A + E opted not to provide any stills of the 60 Days In Reunion to the press. I waited until it was over hoping they might do some after the fact like they do with Project Runway All Stars photos but no dice. Then things got busy. Last night I picked through the episode to pull some photos. As I was doing this I discovered that David still doesn’t think he did anything wrong. He denied telling the guard who all the participants were, even thought the Sheriff was told the information from the guard. He said something slipped out accidentally and some point and issued an” oopsy my bad” sort of apology and most of them seemed to forgive him.
I’m not sure this show is how I want to spend my Saturday. I have things to do. So I’m going to keep this final 60 Days In short and sweet. (Edit: Famous last words.)
The Issues With Segregation
David try to blame editing. Everyone laughed. They complained about the food and the dining schedule. 4:30 am breakfast, 10:30 am lunch and 4:30 pm dinner. So there were twelve hours between dinner and breakfast.
They talked about the race issue. The Sheriffs don’t seem to think they can do anything about it. They have decided to keep the young inmates away from the old school gangsters and hope it eventually agrees out. Abner talks about drop color prisons where they go to better prisons if they agree to have no affiliations in the prison.
There was so much filler in this episode. Showing scenes from the season and a ridiculous countdown of most shocking moment of the first four seasons.
Abner
Abner says fell back into being an inmate in there. He says he did what he had to do and he doesn’t regret it. He says something told him not to take that situation any farther. No one seems to think any different. The sheriff didn’t take any action because if the cameras were not there, they would have never known about it. If the kid would have reported it they would have had to discipline Abner. The sheriffs loved Abner.
Mark
Everyone, including Mark, was shocked he was being groomed for pod boss. Sometimes Miss Congeniality wins the pageant y’all. Don’t hate, appreciate. Mark says he was really hoping he would get pulled before his prison coronation. The Sheriffs said Mark did great and his debriefing was great. It seems he gave them a lot of information. Mark gives Sheriff Lamb a fist bump.
Steve Was High
Then, the participants found out about Steve. Sheriff Lamb says that it was Steve’s idea to be on his own. When they show the group what Steve did. Abner and Mark are visibly pissed. It takes a lot to piss off Mark.
Next, Steve admits he went into jail high for his 60 Days In. WTF? Steve was seated next to Mark when he came out. But when Steve starts lying about the signal and how it is used, he has to take his chair to the other side of the group. Finally, Sheriff Thomas has had enough of Steve’s mouth. He says he never liked Steve and didn’t want him on the show from the beginning. He’s a fake. He thought he was going to go in there and get his ass beat. Then he couldn’t handle more than a couple of days in jail. Steve says he respects that, “especially from little guys like you.”
Steve Was A Pussy
Mark is mostly pissed that he went on an undercover mission high. So, he starts reading Steve in his polite Preacher man way. After he is done Steve says to say that to him one more time and they are going to have to have a talk. Then, Mark, the preacher man, LEAPS out of his chair and starts saying, “Let’s go!” Mark wants to take off his mike and take this dude out back and snap him in half,
Steve is terrified. I am waiting for him to say he is being bullied. Sheriff Lamb says the kind of chaos he is causing on this set is exactly what he did in the pod. Eventually, Steve said that he didn’t do the best job. Steve says he was just testing the signal to see if people would come.
Eventually, he says he regrets his behavior. Then, he insults Sheriff Thomas again. Sheriff Thomas had his number from the jump and he can’t handle it. Sheriff Thomas has a whole bunch of fancy doodads on his uniform, Steve. He’s doing just fine. You are going back to your prepper shack in the wilderness because no one can stand to be around you. Then, Sheriff Lamb basically dismisses Steve from the stage and he apologizes again as he is showed the door.
David
David says that blowing Abner’s cover was just a mental slip. He had a lot of mental slips in the jail. Sheriff Thomas says that he’s just glad David admitted it. David still lies about what he told the guard. Even though the guard told the sheriffs everything. Then, Abner sticks up of David. He forgives him.
They don’t know that David blew their cover yet. I mean, they do, but we are pretending like they don’t. David lies. He tells them that he was just giving the guard advice and complimenting him on his job. He didn’t do nuthin! Maybe the guard just put the pieces together on his own.
Then. he whines about editing some more. No police force is ever going to want to work with him. Yeah, cops don’t like snitches any more than inmates do. David thinks he is being scapegoated. Thn. he says he is a very highly decorated cop. I don’t believe that either. He’s a liar.
The Feedback and Changes
In the end,with regard to their missions, Vivian did the best with her Jail Operations mission. David shockingly had the most information about drugs and it led to some quick action. Abner did the best finding out about gangs and race relations. Finally, The Sheriff’s didn’t know that there incoming prisoners knew how far up their rectum they had to go to smuggle things in. They didn’t know that there was a mail system happening via the meal trays. They fixed that immediately. Over all, Sheriff Lamb was pleased with the feedback and has made many implications.
They let David off easy and I agree they used too much filler. Total anticlimactic reunion.
