Saturday, June 25, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
AUS Television: Rake Returning for Season Two
In what is excellent news for me and every other Rake fan on the planet, ABC1 has confirmed a second season of the series has been commissioned. Production will begin in late 2011.
In May, Rake star Richard Roxburgh won a Logie for Most Outstanding Actor for his work in the series. Congratulations, Richard on the well-deserved win!
For more information:
Official ABC1 Site: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/rake/
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587000/
TV Rage: http://tvrage.com/shows/id-26845
In May, Rake star Richard Roxburgh won a Logie for Most Outstanding Actor for his work in the series. Congratulations, Richard on the well-deserved win!
For more information:
Official ABC1 Site: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/rake/
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587000/
TV Rage: http://tvrage.com/shows/id-26845
AUS Television: Offspring Returning for Season Three
The Ten Network recently announced that Offspring, the Australian drama starring Asher Keddie, Kat Stewart and Deborah Mailman has been picked up for a third season. The show has consistently delivered strong ratings especially in the much desired 18-49 demographic.
Production on the third season will begin later this year.
You can read more on this exciting news either at Encore Magazine or Digital Spy:
Encore Magazine: http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/offspring-announces-third-series-8834
Digital Spy: http://www.digitalspy.com/australian-tv/news/a323942/offspring-to-return-for-third-season.html
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
Production on the third season will begin later this year.
You can read more on this exciting news either at Encore Magazine or Digital Spy:
Encore Magazine: http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/offspring-announces-third-series-8834
Digital Spy: http://www.digitalspy.com/australian-tv/news/a323942/offspring-to-return-for-third-season.html
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
US Television, White Collar, Episode 3.1 "On Guard"
White Collar
Season Three, Episode One, On Guard
Original Air Date: June 15, 2011
Peter is convinced Neal had something to do with the explosion at the warehouse and the theft of the art even though Neal maintains his innocence. Mozzie admits to Neal how he managed to take the art and he and Neal plan their getaway. Meanwhile, Peter and Neal work on a new case where a man believed to have stolen $60 million from the Federal Reserve wants one of Neal's old aliases to help him smuggle the money out of the country.
Neal, Mozzie and David Lawrence (Neil Jackson) are boarding a small plane as the FBI closes in on them. Mozzie starts the plane and begins to take off and warns they won't make it but Neal tells him they must.
Four days earlier, Jones gives Neal a polygraph test as Peter wants to know the truth about whether Neal stole Adler's Nazi treasure from the warehouse. Neal passes the questions but Peter intends to keep him there until he's satisfied. Neal later goes to see Sara and tells her Peter might ask her some questions about the art. She asks if he took the art and he tells her he didn't. As he's leaving, she asks if the art is out there if he knows who has it and he doesn't answer.
Neal arrives home to find Mozzie sitting on his balcony. He takes the card from his pocket and asks Mozzie about it. Mozzie admits how he managed to get the art and blow up the warehouse. They got their white whale and the two toast to their best, and final, score.
Peter still doesn't trust Neal. At the office, Peter asks Neal about Gary Rydell, one of Neal's old aliases. Peter tells Neal of David Lawrence who was suspected of stealing $60 million from the Federal Reserve and they think he left the money behind when he fled the country before they could arrest him. A couple of days ago, they traced an email sent by Lawrence wanting Rydell to help him smuggle the money out of the country.
Neal tells Mozzie Peter knows something but Mozzie maintains Peter is just messing with Neal's head as that's what "suits do". Neal asks Mozzie if there's anything from the heist that can be tied back to him and Mozzie tells him he used the art from the studio where Neal kept his paintings. Neal isn't pleased about what he's being told but Mozzie insists nothing could have, or should have, survived the fire.
At home, Peter looks at the piece of burned painting found at the warehouse. Elle says there are a lot of paintings of the Chrysler Building and it could have been on the sub. Peter insists if Neal didn't steal the art himself it was Mozzie or Alex. She suggests to have the piece tested and if it isn't from the 1930's he'll know. He can't involve the Bureau yet without jeopardizing both Neal and himself and she offers to call in a favor with an old friend at the museum where she worked.
Neal's anklet is removed so he can meet Lawrence at a fencing club. The two men fence and Lawrence severs Neal's tie. As they fence, they talk about what Lawrence wants. He wants Neal to get the money out of the country for him as Peter said. At the office, Neal says he will take the money out by boat. Peter takes Neal's severed tie from the trash wanting to keep it as a souvenir.
Neal and Mozzie continue to make their plans at Neal's apartment. Mozzie has gotten their getaway plane. Neal is worried about Peter thinking he's got a card he hasn't played yet and Mozzie asks what the best way to find out what Peter knows is. Neal goes to see Elizabeth and the two have a talk over coffee. She closes the book of art she and Peter were looking at with the Art Deco Chrysler Building painting in it earlier and covers it. When she goes to get some milk for Neal's coffee he takes a photo of the book cover from the underside of the glass table it is on. At his apartment, Neal sees the picture of the Chrysler Building and remembers the painting he was working on and asks Mozzie if he put it on the sub, which he did. They work out that Peter doesn't want the FBI involved in testing the painting and that Elizabeth could possibly be involved in having it tested.
Neal and Lawrence meet and Neal lays out the plan he has prepared to get Lawrence and his money out of the country safely. Peter goes over the plans with Neal at the office and mentions he heard he talked to Elle. Neal tells him whatever he thinks he's done, they are on the same team. Mozzie calls Neal to tell him Elizabeth is talking to her old boss at the gallery. He sees that a scrap of Neal's painting didn't burn and she gave it to her boss for testing. Neal wants them to run the tests and they will swap it out. The two make plans to create an authentic painting.
Later, Mozzie arrives at Neal's apartment to find him painting another picture of the Chrysler Building in case Peter comes around looking. Mozzie gives Neal the details of when the burned painting sample will be tested. They decide to use June's granddaughter to help them get in to make the switch. Once Neal gets past security and inside, June's granddaughter and Mozzie leave and Neal gets to work creating the replacement for the burned painting piece. Peter calls and talks to Neal while he's working on the painting to tell him Jones will be at his place in 20 minutes.
Mozzie arrives to Neal's to talk to him and Neal assures him he can slip Jones again once they are finished with Lawrence. Neal wants to say something to June but Mozzie reminds him of their rule: no goodbyes. He will miss June as well, he'll miss all of it just as Neal will. Mozzie leaves and Neal takes one last look around his apartment and throws his FBI ID onto the table and leaves.
Neal leaves for the meeting with Lawrence with Jones following and Peter on his way to the harbor. Lawrence takes Neal to where the money is. It is secreted in the air ducts at the fencing club. He reverses the ducts and the money blows into the room where they are standing. Lawrence's men collect the money and get it packaged for transport. One of them spots Jones and he is brought into the club. Lawrence holds a gun on him and Neal questions Jones. Lawrence hits Jones and tells Neal the plan is blown. He orders one of his men to kill Jones. Neal tells Lawrence Jones is leverage alive and he has a backup plan: a plane. Neal calls Mozzie who isn't happy the plans have been changed. Mozzie calls a nervous Peter to pass on the message from Neal about the change in plans.
Neal, Mozzie, Lawrence and Jones board the plane as Peter and the team close in. Jones gets free and overtakes Lawrence and Mozzie stops the plane. Lawrence is arrested and the authorities start taking possession of the boxes of money. Peter congratulates Neal on a job well done and gives him back his anklet.
At home, Elizabeth gives Peter the results of the painting authentication showing it was from the 1930's. Peter goes to see Neal and looks through some paintings and finds the new Chrysler Building Neal had painted. Neal gives the painting to Peter who calls a truce as he might have rushed to judgment. Peter's phone rings and he tells Neal he has to go. As he's leaving, Neal tells him the door's open anytime. At the office, Diane tells Peter they found a part of the original German U-boat manifest and they can make out 22 of the paintings on board. Only two people on the evidence recovery team, she and Jones know about the list, something Peter wants kept that way. At Neal's Mozzie says they must sell something to fund their second escape. Peter knows with the list, if a single painting on it shows up, they have whoever stole the art. Mozzie asks Neal what they should sell first.
White Collar airs Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (US Eastern time) on the USA Network.
For More Information:
White Collar Official Site: http://www.usanetwork.com/series/whitecollar/
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1358522/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/White_Collar
Season Three, Episode One, On Guard
Original Air Date: June 15, 2011
Peter is convinced Neal had something to do with the explosion at the warehouse and the theft of the art even though Neal maintains his innocence. Mozzie admits to Neal how he managed to take the art and he and Neal plan their getaway. Meanwhile, Peter and Neal work on a new case where a man believed to have stolen $60 million from the Federal Reserve wants one of Neal's old aliases to help him smuggle the money out of the country.
Neal, Mozzie and David Lawrence (Neil Jackson) are boarding a small plane as the FBI closes in on them. Mozzie starts the plane and begins to take off and warns they won't make it but Neal tells him they must.
Four days earlier, Jones gives Neal a polygraph test as Peter wants to know the truth about whether Neal stole Adler's Nazi treasure from the warehouse. Neal passes the questions but Peter intends to keep him there until he's satisfied. Neal later goes to see Sara and tells her Peter might ask her some questions about the art. She asks if he took the art and he tells her he didn't. As he's leaving, she asks if the art is out there if he knows who has it and he doesn't answer.
Neal arrives home to find Mozzie sitting on his balcony. He takes the card from his pocket and asks Mozzie about it. Mozzie admits how he managed to get the art and blow up the warehouse. They got their white whale and the two toast to their best, and final, score.
Peter still doesn't trust Neal. At the office, Peter asks Neal about Gary Rydell, one of Neal's old aliases. Peter tells Neal of David Lawrence who was suspected of stealing $60 million from the Federal Reserve and they think he left the money behind when he fled the country before they could arrest him. A couple of days ago, they traced an email sent by Lawrence wanting Rydell to help him smuggle the money out of the country.
Neal tells Mozzie Peter knows something but Mozzie maintains Peter is just messing with Neal's head as that's what "suits do". Neal asks Mozzie if there's anything from the heist that can be tied back to him and Mozzie tells him he used the art from the studio where Neal kept his paintings. Neal isn't pleased about what he's being told but Mozzie insists nothing could have, or should have, survived the fire.
At home, Peter looks at the piece of burned painting found at the warehouse. Elle says there are a lot of paintings of the Chrysler Building and it could have been on the sub. Peter insists if Neal didn't steal the art himself it was Mozzie or Alex. She suggests to have the piece tested and if it isn't from the 1930's he'll know. He can't involve the Bureau yet without jeopardizing both Neal and himself and she offers to call in a favor with an old friend at the museum where she worked.
Neal's anklet is removed so he can meet Lawrence at a fencing club. The two men fence and Lawrence severs Neal's tie. As they fence, they talk about what Lawrence wants. He wants Neal to get the money out of the country for him as Peter said. At the office, Neal says he will take the money out by boat. Peter takes Neal's severed tie from the trash wanting to keep it as a souvenir.
Neal and Mozzie continue to make their plans at Neal's apartment. Mozzie has gotten their getaway plane. Neal is worried about Peter thinking he's got a card he hasn't played yet and Mozzie asks what the best way to find out what Peter knows is. Neal goes to see Elizabeth and the two have a talk over coffee. She closes the book of art she and Peter were looking at with the Art Deco Chrysler Building painting in it earlier and covers it. When she goes to get some milk for Neal's coffee he takes a photo of the book cover from the underside of the glass table it is on. At his apartment, Neal sees the picture of the Chrysler Building and remembers the painting he was working on and asks Mozzie if he put it on the sub, which he did. They work out that Peter doesn't want the FBI involved in testing the painting and that Elizabeth could possibly be involved in having it tested.
Neal and Lawrence meet and Neal lays out the plan he has prepared to get Lawrence and his money out of the country safely. Peter goes over the plans with Neal at the office and mentions he heard he talked to Elle. Neal tells him whatever he thinks he's done, they are on the same team. Mozzie calls Neal to tell him Elizabeth is talking to her old boss at the gallery. He sees that a scrap of Neal's painting didn't burn and she gave it to her boss for testing. Neal wants them to run the tests and they will swap it out. The two make plans to create an authentic painting.
Later, Mozzie arrives at Neal's apartment to find him painting another picture of the Chrysler Building in case Peter comes around looking. Mozzie gives Neal the details of when the burned painting sample will be tested. They decide to use June's granddaughter to help them get in to make the switch. Once Neal gets past security and inside, June's granddaughter and Mozzie leave and Neal gets to work creating the replacement for the burned painting piece. Peter calls and talks to Neal while he's working on the painting to tell him Jones will be at his place in 20 minutes.
Mozzie arrives to Neal's to talk to him and Neal assures him he can slip Jones again once they are finished with Lawrence. Neal wants to say something to June but Mozzie reminds him of their rule: no goodbyes. He will miss June as well, he'll miss all of it just as Neal will. Mozzie leaves and Neal takes one last look around his apartment and throws his FBI ID onto the table and leaves.
Neal leaves for the meeting with Lawrence with Jones following and Peter on his way to the harbor. Lawrence takes Neal to where the money is. It is secreted in the air ducts at the fencing club. He reverses the ducts and the money blows into the room where they are standing. Lawrence's men collect the money and get it packaged for transport. One of them spots Jones and he is brought into the club. Lawrence holds a gun on him and Neal questions Jones. Lawrence hits Jones and tells Neal the plan is blown. He orders one of his men to kill Jones. Neal tells Lawrence Jones is leverage alive and he has a backup plan: a plane. Neal calls Mozzie who isn't happy the plans have been changed. Mozzie calls a nervous Peter to pass on the message from Neal about the change in plans.
Neal, Mozzie, Lawrence and Jones board the plane as Peter and the team close in. Jones gets free and overtakes Lawrence and Mozzie stops the plane. Lawrence is arrested and the authorities start taking possession of the boxes of money. Peter congratulates Neal on a job well done and gives him back his anklet.
At home, Elizabeth gives Peter the results of the painting authentication showing it was from the 1930's. Peter goes to see Neal and looks through some paintings and finds the new Chrysler Building Neal had painted. Neal gives the painting to Peter who calls a truce as he might have rushed to judgment. Peter's phone rings and he tells Neal he has to go. As he's leaving, Neal tells him the door's open anytime. At the office, Diane tells Peter they found a part of the original German U-boat manifest and they can make out 22 of the paintings on board. Only two people on the evidence recovery team, she and Jones know about the list, something Peter wants kept that way. At Neal's Mozzie says they must sell something to fund their second escape. Peter knows with the list, if a single painting on it shows up, they have whoever stole the art. Mozzie asks Neal what they should sell first.
White Collar airs Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (US Eastern time) on the USA Network.
For More Information:
White Collar Official Site: http://www.usanetwork.com/series/whitecollar/
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1358522/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/White_Collar
AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 2.6
Offspring
Series Two, Episode Six
Original Air Date: June 13, 2011
Jimmy and Tammy are going ahead with their plans to get married and Nina rallies the Proudman family together to be supportive of Jimmy. However, things don't go exactly as planned and Jimmy receives some distressing news. Billie, Mick and Andrew go forward with their plans.
Nina is elected to call Jimmy. She leaves a message for him saying they want to work things out and asking him not to cut the family off. Mick doesn't want to get involved in the situation with Jimmy, something Geraldine and Billie doesn't understand.
Nina enters a room of the hospital to find Patrick holding a towel to his bleeding face. As she is tending to his injury, she asks how he got it and when he doesn't answer asks if it has something to do with his sister's situation. They bicker lightly about their personality traits.
The Proudman family and Cherie have dinner to discuss how they can reach out to Jimmy. Billie suggests saying Ray has been calling out for him every night even though Ray can't say Jimmy's name. Geraldine wants to tell him Rocket is dead, much to Mick's displeasure causing him to get up and leave saying he needs to be with Rocket at this time. Cherie calls Jimmy and leaves a message to say she misses and loves him. He calls her not long after she sits back down and wants to meet with her the following morning.
Billie takes her temperature and finds it's up and tells Mick it's time to call Andrew. Mick thought they weren't doing this until next month but she's ready now as she's been setting things up with Andrew already. Mick wants to know when they will talk about the big things such as the arrangement and work everything. She calls Andrew with the code they developed. When Andrew arrives at their house, Billie wants Mick to ask him how things will go but he's uncomfortable doing that. Andrew gives them a scenario and asks how it sounds to them.
At the hospital, Cherie finds Nina and tells her Jimmy and Tammy are getting married that day at the City Registry Office at 2:30. Nina goes to where Jimmy and Tammy are staying to speak with him. He's still angry at her. She asks if she can make it up to Tammy if he will let her come to their wedding. They go to where Tammy is having her hair done and he speaks with Tammy for a few minutes then invites Nina in. Nina tells her she feels terrible that she didn't feel welcome. Tammy says she understands that Nina is single and older and Jimmy is the man in her life but she wanted them to be sisters. Nina says that is what she wants, too and if Tammy can forgive her she wants to be at the wedding--the entire family, even Billie, want to be there.
Nina calls Billie to tell her Jimmy is getting married and that she said the family would be there. Cherie contacts Nina who asks her to swing by Billie and Mick's house to get a hold of them for her. Nina then calls Darcy to tell him of the plans and asks him to get Geraldine and bring her to the Registry Office. He wants to have a gentle family conversation with Jimmy but she tells him it's beyond that. Jimmy and Tammy exit the building where they've been staying and he asks what the family had to say. Nina tells him once everyone heard he was getting married everything "faded away".
In Nina's car, Tammy tells her she has a problem. Her ex-fiance has arrived in town and keeps texting her and is saying he will crash the wedding and wants Nina to promise she will not tell Jimmy.
Cherie knocks on Mick and Billie's door. When Billie answers, Cherie tells her Jimmy is getting married in an hour. Andrew brings the bowl of sperm and the turkey baster out of the kitchen. Billie takes it and she and Mick go back upstairs as Andrew ushers Rocket back outside with Cherie. She calls Nina to tell her Mick and Billie are at that moment trying for a baby. Darcy arrives at Geraldine's house and finds her sitting in a car outside as prospective buyers tour it. He gets in the car and asks for her phone then tells her about Jimmy. The news doesn't make her happy but she agrees with the plan he sets out for her.
At Nina's apartment, Tammy shows her some of the texts she's received from her ex. The buzzer sounds and Tammy says it's probably him. She gave him Nina's address so they could argue there instead of the wedding. When Tammy opens the door Fraser is there. Her ex arrives as Nina and Fraser are preparing to go out to the balcony. She sees him and he has lost a lot of weight, something he said he did for her. When he grabs Tammy to hug her Fraser steps forward to ask him not do to it and he takes a swing at Fraser saying she's his wife. Nina and Fraser watch Tammy and her ex from the balcony. Fraser brought Nina a card thanking her and apologizing for everything. Tammy's ex interrupts them to apologize for his "moment" and for calling Tammy his wife. He tells them Tammy is thinking it's probably best to not go through with the wedding today everything considered. Nina goes to talk to her and Tammy says it isn't she won't marry Jimmy ever. Her ex overhears this and confronts her saying Tammy told him something different. She wants Nina to tell Jimmy she's sorry and will see him tonight. Nina refuses telling her to say the words to Jimmy and deal with the fallout.
