Episode 4 of Breakout Kings titled “Out of the Mouths of Babes” features a pedophile on the run. Oh may I add, he is an innocent pedophile who escaped not to avoid justice but to find one.
Joseph Ramsey was imprisoned for sexually assaulting eight-year old girls. Then, he escaped and the team had a realistically emotional response when it came to catching him. For Lloyd it was about focusing on the clinical, where Charlie chose to focus on the chase. Both courses of action paid off in different ways.
Every week I become more interested in why Lloyd was imprisoned. He’s odd but brilliant and he seems to care about the people around him. What did he do that bought him a 25-year sentence?
Just when it seemed Lloyd’s only interest in the case was analytical, we witnessed his focus shift from the criminal and the crime to the victims. There were more of them than we realized. Joseph Ramsey was innocent. His arrest and conviction was the work of a terrified child pressured into a confession by her distraught mother and her father, who was the actual molester. Add an inadequate social worker and an overzealous prosecutor and Ramsey was an innocent man spending 60 years in prison.
Lloyd gave us an inside view on why a child would accuse the wrong person. His description was as compelling as it was scary because it made perfect sense. Lots of frightened, well-meaning people and one manipulative monster helped put the wrong man behind bars.
Charlie’s fixation on catching their escapee was pragmatic, although a bit disheartening. Ramsey was still a fugitive. Exonerating him wasn’t their job. But Charlie seemed to be choosing the work over the people in all aspects of his life. I loved when Lloyd jumped all over Charlie for telling Erica to bottle up her feelings and do the job. For a woman with anger issues, that was a recipe for disaster.
Then, everyone else on the team recognized the dangerous road Charlie’s marriage was headed down. He and his wife hadn’t had a vacation in years. The job always came first. His team tried to jokingly tell him to change his ways. Ray went so far as to recommend his own divorce attorney. Charlie was worried about proving he’s worthy of the job; he should have been equally concerned about saving his marriage.
I really hate Charlie when he acted like he is just really concern on catching the criminals. Good thing he redeemed himself in the final scene as they made a pitstop that allowed Erica to see her long-missed daughter. This scene shows us that Charlie has a heart. Without that final scene, I may be permanently pissed off Charlie and will not watch the next installments.
My favorite scene on this episode is when Lloyd was talking to his mom and Ramsey bumped him during the chase, and as the doctor fell down saying to his mom “Ma, I’m down.”
Many people doubt if this series can survive even without T-Bag, because lets admit it, “The Bag Man” is so far the best this season. I think it is too early to answer that question but as for this week’s episode, my answer is in negative. But who knows, things might be better on the succeeding episodes.
What’s your insights?
You can check Breakout Kings Season 1 Reviews and Spoilers HERE.
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