Scylla

Episode aired Sep 1, 2008
TV-14TV-14
42min

8.0/10

S4.E1

Michael, Mahone, Sucre and Lincoln try to get into the house where Scylla is being kept safe. T-Bag and Sancho head to San Diego in the desert.Michael, Mahone, Sucre and Lincoln try to get into the house where Scylla is being kept safe. T-Bag and Sancho head to San Diego in the desert.Michael, Mahone, Sucre and Lincoln try to get into the house where Scylla is being kept safe. T-Bag and Sancho head to San Diego in the desert.

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In LA, General Krantz tells Wyatt that he wants Michael, Lincoln and Mahone dead. Agent Self forces Michael and his crew to wear monitors around their ankles, and their first assignment is to find the Scylla card. Mahone recalls that Whistler delivered the card to a card holder, and he noted that the driver probably would be retired military. Using information from the IRS, they find the identity of the driver. Meanwhile, T-Bag and Sancho head to San Diego in the desert. The hungry Sancho attacks T-Bag, who kills the Mexican while defending himself, and survives eating part of him. Later he gets a ride to San Diego with two bikers' sportsmen. Michael's team tracks the driver to the fortress of Spectroleum CEO Stuart Tuxhorn. The hacker Roland Glenn joins the team and gives a digital black hole device that copies any digital information when close to the source. Michael asks Sara to plant the device in the housekeeper's purse to bring the device inside the house and they succeed in copying the card. However, the maid leaves the device inside the house and they are forced to break in the place to retrieve the apparatus. T-Bag discovers the meaning of Whistler's code 36-24-36 in the Birds Guide. Michael and Sara conclude that Scylla is actually a six-headed monster from "The Odyssey" and therefore there are six cards. Gretchen is still alive. —anonymous

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Trivia
Bellick suggestively mentions they are like DC Comic's Suicide Squad when he mentions they are a group of cons that's task is basically suicide and that they are basically expendable. Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield) and Dominic Purcell (Lincoln Burrows) are in DC Comic's show The Flash were they are cons named Captain Cold and Heat Wave who also get a spin off called "The Legends of Tomorrow" where a group of rag-tags join together to finish an almost impossible mission in which they all could die.

Goofs
Michael's tattoo is removed in a single, albeit lengthy session of laser treatment. In reality, removal of even small tattoos is an extended process of several sessions.

Quotes
[first lines]
Michael Scofield: [narrating] My name is Michael Scofield, and I'm a fugitive. Three weeks ago, I was in a Panamanian prison. While I was there, I was approached by the Company. The Company is a corrupt organization involved in all levels of industry and government. They gave me two options: break one of their men, James Whistler, out of that prison or else they would kill the only woman I ever loved, Dr. Sara Tancredi. I held up my end of the deal, and I broke Whistler out. But the Company ... They killed Sara anyway. I don't know why the Company wanted James Whistler out of prison, but I've tracked him here to Los Angeles. He's with another Company agent I know only as Gretchen. The same agent who murdered Sara. This ends today. I came here seeking justice. The justice I now know the system cannot provide. So, if you're reading this letter, you'll know I died avenging Sara's death.

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Composed by Ramin Djawadi

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8/10

Acceptable

Acceptable episode and it gives a good opening for the new season, however there are some elements that indicate that this season is going to be far away from the quality of season 1... let's see!

The action during the episode is nevertheless intensive. But, opposite to other seasons, it seems that the script is not fully thought throughout beforehand. Watching season 1 and 2 one had the feeling that everything is leading to a big point, however season 4 begins with much less sense of inner logic.

A good side is that most of the main characters (Linc, Mikel, etc) are again in the move, so one can expect a lot of good moments coming.

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