Geraldine and Darcy are the first to arrive for the wedding and hug their son. Cherie and Mick arrive next and both hug Jimmy. Billie is still in the car off her feet. She calls and talks to Mick and asks if their mum is there and how she looks. Nina and Tammy arrive and when Nina asks if she's ready, Tammy wants her to bring Jimmy outside as she doesn't think she can face the entire family. Nina goes in to get Jimmy. When they get back out to her car Tammy is gone. Billie, who is still on the phone with Mick and is on speaker, is giving everyone a play-by-play of what is happening as she can see it from the car. Everyone leaves the office. Nina is forced to tell Jimmy that Tammy can't marry him. He walks away.
Darcy, Geraldine, Billie and Mick have a drink and talk about what has happened. Nina arrives and tells the family Cherie found Jimmy and is bringing him there. She tells them what happened with Tammy and cautions them to not lecture him or say "told you so". As they are talking, Cherie arrives with Jimmy who is incredibly depressed. The family look to Nina to start things off and she tells Jimmy Cherie walked in on Mick and Billie doing the turkey baster. He smiles slightly. Darcy continues and tells them that when Geraldine was getting ready she started to disrobe in front of a Sri Lankan family forgetting it was an open house. Jimmy starts to cry and Billie and Geraldine get up to hug him. Later, Mick gets up to sing the song he was asked to write for the wedding "It's Beautiful to See You In Love". He did some quick rewrites and changed it into a humorous song about what is the use to falling in love making Jimmy smile.
During the song Nina gets an unknown call. She goes outside to answer it and it's Patrick. He admits his injuries were because of his sisters situation and apologizes for some of the things he said.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
Series Two, Episode Six
Original Air Date: June 13, 2011
Jimmy and Tammy are going ahead with their plans to get married and Nina rallies the Proudman family together to be supportive of Jimmy. However, things don't go exactly as planned and Jimmy receives some distressing news. Billie, Mick and Andrew go forward with their plans.
Nina is elected to call Jimmy. She leaves a message for him saying they want to work things out and asking him not to cut the family off. Mick doesn't want to get involved in the situation with Jimmy, something Geraldine and Billie doesn't understand.
Nina enters a room of the hospital to find Patrick holding a towel to his bleeding face. As she is tending to his injury, she asks how he got it and when he doesn't answer asks if it has something to do with his sister's situation. They bicker lightly about their personality traits.
The Proudman family and Cherie have dinner to discuss how they can reach out to Jimmy. Billie suggests saying Ray has been calling out for him every night even though Ray can't say Jimmy's name. Geraldine wants to tell him Rocket is dead, much to Mick's displeasure causing him to get up and leave saying he needs to be with Rocket at this time. Cherie calls Jimmy and leaves a message to say she misses and loves him. He calls her not long after she sits back down and wants to meet with her the following morning.
Billie takes her temperature and finds it's up and tells Mick it's time to call Andrew. Mick thought they weren't doing this until next month but she's ready now as she's been setting things up with Andrew already. Mick wants to know when they will talk about the big things such as the arrangement and work everything. She calls Andrew with the code they developed. When Andrew arrives at their house, Billie wants Mick to ask him how things will go but he's uncomfortable doing that. Andrew gives them a scenario and asks how it sounds to them.
At the hospital, Cherie finds Nina and tells her Jimmy and Tammy are getting married that day at the City Registry Office at 2:30. Nina goes to where Jimmy and Tammy are staying to speak with him. He's still angry at her. She asks if she can make it up to Tammy if he will let her come to their wedding. They go to where Tammy is having her hair done and he speaks with Tammy for a few minutes then invites Nina in. Nina tells her she feels terrible that she didn't feel welcome. Tammy says she understands that Nina is single and older and Jimmy is the man in her life but she wanted them to be sisters. Nina says that is what she wants, too and if Tammy can forgive her she wants to be at the wedding--the entire family, even Billie, want to be there.
Nina calls Billie to tell her Jimmy is getting married and that she said the family would be there. Cherie contacts Nina who asks her to swing by Billie and Mick's house to get a hold of them for her. Nina then calls Darcy to tell him of the plans and asks him to get Geraldine and bring her to the Registry Office. He wants to have a gentle family conversation with Jimmy but she tells him it's beyond that. Jimmy and Tammy exit the building where they've been staying and he asks what the family had to say. Nina tells him once everyone heard he was getting married everything "faded away".
In Nina's car, Tammy tells her she has a problem. Her ex-fiance has arrived in town and keeps texting her and is saying he will crash the wedding and wants Nina to promise she will not tell Jimmy.
Cherie knocks on Mick and Billie's door. When Billie answers, Cherie tells her Jimmy is getting married in an hour. Andrew brings the bowl of sperm and the turkey baster out of the kitchen. Billie takes it and she and Mick go back upstairs as Andrew ushers Rocket back outside with Cherie. She calls Nina to tell her Mick and Billie are at that moment trying for a baby. Darcy arrives at Geraldine's house and finds her sitting in a car outside as prospective buyers tour it. He gets in the car and asks for her phone then tells her about Jimmy. The news doesn't make her happy but she agrees with the plan he sets out for her.
At Nina's apartment, Tammy shows her some of the texts she's received from her ex. The buzzer sounds and Tammy says it's probably him. She gave him Nina's address so they could argue there instead of the wedding. When Tammy opens the door Fraser is there. Her ex arrives as Nina and Fraser are preparing to go out to the balcony. She sees him and he has lost a lot of weight, something he said he did for her. When he grabs Tammy to hug her Fraser steps forward to ask him not do to it and he takes a swing at Fraser saying she's his wife. Nina and Fraser watch Tammy and her ex from the balcony. Fraser brought Nina a card thanking her and apologizing for everything. Tammy's ex interrupts them to apologize for his "moment" and for calling Tammy his wife. He tells them Tammy is thinking it's probably best to not go through with the wedding today everything considered. Nina goes to talk to her and Tammy says it isn't she won't marry Jimmy ever. Her ex overhears this and confronts her saying Tammy told him something different. She wants Nina to tell Jimmy she's sorry and will see him tonight. Nina refuses telling her to say the words to Jimmy and deal with the fallout.
Geraldine and Darcy are the first to arrive for the wedding and hug their son. Cherie and Mick arrive next and both hug Jimmy. Billie is still in the car off her feet. She calls and talks to Mick and asks if their mum is there and how she looks. Nina and Tammy arrive and when Nina asks if she's ready, Tammy wants her to bring Jimmy outside as she doesn't think she can face the entire family. Nina goes in to get Jimmy. When they get back out to her car Tammy is gone. Billie, who is still on the phone with Mick and is on speaker, is giving everyone a play-by-play of what is happening as she can see it from the car. Everyone leaves the office. Nina is forced to tell Jimmy that Tammy can't marry him. He walks away.
Darcy, Geraldine, Billie and Mick have a drink and talk about what has happened. Nina arrives and tells the family Cherie found Jimmy and is bringing him there. She tells them what happened with Tammy and cautions them to not lecture him or say "told you so". As they are talking, Cherie arrives with Jimmy who is incredibly depressed. The family look to Nina to start things off and she tells Jimmy Cherie walked in on Mick and Billie doing the turkey baster. He smiles slightly. Darcy continues and tells them that when Geraldine was getting ready she started to disrobe in front of a Sri Lankan family forgetting it was an open house. Jimmy starts to cry and Billie and Geraldine get up to hug him. Later, Mick gets up to sing the song he was asked to write for the wedding "It's Beautiful to See You In Love". He did some quick rewrites and changed it into a humorous song about what is the use to falling in love making Jimmy smile.
During the song Nina gets an unknown call. She goes outside to answer it and it's Patrick. He admits his injuries were because of his sisters situation and apologizes for some of the things he said.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 2.5
Offspring
Series Two, Episode Five
Original Air Date: June 6, 2011
Nina must deal with the situation with Fraser King but doesn't know how to go about it. Billie and Mick have dinner with Andrew and the evening ends in disaster. Jimmy learns how his entire family feels about Tammy and vows to marry her despite how they feel because he loves her. Nina must make a decision about her relationship with Fraser.
Nina worries over Fraser's mistake and wonders if she's putting her feelings for him ahead of their professional relationship. She sits in her car at work wondering how she will work through the situation when Patrick surprises her. He asks about Fraser and she tells him she tried calling him three times last night as she would any student. He asks if she wants him to take care of it but she says it's her responsibility. When she arrives at the nurses desk, Cherie and Kim are talking about how excited they are about the Fundraising Ball. Zara walks up and asks if Fraser is there yet. As Patrick walks past, Zara asks if he will be coming to the Fundraising Ball and he replies he doesn't want to miss the drama and debauchery they'll be talking about tomorrow. Clegg asks Nina for a word in his office. He tells her they need to determine if Dr. King has what it takes to be a surgeon. If he has Nina's confidence, he has Clegg's.
Patrick asks Nina if she's spoken to Fraser yet but he hasn't arrived to work. She asks him if he went to Clegg about Fraser and he admits that Clegg did ask his opinion. As she's telling Patrick that Fraser is her responsibility Fraser walks up to them. He admits his mistake and that the thought it through and is confident it will never happen again and thanks them for their support and for saving him. When Patrick is gone, Fraser tells Nina he isn't something she will have to constantly sort out as she does everything else in her life. She asks why he didn't return her calls last night and he says he tried calling but he didn't know if she'd be on his side or angry and he didn't want things to be strange.
Billie asks Mick about Andrew. He asks if she's sure she wants to use Andrew as their donor as with an anonymous donor they get the sperm without the estranged brother. She thinks an anonymous donor would be like getting a dog from the pound and Andrew would be like a pedigree puppy from a breeder. Mick doesn't want her to be disappointed if Andrew says 'no'. She calls Andrew that morning to confirm their dinner date that evening. Billie comments to Darcy that Tammy is annoying and wrong and draining the life out of Jimmy but Darcy says he likes her. While Mick and Jimmy are working, Jimmy asks if Billie has said anything about Tammy, a question Mick doesn't want to answer. He tells Jimmy that Billie is protective of him and if Tammy makes him happy that's all that matters.
Billie and Jimmy have breakfast with their mother who tells them she's selling the house. Jimmy isn't happy about the decision and Billie is a bit more supportive of her mother. The conversation turns to Tammy and Jimmy accuses them of hating her. Geraldine says they don't hate her they just want him to be sure about her causing him to leave going back to Nina's to complain.
Cherie agrees to share a car to the Ball with Dr. Clegg. Once she and Nina are alone, she asks if she was able to speak with Fraser and Nina tells her he is convinced his mistake was a one-time thing. Fraser asks Nina to the Fundraising Ball and she reluctantly agrees.
Geraldine and Darcy are at the house while prospective buyers tour it because she can't bear to not be able to hear the comments people make about it. Darcy asks her about Jimmy and he tells her in a roundabout way that she has no right deciding what is right for Jimmy.
Nina watches as Fraser does an ultrasound on a patient. Everything goes good until the woman asks if everything is fine and he tells her they will do a Cesarean, something that cannot be done as the woman has drug allergies. Fraser uncomfortably leaves the room. Nina notes that Fraser froze in a consultation which wasn't even a crisis and goes looking for him. She finds him sitting alone with his head bowed.
Darcy goes to see Jimmy and finds Tammy at home alone. She insists he comes in and she talks constantly about how Jimmy tries hard but he just drifts. When Jimmy arrives, Darcy asks if he's alright about the house. He says he is and Tammy interjects that it's a shame and she can't believe Geraldine is getting rid of it. Darcy tells Jimmy he knows he's annoyed at his mum's and Billie's thoughts on the house and they should all get together and have a chat about it. Darcy really means Tammy and Jimmy understands. When Jimmy meets with Geraldine and Darcy, she tells her son that she wants him to be sure. Jimmy states that she doesn't like Tammy and she tells him flat-out that Tammy is wrong for him and she doesn't like her. If he marries her he will make the biggest mistake of his life. Jimmy angrily tells his parents he loves Tammy and he will marry her then leaves.
Nina sees Fraser and Patrick talking and questions Patrick as to what he said to him. He tells her he wanted to know if he could help and Nina asks why Fraser left. She tells him she will handle things to which he replies she isn't the only person who works with him and the only one who cares how things turn out. She tells him to back off and not go near Fraser causing him to ask if she's too emotionally involved.
Mick looks over some old family photos which he hides quickly when Billie arrives home. She's worried about what Andrew's answer will be and Mick maintains he doesn't know Andrew well enough to know what the answer will be.
As Nina is getting ready for the Ball Jimmy arrives and asks her directly if she likes Tammy. She reluctantly tells him she doesn't warm to Tammy that easily but if he loves her that is all that matters. When he leaves, she has a drink and thinks about how she will sort the problem with Fraser both professionally and personally. She and Fraser arrive at the hospital for the Ball and he gives her a bracelet as a 'thank you' telling her he hopes he'll become half the doctor she is and that she will have the patience to stick with him until he does.
Mick and Billie meet with Andrew and she asks him about his decision straight off. He tells them he has some questions and they need to talk but he is very much open to helping them. Andrew and Billie talk about him while Mick has a drink. The conversation turns into an argument between Mick and Andrew about their father. Andrew tells them he doesn't think this will work out, thanks Billie for dinner and leaves. She gets up and leaves soon after him. Later that night, Mick goes to see Andrew and tells him while there are things they need to sort out as brothers, he loves Billie and wants to have a baby with her but can't do it without him. Andrew agrees to help Billie and Mick.
At the Ball, Nina, Fraser, Cherie, Dr. Clegg, Zara and Kim are seated at a table together. Cherie listens as Clegg talks until Kim's girlfriend asks her if she thinks Kim turns into another person at one of these events. Fraser is drinking and is noticeably unhappy. Nina excuses herself to go freshen up as Patrick enters, alone. He compliments her then asks about Fraser. Cherie gets up from the table and asks Nina to dance and drags her onto the dance floor. Kim and Zara get up to dance. Nina is uncomfortable on the dance floor as she knows she should be talking with Fraser. He walks onto the floor and asks her if they can go talk. Clegg comes onto the floor and starts dancing with the girls.
Fraser tells Nina he feels she isn't into him anymore as she's been cold to him since they arrived. She stammers an answer but he wants honesty. She tells him she doesn't think they have a future together. Kim pulls her away at an inopportune moment for "photo time". As everyone is dressing up for photos, Nina tells Fraser he's had too much to drink and pulls him away from everyone else. He asks how she can be his teacher in the morning if she breaks up with him now. She wants to avoid the discussion but he asks her to just say it and if she thinks he's cut out to be an obstetrician. She tells him she doesn't think he has what it takes. He kisses her and she tries to push him away. Patrick steps in and Fraser takes a swing at him and falls. Patrick and Nina take a drunk Fraser home. Patrick offers to take her home but she wants to sit with Fraser for a bit.
When Nina arrives home Jimmy is moving out and won't tell her where he's going. Mick tells Billie she needn't be upset as Andrew said he would do it.
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Series Two, Episode Five
Original Air Date: June 6, 2011
Nina must deal with the situation with Fraser King but doesn't know how to go about it. Billie and Mick have dinner with Andrew and the evening ends in disaster. Jimmy learns how his entire family feels about Tammy and vows to marry her despite how they feel because he loves her. Nina must make a decision about her relationship with Fraser.
Nina worries over Fraser's mistake and wonders if she's putting her feelings for him ahead of their professional relationship. She sits in her car at work wondering how she will work through the situation when Patrick surprises her. He asks about Fraser and she tells him she tried calling him three times last night as she would any student. He asks if she wants him to take care of it but she says it's her responsibility. When she arrives at the nurses desk, Cherie and Kim are talking about how excited they are about the Fundraising Ball. Zara walks up and asks if Fraser is there yet. As Patrick walks past, Zara asks if he will be coming to the Fundraising Ball and he replies he doesn't want to miss the drama and debauchery they'll be talking about tomorrow. Clegg asks Nina for a word in his office. He tells her they need to determine if Dr. King has what it takes to be a surgeon. If he has Nina's confidence, he has Clegg's.
Patrick asks Nina if she's spoken to Fraser yet but he hasn't arrived to work. She asks him if he went to Clegg about Fraser and he admits that Clegg did ask his opinion. As she's telling Patrick that Fraser is her responsibility Fraser walks up to them. He admits his mistake and that the thought it through and is confident it will never happen again and thanks them for their support and for saving him. When Patrick is gone, Fraser tells Nina he isn't something she will have to constantly sort out as she does everything else in her life. She asks why he didn't return her calls last night and he says he tried calling but he didn't know if she'd be on his side or angry and he didn't want things to be strange.
Billie asks Mick about Andrew. He asks if she's sure she wants to use Andrew as their donor as with an anonymous donor they get the sperm without the estranged brother. She thinks an anonymous donor would be like getting a dog from the pound and Andrew would be like a pedigree puppy from a breeder. Mick doesn't want her to be disappointed if Andrew says 'no'. She calls Andrew that morning to confirm their dinner date that evening. Billie comments to Darcy that Tammy is annoying and wrong and draining the life out of Jimmy but Darcy says he likes her. While Mick and Jimmy are working, Jimmy asks if Billie has said anything about Tammy, a question Mick doesn't want to answer. He tells Jimmy that Billie is protective of him and if Tammy makes him happy that's all that matters.
Billie and Jimmy have breakfast with their mother who tells them she's selling the house. Jimmy isn't happy about the decision and Billie is a bit more supportive of her mother. The conversation turns to Tammy and Jimmy accuses them of hating her. Geraldine says they don't hate her they just want him to be sure about her causing him to leave going back to Nina's to complain.
Cherie agrees to share a car to the Ball with Dr. Clegg. Once she and Nina are alone, she asks if she was able to speak with Fraser and Nina tells her he is convinced his mistake was a one-time thing. Fraser asks Nina to the Fundraising Ball and she reluctantly agrees.
Geraldine and Darcy are at the house while prospective buyers tour it because she can't bear to not be able to hear the comments people make about it. Darcy asks her about Jimmy and he tells her in a roundabout way that she has no right deciding what is right for Jimmy.
Nina watches as Fraser does an ultrasound on a patient. Everything goes good until the woman asks if everything is fine and he tells her they will do a Cesarean, something that cannot be done as the woman has drug allergies. Fraser uncomfortably leaves the room. Nina notes that Fraser froze in a consultation which wasn't even a crisis and goes looking for him. She finds him sitting alone with his head bowed.
Darcy goes to see Jimmy and finds Tammy at home alone. She insists he comes in and she talks constantly about how Jimmy tries hard but he just drifts. When Jimmy arrives, Darcy asks if he's alright about the house. He says he is and Tammy interjects that it's a shame and she can't believe Geraldine is getting rid of it. Darcy tells Jimmy he knows he's annoyed at his mum's and Billie's thoughts on the house and they should all get together and have a chat about it. Darcy really means Tammy and Jimmy understands. When Jimmy meets with Geraldine and Darcy, she tells her son that she wants him to be sure. Jimmy states that she doesn't like Tammy and she tells him flat-out that Tammy is wrong for him and she doesn't like her. If he marries her he will make the biggest mistake of his life. Jimmy angrily tells his parents he loves Tammy and he will marry her then leaves.
