In addition to hunting for the people who burned him, Michael works as a freelance spy, helping people with cases involving kidnapping, arms dealers, con artists, and drug traffickers.įor several episodes, Michael is tailed by Harris ( Marc Macaulay) and Lane (Brandon Morris), two FBI agents who are sent to keep tabs on Michael and to whom Sam reports due to them threatening his pension, mildly straining his relationship with Michael. With his entire life in ruins and his former employers refusing to answer the phone to him, Michael begins the hunt for the man who signed the order to burn him, with his biggest source of trouble and information being the government agents assigned to monitor him. After fleeing, he soon finds himself in Miami, where he is reunited with his ex-girlfriend, Fiona Glenanne, and another old friend, Sam Axe. He is burned while on a covert operation in Nigeria. The first season of Burn Notice introduces Michael Westen.
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But it is a fun ride.The first season of the American television series Burn Notice originally aired from June 28, 2007, to September 20, 2007. Like I said off the top, this is a one of a kind. I will confess it took about three episodes for me to get hooked. (Which may be the way it actually happened, I don't know). (If you are a male reader, you will get that.) Supporting cast? Bruce Campbell plays his role like he was already happily retired and the casting director begged him to come out of retirement just for this part, and then gave him permission to sit down and drink while delivering his lines. Gabrielle Anwar, in a part which really is more a sidekick than a love interest, manages to "sashay" between scenes (yet another word I do not use often) and also manages to give the impression that she is on "slow simmer" even when all she is doing is mixing explosives or hot-wiring a car. Which is why it dropped out of favor in the 1940s and has been used very sparingly ever since. Voice-over seems like an easy thing to pull off, but in fact it isn't.
Even the voice-over works and works well. The setting is also clever, relying on an old Hollywood adage which says, to improve your odds, cast in a city that people wish they lived in. Almost as though elves pulled him out nowhere just for this role, and then disappeared into the forest with him after. But in this part, in a successful series which ran for years, he was nothing less than brilliant. I call this "Leprechaun Casting" because Donovan's career both before and even after the show was unspectacular. The whole idea of a "burn notice" forcing a spy to take roots in a community is very clever. Which is a comment you will seldom find in my reviews. Michael Westen: Bottom line? Until you figure out who burned you. Madeline Westen: Someone needs your help, Michael! Michael Westen: An old friend who used to inform on you to the FBI.
You rely on anyone who's still talking to you.
Michael Westen: You do whatever work comes your way. You're stuck in whatever city they decide to dump you in. Michael Westen: When you're burned, you've got nothing: no cash, no credit, no job history. Voice on phone: We got a burn notice on you. Michael Westen: My name is Michael Westen.
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