So, I was wrong. My initial apathy towards jail romp Prison Break has been broken down thanks to a DVD box set. Seven episodes in, and I am totally addicted. It's funny what a few weeks without Lost, 24 or Alias will to you.
But so far, I am baffled. But not in the way Lost baffles me. It seems quite clear those jail-bound japesters have a sound plan, as do the show's writers. They know the road we're being led down, and hoping that it's all been well prepared, I'm quite happy to sit back and enjoy the ride.
So far, though, a few things trouble me...
1. Michael said the way to escape is through the infirmary, and thus he's been chiselling a tunnel there. However, in the two-parter riotfest, Michael simply climbed onto a rather large dido rail and ended up and found himself in the hospital. Was all the chiselling for no reason?
2. Speaking of chiselling, what with the amputation of toe and excessive amount of time it must take to tattoo-up Michael, are we going to have to survive the rest of the season with minimal shower scenes? And in Oz, whoever got thrown in The Hole was always pleasingly stripped beforehand. This sort of gritty realism needs to be maintained if we are to take Prison Break seriously.
3. There's a man with a cat in the prison. And apparently no one's noticed. Hopefully the cat will play some sort of pivotal role in the escape plot.
4. How is the prison govenor going to get his scale model of the Taj Mahal out of his office, let alone transport it home?
5. I can't tell the difference between T-Bag and the other gangster guy. The vein on the side of my head comes to close to bursting when they both appear on screen at the same time.
There's more, but until my next disc arrives from the increasinly erratic Screen Select, I shall keep it to myself.
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