Nina sees Fraser and Patrick talking and questions Patrick as to what he said to him. He tells her he wanted to know if he could help and Nina asks why Fraser left. She tells him she will handle things to which he replies she isn't the only person who works with him and the only one who cares how things turn out. She tells him to back off and not go near Fraser causing him to ask if she's too emotionally involved.
Mick looks over some old family photos which he hides quickly when Billie arrives home. She's worried about what Andrew's answer will be and Mick maintains he doesn't know Andrew well enough to know what the answer will be.
As Nina is getting ready for the Ball Jimmy arrives and asks her directly if she likes Tammy. She reluctantly tells him she doesn't warm to Tammy that easily but if he loves her that is all that matters. When he leaves, she has a drink and thinks about how she will sort the problem with Fraser both professionally and personally. She and Fraser arrive at the hospital for the Ball and he gives her a bracelet as a 'thank you' telling her he hopes he'll become half the doctor she is and that she will have the patience to stick with him until he does.
Mick and Billie meet with Andrew and she asks him about his decision straight off. He tells them he has some questions and they need to talk but he is very much open to helping them. Andrew and Billie talk about him while Mick has a drink. The conversation turns into an argument between Mick and Andrew about their father. Andrew tells them he doesn't think this will work out, thanks Billie for dinner and leaves. She gets up and leaves soon after him. Later that night, Mick goes to see Andrew and tells him while there are things they need to sort out as brothers, he loves Billie and wants to have a baby with her but can't do it without him. Andrew agrees to help Billie and Mick.
At the Ball, Nina, Fraser, Cherie, Dr. Clegg, Zara and Kim are seated at a table together. Cherie listens as Clegg talks until Kim's girlfriend asks her if she thinks Kim turns into another person at one of these events. Fraser is drinking and is noticeably unhappy. Nina excuses herself to go freshen up as Patrick enters, alone. He compliments her then asks about Fraser. Cherie gets up from the table and asks Nina to dance and drags her onto the dance floor. Kim and Zara get up to dance. Nina is uncomfortable on the dance floor as she knows she should be talking with Fraser. He walks onto the floor and asks her if they can go talk. Clegg comes onto the floor and starts dancing with the girls.
Fraser tells Nina he feels she isn't into him anymore as she's been cold to him since they arrived. She stammers an answer but he wants honesty. She tells him she doesn't think they have a future together. Kim pulls her away at an inopportune moment for "photo time". As everyone is dressing up for photos, Nina tells Fraser he's had too much to drink and pulls him away from everyone else. He asks how she can be his teacher in the morning if she breaks up with him now. She wants to avoid the discussion but he asks her to just say it and if she thinks he's cut out to be an obstetrician. She tells him she doesn't think he has what it takes. He kisses her and she tries to push him away. Patrick steps in and Fraser takes a swing at him and falls. Patrick and Nina take a drunk Fraser home. Patrick offers to take her home but she wants to sit with Fraser for a bit.
When Nina arrives home Jimmy is moving out and won't tell her where he's going. Mick tells Billie she needn't be upset as Andrew said he would do it.
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Offspring
Series Two, Episode Four
Original Air Date: May 30, 2011
Nina struggles with how she will work with Patrick but soon learns there is more to his situation than meets the eye. Fraser makes a mistake at work that could prove fatal for a patient. Billie awakens to find Mick isn't home and is worried about him. Mick's brother Andrew comes back into his, and Billie's life. Tammy makes things clear to Nina that whether the Proudman's like her or not, she's there to stay.
Nina is struggling with how she will be able to work with Patrick knowing he abuses his wife. At work, Fraser tells Nina he wants to be with her when she speaks to Clegg about Patrick. Nina goes to see Clegg alone and meets Patrick coming out of his office. Once alone with Clegg, she informs him she and the other staff suspect Patrick of violence toward his wife, something Clegg insists didn't happen as Kate wasn't Patrick's wife, she is his sister and he's doing everything he can to get her away from her abuser. Fraser and Kim get in Patrick's way in the hall as Nina and Clegg round the corner. They call the two down and Clegg takes Patrick back to his office while Nina takes Kim, Zara and Fraser aside to tell them they were wrong about Patrick. Jolene, a woman who has had four children at St. Francis, and is in for baby #5 has been admitted for delivery. Patrick catches Nina and Fraser kissing in an empty room. She and Fraser follow him and Nina apologizes for the previous misunderstanding. The conversation moves from an easily accepted apology to Patrick feeling they are blaming him for the misunderstanding even thought they are just trying to understand the situation.
Zara catches up to Nina to ask why she requested an emergency resuscitation team for one of two Cesareans she has scheduled for that afternoon. She maintains she didn't ask for the team and, after looking at the schedule, goes to Patrick to inform him it's her job to assess whether they need the resuss team. He tells her she lets her personal life interfere with her professional life, something she denies. At the worst possible time, Kim tells her she has a call from her sister. Later, Fraser tells Nina he has a friend that works at a hospital where Patrick used to work. She reckons their opiate supplies had a habit of disappearing and she feels Patrick is an addict. Nina tells him it's speculation and isn't helpful but he says he will be keeping an eye on him.
Nina, Fraser and Cherie watch as Patrick gives Jolene an epidural and Nina thinks how caring Patrick is with the patient. Cherie takes Nina aside for a word and tells her that while she really likes Fraser, she isn't sure about him in the 'doctor department'. Nina isn't pleased with what she is hearing and wonders what's wrong with everyone and why no one wants to work as a team. While scrubbing up for a procedure, Nina tells Patrick she cannot be effective unless he trusts her judgment. He replies that when her judgment gets better, he will trust it. Fraser delivers Jolene's baby and, when wrapping up the delivery, makes a mistake that causes Jolene to begin bleeding at a dangerous rate. Fraser freezes and Kim orders Cherie to get Nina. Nina and Patrick come in and Fraser is still frozen leading Patrick to tell Cherie to take him elsewhere to help him get cleaned up. Later, Nina tells the nurses Jolene is fine and asks about Fraser. Cherie tells her he's gone and she doesn't know where. As she's leaving, she calls Fraser asking him to call her back. At the elevator, Patrick stops her and explains about the resuss team. At home, Nina again gives Fraser a call asking him to get back to her. She and Tammy talk and Tammy says she knows Nina's family hates her as they're scared she'll steal Jimmy away. She tells Nina she's the best thing that ever happened to Jimmy and he's the best thing that ever happened to her and like her or not, she's there to stay. Once she's gone, Nina again calls Fraser.
Billie awakens to find Mick isn't in bed next to her and calls Nina with her worries. The two had a discussion the night before where he told her he wouldn't let her miss out on being someones mum and it might have to be a little patchwork person meaning they should get a donor. They get online to look for a donor but find none that appeal to them. Later, while making jokes about things, Mick is feeling guilty and Billie makes a joke about Mick's masculinity thinking they were still joking. She calls Jimmy to ask if he's seen Mick but he hasn't. After finding out what music Mick was last listening to, Jimmy says he thinks Mick went out for a man-walk to have a man-think and to leave it to him. At work, Billie confides in her father that she loves Mick and didn't mean what she said to him the night before.
Geraldine calls to tell Billie if she has anything in her house claim it now before she throws it in the bin. Nina and Billie to go Geraldine's house to claim their belongings before she tosses them. They discuss Jimmy and Tammy and Geraldine asks Nina to speak with him as he'll marry Tammy just to spite his mother if she talks to him. Nina asks Billie about Mick and she confesses to her mother and sister she wished she'd never heard of sperm donors. Geraldine asks about Mick's brother.
Jimmy calls Billie to tell her he's acquired the target. When she asks where he is, he tells her to sit tight as it's a man-secret. Jimmy and Mick talk and Jimmy tells him what he thinks the measure of a man is and what he thinks they both would do if they were men. Tammy wants Jimmy to have a bit of waxing done and Mick must ask his brother Andrew to be a sperm donor for him. Mick accompanies Jimmy to have the waxing done then later goes to see Andrew. After an uncomfortable conversation, Mick leaves without asking Andrew anything. He and Jimmy, both wearing kilts, go for a drink at the pub. Andrew shows up at Mick's and talks to Billie. She invites him in and he tells her she's nothing like the woman he thought Mick would have been with. Later, when Jimmy shows Tammy the waxing he had done, she tells him he had the wrong part of his body waxed. Billie and Andrew are playing a game when Mick arrives home. She tells him if he lives to be 1,000 years old he will never know how much she loves him.
Darcy and Geraldine discuss Jimmy's engagement to Tammy and, while Darcy is fine with Jimmy being in love, Geraldine doesn't want their son rushing headfirst into another reckless decision. She informs him that they are getting a divorce and he will be moving out leading him to move back in with Cherie and Ray. Later, when Darcy stops by to talk with Geraldine, she tells him she's selling the house. He wants her to think it through but she's made up her mind causing Darcy to realize it really is over between them. He offers to list the house but she declines not wanting the kids to know just yet.
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Series Two, Episode Four
Original Air Date: May 30, 2011
Nina struggles with how she will work with Patrick but soon learns there is more to his situation than meets the eye. Fraser makes a mistake at work that could prove fatal for a patient. Billie awakens to find Mick isn't home and is worried about him. Mick's brother Andrew comes back into his, and Billie's life. Tammy makes things clear to Nina that whether the Proudman's like her or not, she's there to stay.
Nina is struggling with how she will be able to work with Patrick knowing he abuses his wife. At work, Fraser tells Nina he wants to be with her when she speaks to Clegg about Patrick. Nina goes to see Clegg alone and meets Patrick coming out of his office. Once alone with Clegg, she informs him she and the other staff suspect Patrick of violence toward his wife, something Clegg insists didn't happen as Kate wasn't Patrick's wife, she is his sister and he's doing everything he can to get her away from her abuser. Fraser and Kim get in Patrick's way in the hall as Nina and Clegg round the corner. They call the two down and Clegg takes Patrick back to his office while Nina takes Kim, Zara and Fraser aside to tell them they were wrong about Patrick. Jolene, a woman who has had four children at St. Francis, and is in for baby #5 has been admitted for delivery. Patrick catches Nina and Fraser kissing in an empty room. She and Fraser follow him and Nina apologizes for the previous misunderstanding. The conversation moves from an easily accepted apology to Patrick feeling they are blaming him for the misunderstanding even thought they are just trying to understand the situation.
Zara catches up to Nina to ask why she requested an emergency resuscitation team for one of two Cesareans she has scheduled for that afternoon. She maintains she didn't ask for the team and, after looking at the schedule, goes to Patrick to inform him it's her job to assess whether they need the resuss team. He tells her she lets her personal life interfere with her professional life, something she denies. At the worst possible time, Kim tells her she has a call from her sister. Later, Fraser tells Nina he has a friend that works at a hospital where Patrick used to work. She reckons their opiate supplies had a habit of disappearing and she feels Patrick is an addict. Nina tells him it's speculation and isn't helpful but he says he will be keeping an eye on him.
Nina, Fraser and Cherie watch as Patrick gives Jolene an epidural and Nina thinks how caring Patrick is with the patient. Cherie takes Nina aside for a word and tells her that while she really likes Fraser, she isn't sure about him in the 'doctor department'. Nina isn't pleased with what she is hearing and wonders what's wrong with everyone and why no one wants to work as a team. While scrubbing up for a procedure, Nina tells Patrick she cannot be effective unless he trusts her judgment. He replies that when her judgment gets better, he will trust it. Fraser delivers Jolene's baby and, when wrapping up the delivery, makes a mistake that causes Jolene to begin bleeding at a dangerous rate. Fraser freezes and Kim orders Cherie to get Nina. Nina and Patrick come in and Fraser is still frozen leading Patrick to tell Cherie to take him elsewhere to help him get cleaned up. Later, Nina tells the nurses Jolene is fine and asks about Fraser. Cherie tells her he's gone and she doesn't know where. As she's leaving, she calls Fraser asking him to call her back. At the elevator, Patrick stops her and explains about the resuss team. At home, Nina again gives Fraser a call asking him to get back to her. She and Tammy talk and Tammy says she knows Nina's family hates her as they're scared she'll steal Jimmy away. She tells Nina she's the best thing that ever happened to Jimmy and he's the best thing that ever happened to her and like her or not, she's there to stay. Once she's gone, Nina again calls Fraser.
Billie awakens to find Mick isn't in bed next to her and calls Nina with her worries. The two had a discussion the night before where he told her he wouldn't let her miss out on being someones mum and it might have to be a little patchwork person meaning they should get a donor. They get online to look for a donor but find none that appeal to them. Later, while making jokes about things, Mick is feeling guilty and Billie makes a joke about Mick's masculinity thinking they were still joking. She calls Jimmy to ask if he's seen Mick but he hasn't. After finding out what music Mick was last listening to, Jimmy says he thinks Mick went out for a man-walk to have a man-think and to leave it to him. At work, Billie confides in her father that she loves Mick and didn't mean what she said to him the night before.
Geraldine calls to tell Billie if she has anything in her house claim it now before she throws it in the bin. Nina and Billie to go Geraldine's house to claim their belongings before she tosses them. They discuss Jimmy and Tammy and Geraldine asks Nina to speak with him as he'll marry Tammy just to spite his mother if she talks to him. Nina asks Billie about Mick and she confesses to her mother and sister she wished she'd never heard of sperm donors. Geraldine asks about Mick's brother.
Jimmy calls Billie to tell her he's acquired the target. When she asks where he is, he tells her to sit tight as it's a man-secret. Jimmy and Mick talk and Jimmy tells him what he thinks the measure of a man is and what he thinks they both would do if they were men. Tammy wants Jimmy to have a bit of waxing done and Mick must ask his brother Andrew to be a sperm donor for him. Mick accompanies Jimmy to have the waxing done then later goes to see Andrew. After an uncomfortable conversation, Mick leaves without asking Andrew anything. He and Jimmy, both wearing kilts, go for a drink at the pub. Andrew shows up at Mick's and talks to Billie. She invites him in and he tells her she's nothing like the woman he thought Mick would have been with. Later, when Jimmy shows Tammy the waxing he had done, she tells him he had the wrong part of his body waxed. Billie and Andrew are playing a game when Mick arrives home. She tells him if he lives to be 1,000 years old he will never know how much she loves him.
Darcy and Geraldine discuss Jimmy's engagement to Tammy and, while Darcy is fine with Jimmy being in love, Geraldine doesn't want their son rushing headfirst into another reckless decision. She informs him that they are getting a divorce and he will be moving out leading him to move back in with Cherie and Ray. Later, when Darcy stops by to talk with Geraldine, she tells him she's selling the house. He wants her to think it through but she's made up her mind causing Darcy to realize it really is over between them. He offers to list the house but she declines not wanting the kids to know just yet.
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AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 2.3
Offspring
Series Two, Episode Three
Original Air Date: May 23, 2011
Nina makes a decision about her relationship with Fraser King. Billie and Mick move forward in their quest to have a child together only to receive heartbreaking news. Cherie and Sam's relationship ends. Darcy and Geraldine come to a decision about getting re-married. Jimmy makes an announcement to his family.
Nina has a sex dream about Fraser King causing her to vow that she will nip the situation between the two of them in the bud because "she's a professional woman". At work, they see the abusive husband Fraser had a run-in with previously with Dr. Clegg and wonder if his wife has been re-admitted or filed a complaint. She talks to him about the kiss telling him she doesn't think it can happen again and that she did enjoy it and find him attractive and under different circumstances things could be different. She explains she is in a position of responsibility and it is about priorities and timing. He assures her he would never take advantage of his personal feelings for her in a professional context. Later, while looking at an ultrasound, Nina tells Fraser she might have over thought the situation between them and suggests if they set a few boundaries they could go out for a drink or meal. He starts to kiss her and she stops him saying it would be a date with boundaries. She and Fraser have a quiet dinner together that leads to them going back to her apartment for a night together. As Nina is enjoying the sight of a naked Fraser in her kitchen, Tammy and Jimmy, both naked, come downstairs. Nina stands in front of Fraser and makes the introductions before they go back to her bedroom. At work, Nina feels somewhat awkward with Fraser and he tells her he'll make sure it will stay just between them if that's what she wants.
Billie and Mick go for an appointment with their fertility doctor who shows them how to use the injection pen and Billie gives herself the first dose. She is to inject herself once a day and, with luck, in 12-14 days they will be harvesting her eggs. Mick is concerned about the side effects of the injections but Billie doesn't seem to give them much thought at all. As the days pass, she continues the injections and her behavior does start to change. She starts out excited and gets increasingly more agitated. Mick makes Billie call Nina because she is having a lot of side effects from the hormone injections. Billie thinks they are normal symptoms but her "girlfriend" Mick thinks she shouldn't be feeling so poorly so quickly. They run down the list of symptoms for Nina and she asks if Billie has had any chest pains or if her wee has changed color, which she hasn't. She warns that while some things are normal, everyone is different and she must keep a close eye on her symptoms and if things get worse she needs an ultrasound. Billie calls Nina while she's with Fraser because she's gotten sicker wanting Nina to help. Nina takes her to the fertility clinic for an ultrasound and Billie realizes Nina has had "death bed" sex. At the clinic while waiting for the doctor, Billie questions Nina about the sex she had. Mick arrives in time for the ultrasound where they learn Billie has ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome, an uncommon and sometimes fatal reaction. They must stop the treatments immediately. Billie asks if they can try again and the doctor says they must focus on getting her back up and running again. Nina assures Billie she'll be fine and leaves her in her "girlfriend's" capable hands. Before she leaves, Billie asks Nina to say nothing to the family. The doctor tells Billie her body has rejected the drugs and they must stop fertility treatments and it won't be possible for them to conceive a child together.
Cherie tells Nina she cannot make sense of her feelings for Sam at all. She knows he's everything she could ever ask for but, at other times, she wants to punch him in the face. She finds it irritating that he walks around in his white fronts all the time, that he chews with his mouth open and talks while he's chewing and that he looks at what is in his glass every single time he takes a drink. The conversation goes from Cherie and Sam to Nina and she confesses that she kissed Fraser. Cherie urges her to stop thinking so much and have a crack and living for a minute. Cherie and Sam's love life is less than spectacular. On the way to Geraldine and Darcy's re-commitment dinner, Cherie breaks up with Sam.
Darcy wants Nina to write a speech commemorating the 1980's for he and Geraldine's re-commitment dinner. Geraldine knows Darcy is up to something and he has the kids involved but she worries why no one seems to care what she wants. She worries if she tells Darcy how she feels he will have another heart attack and die. Billie isn't crazy about Darcy wanting her to write a speech about the seventies as she was just a baby then and what she does remember her mum would probably want to forget. She tells him the speech idea is perhaps the worst idea he's ever had including the time he got Geraldine a female stripper for their anniversary. Before the kids arrive for the dinner, Geraldine breaks down and tells Darcy that she loves him but cannot marry him again.
At the dinner, Cherie tells everyone she broke up with Sam. To cheer her up, Billie announces to everyone that Nina has been having sex, an issue Nina admits to but quickly moves away from. After Tammy makes a toast to Darcy and Geraldine, they stand up and announce they have decided they will finally be getting a divorce. Jimmy announces that he proposed to Tammy and she accepted.
