the seventh episode of the season, "buried" marks the first time lincoln and michael separate, when lincoln decides to go after his son, l. j., who has been released from prison. michael fails to retrieve the money after being fooled by t-bag. nevertheless, michael continues to execute his plan in order to meet the coyote at the 'bolshoi booze' location. prior to leaving for 'bolshoi booze', michael meets sara at the location which he encoded in his messages to her inside the origami cranes. thinking that she had declined his invitation to panama, michael goes to meet the coyote, who has the location of an escape plane to mexico. there, michael is reunited with lincoln, sucre and the brothers' father, aldo burrows (anthony denison).