front if her.

Where's the damn chick fight?! All Sara does is cut into Gretchen's neck, telling her that the guard (Michelle) did help her escape. She leaves the motel and promises that Gretchen will pay for what she did.

Back in the alley, Wyatt continues to shoot Roland, who quickly gives up the location of the HQ. Wyatt shoots Roland in the chest just as the other boys sneak up behind Wyatt. Mahone wants his blood, but Linc pulls him away. As Roland bleeds to death we see that Michael had put a tracking device in his laptop, which is how they found him. Roland begs Michael for help.

Pad Man tells the rest of the cardholders that the team is coming after his card. He instructs the others to move Scylla.

Back in the alley, Michael is hesitant to leave Roland. Roland apologizes and Michael holds his hand as he dies.

My grandfather says "everybody's double-crossing everybody" and "poor Sucre". As far as I'm concerned, Roland got what was coming to him and I can't muster any sympathy. Or maybe it's just because I had a crappy day at work. Or MAYBE it's because I was totally cheated out of a chick fight. My friend Geoff says, and I quote: Sarah should've flogged the bitch with the chord!! Golden opportunity for vengeance and she takes the high road? COME ON!!! And what's with keeping Big Scary Black Man alive???....they should've let Alex go to town!!!

Written by: Clarissa
clarissa@prisonbreakmanhunt.com

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