Post by toddsmitts on Jun 17, 2009 11:05:42 GMT -5
I finally saw this episode for the first time the other night. Having been a long-time fan of the show "Prison Break" (which started less than a year after this episode aired), I found some interesting parallels.
The character of Johnny with all his mannerisms and attitudes really reminded me of a toned-down version of the character of T-Bag, even looking and sounding a bit like him (especially when he was lusting after Bobbi). T-Bag even threatened to "sing like Johnny Cash" when the other prisoners refused to let him in on the escape.
The older Hank/Lyle was played by Matt DeCaro, went on to play the C.O. Roy Geary on "Prison Break", which was almost a complete role reversal. Whereas Hank was a likeable prisoner who escaped, Geary was a corrupt and unlikeable guard who, after being fired, becomes a bounty hunter along with Bellick to hunt down escaped prisoners. And whereas Hank was forced to kill Johnny, Geary ended up getting killed by T-Bag.
All in all, it was a solid and intruiging episode. I'd been spoiled by a few things already (I knew the bones weren't Hank), but still knew little enough to be into it. It's a rare episode where you're actually rooting for the "doer" and glad to see them get away.
One wonders if a part of Lilly didn't mind the outcome terribly either. This wasn't George Marks smugly walking away from a string of murders with the intent to kill more. Hank was simply a well-meaning, if desperate, guy wanting to get back to the woman he loves and whose hand had been forced when a friend turned on him and had been living a quiet life ever since.
Then again maybe it's because she saw a little of Ray in Hank and saw Bobbi'd had the life with Hank that she never could with Ray.
Edited to add: One thing though; why was Johnny being paroled if he was a "triple murderer" like Jaden described?
And to the person who asked by Scotty was the one who "saw" Johnny at the end, I think that was a callback to Scotty thinking the prison was haunted.
The character of Johnny with all his mannerisms and attitudes really reminded me of a toned-down version of the character of T-Bag, even looking and sounding a bit like him (especially when he was lusting after Bobbi). T-Bag even threatened to "sing like Johnny Cash" when the other prisoners refused to let him in on the escape.
The older Hank/Lyle was played by Matt DeCaro, went on to play the C.O. Roy Geary on "Prison Break", which was almost a complete role reversal. Whereas Hank was a likeable prisoner who escaped, Geary was a corrupt and unlikeable guard who, after being fired, becomes a bounty hunter along with Bellick to hunt down escaped prisoners. And whereas Hank was forced to kill Johnny, Geary ended up getting killed by T-Bag.
All in all, it was a solid and intruiging episode. I'd been spoiled by a few things already (I knew the bones weren't Hank), but still knew little enough to be into it. It's a rare episode where you're actually rooting for the "doer" and glad to see them get away.
One wonders if a part of Lilly didn't mind the outcome terribly either. This wasn't George Marks smugly walking away from a string of murders with the intent to kill more. Hank was simply a well-meaning, if desperate, guy wanting to get back to the woman he loves and whose hand had been forced when a friend turned on him and had been living a quiet life ever since.
Then again maybe it's because she saw a little of Ray in Hank and saw Bobbi'd had the life with Hank that she never could with Ray.
Edited to add: One thing though; why was Johnny being paroled if he was a "triple murderer" like Jaden described?
And to the person who asked by Scotty was the one who "saw" Johnny at the end, I think that was a callback to Scotty thinking the prison was haunted.
