![]() ![]() From the opening scene down to the closing credits, it’s all sharp humour, fast paced action and a huge amount of fun. It’s no secret that the US is currently producing some fantastic TV – Mad Men, True Blood and Dexter among them – and Burn Notice more than deserves to be included on the list. How does he do it? With a Christmas tree, one or two fantastically barbed comments and some well-placed furniture. What’s that about keeping friends close?ĭespite these minor hiccups, Michael solves the case, and even persuades the real thief – the property multi-millionaire – to pay out a substantial amount of money in return for Javier’s inconvenience. Fiona, bitter and almost impossible to understand thanks to her Connery-esque Oirish accent, is still in love with our spy, making working together just a tad uncomfortable, while Big Sam is informing on Michael to the FBI in return for a liquid lunch. It’s not all plain sailing, though, as Michael’s crack team prove somewhat troublesome. All of which takes place in less than an hour. He also gives Javier’s son a crash course in self defence and even steals a car to drive his mum to the hospital – but he has it back by five. During the investigation, he shows anyone who cares to watch how to crack a safe using a pencil, how to bug a car with a mobile phone and how to take out a drug dealer using duct tape. A widower with a young son, Michael resolves to clear Javier’s name. The estate’s caretaker, Javier, is in the frame for the robbery and is desperate to prove his innocence. After dispensing with the set-up at break neck speed, Michael grudgingly takes his first job – investigating a robbery at the home of a multi-millionaire property developer. The series premiere, creatively titled ‘Pilot’ won the Edgar Allan Poe award for Best Episode Teleplay, and it’s easy to see why. Two parts A-Team to one part Magnum, with more than a little dash of MacGyver, Burn Notice adds a fantastically sarcastic voiceover, step-by-step bomb making and survival techniques and more martial arts than you’ve ever seen crammed into an hour, to bring you one of the most entertaining and well made shows currently available to the discerning viewer – a show that’s fresh, funny, smart and more interesting and mysterious than five series of Lost. With his IRA affiliated ex-girlfriend Fiona (Gabriella Anwar), ex-navy seal acquaintance by the name of Sam Axe (Bruce Campbell) and um, his mum Madeline (Sharon Gless), Weston rights wrongs, stands up for the little guy and generally ensures justice is served in his little Miami enclave, all the while fighting for his reputation and career. However, penniless and essentially non-existent, Michael is forced to make a living helping the hopeless, while trying to figure out why he was burned in the first place. ![]() Dumped in his hometown of Miami after a particularly narrow escape from Nigeria, Michael is desperate to get his job back and get the hell out of town.
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