Nina is called away from the dinner for a delivery and is given the details of the case by Zara. While she and Fraser are with the woman, Dr. Clegg enters the room and introduces them to their new colleague, Patrick, the abusive husband Fraser butted heads with earlier.
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Series Two, Episode Three
Original Air Date: May 23, 2011
Nina makes a decision about her relationship with Fraser King. Billie and Mick move forward in their quest to have a child together only to receive heartbreaking news. Cherie and Sam's relationship ends. Darcy and Geraldine come to a decision about getting re-married. Jimmy makes an announcement to his family.
Nina has a sex dream about Fraser King causing her to vow that she will nip the situation between the two of them in the bud because "she's a professional woman". At work, they see the abusive husband Fraser had a run-in with previously with Dr. Clegg and wonder if his wife has been re-admitted or filed a complaint. She talks to him about the kiss telling him she doesn't think it can happen again and that she did enjoy it and find him attractive and under different circumstances things could be different. She explains she is in a position of responsibility and it is about priorities and timing. He assures her he would never take advantage of his personal feelings for her in a professional context. Later, while looking at an ultrasound, Nina tells Fraser she might have over thought the situation between them and suggests if they set a few boundaries they could go out for a drink or meal. He starts to kiss her and she stops him saying it would be a date with boundaries. She and Fraser have a quiet dinner together that leads to them going back to her apartment for a night together. As Nina is enjoying the sight of a naked Fraser in her kitchen, Tammy and Jimmy, both naked, come downstairs. Nina stands in front of Fraser and makes the introductions before they go back to her bedroom. At work, Nina feels somewhat awkward with Fraser and he tells her he'll make sure it will stay just between them if that's what she wants.
Billie and Mick go for an appointment with their fertility doctor who shows them how to use the injection pen and Billie gives herself the first dose. She is to inject herself once a day and, with luck, in 12-14 days they will be harvesting her eggs. Mick is concerned about the side effects of the injections but Billie doesn't seem to give them much thought at all. As the days pass, she continues the injections and her behavior does start to change. She starts out excited and gets increasingly more agitated. Mick makes Billie call Nina because she is having a lot of side effects from the hormone injections. Billie thinks they are normal symptoms but her "girlfriend" Mick thinks she shouldn't be feeling so poorly so quickly. They run down the list of symptoms for Nina and she asks if Billie has had any chest pains or if her wee has changed color, which she hasn't. She warns that while some things are normal, everyone is different and she must keep a close eye on her symptoms and if things get worse she needs an ultrasound. Billie calls Nina while she's with Fraser because she's gotten sicker wanting Nina to help. Nina takes her to the fertility clinic for an ultrasound and Billie realizes Nina has had "death bed" sex. At the clinic while waiting for the doctor, Billie questions Nina about the sex she had. Mick arrives in time for the ultrasound where they learn Billie has ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome, an uncommon and sometimes fatal reaction. They must stop the treatments immediately. Billie asks if they can try again and the doctor says they must focus on getting her back up and running again. Nina assures Billie she'll be fine and leaves her in her "girlfriend's" capable hands. Before she leaves, Billie asks Nina to say nothing to the family. The doctor tells Billie her body has rejected the drugs and they must stop fertility treatments and it won't be possible for them to conceive a child together.
Cherie tells Nina she cannot make sense of her feelings for Sam at all. She knows he's everything she could ever ask for but, at other times, she wants to punch him in the face. She finds it irritating that he walks around in his white fronts all the time, that he chews with his mouth open and talks while he's chewing and that he looks at what is in his glass every single time he takes a drink. The conversation goes from Cherie and Sam to Nina and she confesses that she kissed Fraser. Cherie urges her to stop thinking so much and have a crack and living for a minute. Cherie and Sam's love life is less than spectacular. On the way to Geraldine and Darcy's re-commitment dinner, Cherie breaks up with Sam.
Darcy wants Nina to write a speech commemorating the 1980's for he and Geraldine's re-commitment dinner. Geraldine knows Darcy is up to something and he has the kids involved but she worries why no one seems to care what she wants. She worries if she tells Darcy how she feels he will have another heart attack and die. Billie isn't crazy about Darcy wanting her to write a speech about the seventies as she was just a baby then and what she does remember her mum would probably want to forget. She tells him the speech idea is perhaps the worst idea he's ever had including the time he got Geraldine a female stripper for their anniversary. Before the kids arrive for the dinner, Geraldine breaks down and tells Darcy that she loves him but cannot marry him again.
At the dinner, Cherie tells everyone she broke up with Sam. To cheer her up, Billie announces to everyone that Nina has been having sex, an issue Nina admits to but quickly moves away from. After Tammy makes a toast to Darcy and Geraldine, they stand up and announce they have decided they will finally be getting a divorce. Jimmy announces that he proposed to Tammy and she accepted.
Nina is called away from the dinner for a delivery and is given the details of the case by Zara. While she and Fraser are with the woman, Dr. Clegg enters the room and introduces them to their new colleague, Patrick, the abusive husband Fraser butted heads with earlier.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
US Television: Breakout Kings, Episode 1.13, "Where in the World is Carmen Vega?"
Breakout Kings
Season One, Episode Thirteen, Where in the World is Carmen Vega?
Original Air Date: May 30, 2011
When cold-blooded killer and drug runner Carmen Vega escapes from prison while at her eldest sons funeral the team is called into action. The case becomes personal when Carmen Vega has Shea's girlfriend, Vanessa, kidnapped and threatens to kill her unless Shea sees to it Carmen is allowed to escape. Vanessa's abduction, and the possibility that someone from the Marshall's service leaked info on the cons to Vega causes Erica and Lloyd to contemplate running.
At Edgecombe Female Penitentiary in New York, New York, the women are in the showers and one, Carmen Vega (Lauren Velez) is joking with the others about a man she knew on the outside. A guard tells Carmen the warden wants to see her but Carmen says she needs to shower and the warden can wait. The guard informs Carmen her son was found in a dumpster with a bullet in his brain. The warden gives Carmen his deepest condolences but he cannot allow her to attend the funeral. The warden mentions her drug trade and Carmen insists it was her husbands business and her son, Sebastian, was drawn into it just as she was only she was fortunate enough to get into prison where she could get a second chance. As the guard is dragging her from the office she begs and pleads with the warden that she must see her son and hold his hand one last time before he's buried.
Carmen steps out of a prison van in her orange prison jumpsuit and chained at the wrists and ankles. She is flanked by five guards and led into the church where her son's body rests. She wants to run to her youngest son, Cesar (Manny Montana), but the guards restrain her saying she isn't allowed any physical contact and give her five minutes to pay her respects to her slain son. A guard checks beneath the coffin Sebastian is in for weapons as Carmen walks up the aisle to her son. She kneels next to the coffin and wants to touch her son but cannot for the chains around her wrists. She turns to the guards and begs them to free her hands. A guard frees one of her hands and she turns back to her son. She stands and leans over his body. As she's kissing his forehead, she reaches into the folds of the coffin with her free hand and takes hold of a gun. She turns and fires, killing the guards. Her associates draw their weapons and surround her as she tells the mourners at the church if any of them go to the police she will find out and kill their entire family.
At the office in Brooklyn, Shea is surprised to see Vega has escaped. He tells the team he knew her a couple of lifetimes ago and they had some business dealings. When Charlie starts to tell the team about Vega, Shea tells him he's got it and proceeds to tell her story. She claimed the dope she was imprisoned for belonged to her husband who was killed by a rival gang two weeks earlier. In actuality, she knew about the drugs because she was the head of the family and she had her husband killed because he was having an affair with her hairdresser. She called all the shots and she pulled the triggers. Shea points to her picture saying she is the baddest, meanest, most vicious person he ever met. Shea did business with her for a couple of years as she had a pipeline to Columbia and provided his outfit with a certain recreational powder. Ray asked if they stayed on good terms and Shea tells him they didn't as one night she made a move on him and when he shot her down, she got that look in her eye when she doesn't get what she wants and called him a name that he doesn't allow people who aren't black to call him. He took his business elsewhere and hadn't seen her since. Charlie wants Shea to run point on the case but Shea is reluctant to do so as he wants to stay low profile since Carmen and all her people know him. Erica suggests Shea can call plays from the press box to the players on the sidelines, something he agrees with. Charlie agrees and orders Shea to start making calls as he wants to know what Carmen's plan is.
As Shea is getting out of his prison clothes and into his civvies, his phone rings. Vanessa (Tattiawna Jones) is on the other end of the line saying she has a message from Carmen. She knows he is working with the Marshall's and if he doesn't make sure she doesn't get caught they will kill her. Shea wants to talk to whoever is there with Vanessa and when she tells them that, a man slaps her and hangs up the phone.
Carmen's son Cesar tells his mother that the message was delivered to Shea. She looks to a wall that has several photographs hanging on it and asks her crew to tell her what's wrong with the picture. She thinks there are too many black faces at the top of the pyramid and they are all the way at the bottom. Cesar informs her they lost a lot of territory under Sebastian as he would have rather done lines with the guys rather than fighting for the street corners. She admits it was obvious even from prison that Sebastian was driving them into the ground as he didn't even keep up with the payments to the guards. She's angry she has half the crew she used to command and that Flow Flow (Brooks Darnell) made it to the top. She orders one of her crew to find Flow Flow. When he and another man leave, she is notified that a man Buntz (Jim McAleese) has arrived to speak with her. She politely greets the man telling him she'll be with him as soon as she can and to make himself comfortable. She goes to Cesar and promises him she will make him a king. He needs to make the men in the crew fear him so they will respect him.
Shea is in the SUV outside the church where Vega escaped speaking with one of his friends on his phone. He wants him to find out where Vanessa is being held no matter what he has to do. Charlie and Ray get in the car and asks what Shea has and are told nothing yet. Charlie reminds Shea that they have five dead correctional officers in the church. Shea holds up his phone telling them he's trying.
Flow Flow is in a strip club receiving a lap dance from one of the strippers (Virna Kim) when Carmen enters in a hail of gunfire and walks up to him. She tells him he has a stupid name as she holds a gun pointed at his head. He swears to her he didn't kill her son and doesn't know who did. She admits she knows that as she is the one who put the hit out on her own son then shoots him.
The team arrive at the strip club and Charlie goes to check out the security camera in hopes of identifying someone other than Carmen. Ray asks Lloyd to speak with the strippers. Shea receives a call from his friend and steps away from everyone else to talk. He has no word on Vanessa and Shea begs him for his help as they've been friends since they were five but his friend hangs up. Lloyd addresses the strippers saying it's a common misconception that strippers hate men, and the truth is they hate men in strip clubs. He assures them he isn't a man whose hands they must constantly slap away and is there to move things forward so they can get back to work making some money. He asks for pertinent information regarding Flow Flow or the woman who murdered him. Jade, the stripper who was with Flow Flow, raises her hand. She tells Lloyd she was giving Flow Flow a lap dance when Carmen came in. She hid under the table but was able to hear Carmen say something.
Charlie is shocked to learn Carmen had her own son killed but Lloyd feels Jade was telling the truth. Erica points out Sebastian's funeral was the perfect way for Carmen to get out of prison to make her escape. When Charlie asks Shea what he thinks he tells them he's thinking. Ray and Charlie take him aside and Ray questions him about his new found lack of enthusiasm for the case. Shea maintains he's working on it but Charlie warns him if he's thinking about past loyalties he will send him back to Sing Sing as they have no time for games because Carmen's body count is rising. Shea tells them if Flow Flow as involved with Sebastian business wise, there was only one man who could set it up, The Mayor (Eugene Clark).
The team returns to the office and Julie informs Charlie all local airports and docks have been notified and are on alert and there's no news from NYPD about information sharing. Ray brings Mayor in and Shea asks Charlie if he can have first crack at the interview since Mayor knows and trusts him and Charlie gives his consent. Erica thinks Shea is up to something because of him wanting to conduct the interview himself. When Ray re-enters the main room, he joins Charlie at Julie's desk to listen to Shea's interview. Mayor asks Shea what he's doing there and Shea tells him 'community service'. He tells him if they don't find Carmen soon it will get bad for some people and Mayor asks if it hasn't gotten bad already. Shea points out it will get bad for them. Mayor insists on a deal like the one Shea has before he will do any talking. Shea sits down and quietly tells him that Carmen has Vanessa and will kill her, something Charlie, Ray and Julie weren't able to make out over the intercom. Shea asks Mayor to help him find Vanessa before it's too late but he refuses because he needs to worry about his own safety now.
Charlie and Ray come back into the room and Mayor tells them he's a dead man if he goes back out into the street. He wants witness protection before he will say a single word to them. Charlie asks if he's willing to give info on everyone and testify at every trial the D.A. needs him at and he doesn't want that, he just wants to give info on Carmen. Charlie tells him that's no deal and Ray includes they could put him in protective custody until Carmen is caught or he could take his chances on the street. Mayor agrees to the deal and Ray sends Shea from the room. When he's outside the room, Shea's phone rings and it is Vanessa telling him she has guns pointed at her and the men holding them are angry because they think he's working for the Marshall's. Shea assures her he's making sure the Marshall's are going in the wrong direction but she insists they aren't buying it. Shea wants her to tell them he's playing ball and will make sure the Marshall's won't get anywhere near Carmen. The men with Vanessa hang up the phone. Erica and Lloyd are behind Shea and she asks what he's up to and that if he doesn't bring them into the loop they might tell Charlie he should hang onto Shea's phone. He tells them about Carmen taking Vanessa and Erica asks if he's going to throw the investigation. He knows Carmen will kill Vanessa no matter what he does so the only option he has left open to him is to work the case and get Carmen before anything happens to Vanessa. He asks if he can count on them to cover for him and Erica says he needs to tell them he isn't planning on running. Shea looks in her eyes and tells her he isn't running.
Mayor tells Charlie and Ray that Carmen has positioned Cesar to take over and Ray wants to know where to find him. Mayor doesn't know but tells them Cesar's father might be willing to help out as he was never in Carmen's organization and he always stood up to her and gives them the name Jose Rodriguez (Tim Sell). Charlie points out that's an extremely common name in Queens but Mayor doesn't know any nicknames or anything else about Rodriguez.
Carmen and Cesar are talking about his father and she asks if his father raised him or taught him the ways of the world. Cesar insists she wouldn't let him. She tells him Sebastian thought he was a man but he inherited his weakness from his father. She wants to know how she can leave him in control if she has to worry about him falling under the influence of his father. He tells her Sebastian had everything handed to him and he (Cesar) had to prove himself and asks her to leave his father out of it. She kisses her son telling him she's just going to talk to his father. As she starts to leave, the businessman who came to see her earlier is still waiting and stops her. She apologizes and tells him she'll be with him as soon as she can.
Charlie informs Mayor that two Marshall's that are at the office will take him back to headquarters. As the Marshall's escort Mayor out, Julie tells Charlie and Ray there are 1,293 men named 'Jose Rodriguez' in the greater New York area. She called NYPD Gang Unit and they are trying to get a current address. He wants her to lean on the NYPD as they don't have time for them to waste. Outside, the Marshall's put Mayor into their car. Upstairs, Ray asks Shea if he knows about Rodriguez and he says he's never heard of him. He is interrupted by the sound of screeching tires then gunfire. Ray and Charlie draw their weapons. Charlie orders everyone to stay put as he and Ray head downstairs. Julie and the cons go to the windows where they can see two men in a car firing at the Marshall's car. When Ray and Charlie get outside they find the Marshall's car riddled with bullets and all three men inside dead. Charlie asks Ray how Carmen knew Mayor was in their custody and Ray raises his eyes upward.
Upstairs, Ray takes Shea into the interview room and asks if he's in Carmen's back pocket. Shea insists he isn't and Ray makes it clear that if he is working with Carmen he's looking at three murder charges. Shea assures him he's doing all he can to find Carmen. Ray asks for Shea's phone. Reluctantly, Shea hands it over. Ray tells him to sit down and wait for someone to come get him then leaves the room.
Charlie is being fiercely questioned by a Marshall's Senior Director, Colburn (Derek Webster), in his office who wants to know if anyone could have tailed them back to the office with Mayor. As Charlie is being grilled by the Director, Erica and Lloyd talk about the developments with Shea. Lloyd wants to tell Ray and Charlie everything they know but Erica points out that two Marshall's have already been killed and they sat on information that should have been told beforehand and it's possible the task force will be shut down. Julie can hear their conversation. Erica asks Lloyd what Shea will do and if he might help Carmen then run. Lloyd tells her about the Prisoner's Dilemma and asks what if Shea doesn't run. She tells him it isn't a game and she will not go back to maximum security as she will not talk to her daughter through three inches of Plexiglas. He doesn't want to go back to maximum security either but he doesn't want to ruin the best work release program they could find; he won't. Charlie assures Colburn that they are just as upset over the murders as his superiors are and gives him his word they'll get to the bottom of it. Colburn tells Charlie that he needs to get up to speed on the case as Knox is demanding oversight on it until they get in front of the mess. Charlie tells him the files are all on his desk and he can go through them while he goes to make sure the team is on Carmen's trail.
Charlie goes into the interview room and asks Ray if Shea's phone got him anything. Ray tells him a couple of calls from a Dimani Johnson. Shea informs them that is his source on the streets and they are trying to find info on Carmen. Ray tells Charlie about two calls from a cell phone using a scrambling device which Shea explains as being from contacts he has on the side that doesn't want anyone to know they're providing info on Carmen and assures them he had nothing to do with the Marshall's getting killed. Charlie tells Shea he knows he isn't being straight with them and Shea again stresses that he wants to help find Carmen. Outside the interview room, Charlie tells Ray he can't hold Colburn off any longer and must tell him what's going on with Shea. Ray tells him if he does that they may as well clear out their desks. Charlie agrees they are all on the line but he's the only person with a badge to lose. Ray counters that he's trying to advise him on how not to lose it. Julie comes in to tell them she found Jose Rodriguez who lives in a cousin's apartment in Long Island City. When she leaves, Ray tells Charlie they put Shea back in the bullpen because if Colburn finds out they suspect one of their own they are toast and Carmen is gone.
Jose Rodriguez arrives home to find Carmen waiting for him. He isn't exactly happy to see her and wants to know why she's there. She tells him she wants to make peace for Cesar's sake as he will be taking the reigns. Jose doesn't want to stand by while Carmen sends his son to an early grave like Sebastian. He wants his son to have a future. Carmen asks if that is why he's been talking to his son about moving to Miami. She tells him their son has a future and she wants him to promise he will not interfere with it. He sits down next to her and she hands him a glass of wine. He tells her he cannot make that promise. As she is kissing him, she pulls a knife from her pocket.
Ray and Erica arrive at Jose's building and he asks her if Shea said anything to her and she says he hasn't. He reminds her that if one con runs all three go back. Erica points out that Jose is in apartment #2 and they go inside. Ray draws his gun when they see the keys are in the door. They enter the apartment and find Jose's body on the floor with Carmen nowhere to be found.
