Oh Theodore!

Yes siree Wentworth Miller sure is eye candy, but I remain to be convinced of his acting skills (he is supposed to be playing a character who is supremely intelligent and devoid of certain emotions, but, as I've not seen him in anything else I'm not sure whether he is a decent actor or a little wooden!)

Robert Knepper on the other hand is a genius!

I'm about 2/3 of the way through season 2 of Prison Break (or series 2 as would be normal in English as opposed to Yanklish) and poor old T-Bag has lost his hand for the second time! It is getting more preposterous by the episode, but I love it and him! At the moment I'm waiting to see whether Fernando's light aircraft will be shot down by the FBI (they had so better not kill Sucre as he is such a sweetie and they've already killed Veronica and Tweener.....grrrr.)

Of course, under normal circumstances T-bag would have bled out in the barn when Abruzzi first chopped off his hand, but, miraculously, he managed to get it reattached by a vet (you can see where I am going with the preposterousness idea!) Of course, under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have developed a strong attachment to a paedophilic, rapist and murderer! I've witnessed him rape a young man who subsequently committed suicide, I've seen him murder one of the prison guards during the riot when the other prisoners wanted to let him go and then scare the next young rape victim into setting up his "friend" for the crime, we've been told that he killed and did "horrible things" to five teenage student nurses, he killed the vet who reattached his hand and has just killed Geary and managed to set up Bellick for the crime! Does he deserve to rot in hell? No way, he rocks!

And it isn't just me. A 13 year old Japanese student told me she likes him. Now, 13 year old Japanese girls like Disney, the colour pink and Daniel Radcliffe so if she also wants a heinous escaped criminal to evade capture, I don't feel too messed up in the head!

Why is he so popular? Why can I forget/over-look his crimes even though I could never forgive them? He is smart, has a great choice of vocabulary at his disposal that often makes he laugh out loud, he is cutting, witty and does that trade-mark tongue curl just before he is about to do/say something foul. I can't like a sadist because he is intelligent and amusing surely?

I think the writers/the actor first allowed us to warm to T-bag during the riot when Bellick announced that he was the resulting offspring of his father's rape of his retarded sister and the expression that crossed his face at the time. In the next episode he killed the young prison guard but I found myself saying "Oh...T-bag!" rather than feeling any disgust. We also saw his distress when he found out that Abruzzi had organised the killing of his brother and nephew as revenge against T-bag's attempted blackmailing of him. We are constantly reminded by other characters of his despicableness but I've started thinking "Oh, leave him alone!" I was laughing along with him when he managed to trick the others and get all the "loot" for himself.

Knowing that his DNA was "flawed" from the beginning lends him a certain sympathy but I think he comes across as a life with so much potential that just took the wrong path. And he probably didn't have much choice at the crossroads.

Good Luck Teddy! Here's hoping that you make it to season 3!

Update: Gyaah! He's just killed two more people but I'm still rooting for him. I'm surmising that he'll wind up back in Fox River with Bellick.