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Old 09-26-06 | 08:55 AM
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Its amazing that PRISON BREAK requires more logical leaps of faith than the show on NBC where PEOPLE GET SUPERPOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!
Old 09-26-06 | 09:07 AM
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Damn, you guys are way too critical. We all know at this point that we need to suspend some belief when watching. I thought the episode was great and I love watching this show every week.
Old 09-26-06 | 09:07 AM
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I think this show is part of a great practical joke by the writers' guild where each week, a different writer is drawn from a hat and assigned to write an episode. Each person tries to make his or her episode so ridiculous that the next guy can't possibly top it.
Old 09-26-06 | 09:25 AM
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I think the problem is that in the prison, they could do rediculous stuff, but because we've never been in prison, we dont realize quite how rediculous it was.

Now that they are in the real world, some place we know a thing or two about, we realize how stupid things can be.
Old 09-26-06 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by xVladx
I loved his little look behind him when the girl saw him, though.
That was hilaious

T-Bag standing with the screwdriver behind the lady in the garage with a smile on his face while Michael was talking was also funny.
Old 09-26-06 | 10:08 AM
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I love it how Fitchner's character seems to be everywhere at once. Funny as all shit.
I was laughing my ass off on how quickly Fitchner and the cops show up right after the gas station guy called 911.
Old 09-26-06 | 10:16 AM
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I think this show is part of a great practical joke by the writers' guild where each week, a different writer is drawn from a hat and assigned to write an episode. Each person tries to make his or her episode so ridiculous that the next guy can't possibly top it.
If that isn't happening with this show, some network should definitely greenlight a series for next fall with this explicit arrangement.
Old 09-26-06 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu 17
I think the problem is that in the prison, they could do rediculous stuff, but because we've never been in prison, we dont realize quite how rediculous it was.

Now that they are in the real world, some place we know a thing or two about, we realize how stupid things can be.
Good point.

If convicts had been watching the first season, they probably would have laughed their asses off.
Old 09-26-06 | 10:32 AM
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I still love Lincoln's "disguise" of looking like he just walked away from the collapse of the World Trade Center.
Old 09-26-06 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Turd Ferguson
I still love Lincoln's "disguise" of looking like he just walked away from the collapse of the World Trade Center.
What makes it funnier is Michael's clothes are still perfect
Old 09-26-06 | 10:48 AM
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The funniest part about this show is nerds on the internet nitpicking every little thing.

This is a fun entertaining show to watch and it's been funny and cheesy since the first episode.
Old 09-26-06 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Smithers
This is a fun entertaining show to watch and it's been funny and cheesy since the first episode.
I have to agree. There is no doubt that Oz was not an accurate depiction of prison life, but anybody who watched it knew what a joke Prison Break's prison realism was right from the start.
Old 09-26-06 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Smithers
The funniest part about this show is nerds on the internet nitpicking every little thing.

This is a fun entertaining show to watch and it's been funny and cheesy since the first episode.
Yeah, I am enjoying this show and I find it no more ridiculous than 24 which wins all these awards for Best Drama.
Old 09-26-06 | 11:03 AM
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For some reason A-hole Michael just doesn't play as well as cunning Michael.
Old 09-26-06 | 11:07 AM
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What I don't understand is why didn't Michael just borrow a shitload of money from the bank and then hide it before getting himself into prison?
Old 09-26-06 | 11:27 AM
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Were Bellick and the other guard ever found or are they still tied up in that house?
Old 09-26-06 | 11:30 AM
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I don't understand why they needed the money right now. If they had just ran for the border then came back things would have been easier.
Old 09-26-06 | 11:39 AM
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What I don't understand is why didn't Michael just borrow a shitload of money from the bank and then hide it before getting himself into prison?
What's the fun in that when you can get the D.B. Cooper cash?

I'd love to know what they're actually going to do with that money once they have it. Does Michael have the name of a really, really good money launderer that he can pull out of his ass tattoo? Spending that money would create an easy to follow trail right to them, which might not be the wisest thing in the history of the world if you have an evil corporation after your ass.
Old 09-26-06 | 11:40 AM
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I don't understand why they needed the money right now. If they had just ran for the border then came back things would have been easier.
The other cons hearing about the location of the money sort of made that a non-option if they really cared about the cash.
Old 09-26-06 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Smithers
The funniest part about this show is nerds on the internet nitpicking every little thing.

This is a fun entertaining show to watch and it's been funny and cheesy since the first episode.
I got one:
They cut the power to the lady's house, then rang the doorbell, which worked.
Old 09-26-06 | 12:28 PM
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Doorbell could be wireless w/ battery backup.
Old 09-26-06 | 12:31 PM
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I got one:
They cut the power to the lady's house, then rang the doorbell, which worked.
Aren't there battery operated doorbells for people who don't want to deal with wiring?
Old 09-26-06 | 12:35 PM
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I think the show would have been much better served without this money line subplot, or they should have let westmoreland live, and he and only the two bros are the only ones to chase the money. Then the Bothers flee to Mexico, Westmoreland vists his dying daughter etc.. then the bros get caught up returning for Burrows son and Michael's doctor lady.

I would have much rather seen these other guys assimilate back into society and see if they can keep the deep cover. I was fully expecting T-bag to visit his old lady and seek some payback vengence, and we could have used a few eps on the whole Mob thing, there was plenty to mine there.

Having them all chase the money and wind up in this garage together, is absolutely ludicrous, and it does not pass the Jack Bauer sniff test, the show in which all shows must measure leaps of faith.

oh and don't get me started on the Superman FBI Agent, this guys is everywhere instantly.
Old 09-26-06 | 12:39 PM
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BTW, Westmoreland did make it to Mexico... on NCIS!
Old 09-26-06 | 01:18 PM
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Next week:

Haywire rides his bicycle to Utah in one day towing a bloody, but still-living Abruzzi on roller skates. Both join the remaining escapees and demand thier cut, though Haywire demands to be paid in soft serve ice cream.


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