Prison Break Season 3 Episode 8 Recap : 'Bang and Burn'

Tonight’s episode of Prison Break was entitled “Bang and Burn,” but after watching it, I’d feed much better if it was called “Much Ado About Nothing.”

Tonight there was another botched escape attempt, a fruitless testimony against the Company by Alexander Mahone, more hard looks by Susan/Gretchen, and just about no movement in the plot.

Here’s the “major” developments:

• Susan/Gretchen gets scolded by Padman (from Season 2) and is told to expedite the escape into a “bang and burn” plan. In other words, she’s commanded to make the escape happen that same day at 5pm.
• Whister is instructed by Gretchen to kill Michael, but he never gets the perfect opportunity.
• After realizing that The Company is planning on breaking out Whistler, Michael uses McGrady to get a message out to Lincoln.
• Sofia finds out the Whistler hasn’t been the quite the honest boyfriend; she discovers not only that he has a secret apartment, but also that he may have the alias name of “Gary Miller.”
• Lechero is precipitously losing power at Sona and increases the urgency of his escape plans with Michael. He shows the former Fox River inmate a secret tunnel that he wants him to use to break out.
• After suffering serious withdrawal from drugs, Mahone is unable to convince a jury that he’s a useful witness against the Company. As such, he’s sent back to Sona.
• The Company’s “Bang and Burn” plan is crude and ineffective. They fail to rescue Whistler and Sona security is ready to lay down the law again. The single out Scofield and tell him that he’s too much of a problem for the prison. The episode ends with Scofield being escorted out of the Sona gates.

Sorry to say, but Prison Break is now on fall hiatus. The show returns on January 14th for its next run.