At the office, Charlie hangs up the phone saying Carmen snuck out the back as if she knew they were coming. Shea reminds him they shouldn't look at him as they took his phone. Colburn comes out of Charlie's office wanting to know what the word is on Rodriguez and Charlie tells him Carmen killed him. Colburn angrily goes back into the office and sits down behind the desk. Shea tells Charlie they need to start looking at Colburn instead of him since he was the one who sent the Marshall's down to transport Mayor. Shea points out all the things Colburn knew that made their way to Carmen. Julie stands up from her desk and goes to Charlie and tells him Colburn has a second phone that he's hiding under Charlie's desk to text with. Shea sees this as proof. Lloyd points out Colburn has been tugging at his collar which is a sign of discomfort and nervousness. Shea tells Charlie La Santa has a man on the inside and it isn't him. Charlie asks about the name "la santa" (the saint) and Shea tells him it is Carmen's nickname and only her inner circle calls her that. Charlie steps into his office and asks Colburn if he's heard anything more about La Santa. Colburn tells him no and that it's his job to keep him informed. Charlie closes the door and quietly tells Julie to go to the back, get on the phone and call Ray to bring him up to speed then call Internal Affairs to send someone over. Charlie tells the cons to keep their heads down, work the case and play it cool. Colburn comes out of Charlie's office wanting to leave but Charlie will not let him go and tells him there is a guy from IA on his way over. Shea questions Colburn about his involvement and mentions the second phone as Julie watches the exchange from the back room. Charlie holds Shea back as he continues to press Colburn harder. Colburn draws his weapon and Charlie turns with his own gun raised ordering Colburn to put his down. Colburn tries to justify working with Carmen and Charlie tells him they can make it right. Colburn repeats 'make it right' to Charlie then turns his gun on himself.
Colburn's body is wheeled out of the office and Shea comments he was a rat and died a rat's death and didn't even tell them where Carmen was before killing himself. Ray asks Julie where they are with Colburn's cell phone. She informs him he cleared the history so she's having all calls and texting traffic captured. Ray asks if she's alright and she says she's guesses she is.
Carmen is being given instructions on how to use a device she is buying from Buntz. She takes the equipment and tells him if he'll be kind enough to wait there she'll arrange payment. As she's leaving, Cesar asks when he'll see her again and she tells him someday when things quiet down and that he's a king now. He asks about the man and she tells him he knows what to do. She kisses her son goodbye and leaves.
Erica is on the phone with her ex wanting him to have their daughter call her when she gets home from school. Lloyd walks up to her and she hangs up and stresses to him that Carmen had a Marshall feeding her inside information and she has as much info on them as she does Shea and warns him to call his mother. She tells Shea she isn't putting her daughter in danger like that. Lloyd asks him what the plan is and he tells Lloyd the only way is that he needs to bring the ballgame to Carmen. Erica says she won't wait to get a phone call like Shea did. Charlie calls to the cons and tells them they have the feed back from Colburn's phone. They look over the texts and fine "PAWE" in them leading them to wonder what it could be. They dial the number on another of the calls and Shea's phone rings in.
Charlie takes Shea into the interview room and tells him they have a clean slate starting right now but he needs to tell him what's going on. Shea tells him Colburn must have sold him out to Carmen because she kidnapped his girlfriend and will kill her if they catch Carmen. Charlie points out they can't find Vanessa unless they catch Carmen. Shea knows and wants Charlie to promise he can get Carmen alone and gives Charlie a location where they might find her.
Buntz's body is being wrapped in plastic as Charlie and Ray enter with guns drawn. Cesar's men draw and fire upon them and are killed in the exchange. Ray points his gun at Cesar and asks where his mother is.
The team and the police go over the place as Shea and Charlie question Cesar about where his mother can be found but he isn't talking. Shea asks him where they are keeping Vanessa but he maintains he doesn't know what he's talking about. Shea hits him and demands to know where Vanessa is and Ray pulls him away and orders him to leave the room. He asks Lloyd and Erica if they found anything and Lloyd holds up a piece of the equipment the salesman had. Ray orders him to send a picture to Julie for identification. Erica is going over the texts on the phone. Charlie shows Cesar the crime scene photos from his father's apartment telling him Carmen killed him and asks where she went. Cesar, who is clearly upset by what he's seeing tells Charlie she's gone. Julie calls Ray with an identification on the murdered man. He's a regional salesmen for Northstar Nautical Supplies. Erica suggests that could indicate PAWE means Port Authority Watch Engineer and Shea says Carmen is sailing back to Columbia.
At Port Authority, Charlie tells the team the ship there is definitely headed to Columbia but was searched and every head counted and Carmen isn't there. Julie calls with identification on the equipment Lloyd found. It goes with a device used by miners and submarine crews in case of a lack of air. They take dogs over the cargo containers on the dock and a dog stops in front of one and barks. They open the container and find it is outfitted for someone to inhabit. Charlie, with gun drawn, orders Carmen to step out. After a few seconds, she steps around the corner into view. She acknowledges Shea as she's being cuffed and Charlie asks where Vanessa is. She claims to not know what he's talking about. As Ray is leading her away, she calls Erica and Lloyd both by name and tells them she heard a lot about them. Erica turns to Lloyd and tells him the train is heading for a cliff and why are they still on it. Ray calls to them and they follow him.
Shea gets in an interview room with Carmen and they talk calmly. She points out that he no longer has power in the streets. He admits that's true but he does have power in prison, exactly where Cesar is going. He puts a phone down on the table telling her to make a call and get Vanessa released now. She again maintains she doesn't know what he's talking about. Shea tells her she got rid of one son but Cesar is the one that matters. She tells him Cesar lasted one day on the throne and to imagine her disappointment. He informs her that she either call off the hit on Vanessa or she will find out in a couple of days that Cesar will be skinned alive and asks her what it will be. The rest of the team, and Cesar, are listening in the main room as she tells Shea "Cesar is dead to me". Erica walks away and Lloyd follows her under Julie's watchful eyes. Shea comes into the room asking Cesar if he heard what his mother said and Charlie tells him if he wants a deal it will only come if he tells where Vanessa is. Cesar agrees to take Charlie to where Vanessa is and the two leave. Shea starts to follow and Ray stops him.
Erica is talking to her daughter and tells her it's a secret between the two of them but she needs to be ready in case she comes by. She ends the call when Lloyd enters the room. He tells her Cesar gave up where Vanessa is. She says that's good for Shea but does nothing for them as Carmen can tell anyone in prison who they are and what they are doing and she will not let Carmen kill her daughter. Lloyd point out that if she runs he goes back to maximum and before they pulled him out things had started to get difficult for him and he's unsure he'd last a month there. She tells him to run with her and that she doesn't want to run either and wished the gig would have worked out but she won't let Carmen put a bulls eye on her daughter's back. Julie comes into the room and tells them if two members of the task force try to run Charlie and Ray will find them, no matter what, and she'd have to help them. She tells Erica her little girl would be older than she is now by time she got out and Lloyd that he'd never be a professor again and prove everyone wrong. They work with the U.S. Marshall's and they will protect them. She asks them not to run and leaves.
Downstairs, Ray brings two pitchers of beer to the table and tells them they've waited a long time for it and to drink responsibly. Shea tells him they've been outed. Ray admits there's no going back for any of them, including him. He might never get to carry a badge again but the task force has given him the chance to do the only thing he knows. As long as they stick together, they will be alright. Charlie enters the restaurant with Vanessa and calls to Shea who gets up and runs to her. The two embrace as Charlie goes to the table and sits. He tells them all he will put them and their families in a witness security safe houses for the next two weeks as they do a risk assessment. They have nothing to worry about as the Marshall's have their backs. Carmen is being sent to a supermax in Colorado and will have no contact with anyone. Lloyd raises his glass saying "let's get drunk" and looks to Erica. The two smile and everyone enjoys their drinks.
Breakout Kings airs every Sunday night at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Arts & Entertainment Network.
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Season One, Episode Thirteen, Where in the World is Carmen Vega?
Original Air Date: May 30, 2011
When cold-blooded killer and drug runner Carmen Vega escapes from prison while at her eldest sons funeral the team is called into action. The case becomes personal when Carmen Vega has Shea's girlfriend, Vanessa, kidnapped and threatens to kill her unless Shea sees to it Carmen is allowed to escape. Vanessa's abduction, and the possibility that someone from the Marshall's service leaked info on the cons to Vega causes Erica and Lloyd to contemplate running.
At Edgecombe Female Penitentiary in New York, New York, the women are in the showers and one, Carmen Vega (Lauren Velez) is joking with the others about a man she knew on the outside. A guard tells Carmen the warden wants to see her but Carmen says she needs to shower and the warden can wait. The guard informs Carmen her son was found in a dumpster with a bullet in his brain. The warden gives Carmen his deepest condolences but he cannot allow her to attend the funeral. The warden mentions her drug trade and Carmen insists it was her husbands business and her son, Sebastian, was drawn into it just as she was only she was fortunate enough to get into prison where she could get a second chance. As the guard is dragging her from the office she begs and pleads with the warden that she must see her son and hold his hand one last time before he's buried.
Carmen steps out of a prison van in her orange prison jumpsuit and chained at the wrists and ankles. She is flanked by five guards and led into the church where her son's body rests. She wants to run to her youngest son, Cesar (Manny Montana), but the guards restrain her saying she isn't allowed any physical contact and give her five minutes to pay her respects to her slain son. A guard checks beneath the coffin Sebastian is in for weapons as Carmen walks up the aisle to her son. She kneels next to the coffin and wants to touch her son but cannot for the chains around her wrists. She turns to the guards and begs them to free her hands. A guard frees one of her hands and she turns back to her son. She stands and leans over his body. As she's kissing his forehead, she reaches into the folds of the coffin with her free hand and takes hold of a gun. She turns and fires, killing the guards. Her associates draw their weapons and surround her as she tells the mourners at the church if any of them go to the police she will find out and kill their entire family.
At the office in Brooklyn, Shea is surprised to see Vega has escaped. He tells the team he knew her a couple of lifetimes ago and they had some business dealings. When Charlie starts to tell the team about Vega, Shea tells him he's got it and proceeds to tell her story. She claimed the dope she was imprisoned for belonged to her husband who was killed by a rival gang two weeks earlier. In actuality, she knew about the drugs because she was the head of the family and she had her husband killed because he was having an affair with her hairdresser. She called all the shots and she pulled the triggers. Shea points to her picture saying she is the baddest, meanest, most vicious person he ever met. Shea did business with her for a couple of years as she had a pipeline to Columbia and provided his outfit with a certain recreational powder. Ray asked if they stayed on good terms and Shea tells him they didn't as one night she made a move on him and when he shot her down, she got that look in her eye when she doesn't get what she wants and called him a name that he doesn't allow people who aren't black to call him. He took his business elsewhere and hadn't seen her since. Charlie wants Shea to run point on the case but Shea is reluctant to do so as he wants to stay low profile since Carmen and all her people know him. Erica suggests Shea can call plays from the press box to the players on the sidelines, something he agrees with. Charlie agrees and orders Shea to start making calls as he wants to know what Carmen's plan is.
As Shea is getting out of his prison clothes and into his civvies, his phone rings. Vanessa (Tattiawna Jones) is on the other end of the line saying she has a message from Carmen. She knows he is working with the Marshall's and if he doesn't make sure she doesn't get caught they will kill her. Shea wants to talk to whoever is there with Vanessa and when she tells them that, a man slaps her and hangs up the phone.
Carmen's son Cesar tells his mother that the message was delivered to Shea. She looks to a wall that has several photographs hanging on it and asks her crew to tell her what's wrong with the picture. She thinks there are too many black faces at the top of the pyramid and they are all the way at the bottom. Cesar informs her they lost a lot of territory under Sebastian as he would have rather done lines with the guys rather than fighting for the street corners. She admits it was obvious even from prison that Sebastian was driving them into the ground as he didn't even keep up with the payments to the guards. She's angry she has half the crew she used to command and that Flow Flow (Brooks Darnell) made it to the top. She orders one of her crew to find Flow Flow. When he and another man leave, she is notified that a man Buntz (Jim McAleese) has arrived to speak with her. She politely greets the man telling him she'll be with him as soon as she can and to make himself comfortable. She goes to Cesar and promises him she will make him a king. He needs to make the men in the crew fear him so they will respect him.
Shea is in the SUV outside the church where Vega escaped speaking with one of his friends on his phone. He wants him to find out where Vanessa is being held no matter what he has to do. Charlie and Ray get in the car and asks what Shea has and are told nothing yet. Charlie reminds Shea that they have five dead correctional officers in the church. Shea holds up his phone telling them he's trying.
Flow Flow is in a strip club receiving a lap dance from one of the strippers (Virna Kim) when Carmen enters in a hail of gunfire and walks up to him. She tells him he has a stupid name as she holds a gun pointed at his head. He swears to her he didn't kill her son and doesn't know who did. She admits she knows that as she is the one who put the hit out on her own son then shoots him.
The team arrive at the strip club and Charlie goes to check out the security camera in hopes of identifying someone other than Carmen. Ray asks Lloyd to speak with the strippers. Shea receives a call from his friend and steps away from everyone else to talk. He has no word on Vanessa and Shea begs him for his help as they've been friends since they were five but his friend hangs up. Lloyd addresses the strippers saying it's a common misconception that strippers hate men, and the truth is they hate men in strip clubs. He assures them he isn't a man whose hands they must constantly slap away and is there to move things forward so they can get back to work making some money. He asks for pertinent information regarding Flow Flow or the woman who murdered him. Jade, the stripper who was with Flow Flow, raises her hand. She tells Lloyd she was giving Flow Flow a lap dance when Carmen came in. She hid under the table but was able to hear Carmen say something.
Charlie is shocked to learn Carmen had her own son killed but Lloyd feels Jade was telling the truth. Erica points out Sebastian's funeral was the perfect way for Carmen to get out of prison to make her escape. When Charlie asks Shea what he thinks he tells them he's thinking. Ray and Charlie take him aside and Ray questions him about his new found lack of enthusiasm for the case. Shea maintains he's working on it but Charlie warns him if he's thinking about past loyalties he will send him back to Sing Sing as they have no time for games because Carmen's body count is rising. Shea tells them if Flow Flow as involved with Sebastian business wise, there was only one man who could set it up, The Mayor (Eugene Clark).
The team returns to the office and Julie informs Charlie all local airports and docks have been notified and are on alert and there's no news from NYPD about information sharing. Ray brings Mayor in and Shea asks Charlie if he can have first crack at the interview since Mayor knows and trusts him and Charlie gives his consent. Erica thinks Shea is up to something because of him wanting to conduct the interview himself. When Ray re-enters the main room, he joins Charlie at Julie's desk to listen to Shea's interview. Mayor asks Shea what he's doing there and Shea tells him 'community service'. He tells him if they don't find Carmen soon it will get bad for some people and Mayor asks if it hasn't gotten bad already. Shea points out it will get bad for them. Mayor insists on a deal like the one Shea has before he will do any talking. Shea sits down and quietly tells him that Carmen has Vanessa and will kill her, something Charlie, Ray and Julie weren't able to make out over the intercom. Shea asks Mayor to help him find Vanessa before it's too late but he refuses because he needs to worry about his own safety now.
Charlie and Ray come back into the room and Mayor tells them he's a dead man if he goes back out into the street. He wants witness protection before he will say a single word to them. Charlie asks if he's willing to give info on everyone and testify at every trial the D.A. needs him at and he doesn't want that, he just wants to give info on Carmen. Charlie tells him that's no deal and Ray includes they could put him in protective custody until Carmen is caught or he could take his chances on the street. Mayor agrees to the deal and Ray sends Shea from the room. When he's outside the room, Shea's phone rings and it is Vanessa telling him she has guns pointed at her and the men holding them are angry because they think he's working for the Marshall's. Shea assures her he's making sure the Marshall's are going in the wrong direction but she insists they aren't buying it. Shea wants her to tell them he's playing ball and will make sure the Marshall's won't get anywhere near Carmen. The men with Vanessa hang up the phone. Erica and Lloyd are behind Shea and she asks what he's up to and that if he doesn't bring them into the loop they might tell Charlie he should hang onto Shea's phone. He tells them about Carmen taking Vanessa and Erica asks if he's going to throw the investigation. He knows Carmen will kill Vanessa no matter what he does so the only option he has left open to him is to work the case and get Carmen before anything happens to Vanessa. He asks if he can count on them to cover for him and Erica says he needs to tell them he isn't planning on running. Shea looks in her eyes and tells her he isn't running.
Mayor tells Charlie and Ray that Carmen has positioned Cesar to take over and Ray wants to know where to find him. Mayor doesn't know but tells them Cesar's father might be willing to help out as he was never in Carmen's organization and he always stood up to her and gives them the name Jose Rodriguez (Tim Sell). Charlie points out that's an extremely common name in Queens but Mayor doesn't know any nicknames or anything else about Rodriguez.
Carmen and Cesar are talking about his father and she asks if his father raised him or taught him the ways of the world. Cesar insists she wouldn't let him. She tells him Sebastian thought he was a man but he inherited his weakness from his father. She wants to know how she can leave him in control if she has to worry about him falling under the influence of his father. He tells her Sebastian had everything handed to him and he (Cesar) had to prove himself and asks her to leave his father out of it. She kisses her son telling him she's just going to talk to his father. As she starts to leave, the businessman who came to see her earlier is still waiting and stops her. She apologizes and tells him she'll be with him as soon as she can.
Charlie informs Mayor that two Marshall's that are at the office will take him back to headquarters. As the Marshall's escort Mayor out, Julie tells Charlie and Ray there are 1,293 men named 'Jose Rodriguez' in the greater New York area. She called NYPD Gang Unit and they are trying to get a current address. He wants her to lean on the NYPD as they don't have time for them to waste. Outside, the Marshall's put Mayor into their car. Upstairs, Ray asks Shea if he knows about Rodriguez and he says he's never heard of him. He is interrupted by the sound of screeching tires then gunfire. Ray and Charlie draw their weapons. Charlie orders everyone to stay put as he and Ray head downstairs. Julie and the cons go to the windows where they can see two men in a car firing at the Marshall's car. When Ray and Charlie get outside they find the Marshall's car riddled with bullets and all three men inside dead. Charlie asks Ray how Carmen knew Mayor was in their custody and Ray raises his eyes upward.
Upstairs, Ray takes Shea into the interview room and asks if he's in Carmen's back pocket. Shea insists he isn't and Ray makes it clear that if he is working with Carmen he's looking at three murder charges. Shea assures him he's doing all he can to find Carmen. Ray asks for Shea's phone. Reluctantly, Shea hands it over. Ray tells him to sit down and wait for someone to come get him then leaves the room.
Charlie is being fiercely questioned by a Marshall's Senior Director, Colburn (Derek Webster), in his office who wants to know if anyone could have tailed them back to the office with Mayor. As Charlie is being grilled by the Director, Erica and Lloyd talk about the developments with Shea. Lloyd wants to tell Ray and Charlie everything they know but Erica points out that two Marshall's have already been killed and they sat on information that should have been told beforehand and it's possible the task force will be shut down. Julie can hear their conversation. Erica asks Lloyd what Shea will do and if he might help Carmen then run. Lloyd tells her about the Prisoner's Dilemma and asks what if Shea doesn't run. She tells him it isn't a game and she will not go back to maximum security as she will not talk to her daughter through three inches of Plexiglas. He doesn't want to go back to maximum security either but he doesn't want to ruin the best work release program they could find; he won't. Charlie assures Colburn that they are just as upset over the murders as his superiors are and gives him his word they'll get to the bottom of it. Colburn tells Charlie that he needs to get up to speed on the case as Knox is demanding oversight on it until they get in front of the mess. Charlie tells him the files are all on his desk and he can go through them while he goes to make sure the team is on Carmen's trail.
