More on the nose dialogue!! "You know that American is Michael, right?" Really C-Note? Lincoln is dumb, but if he didn't figure that out by himself maybe someone else should help Michael escape.
. Oh wait... Sorry! He told him so the audience wouldn't be confused..
This show really doesn't expect it's audience to be too smart. You can explain things by suggestions or visual imagery, other than have your character flat out tell the audience the information. And if that same information was already painfully clear by the events preceding the scene, you definitely don't have much faith in the attention span of your audience. Come on, Scheuring! Have a little faith in your audience.
The episode is still an improvement over the previous episode. But it's a shame that the new series wants to focus on more conspiracies again. It's an element that killed the previous season. The prison stuff could be way more interesting if they would focus more on the life inside such a prison (like they did with Fox River or even Sona). But most of the time they try to develop a conspiracy outside of the prison with Sarah in the middle.
Spoiler: We get an emotional last couple of minutes, when Michael's escape fails. But as a viewer I was glad. Maybe now as a viewer we can get invested in an escape plan which we see Michael develop. Because constantly having Wentworth Miller say; we're going to escape tonight" and You have to trust me" is not a good way to build your tension and excitement. Because you don't even know what they want to do. Which results in you not being very invested in what's going on. (With Fox River and Sona, you were on the edge of your seat because you saw a plan develop and it felt like you were escaping with them.) And if Michael's character is too smart for audiences to follow, please develop a character inside the prison next to Michael. (as an ally, not as a potential distrustful backstabber) The show needs a new focal point (like Fernando Sucre) with whom the audience can identify more. Because it sure as hell isn't Michael.
Let's see what Michael will pull out of his ass in the next couple of episodes.
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