Burn Notice recap - 4.4 - Breach of Faith

"...until you find out who burned you, you're not going anywhere."

All four members of Team Weston are back this week, showing some serious chemistry, some laughs and a hostage situation. It's all in a days work for the best burned spy in the business.

The episode starts off with Fiona and Jesse in the Bahamas trying to get coroner information. Apparently, Jesse does a really good Jamaican accent and after some witty banter between Fiona and Jesse, they get the report and get back to Miami. It was a nice break from Miami, if only for a moment, but back to business.

Once back, Jesse and Fiona, which seem to be getting quite friendly, brief Michael on the situation, making Michael look like the odd man out, asking if he was fully briefed in the end of the conversation. It was funny, but odd for Michael to not have all the answers. After that, we find out that Sam needs help on a job and introduces the client of the week by catching him holding a gun to a guys head. Apparently, the guy and his secretary stole a bunch of money from the clients charity, and the client wants it back. What starts off as a simple introduction turns into a hostage situation with full SWAT teams and negotiators.

While inside, Weston tries to get information out of the thief, while keeping Sam and the client from getting too trigger happy. It's the calm, cool, wise Weston we know and love. We seem him run the gauntlet of techniques from the buddy guy, to the hostage to the guy with the gun. When he does his Weston thing and calls Fiona and Jesse for help, things get tense and the SWAT team is about to bust in and arrest Weston and Axe for hostage taking.

When Fiona and Jesse capture the second part of the con job, they find that a floor safe holds the lost money. Weston uses a bunch of bullets to blow the safe from the floor (which, I don't know if it's possible or not, if you have an opinion, let me know). With the safe open, and the bad guy flushed out, Weston pulls the classic switch-aroo and lets the bad guy get the gun just as the SWAT team comes in, making them think the bad guy is actually the hostage taker. It requires cooperation from the secretary, which, after finding out her boss is a monster, reluctantly helps.

Meanwhile, back to the overall mission of finding the people that burnt Jesse, they are lead to a small house with a nosy neighbor. When they first try, they are caught and forced to leave, but when Michael comes back with a nice fake I.D., they realize the neighbor (Navi Rawat) is really the mark. Before she gets away, she tries to recover a tape from a wall. Despite getting away, she loses the tape, leaving team Weston with a bunch of questions, and an incredibly hot bad girl wanting a tape back.

I liked this episode, despite the overall story arc coming along slowly, it shows Michael in his prime, and Jesse working well with the team. There seems to be a little something between Fiona and Jesse, which could be an issue. We didn't see Michael's mom this week, or any other fun characters, but the bank heist was really good. It's episodes like these that will make Jesse feeling betrayed by Michael even more dramatic once he finds out the truth. Overall, it seems like they are trying to draw out the suspense for something big in the next few weeks. It was another great episode of Burn Notice.

So, let me know your thoughts on the show in the comments. I love hearing peoples opinions (even when it's pointing out spelling mistakes).

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Burn Notice Recap - Ep. 4.03 "Made Man"

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"...until you find out who burned you, you're not going anywhere."

In Made Man, Michael is still dealing with the spy he accidentally burned (Coby Bell) as he tries to not only get to who let out Simon in last season's finale, but also not let on to Jesse Michael is the one who burned him. It's all pretty complicated, but when you add a mob boss to the mix, it gets crazy.

The episode starts off with Michael and Jesse getting along much better than they did last week. While the chemistry is still a work in progress, Jesse tells Team Weston about a bad guy who can get them a lead nicknamed "Cobra." The best part is the team thought it was as goofy as a name as you did reading it and made fun of it the whole time. The investigation lead to the docks, where during some snooping, we hear the patented Weston voice over talking to us about the proper way to get intel. Meanwhile, Jesse sees a guard getting beat up and rushes over to stop it while Weston is focused more on the job at hand and less on some puny guard. Once the guard is rescued in a really good scene with Jesse, we find out a Mob Boss is working the docks, and now, Team Weston has a new client.

With a Mob Boss as the intended target, Team Weston tries to plant Michael as an FBI Agent ready to turn for the Boss. In an interesting change of pace, Weston's plan comes undone and he has to get out of the situation with some great fighting moves, which leaves non other than Jesse and Chuck Finlay to save the day. Finlay goes in and convinces the Mob Boss he is about to die, and the only way to save his own skin is to rob a big shipment of merchandise on the docks. After a great interrogation scene, we get Jesse telling the mob guy about a real life story from Sam's Navy Seal days, which gets Sam upset. After the heist job goes wrong, the team is forced to convince the Mob guy to confront his superior in a move to take over the business. After team Weston and all the guys backup disappears, the Mob boss and his superior shoot it out, resulting in no more problem for the guard.

On the overall story arc, we learn this "Cobra" guy dumped some sort of body out of a plane, which may be a dead end. We also find out why Jesse rushes in to save the little guy, and like all guys, it had to do with his mom getting gunned down when he was a kid. Apparently, no one did anything to help her, and she bled out. Finally, we also got Michael's mom showing that she is a master interrogator as she coaxes the truth about Jesse out, and figures out that Michael is the cause of Jesse's problem, and in the last scene, confront Michael about his lies, leaving our hero standing there, ready to start balling, as he tries to convince himself he is not a monster.

Overall, it wasn't a bad episode. This episode progressed the storyline of Jesse quite a bit, and for a change, put Michael on the back burner, which was something different. The final scene where Michael's Mom confronts Michael was as powerful as anything we've seen from her, as Sharon Gless continues to impress me. We also got a good dose of Chuck Finlay, which is always entertaining. The one down side, is that it didn't advance Michael's search for who is behind all the problems very much, but I have a feeling, it will come in big doses throughout the season.