Charlie goes into the interview room and asks Ray if Shea's phone got him anything. Ray tells him a couple of calls from a Dimani Johnson. Shea informs them that is his source on the streets and they are trying to find info on Carmen. Ray tells Charlie about two calls from a cell phone using a scrambling device which Shea explains as being from contacts he has on the side that doesn't want anyone to know they're providing info on Carmen and assures them he had nothing to do with the Marshall's getting killed. Charlie tells Shea he knows he isn't being straight with them and Shea again stresses that he wants to help find Carmen. Outside the interview room, Charlie tells Ray he can't hold Colburn off any longer and must tell him what's going on with Shea. Ray tells him if he does that they may as well clear out their desks. Charlie agrees they are all on the line but he's the only person with a badge to lose. Ray counters that he's trying to advise him on how not to lose it. Julie comes in to tell them she found Jose Rodriguez who lives in a cousin's apartment in Long Island City. When she leaves, Ray tells Charlie they put Shea back in the bullpen because if Colburn finds out they suspect one of their own they are toast and Carmen is gone.
Jose Rodriguez arrives home to find Carmen waiting for him. He isn't exactly happy to see her and wants to know why she's there. She tells him she wants to make peace for Cesar's sake as he will be taking the reigns. Jose doesn't want to stand by while Carmen sends his son to an early grave like Sebastian. He wants his son to have a future. Carmen asks if that is why he's been talking to his son about moving to Miami. She tells him their son has a future and she wants him to promise he will not interfere with it. He sits down next to her and she hands him a glass of wine. He tells her he cannot make that promise. As she is kissing him, she pulls a knife from her pocket.
Ray and Erica arrive at Jose's building and he asks her if Shea said anything to her and she says he hasn't. He reminds her that if one con runs all three go back. Erica points out that Jose is in apartment #2 and they go inside. Ray draws his gun when they see the keys are in the door. They enter the apartment and find Jose's body on the floor with Carmen nowhere to be found.
At the office, Charlie hangs up the phone saying Carmen snuck out the back as if she knew they were coming. Shea reminds him they shouldn't look at him as they took his phone. Colburn comes out of Charlie's office wanting to know what the word is on Rodriguez and Charlie tells him Carmen killed him. Colburn angrily goes back into the office and sits down behind the desk. Shea tells Charlie they need to start looking at Colburn instead of him since he was the one who sent the Marshall's down to transport Mayor. Shea points out all the things Colburn knew that made their way to Carmen. Julie stands up from her desk and goes to Charlie and tells him Colburn has a second phone that he's hiding under Charlie's desk to text with. Shea sees this as proof. Lloyd points out Colburn has been tugging at his collar which is a sign of discomfort and nervousness. Shea tells Charlie La Santa has a man on the inside and it isn't him. Charlie asks about the name "la santa" (the saint) and Shea tells him it is Carmen's nickname and only her inner circle calls her that. Charlie steps into his office and asks Colburn if he's heard anything more about La Santa. Colburn tells him no and that it's his job to keep him informed. Charlie closes the door and quietly tells Julie to go to the back, get on the phone and call Ray to bring him up to speed then call Internal Affairs to send someone over. Charlie tells the cons to keep their heads down, work the case and play it cool. Colburn comes out of Charlie's office wanting to leave but Charlie will not let him go and tells him there is a guy from IA on his way over. Shea questions Colburn about his involvement and mentions the second phone as Julie watches the exchange from the back room. Charlie holds Shea back as he continues to press Colburn harder. Colburn draws his weapon and Charlie turns with his own gun raised ordering Colburn to put his down. Colburn tries to justify working with Carmen and Charlie tells him they can make it right. Colburn repeats 'make it right' to Charlie then turns his gun on himself.
Colburn's body is wheeled out of the office and Shea comments he was a rat and died a rat's death and didn't even tell them where Carmen was before killing himself. Ray asks Julie where they are with Colburn's cell phone. She informs him he cleared the history so she's having all calls and texting traffic captured. Ray asks if she's alright and she says she's guesses she is.
Carmen is being given instructions on how to use a device she is buying from Buntz. She takes the equipment and tells him if he'll be kind enough to wait there she'll arrange payment. As she's leaving, Cesar asks when he'll see her again and she tells him someday when things quiet down and that he's a king now. He asks about the man and she tells him he knows what to do. She kisses her son goodbye and leaves.
Erica is on the phone with her ex wanting him to have their daughter call her when she gets home from school. Lloyd walks up to her and she hangs up and stresses to him that Carmen had a Marshall feeding her inside information and she has as much info on them as she does Shea and warns him to call his mother. She tells Shea she isn't putting her daughter in danger like that. Lloyd asks him what the plan is and he tells Lloyd the only way is that he needs to bring the ballgame to Carmen. Erica says she won't wait to get a phone call like Shea did. Charlie calls to the cons and tells them they have the feed back from Colburn's phone. They look over the texts and fine "PAWE" in them leading them to wonder what it could be. They dial the number on another of the calls and Shea's phone rings in.
Charlie takes Shea into the interview room and tells him they have a clean slate starting right now but he needs to tell him what's going on. Shea tells him Colburn must have sold him out to Carmen because she kidnapped his girlfriend and will kill her if they catch Carmen. Charlie points out they can't find Vanessa unless they catch Carmen. Shea knows and wants Charlie to promise he can get Carmen alone and gives Charlie a location where they might find her.
Buntz's body is being wrapped in plastic as Charlie and Ray enter with guns drawn. Cesar's men draw and fire upon them and are killed in the exchange. Ray points his gun at Cesar and asks where his mother is.
The team and the police go over the place as Shea and Charlie question Cesar about where his mother can be found but he isn't talking. Shea asks him where they are keeping Vanessa but he maintains he doesn't know what he's talking about. Shea hits him and demands to know where Vanessa is and Ray pulls him away and orders him to leave the room. He asks Lloyd and Erica if they found anything and Lloyd holds up a piece of the equipment the salesman had. Ray orders him to send a picture to Julie for identification. Erica is going over the texts on the phone. Charlie shows Cesar the crime scene photos from his father's apartment telling him Carmen killed him and asks where she went. Cesar, who is clearly upset by what he's seeing tells Charlie she's gone. Julie calls Ray with an identification on the murdered man. He's a regional salesmen for Northstar Nautical Supplies. Erica suggests that could indicate PAWE means Port Authority Watch Engineer and Shea says Carmen is sailing back to Columbia.
At Port Authority, Charlie tells the team the ship there is definitely headed to Columbia but was searched and every head counted and Carmen isn't there. Julie calls with identification on the equipment Lloyd found. It goes with a device used by miners and submarine crews in case of a lack of air. They take dogs over the cargo containers on the dock and a dog stops in front of one and barks. They open the container and find it is outfitted for someone to inhabit. Charlie, with gun drawn, orders Carmen to step out. After a few seconds, she steps around the corner into view. She acknowledges Shea as she's being cuffed and Charlie asks where Vanessa is. She claims to not know what he's talking about. As Ray is leading her away, she calls Erica and Lloyd both by name and tells them she heard a lot about them. Erica turns to Lloyd and tells him the train is heading for a cliff and why are they still on it. Ray calls to them and they follow him.
Shea gets in an interview room with Carmen and they talk calmly. She points out that he no longer has power in the streets. He admits that's true but he does have power in prison, exactly where Cesar is going. He puts a phone down on the table telling her to make a call and get Vanessa released now. She again maintains she doesn't know what he's talking about. Shea tells her she got rid of one son but Cesar is the one that matters. She tells him Cesar lasted one day on the throne and to imagine her disappointment. He informs her that she either call off the hit on Vanessa or she will find out in a couple of days that Cesar will be skinned alive and asks her what it will be. The rest of the team, and Cesar, are listening in the main room as she tells Shea "Cesar is dead to me". Erica walks away and Lloyd follows her under Julie's watchful eyes. Shea comes into the room asking Cesar if he heard what his mother said and Charlie tells him if he wants a deal it will only come if he tells where Vanessa is. Cesar agrees to take Charlie to where Vanessa is and the two leave. Shea starts to follow and Ray stops him.
Erica is talking to her daughter and tells her it's a secret between the two of them but she needs to be ready in case she comes by. She ends the call when Lloyd enters the room. He tells her Cesar gave up where Vanessa is. She says that's good for Shea but does nothing for them as Carmen can tell anyone in prison who they are and what they are doing and she will not let Carmen kill her daughter. Lloyd point out that if she runs he goes back to maximum and before they pulled him out things had started to get difficult for him and he's unsure he'd last a month there. She tells him to run with her and that she doesn't want to run either and wished the gig would have worked out but she won't let Carmen put a bulls eye on her daughter's back. Julie comes into the room and tells them if two members of the task force try to run Charlie and Ray will find them, no matter what, and she'd have to help them. She tells Erica her little girl would be older than she is now by time she got out and Lloyd that he'd never be a professor again and prove everyone wrong. They work with the U.S. Marshall's and they will protect them. She asks them not to run and leaves.
Downstairs, Ray brings two pitchers of beer to the table and tells them they've waited a long time for it and to drink responsibly. Shea tells him they've been outed. Ray admits there's no going back for any of them, including him. He might never get to carry a badge again but the task force has given him the chance to do the only thing he knows. As long as they stick together, they will be alright. Charlie enters the restaurant with Vanessa and calls to Shea who gets up and runs to her. The two embrace as Charlie goes to the table and sits. He tells them all he will put them and their families in a witness security safe houses for the next two weeks as they do a risk assessment. They have nothing to worry about as the Marshall's have their backs. Carmen is being sent to a supermax in Colorado and will have no contact with anyone. Lloyd raises his glass saying "let's get drunk" and looks to Erica. The two smile and everyone enjoys their drinks.
Breakout Kings airs every Sunday night at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Arts & Entertainment Network.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Music: Pause by Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo
Music posts aren't something I do often but some songs are so amazing you must say something about them. Every once in a while a television series comes along that has a theme song you can't get out of your head or stop listening to. And I'm not talking about Gilligan's Island, here. I'm talking about shows that use actual songs for the theme such as Republic of Doyle (Oh Yeah by Great Big Sea), The Good Guys (Slink: A Hymn by Locksley), Hung (I'll Be Your Man by the Black Keys) and the Australian one-season drama Cops L.A.C. (Howlin' For You by the Black Keys).
The new British drama, The Shadow Line is another of those shows. It uses Pause by Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo. An amazing way to start an amazing show.
In Pause, the vocals are delicate yet powerful. Emily Barker's harmonies are stunning. Her voice is soft yet carries with it an intensity that pulls you into the music. There aren't many lyrics to this short song but there doesn't need to be as so much is said in just a few lines. Pause isn't drowning in studio tricks and gimmickry. It's simple, straightforward...and perfect.
As with most shows that use actual songs as their theme music, the mix of Pause that opens The Shadow Line is a bit different than what you'll hear on Almanac. It doesn't matter which version you hear, however, the beauty, sadness, vulnerability and depth is there.
Emily Barker is a singer/songwriter originally from Bridgetown, Western Australia. Ms. Barker and her band, The Red Clay Halo released their third album, Almanac in February 2011 drawing immediate support from BBC Radio. The band self-finances all of their albums releasing them on Barker's imprint, Everyone Sang. Fans in the UK can see Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo live on ten dates beginning 11th June, 2011 and running through 19th August, 2011. (Information about the dates are available by clicking "Gigs" at the top of the Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo bandcamp.com page.)
I haven't been able to stop listening to Pause since first hearing it. If it hadn't been for The Shadow Line I probably never would have been introduced to Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo. And that would have been a real crime.
If you would like to hear Pause in its entirety, the song can be streamed from Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo bandcamp.com page. You can also purchase the song or the entire Almanac album from their page (something I highly recommend!).
The new British drama, The Shadow Line is another of those shows. It uses Pause by Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo. An amazing way to start an amazing show.
In Pause, the vocals are delicate yet powerful. Emily Barker's harmonies are stunning. Her voice is soft yet carries with it an intensity that pulls you into the music. There aren't many lyrics to this short song but there doesn't need to be as so much is said in just a few lines. Pause isn't drowning in studio tricks and gimmickry. It's simple, straightforward...and perfect.
As with most shows that use actual songs as their theme music, the mix of Pause that opens The Shadow Line is a bit different than what you'll hear on Almanac. It doesn't matter which version you hear, however, the beauty, sadness, vulnerability and depth is there.
Emily Barker is a singer/songwriter originally from Bridgetown, Western Australia. Ms. Barker and her band, The Red Clay Halo released their third album, Almanac in February 2011 drawing immediate support from BBC Radio. The band self-finances all of their albums releasing them on Barker's imprint, Everyone Sang. Fans in the UK can see Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo live on ten dates beginning 11th June, 2011 and running through 19th August, 2011. (Information about the dates are available by clicking "Gigs" at the top of the Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo bandcamp.com page.)
I haven't been able to stop listening to Pause since first hearing it. If it hadn't been for The Shadow Line I probably never would have been introduced to Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo. And that would have been a real crime.
If you would like to hear Pause in its entirety, the song can be streamed from Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo bandcamp.com page. You can also purchase the song or the entire Almanac album from their page (something I highly recommend!).
Recommendation of the Month: The Shadow Line
I love British television and I love a good drama. When you put the two together you, more often than not, have the perfect series. The Shadow Line is no exception to that.The series was created, written and directed by Hugo Blick and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Rafe Spall and Stephen Rea. It follows the investigation into the murder of Harvey Wratten over the course of a seven episode run.
The Shadow Line is anything but just another run-of-the-mill cop drama. When Harvey Wratten is murdered just hours after receiving a Royal pardon along with his nephew, Jay, the investigation begins. However, it isn't just the police wanting to know who murdered Harvey. His nephew, Jay Wratten (Rafe Spall) wants to know as well and conducts his own investigation in his own way. This also isn't a buddy cop drama in the least. DI Gabriel (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and DS Lia Honey (Kierston Wareing) don't spend thier evenings laughing and chatting at the pub. There is real tension between them at times. They work together for the good of the case but she isn't afraid to question him and has seen at least one of DI Gabriel's secrets with her own eyes. DI Gabriel was involved in a shooting where he was shot in the head and his partner was killed. He has amnesia related to the shooting but not everyone believes his claim of remembering nothing is legitimate. Even DI Gabriel knows everything isn't as it appears when he finds a briefcase full of money in his closet.
On the other side of the coin we have the criminal element from which the late Harvey Wratten came. His nephew, Jay doesn't just want to know who is responsible for his uncle's death, he is driven to know. Rafe Spall's portrayal of Jay Wratten is powerful and compelling. He easily goes from grieving nephew to maniacal "interrogator" demanding answers. No one, or nothing, including cats are safe from his desire to know who killed Harvey.
Joseph Bede (Christopher Eccleston) was an associate of Harvey Wratten and the two men started a venture together with Bede investing everything he had. After Harvey is murdered, Bede makes it clear to those remaining in the organization, as well as prospective new associates that he wants to finish the venture he and Harvey started, make his investment back then he's out for good. In his personal life, Bede's wife, Julia (Lesley Sharp) is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's. Joseph is determined to take care of his beloved wife no matter what. Having lost someone extraordinarily dear to me to Alzheimer's I'm usually not fond of the disease being used as a device for sake of plot. Seeing Sharp's handling of her character's illness, Eccleston's reaction as an adoring husband knowing what lies in store for his wife and how the Alzheimer's is actually written into the plot impressed me. I didn't get the feel that it was thrown in as a simple way to make Julia Bede a sympathetic character or to try and give a little humanity to Joseph Bede.
Then there is "Gatehouse" (Stephen Rea). He's a mysterious man in a dark coat and hat who manages to reach each person connected to the Wratten murder just before the police. More often than not, those he comes in contact with end up dead
There are a lot of different story lines going on in The Shadow Line at once. You have the police investigation into Harvey Wratten's murder, Jay Wratten's own quest to find out who killed his uncle, Joseph Bede's continuation of the operation he set up and put everything he had into, Bede's wife's struggle with early onset Alzheimer's, DI Gabriel and his wife wanting to have a baby and the secret he is keeping from her and, finally, but certainly not the least of things, a mysterious briefcase of money in DI Gabriel's closet and the mystery surrounding a shooting he was involved in and whether or not the amnesia he claims to have regarding it is true or made up.
While it might sound like so many things going on at once would be confusing, it really isn't. The story is so well presented it's easy to keep up with everything and not get one confused with the other or lose your place. Not once have I found myself asking "wait...what just happened there?".
Fans of other British drama's such as State of Play or Luther might find The Shadow Line to be their cup of tea as it sort of has the same feel to it. The writing is strong, the acting is superb and each episode of The Shadow Line is better than the last. The only negative thing I really can say about the show is that it will be just seven episodes. Something this good, I could watch for much longer and enjoy every second.
Four of the seven episodes have aired already. The final three will air on the 2nd, 9th and 16th of June. Residents of the UK can watch previous episodes online at the Shadow Line Official BBC web site (link below).
The Cast of The Shadow Line:
Chiwetel Ejiofor as DI Gabriel
Christopher Eccleston as Joseph Bede
Kierston Wareing as DS Lia Honey
Rafe Spall as Jay Wratten
Lesley Sharp as Julie Bede
Stephen Rea as Gatehouse
Clare Calbraith as Laura Gabriel
Richard Lintern as Patterson
David Schofield as Sergeant Foley
The Shadow Line airs Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. (UK time) on BBC Two.
For More Information:
The Shadow Line Official BBC Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0111dqc
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1701920/
TVRage: http://tvrage.com/shows/id-28099
The Shadow Line is anything but just another run-of-the-mill cop drama. When Harvey Wratten is murdered just hours after receiving a Royal pardon along with his nephew, Jay, the investigation begins. However, it isn't just the police wanting to know who murdered Harvey. His nephew, Jay Wratten (Rafe Spall) wants to know as well and conducts his own investigation in his own way. This also isn't a buddy cop drama in the least. DI Gabriel (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and DS Lia Honey (Kierston Wareing) don't spend thier evenings laughing and chatting at the pub. There is real tension between them at times. They work together for the good of the case but she isn't afraid to question him and has seen at least one of DI Gabriel's secrets with her own eyes. DI Gabriel was involved in a shooting where he was shot in the head and his partner was killed. He has amnesia related to the shooting but not everyone believes his claim of remembering nothing is legitimate. Even DI Gabriel knows everything isn't as it appears when he finds a briefcase full of money in his closet.
On the other side of the coin we have the criminal element from which the late Harvey Wratten came. His nephew, Jay doesn't just want to know who is responsible for his uncle's death, he is driven to know. Rafe Spall's portrayal of Jay Wratten is powerful and compelling. He easily goes from grieving nephew to maniacal "interrogator" demanding answers. No one, or nothing, including cats are safe from his desire to know who killed Harvey.