Yeah, I fully agree. Steve took responsibility for the mistakes he made yet was crucified. I’ve looked up a lot about Steve and his life because I was curious and I found a lot of great things. I don’t understand this Crusade against him. Not even a little bit. I think he’s a good guy who made mistakes. And from some of his videos, he wasn’t terrified of Mark, he was horrified that Mark was literally challenging him when I kind of have no doubt that Steve would have totally ripped him a new one.
Steve was an asshole who arrived to jail drug and could handle the mission.
If having 36 criminal charges, harassing women and commuting domestic violence is doing a lot of good, then yeah Steve Thomas deserves an award.
He has one felony pending and two misdemeanors and just can’t seem to leave people alone.
And then there’s the fact that the KY PI board says he has no license and that in Kentucky you must have a license for the investigator and company but hey, Steve’s special.
Steve is again facing charges for harassing yet yet two more people. A woman in Kentucky and a guy who used to be his friend. He just can’t leave people alone.
Lol, I wonder if they told Steve he’s riding back privately with the sheriff’s to the middle of the desert so they can finish his fascinating conversation.(Pow Pow)
I think it was really smart of Mark when inmates were catching on to the cameras and possible undercover, and Mark said ” there are all kinds of shows now with cameras, it doesn’t mean anything” then the inmates said “yay”.
(David is probably (hopefully) humbling himself)
I thought I would like David but he gives me an uneasy feeling. He claims the reason he blew is cover to the CO is because his covworkers won’t trust him now because he did the show and they will view him as a rat. Everything he did and said shows he can’t see beyond his own ego. It wouldnt surprise me if stories come out about him having questionable behavior at work. Steve is such an ass. I wanted someone to bitch slap him.
David said on his Twitter that Sheriff Lamb offered him a job, that things are good between them.
I didn’t understand Abner’s suggestion of how to improve the race situation, of having “drop color” prisons? Can anyone clarify what he meant, how that works?
I wish we would have seen the full exchanges involving Steve, because I think there was even more than we saw. He was awful.
I thought it was Mark that Sheriff Lamb job offered. I can’t believe he would,based on everything David did.
*David* says that on his Twitter.
I thought that it meant that upon sentencing, if you agreed to drop colors you would get a better, more lenient pod. Not necessarily a different prison. But I have no idea if that is true. Dropping colors means that you have no gang affiliation within the prison. Sounds like a great idea if you can manage and enforce it!
Thanks for the explanation!
I think “drop colors” means don’t claim what gang you are affiliated with. (I.e. blue for crips, red for bloods, maybe cover tattoos?)
Stops non gangster’s to not join a gang for protection. We saw how Ikeka had to name who he’s with, and couldn’t talk to whoever he chose. Sadly, prison doesn’t have you drop colors, so Abner I’m hoping can somehow get that changed.
I truly believe that inmates run the prisons. And it’s because of the gangsters having the power.
It’s interesting how different and petty the females are. The girls seemed amazed at how different their experience was.
(I’m a bit confused about the comment regarding Brooke coming across so differently her behavior and her information about the prison information she obtained)
With Brooke, I think it means that she looks like this polished Barbie, but she was actually tough enough to stand up to the woman who was threatening them and she also managed to find out a lot of info for the sheriffs.
Thanks SD. I thought he was leaning towards insulting her, didn’t understand.
I also wanted to add how the first thing David said before going in was how he became a police officer rather than be mistreated or harassed by the police. (I think his reasoning was too vague) From doing that, he I believe should not be on the force since his reason seems like a dangerous one.
I was very surprised when he said that, and more shocked how he represented police officers.
At least he would be a great DO I bet. Remember, as he stated, the bottom of the barrel? (I’m doubtful of him being on SWAT, a LT. or SGT. or whatever he threw out there.)
(Please let him do 30 days as a Correction Officer!)
I bet millions would love to see that
I am glad to see your recap. No need to watch. I think I’m over 60days in.
David, got caught up within himself. Arrogant and over dominating his position. He lied. I wouldn’t trust him as a police officer
Nobody remembers David was trash talking saying the guards ” aren’t real cops”. I think he showed his true colors. Thank goodness he doesn’t represent most cops, he’s an embarrassment to the profession.
I have a whole new outlook on Brooke. When she pulled her hair back and was ready to go at it with Trisha, I was like, damn! I’d want her on my side if I were ever in the klink. I liked all three girls this season.
I’m just glad Mark made it through without getting hurt, I was really rooting for him.
I don’t know how many more times they will be able to do this show, seems like everyone has caught on.
I dont think they ever said how many days were actually completed, and last week Mark said he couldnt say. Was it that far below the 60 days in total? That is the only reason I would think they would keep that a secret.
Exactly WTF was that #4 (I think) moment….When an inmate covered up a camera? Who cares?
I was pretty shocked that Steve actually admitted he was an ass and said he was sorry. Didn’t seem like he would do that.
Mark ~ If you are reading this ~ You were EXCELLENT!! Loved when you faked that your PIN was stolen to see what they would do about it. You’re a very good dude!!
Only just watched this season and I can’t believe David blew his cover. I hope there will be ‘Where are they now’ episode!