Burn Notice - Episode 4.02 - Fast Friends - Recap

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In the second episode of the new season of Burn Notice, everyone's favorite burnt spy has to try to save a spy he just burned from death while keeping the secret that not only is Michael a burnee, he's also a burner.

There are two kinds of Burn Notice episodes, ones that focus on the client of the week, and ones that focus on the overall story arc. This episode mixed both expertly. When Michael finds out the company he is working for is going to dispose of Jesse in a similar fashion to Michael, Michael reaches out to Jesse only to find out there are some really bad guys hunting the newly burned spy. When Michael helps him out of the jam, he offers to help his new client in order to not only keep him alive, but to gain his trust. As Weston does what he does best, he conflicts with Jesse, as Jesse is a hot trigger, where as Weston is a smooth, think first kind of guy. Despite the conflict, Weston puts on one of his best characters and get the bad guys caught with a whole bunch of guns. When he finds out all is not done, he has to go back in there and work with Jesse before he is executed. It seems like just another day in the life of Michael Weston, but the catch is the whole time, Weston is keeping the secret that he is the reason why Jesse is no longer employed, and Jesse doesn't seem to happy about it, on top of the fact Jesse specializes in counter-intelligence, meaning he specializes in working over spies. Finally, in the end, he is able to get Jesse out in one piece, only to have him renting out Weston's mothers garage, keeping Weston under cover.

This was an excellent episode, with something I thought would be a one and done storyline in Jesse turning into something Weston will have to keep struggling with for some time to come. It also seems like Jesse is more of a Fiona type character, and a trigger-happy loner, rather than a team player. And how is Weston going to continue to work for a company that just burned Jesse without him knowing? Either way, its a new dynamic to the show, which is refreshing, while keeping the same dynamic of Weston and his friends helping the little guy.

The spy work this episode was stronger than the last, but there wasn't the patented gadget making we know and love from Weston, leaving us hoping for next week to see some home made bomb, or cell phone bug. Overall, a great episode, leaving me wondering how the rest of the season will work. It definitely seems like the small tweak in the show will provide some great excitement in the coming weeks.

Burn Notice Ep. 4.01 Recap w/ spoilers

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Ep. 4.01 Friends and Enemies

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Everyone's favorite burned spy, Michael Weston is back in the season 4 premiere of USA's series Burn Notice, entitled "Friends and Enemies," and I couldn't be happier!

Burn Notice starts off right where season 3 ends, and we find out where Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) got taken. However, that bit of knowledge, like the rest of Burn Notice is not the answer, it is the beginning. After Michael talks with the company he helped, he finds out they need his help. Once he reluctantly agrees, he is dumped back into his old life, with a case already in the works. So, before Michael can even greet his mom (Sharon Gless), Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) or Sam (Bruce Campbell), he has to settle a vicious feud with a bunch of bikers. After we get some great Michael Weston action, some hilarious voice over work by Geoffrey Donovan, and some gun fire, we get the best part of the episode, Michael's soft side to his mom. All the things Michael has been keeping to himself come out, along with all the emotion in the most powerful scene in series history. Now, Michael is working for the same people that burned him, but at the same time, he is trying to not become the monster he battles.

I loved this episode. The characters showed through perfectly, and the chemistry Sam, Fiona and Michael all had is instantly renewed here, along with Michael's mom being the emotional anchor she has been. The new agent that is working with Michael is better than in previous years because he isn't forcing Michael to be an errand boy, he is asking him to be his partner. The better part, however, is the fact, like Weston himself, we don't know if we can really trust the guy, which makes it even better. This episode perfectly setup the overall arc for the season, and even setup next weeks client, a spy Michael accidentally burned to get the truth, which adds a great bit of personal drama.

Overall, USA showed they can really bring some great shows to the air, and Burn Notice is a great example. I can't wait to see what happens next for team Weston.

Burn Notice gets renewed through season 6

My favorite show on TV, USA's Burn Notice got some great news this week in the form of a pickup. It was leaked that the show was renewed through season 6. It's great news as we gear up for a June 3rd start of Season 4, two more seasons is a welcome sign that USA has plenty of confidence in their show. And why shouldn't they? Burn Notice has the top demos for it's time slot and is the highest ranking scripted show on television. So, while it's no surprise, the news will definetly help me sleep better tonight. So, have you gotten on the Burn Notice train yet?

Doin' the Happy Dance

So, it was announced today by the wonderful people at Spoilertv.com that Burn Notice and Royal Pains were both renewed for a second season!

That's right, your doing the happy dance too, aren't you? Burn Notice, starring Jeffrey Donovan, Gabriel Anwar and Bruce Friggin Campbell is one of my favorite shows on TV, I just wish they would give each season a few more episodes to truly get my Burn Notice fix.

Royal Pains has started off really slow, and has just been one of those shows that is on, not one that I change plans around for, but the show has just recently started to explore some really great storylines and getting into the depth of the characters they created, and could be really interesting, although, not one of the interesting characters is the lead, Hank Lawson.

A Sam Axe TV Movie?

One of the many rumors that came out of Comic Con this year was at the Burn Notice Panel. There were some ideas that were tossed around that Sam Axe, played by Bruce Friggin Campbell (no, really, that's his middle name, "Friggin") would get a made for TV movie that would explain the back story.

Now, this is just an idea, and there is nothing remotely concrete about it, but what do you guys think?

For me, I love Bruce Campbell, I think he is the man, and every moment with him on Burn Notice is a great moment. That being said, I don't think this move is neccesary. I think the natural progression of the story fills in some of the gaps nicely. So, put him in Spiderman 4, let him play some level 104 wizard in the new World of Warcraft movie and call it a day.