Joseph Bede (Christopher Eccleston) was an associate of Harvey Wratten and the two men started a venture together with Bede investing everything he had. After Harvey is murdered, Bede makes it clear to those remaining in the organization, as well as prospective new associates that he wants to finish the venture he and Harvey started, make his investment back then he's out for good. In his personal life, Bede's wife, Julia (Lesley Sharp) is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's. Joseph is determined to take care of his beloved wife no matter what. Having lost someone extraordinarily dear to me to Alzheimer's I'm usually not fond of the disease being used as a device for sake of plot. Seeing Sharp's handling of her character's illness, Eccleston's reaction as an adoring husband knowing what lies in store for his wife and how the Alzheimer's is actually written into the plot impressed me. I didn't get the feel that it was thrown in as a simple way to make Julia Bede a sympathetic character or to try and give a little humanity to Joseph Bede.
Then there is "Gatehouse" (Stephen Rea). He's a mysterious man in a dark coat and hat who manages to reach each person connected to the Wratten murder just before the police. More often than not, those he comes in contact with end up dead
There are a lot of different story lines going on in The Shadow Line at once. You have the police investigation into Harvey Wratten's murder, Jay Wratten's own quest to find out who killed his uncle, Joseph Bede's continuation of the operation he set up and put everything he had into, Bede's wife's struggle with early onset Alzheimer's, DI Gabriel and his wife wanting to have a baby and the secret he is keeping from her and, finally, but certainly not the least of things, a mysterious briefcase of money in DI Gabriel's closet and the mystery surrounding a shooting he was involved in and whether or not the amnesia he claims to have regarding it is true or made up.
While it might sound like so many things going on at once would be confusing, it really isn't. The story is so well presented it's easy to keep up with everything and not get one confused with the other or lose your place. Not once have I found myself asking "wait...what just happened there?".
Fans of other British drama's such as State of Play or Luther might find The Shadow Line to be their cup of tea as it sort of has the same feel to it. The writing is strong, the acting is superb and each episode of The Shadow Line is better than the last. The only negative thing I really can say about the show is that it will be just seven episodes. Something this good, I could watch for much longer and enjoy every second.
Four of the seven episodes have aired already. The final three will air on the 2nd, 9th and 16th of June. Residents of the UK can watch previous episodes online at the Shadow Line Official BBC web site (link below).
The Cast of The Shadow Line:
Chiwetel Ejiofor as DI Gabriel
Christopher Eccleston as Joseph Bede
Kierston Wareing as DS Lia Honey
Rafe Spall as Jay Wratten
Lesley Sharp as Julie Bede
Stephen Rea as Gatehouse
Clare Calbraith as Laura Gabriel
Richard Lintern as Patterson
David Schofield as Sergeant Foley
The Shadow Line airs Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. (UK time) on BBC Two.
For More Information:
The Shadow Line Official BBC Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0111dqc
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1701920/
TVRage: http://tvrage.com/shows/id-28099
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
US Television: Breakout Kings, Episode 1.12, "There Are Rules"
Breakout Kings
Season One, Episode Twelve, There Are Rules
Original Air Date: May 22, 2011
The Breakout Kings are called into action when five men escape from prison after an 18-wheeler crashes through the wall at Attica. Ray sends Shea undercover at Attica to find out information on a sixth inmate who bailed on the escape putting Shea into danger. Meanwhile, the new chief director pays a visit to Charlie letting him know that he wants to change things around with the team and they might very well lose one of their members.
Ronald Barnes (Jeff Seymour) walks through the yard of Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York holding a map. He's walking as if pacing off steps to find something drawing curious looks from other inmates. He makes eye contact with two inmates, Chester Rhodes (Avery Kidd Waddell) and Sandy Clemente (Dean Chekvala). Rhodes taps on a table in front of yet another inmate, Tran Jun (Jeff Ong) who looks up from what he's writing then stands and follows Rhodes to stand before Barnes along with Clemente and a fourth inmate, Carlos Zepeda (Lombardo Boyar). An inmate behind Barnes tells him he thinks he's lost. Barnes turns and informs the man he's just enjoying the sunshine. He's told by the larger inmate that that part of the yard belongs to him and he needs to get out of there. Barnes looks to his watch and tells the man that it's funny as he was about to say the same thing to him. At that moment, an 18-wheeler crashes through the wall of the prison yard. As the guards start the lockdown, a man gets out of the truck with a gun and begins firing. Barnes, Rhodes, Clemente, Jun and Zepeda run to the trailer of the truck and get inside. In the process, Rhodes takes one of the guards hostage. A guard fatally shoots the man who drove the truck into the prison yard. The back of the trailer lowers and a black SUV drives out and through the hole opened in the wall by the 18-wheeler.
At the team office in Brooklyn, Richard Wendell (Gregg Henry) has paid Charlie a visit. He reads off a list of complaints made against the team. Charlie admits the team tends to be a little unorthodox but they always stay within the confines of the law. Wendell asks if Charlie would say that with his hand on a Bible and receives no answer. He closes the folder he is holding and sits down telling Charlie he's there to shake things up a bit. Charlie tells him to speak with Director Knox and he'll learn they have all the necessary clearances. Wendell informs him he did speak with Knox, once he became his new boss. Wendell wants Charlie to put the fear of God in the cons to make the team more effective. He tells Charlie he has a thick file in his office of guys that could replace any one of the mutts on the team. Charlie tells Wendell they have a massive case they are about to take on and now isn't really the best time to make change for change sake. Wendell stands saying he is going to study the case files and watch the operation and see if anything should be done.
The cons come into the main office and Lloyd is telling a joke, that no one seems to enjoy but him. Wendell, who is leaving Charlie's office, comments on the team. Charlie introduces him and Lloyd immediately says "it's a pleasure to meet you, Dick" and introduces himself then asks if he'd like to hear a tasty joke. When "Dick" makes no reply, Charlie identifies him as the Marshall's new chief director then introduces Ray to Wendell. Wendell leaves and Lloyd says he didn't know that Wendell was the boss but Charlie isn't pleased. He tells the team they have no time for joking as they have a major case to work and a new director who is riding him hard for results and orders them to get to work. Erica comments that it might be paranoia but she doesn't like the fact Wendell was just there, something Shea agrees with. Charlie wants to put the issue to bed then and there and tells them Wendell might send one of them back to the big house, make his mark and take credit as if he put the team together himself. He warns them if they pull their regular antics he might not be able to save them so the best thing they can do is play it straight and focus on the case.
Charlie starts the briefing telling the team of the five men on the run and of the guard that was kidnapped. Ray runs down the crimes of each man. Ronald Barnes was in for securities fraud and insider trading and took half a billion dollars before getting caught. Before Ray can run down Rhodes, Shea tells the team about him. He knows he's a bad man who has killed more people than smoking. Ray continues with Carlos Zepeta who ran the biggest east coast car theft ring. Tran Jun is a forger who has gotten half the Russian mob into Coney Island with his passports. Finally, Sandy Clemente who is a drug runner. His looks are deceiving as he's left a lot of bodies on both sides of the border. He asks the team for thoughts and Shea theorizes that Barnes provided the money, Rhodes the muscle and one of his old prison buddies on the outside drove the 18-wheeler, Zepeta provided the transportation. Erica adds that Clemente smuggles drugs over the border and this time it will be people--the escapees, and Ray adds that Jun will provide the passports. Julie tells the team something just came in and Charlie informs them the guard that was kidnapped was found by a barn in New Paltz shot twice in the head.
The team arrive in New Paltz, New York where Ray tells Charlie Julie found out the land was owned by a holding company buried under a half dozen names and the bottom line is it belongs to Ronald Barnes. Charlie asks the local police officer standing guard at the barn to open it but he's told they need a warrant. Ray tells him they have exigent circumstances as the cons could be in the barn. He takes a sledgehammer and breaks the lock then opens the door so the team can enter. Lloyd notes that the cons have changed out of their prison gear into street clothes and Charlie finds where Jun had already started making passports by cutting up photos. The local officer notices thinner tire tracks and radios to put out an alarm out for three cars and two motorcycles. Erica corrects that it's four cars and one cycle. From the office, Julie tells them that when Barnes' assets were seized, several cars in his collection were never found including a 1937 Jaguar Roadster valued at a half million dollars. Charlie knows they will be using it to fund their escape out of the country and Zepeta will broker the deal. Shea thinks they'll go someplace close and gives a few places where he can take them but Ray says he'll be needed for something else as there is a sixth set of civilian clothes and they need Shea to go inside, undercover, to find out who the sixth runner was supposed to be. Shea is vehemently against this plan but Ray points out that the cons won't talk to a Marshall and asks Julie to run him up some prisoner transfer papers. Charlie agrees with the plan and he takes Lloyd and Erica to check out the chop shops for the Jaguar.
At the office, Ray goes over four reasons why the sixth con didn't make the breakout. He thinks the best option is that the sixth man was hurt and in the infirmary. Julie confirms that five inmates were admitted a week before the escape. Ray tells Shea he was transferred to Attica because he assaulted a guard at Sing Sing and assures him no one knows he's with the Marshall's, including the guards and wardens. Shea isn't comfortable with the plan and wants to go back to Maybelle and will work the next case. Ray slugs him telling him he would have gotten tuned up had he attacked a guard and they need authenticity.
Charlie, Erica and Lloyd arrive at a chop shop in New Haven, Connecticut. Lloyd again tries making a joke but Charlie isn't amused. Charlie asks the owner about the Roadster they're looking for and informs him if he helped sell it he'll book him on aiding and abetting. The man nods toward one of the buildings and the team enters to find the Roadster with a man under it. Charlie drops the raised side of the car down and the man starts screaming and, when asked what his name is admits it's Carlos Zepeta. Charlie raises the car and asks where his pals are.
Zapata tells Charlie that because of Rhodes he'll be killed if he tells where they are and goes back inside. Erica thinks that it should appease Wendell that they caught one but Lloyd doesn't think so. She feels she's a necessity to the team, something else he disagrees with as she's just eye candy that can run fast. As they argue, Julie tells them it will be her that is let go since the Marshall's let her go once already. Charlie comes in for some water and Lloyd tells him he's been behind a desk for some time so interrogation might not be his strong suit and he has an idea. Charlie declines Lloyd then comes back and asks what his idea is.
Lloyd enters the interrogation room dressed in a jacket and tie pretending to be Charlie's superior. He tells Charlie to get he and Carlos coffee. When Charlie leaves, Lloyd tells Carlos he needs him to talk but knows he won't rat on Chester Rhodes. He asks what if he took Chester out of the equation by taking him out of Attica. He will set him up at Maybelle with a new name and all he has to do is sign a form. Carlos asks if it is legit and Lloyd tells him it is as legit as anything he can offer. Charlie returns with coffee and Lloyd asks Carlos what he knows. He tells him he was supposed to meet Tran Jun in Maywood, New Jersey at the bus stop on Palmer and Passiac with the money he got for the car. It was Ronald's plan and he told him anything else. Again, Carlos asks if the offer is iron-clad and Lloyd assures him an offer made by a U.S. Marshall cannot be rescinded under the law. When Carlos starts to sign he realizes it isn't a transfer form and Lloyd admits he isn't a Marshall.
At Attica, Shea arrives and walks through the yard. He sees an old friend, Stucky (Cle Bennett) and Stucky introduces him to a member of his crew Dee (Karl Campbell). He tells Shea he always has a place at his table but in Attica, there's one alpha dog and that's him (Stucky). Shea is cool with that and wants to know if Stucky can get him into the infirmary as it's easy work, something both Stucky and Dee agree can be arranged.
Two couples are playing a game in a house when Barnes and Rhodes break in. One of the men tell them to take what they want and Rhodes hits him on the side of the head with the sledgehammer he used to break the door down. Barnes points to an area of the floor and orders Rhodes to start tearing up the boards. Rhodes doesn't want to but Barnes points out he can tear the floor up faster than he can as he's more muscular. Reluctantly, Rhodes sets to work.
In the Attica kitchens, Dee tells Shea he couldn't get him in the infirmary and he's on bucket duty instead. Shea protests it isn't straight up and Stucky warns him to take the job he's offered. Shea and Dee fight, landing Shea in the infirmary.
The team are at the Corner of Palmer and Passaic in Maywood, New Jersey watching from a convenience store when Erica spots Jun. The team exit the store and, when he sees them coming his direction, Jun takes off running. He runs into the street and is hit by a bus leading Wendell to reprimand the entire team back at the office. Ray asks what he would have had them do and Wendell said a real task force would have approached at a perimeter and surrounded the fugitive who would have known escape was futile. Ray informs him they couldn't create a perimeter as three on the team cannot carry weapons. Wendell orders Charlie to get the team in order or he'll do it for him, then leaves the office.
Lloyd and Erica argue again about how should and will be cut. Ray orders them to shut up and look at the passports they confiscated off Jun. They are remarkable quality and they got lucky as they could have carried the escapees anywhere in the world. Julie informs the team she got a hit that a credit card reservation was made under one of Sandy Clemente's aliases at a private air strip in Delaware.
At the private airstrip in Delaware, the team arrives four hours before it opens. Charlie wants them to bunk somewhere then come back after the place opens. They bicker over which of the cons they will bunk with and Ray eventually is paired with Erica and Charlie, Lloyd.
At the hotel, Ray ends a conversation with his daughter as Erica exits the bathroom after a shower. She asks about his daughter but Ray doesn't want to talk about her as he doesn't wear his kid on his sleeve as she does. She tells him she does that way she has her with her and cannot get kicked off the team as she needs to get back to her daughter. Ray tells her they have no idea what Wendell will do and all she can do is focus on her job. Charlie and Lloyd have to share a bed because there weren't any two-bed rooms available. Lloyd, much to Charlie's displeasure, talks a lot. Charlie turns over and sees Lloyd's underwear on a chair and asks why they are there. When he tells Charlie that he "sleeps unencumbered", Charlie jumps out of the bed. Lloyd smiles and wishes Charlie "sweet dreams".
In the Attica infirmary, Shea's fight injuries are attended to. He starts talking with the other inmates in the infirmary about the recent escape. He notices one inmate isn't joining in the conversation and doesn't make a bet as to where the men will end up like the others do. Shea approaches the man saying he should have been in on the escape and shouldn't deny it. He asks the man for information but an intern comes in and takes the man out of the infirmary interrupting the conversation.
Barnes and Rhodes finally break through the floor at the house and find a stash of money. Rhodes looks to the man he hit earlier and picks up the sledgehammer telling Barnes he'll be back. Barnes stops him saying it was bad enough the guard was killed and if they get caught the deaths will be on him (Rhodes) and tells him to think. Rhodes tells him they aren't any different. He steals with his fists and Barnes steals with a pen and that he (Barnes) caused more devastation than he ever did.
While the team is sitting in the car at the airfield waiting for the escapees to show, Lloyd tries his Dennis Miller routine again causing Charlie to tell him to stop it. Erica sees a car drive up and alerts everyone. Ray has Erica and Lloyd get out of the car while he and Charlie remain. Charlie drives the SUV after the car and stops it on the grass. Inside is Clemente. He gets out of the car and tells them none of the other guys are there, just him.
At the office Lloyd crosses off yet another captured escapee but finds that it's almost too easy. Clemente doesn't want to talk to Ray as he knows he'll be killed if he does. A knock on the door draws Charlie out of the room and, after he tells Clemente he's making a mistake and Charlie knocks on the window, Ray leaves the room. Charlie tells him about Barnes and Rhodes entering the house and assaulting the civilian. The man died at the hospital of a brain aneurysm. Charlie tells Ray to do whatever he must to find out what Clemente knows. When Ray asks about the chief director Charlie again tells him "whatever you gotta do". Ray goes back into the interrogation room and draws the shades. He takes a lighter from the table and puts his arm around Clemente's neck. He burns his nose with the lighter until the man talks. He tells Ray he was supposed to fly to some one-horse airfield in Florida where they would all meet and fly to the Virgin Islands.
In the main office, Lloyd tells the team Barnes isn't going to Florida even though Clemente said they were. Lloyd feels Clemente was lied to as part of "Barnes' Strategy of Controlled Chaos" according to a Forbes article. Barnes wants the authorities to think they have him because they have captured two of the men involved in the escape. Lloyd says Barnes is in the northeast since he has them going south. Shea calls Ray with news that he found the man who bailed on the escape. He doesn't know why the man bailed out but he got himself into the infirmary before the escape. Shea thinks the other cons in Attica might know he working for the cops and he wants Ray to get him out. Ray turns to Charlie to tell him they need to get Shea out as his cover might be blown but Charlie says they can't pull him on a "might be". Ray tells Shea to stay safe, find out what the guy knows and they'll get him out as soon as they can. In his cell, Shea makes a rope to use later.
In the prison yard, Shea wraps the rope around Dee's neck and starts hitting him as other inmates, including the one who bailed on the escape, look on. He tells Stucky, who is watching that he ran the syndicate, he ran Sing Sing and now he runs Attica. He hits Dee one last time then frees him from the homemade rope and goes after the man who bailed on the escape. He tells him unless he wants to be next he will answer his questions straight up and asks what he knew causing him to bail on the escape. The man tells Shea Ronald was taking motion sickness pills and he knew that three weeks worth of pills were necessary only if you were going on a boat. He knew Barnes was lying. He couldn't quit the escape so he cut himself to get into the infirmary. Shea calls Ray with the new information and again asks for him to get him out of Attica. Ray hangs up and tells the rest of the team Barnes is taking a boat out of the country.
Barnes and Rhodes are at a storage facility and open a locker. Rhodes goes inside to retrieve something and hears a gun cock behind him. He turns to see Barnes holding a gun. He shoots Rhodes and takes the boat keys from him and leaves.
Julie learns that Barnes had four boats that were all seized and sold at auction. She names off the buyers including Gabe Trokie. Ray recognizes the name and Charlie tells him Trokie was the man who drove the truck through the prison wall for the escape. The boat is registered at Woodmere Docks, Long Island.
The team arrive in Long Island with Lloyd continuing to make jokes. Charlie tells him to shut up and go show the harbor master Barnes' mug shot while he and Ray go to the boat with guns drawn. They don't find him on the boat. Lloyd calls to them and Barnes is standing behind him with a gun to his head. Barnes orders Ray and Charlie to put their guns down and, after a few seconds, they do. Charlie tells Barnes he has no way out as if he comes past them to the boat they'll get him and while he can shoot one of them, he can't get all three of them. Ray tells Barnes they know about his stash and Barnes asks if they want part to let him go. Ray tells him he wants it all. Barnes tells Ray and Charlie to take half the stash now and get off the boat. Once he gets into international waters he'll leave the rest of it on buoy marker 12. If anyone follows him he will burn it all and will be taking Lloyd as insurance. Charlie looks to Ray and says he wants the money first and gets off the boat. He opens his jacket to show Barnes he isn't armed and walks up close to Barnes and Lloyd. When Barnes takes the bag off his shoulder to toss to Charlie, Ray reaches down and grabs a flare and shoots Barnes in the leg with it. Charlie cuffs him to take in.
At the office, an angry Shea arrives immediately telling Charlie there are rules and he should never leave one of his crew hanging. A fight almost starts between Shea and the Marshall's until Wendell arrives. He takes Charlie into the interview to speak with him and Lloyd turns the intercom in the main office on so they all can hear the conversation. Charlie tells Wendell Shea has been having a rough go of it the past 24 hours and Wendell assures him he isn't tossing the gangbanger. Lloyd and Erica are also safe. Wendell wants Ray off the team because he's a corrupt Marshall. Charlie asks for permission to speak freely and tells Wendell he's full of it and his whole issue of coming to check on the cons is smoke and mirrors. Wendell maintains keeping Ray on the team is too much of a liability and Charlie counters that it's his task force and Wendell responds it's his Marshall's service. He warns Charlie he'll be back behind a desk on Monday unless he backs off and changes his tone. Charlie replies that there are rules and he will not leave one member of his crew hanging so come Monday morning he wants Wendell to make sure his desk is waxed and every pencil on it is sharpened because he'd rather be there than to spend another day here with out Ray. If Wendell wants to explain to the feds about breaking up a team that solved a case of five escaped Attica prisoners in a day, fine. But he will get his two cents worth in as well. Wendell smiles and tells Charlie that if it goes south, he won't just nail Ray, it's on him (Charlie) now too. Ray opens the door telling Wendell it's been on him since day one. Once Wendell is gone, Charlie tells the cons to get changed up as the transfer van is waiting then goes into his office. Ray follows him in and thanks Charlie for standing up for him.
Breakout Kings airs every Sunday night at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Arts & Entertainment Network.
For more information:
Breakout Kings Official A&E Site: http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590961/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/Breakout_Kings
Season One, Episode Twelve, There Are Rules
Original Air Date: May 22, 2011
The Breakout Kings are called into action when five men escape from prison after an 18-wheeler crashes through the wall at Attica. Ray sends Shea undercover at Attica to find out information on a sixth inmate who bailed on the escape putting Shea into danger. Meanwhile, the new chief director pays a visit to Charlie letting him know that he wants to change things around with the team and they might very well lose one of their members.
Ronald Barnes (Jeff Seymour) walks through the yard of Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York holding a map. He's walking as if pacing off steps to find something drawing curious looks from other inmates. He makes eye contact with two inmates, Chester Rhodes (Avery Kidd Waddell) and Sandy Clemente (Dean Chekvala). Rhodes taps on a table in front of yet another inmate, Tran Jun (Jeff Ong) who looks up from what he's writing then stands and follows Rhodes to stand before Barnes along with Clemente and a fourth inmate, Carlos Zepeda (Lombardo Boyar). An inmate behind Barnes tells him he thinks he's lost. Barnes turns and informs the man he's just enjoying the sunshine. He's told by the larger inmate that that part of the yard belongs to him and he needs to get out of there. Barnes looks to his watch and tells the man that it's funny as he was about to say the same thing to him. At that moment, an 18-wheeler crashes through the wall of the prison yard. As the guards start the lockdown, a man gets out of the truck with a gun and begins firing. Barnes, Rhodes, Clemente, Jun and Zepeda run to the trailer of the truck and get inside. In the process, Rhodes takes one of the guards hostage. A guard fatally shoots the man who drove the truck into the prison yard. The back of the trailer lowers and a black SUV drives out and through the hole opened in the wall by the 18-wheeler.
At the team office in Brooklyn, Richard Wendell (Gregg Henry) has paid Charlie a visit. He reads off a list of complaints made against the team. Charlie admits the team tends to be a little unorthodox but they always stay within the confines of the law. Wendell asks if Charlie would say that with his hand on a Bible and receives no answer. He closes the folder he is holding and sits down telling Charlie he's there to shake things up a bit. Charlie tells him to speak with Director Knox and he'll learn they have all the necessary clearances. Wendell informs him he did speak with Knox, once he became his new boss. Wendell wants Charlie to put the fear of God in the cons to make the team more effective. He tells Charlie he has a thick file in his office of guys that could replace any one of the mutts on the team. Charlie tells Wendell they have a massive case they are about to take on and now isn't really the best time to make change for change sake. Wendell stands saying he is going to study the case files and watch the operation and see if anything should be done.
The cons come into the main office and Lloyd is telling a joke, that no one seems to enjoy but him. Wendell, who is leaving Charlie's office, comments on the team. Charlie introduces him and Lloyd immediately says "it's a pleasure to meet you, Dick" and introduces himself then asks if he'd like to hear a tasty joke. When "Dick" makes no reply, Charlie identifies him as the Marshall's new chief director then introduces Ray to Wendell. Wendell leaves and Lloyd says he didn't know that Wendell was the boss but Charlie isn't pleased. He tells the team they have no time for joking as they have a major case to work and a new director who is riding him hard for results and orders them to get to work. Erica comments that it might be paranoia but she doesn't like the fact Wendell was just there, something Shea agrees with. Charlie wants to put the issue to bed then and there and tells them Wendell might send one of them back to the big house, make his mark and take credit as if he put the team together himself. He warns them if they pull their regular antics he might not be able to save them so the best thing they can do is play it straight and focus on the case.
Charlie starts the briefing telling the team of the five men on the run and of the guard that was kidnapped. Ray runs down the crimes of each man. Ronald Barnes was in for securities fraud and insider trading and took half a billion dollars before getting caught. Before Ray can run down Rhodes, Shea tells the team about him. He knows he's a bad man who has killed more people than smoking. Ray continues with Carlos Zepeta who ran the biggest east coast car theft ring. Tran Jun is a forger who has gotten half the Russian mob into Coney Island with his passports. Finally, Sandy Clemente who is a drug runner. His looks are deceiving as he's left a lot of bodies on both sides of the border. He asks the team for thoughts and Shea theorizes that Barnes provided the money, Rhodes the muscle and one of his old prison buddies on the outside drove the 18-wheeler, Zepeta provided the transportation. Erica adds that Clemente smuggles drugs over the border and this time it will be people--the escapees, and Ray adds that Jun will provide the passports. Julie tells the team something just came in and Charlie informs them the guard that was kidnapped was found by a barn in New Paltz shot twice in the head.
The team arrive in New Paltz, New York where Ray tells Charlie Julie found out the land was owned by a holding company buried under a half dozen names and the bottom line is it belongs to Ronald Barnes. Charlie asks the local police officer standing guard at the barn to open it but he's told they need a warrant. Ray tells him they have exigent circumstances as the cons could be in the barn. He takes a sledgehammer and breaks the lock then opens the door so the team can enter. Lloyd notes that the cons have changed out of their prison gear into street clothes and Charlie finds where Jun had already started making passports by cutting up photos. The local officer notices thinner tire tracks and radios to put out an alarm out for three cars and two motorcycles. Erica corrects that it's four cars and one cycle. From the office, Julie tells them that when Barnes' assets were seized, several cars in his collection were never found including a 1937 Jaguar Roadster valued at a half million dollars. Charlie knows they will be using it to fund their escape out of the country and Zepeta will broker the deal. Shea thinks they'll go someplace close and gives a few places where he can take them but Ray says he'll be needed for something else as there is a sixth set of civilian clothes and they need Shea to go inside, undercover, to find out who the sixth runner was supposed to be. Shea is vehemently against this plan but Ray points out that the cons won't talk to a Marshall and asks Julie to run him up some prisoner transfer papers. Charlie agrees with the plan and he takes Lloyd and Erica to check out the chop shops for the Jaguar.
At the office, Ray goes over four reasons why the sixth con didn't make the breakout. He thinks the best option is that the sixth man was hurt and in the infirmary. Julie confirms that five inmates were admitted a week before the escape. Ray tells Shea he was transferred to Attica because he assaulted a guard at Sing Sing and assures him no one knows he's with the Marshall's, including the guards and wardens. Shea isn't comfortable with the plan and wants to go back to Maybelle and will work the next case. Ray slugs him telling him he would have gotten tuned up had he attacked a guard and they need authenticity.
Charlie, Erica and Lloyd arrive at a chop shop in New Haven, Connecticut. Lloyd again tries making a joke but Charlie isn't amused. Charlie asks the owner about the Roadster they're looking for and informs him if he helped sell it he'll book him on aiding and abetting. The man nods toward one of the buildings and the team enters to find the Roadster with a man under it. Charlie drops the raised side of the car down and the man starts screaming and, when asked what his name is admits it's Carlos Zepeta. Charlie raises the car and asks where his pals are.
Zapata tells Charlie that because of Rhodes he'll be killed if he tells where they are and goes back inside. Erica thinks that it should appease Wendell that they caught one but Lloyd doesn't think so. She feels she's a necessity to the team, something else he disagrees with as she's just eye candy that can run fast. As they argue, Julie tells them it will be her that is let go since the Marshall's let her go once already. Charlie comes in for some water and Lloyd tells him he's been behind a desk for some time so interrogation might not be his strong suit and he has an idea. Charlie declines Lloyd then comes back and asks what his idea is.
Lloyd enters the interrogation room dressed in a jacket and tie pretending to be Charlie's superior. He tells Charlie to get he and Carlos coffee. When Charlie leaves, Lloyd tells Carlos he needs him to talk but knows he won't rat on Chester Rhodes. He asks what if he took Chester out of the equation by taking him out of Attica. He will set him up at Maybelle with a new name and all he has to do is sign a form. Carlos asks if it is legit and Lloyd tells him it is as legit as anything he can offer. Charlie returns with coffee and Lloyd asks Carlos what he knows. He tells him he was supposed to meet Tran Jun in Maywood, New Jersey at the bus stop on Palmer and Passiac with the money he got for the car. It was Ronald's plan and he told him anything else. Again, Carlos asks if the offer is iron-clad and Lloyd assures him an offer made by a U.S. Marshall cannot be rescinded under the law. When Carlos starts to sign he realizes it isn't a transfer form and Lloyd admits he isn't a Marshall.
At Attica, Shea arrives and walks through the yard. He sees an old friend, Stucky (Cle Bennett) and Stucky introduces him to a member of his crew Dee (Karl Campbell). He tells Shea he always has a place at his table but in Attica, there's one alpha dog and that's him (Stucky). Shea is cool with that and wants to know if Stucky can get him into the infirmary as it's easy work, something both Stucky and Dee agree can be arranged.
Two couples are playing a game in a house when Barnes and Rhodes break in. One of the men tell them to take what they want and Rhodes hits him on the side of the head with the sledgehammer he used to break the door down. Barnes points to an area of the floor and orders Rhodes to start tearing up the boards. Rhodes doesn't want to but Barnes points out he can tear the floor up faster than he can as he's more muscular. Reluctantly, Rhodes sets to work.
In the Attica kitchens, Dee tells Shea he couldn't get him in the infirmary and he's on bucket duty instead. Shea protests it isn't straight up and Stucky warns him to take the job he's offered. Shea and Dee fight, landing Shea in the infirmary.
The team are at the Corner of Palmer and Passaic in Maywood, New Jersey watching from a convenience store when Erica spots Jun. The team exit the store and, when he sees them coming his direction, Jun takes off running. He runs into the street and is hit by a bus leading Wendell to reprimand the entire team back at the office. Ray asks what he would have had them do and Wendell said a real task force would have approached at a perimeter and surrounded the fugitive who would have known escape was futile. Ray informs him they couldn't create a perimeter as three on the team cannot carry weapons. Wendell orders Charlie to get the team in order or he'll do it for him, then leaves the office.
Lloyd and Erica argue again about how should and will be cut. Ray orders them to shut up and look at the passports they confiscated off Jun. They are remarkable quality and they got lucky as they could have carried the escapees anywhere in the world. Julie informs the team she got a hit that a credit card reservation was made under one of Sandy Clemente's aliases at a private air strip in Delaware.
At the private airstrip in Delaware, the team arrives four hours before it opens. Charlie wants them to bunk somewhere then come back after the place opens. They bicker over which of the cons they will bunk with and Ray eventually is paired with Erica and Charlie, Lloyd.
At the hotel, Ray ends a conversation with his daughter as Erica exits the bathroom after a shower. She asks about his daughter but Ray doesn't want to talk about her as he doesn't wear his kid on his sleeve as she does. She tells him she does that way she has her with her and cannot get kicked off the team as she needs to get back to her daughter. Ray tells her they have no idea what Wendell will do and all she can do is focus on her job. Charlie and Lloyd have to share a bed because there weren't any two-bed rooms available. Lloyd, much to Charlie's displeasure, talks a lot. Charlie turns over and sees Lloyd's underwear on a chair and asks why they are there. When he tells Charlie that he "sleeps unencumbered", Charlie jumps out of the bed. Lloyd smiles and wishes Charlie "sweet dreams".
In the Attica infirmary, Shea's fight injuries are attended to. He starts talking with the other inmates in the infirmary about the recent escape. He notices one inmate isn't joining in the conversation and doesn't make a bet as to where the men will end up like the others do. Shea approaches the man saying he should have been in on the escape and shouldn't deny it. He asks the man for information but an intern comes in and takes the man out of the infirmary interrupting the conversation.
Barnes and Rhodes finally break through the floor at the house and find a stash of money. Rhodes looks to the man he hit earlier and picks up the sledgehammer telling Barnes he'll be back. Barnes stops him saying it was bad enough the guard was killed and if they get caught the deaths will be on him (Rhodes) and tells him to think. Rhodes tells him they aren't any different. He steals with his fists and Barnes steals with a pen and that he (Barnes) caused more devastation than he ever did.
While the team is sitting in the car at the airfield waiting for the escapees to show, Lloyd tries his Dennis Miller routine again causing Charlie to tell him to stop it. Erica sees a car drive up and alerts everyone. Ray has Erica and Lloyd get out of the car while he and Charlie remain. Charlie drives the SUV after the car and stops it on the grass. Inside is Clemente. He gets out of the car and tells them none of the other guys are there, just him.
At the office Lloyd crosses off yet another captured escapee but finds that it's almost too easy. Clemente doesn't want to talk to Ray as he knows he'll be killed if he does. A knock on the door draws Charlie out of the room and, after he tells Clemente he's making a mistake and Charlie knocks on the window, Ray leaves the room. Charlie tells him about Barnes and Rhodes entering the house and assaulting the civilian. The man died at the hospital of a brain aneurysm. Charlie tells Ray to do whatever he must to find out what Clemente knows. When Ray asks about the chief director Charlie again tells him "whatever you gotta do". Ray goes back into the interrogation room and draws the shades. He takes a lighter from the table and puts his arm around Clemente's neck. He burns his nose with the lighter until the man talks. He tells Ray he was supposed to fly to some one-horse airfield in Florida where they would all meet and fly to the Virgin Islands.
In the main office, Lloyd tells the team Barnes isn't going to Florida even though Clemente said they were. Lloyd feels Clemente was lied to as part of "Barnes' Strategy of Controlled Chaos" according to a Forbes article. Barnes wants the authorities to think they have him because they have captured two of the men involved in the escape. Lloyd says Barnes is in the northeast since he has them going south. Shea calls Ray with news that he found the man who bailed on the escape. He doesn't know why the man bailed out but he got himself into the infirmary before the escape. Shea thinks the other cons in Attica might know he working for the cops and he wants Ray to get him out. Ray turns to Charlie to tell him they need to get Shea out as his cover might be blown but Charlie says they can't pull him on a "might be". Ray tells Shea to stay safe, find out what the guy knows and they'll get him out as soon as they can. In his cell, Shea makes a rope to use later.
In the prison yard, Shea wraps the rope around Dee's neck and starts hitting him as other inmates, including the one who bailed on the escape, look on. He tells Stucky, who is watching that he ran the syndicate, he ran Sing Sing and now he runs Attica. He hits Dee one last time then frees him from the homemade rope and goes after the man who bailed on the escape. He tells him unless he wants to be next he will answer his questions straight up and asks what he knew causing him to bail on the escape. The man tells Shea Ronald was taking motion sickness pills and he knew that three weeks worth of pills were necessary only if you were going on a boat. He knew Barnes was lying. He couldn't quit the escape so he cut himself to get into the infirmary. Shea calls Ray with the new information and again asks for him to get him out of Attica. Ray hangs up and tells the rest of the team Barnes is taking a boat out of the country.
Barnes and Rhodes are at a storage facility and open a locker. Rhodes goes inside to retrieve something and hears a gun cock behind him. He turns to see Barnes holding a gun. He shoots Rhodes and takes the boat keys from him and leaves.
Julie learns that Barnes had four boats that were all seized and sold at auction. She names off the buyers including Gabe Trokie. Ray recognizes the name and Charlie tells him Trokie was the man who drove the truck through the prison wall for the escape. The boat is registered at Woodmere Docks, Long Island.
The team arrive in Long Island with Lloyd continuing to make jokes. Charlie tells him to shut up and go show the harbor master Barnes' mug shot while he and Ray go to the boat with guns drawn. They don't find him on the boat. Lloyd calls to them and Barnes is standing behind him with a gun to his head. Barnes orders Ray and Charlie to put their guns down and, after a few seconds, they do. Charlie tells Barnes he has no way out as if he comes past them to the boat they'll get him and while he can shoot one of them, he can't get all three of them. Ray tells Barnes they know about his stash and Barnes asks if they want part to let him go. Ray tells him he wants it all. Barnes tells Ray and Charlie to take half the stash now and get off the boat. Once he gets into international waters he'll leave the rest of it on buoy marker 12. If anyone follows him he will burn it all and will be taking Lloyd as insurance. Charlie looks to Ray and says he wants the money first and gets off the boat. He opens his jacket to show Barnes he isn't armed and walks up close to Barnes and Lloyd. When Barnes takes the bag off his shoulder to toss to Charlie, Ray reaches down and grabs a flare and shoots Barnes in the leg with it. Charlie cuffs him to take in.
At the office, an angry Shea arrives immediately telling Charlie there are rules and he should never leave one of his crew hanging. A fight almost starts between Shea and the Marshall's until Wendell arrives. He takes Charlie into the interview to speak with him and Lloyd turns the intercom in the main office on so they all can hear the conversation. Charlie tells Wendell Shea has been having a rough go of it the past 24 hours and Wendell assures him he isn't tossing the gangbanger. Lloyd and Erica are also safe. Wendell wants Ray off the team because he's a corrupt Marshall. Charlie asks for permission to speak freely and tells Wendell he's full of it and his whole issue of coming to check on the cons is smoke and mirrors. Wendell maintains keeping Ray on the team is too much of a liability and Charlie counters that it's his task force and Wendell responds it's his Marshall's service. He warns Charlie he'll be back behind a desk on Monday unless he backs off and changes his tone. Charlie replies that there are rules and he will not leave one member of his crew hanging so come Monday morning he wants Wendell to make sure his desk is waxed and every pencil on it is sharpened because he'd rather be there than to spend another day here with out Ray. If Wendell wants to explain to the feds about breaking up a team that solved a case of five escaped Attica prisoners in a day, fine. But he will get his two cents worth in as well. Wendell smiles and tells Charlie that if it goes south, he won't just nail Ray, it's on him (Charlie) now too. Ray opens the door telling Wendell it's been on him since day one. Once Wendell is gone, Charlie tells the cons to get changed up as the transfer van is waiting then goes into his office. Ray follows him in and thanks Charlie for standing up for him.
Breakout Kings airs every Sunday night at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Arts & Entertainment Network.
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Breakout Kings Official A&E Site: http://www.aetv.com/breakout-kings/
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