12/8/2023 0 Comments Burn notice cast pilot![]() Michael explained in the very first episode that he prefers driving older cars so that in the event of a crash, he wouldn’t be pinned by the airbag, but given the amount of abuse this car has gone through, you have to wonder if he just takes a little perverse pleasure in putting his dad’s old wheels through the wringer.ĭirectors: Jace Alexander, Sanford Bookstaver, Colin Bucksey, Rod Hardy, Paul Holahan, David SolomonĮxecutive producers: Mikkel Bondesen, Matt NixĬo-executive producers: Nick Thiel, Jeff Freilich Was this the last gasp of a tired TV trope that ran out of gas in the eighties (namely the borrowed “cool” of using a certified classic car), an homage to that trope or simply the fact those old muscle cars were virtually indestructible? Over the course of the show, the car has been blown up several times and it gets shot up on a very regular basis. When Michael’s black 1973 Dodge Charger (the legacy of an abusive father that Michael vowed to keep running) first popped up back in 2007, eyebrows were raised.The show also recalls Miami Vice, not just in the slick but shabby setting, but in it’s glib, stylized tone.” Michael’s deadbeat, lying brother Nate is certainly (and possibly intentionally?) reminiscent of Rockford’s Angel Martin, and there’s something of the off-kilter chemistry of Magnum and his crew in the antics of Michael, Sam and Fiona, with Michael’s mom playing the Higgins-style straight-man-with-an-agenda role. And Glen’s right to liken this to both Magnum and Rockford. The case-of-the-week shows are infinitely more interesting than the underlying story of Michael’s attempts to “unburn” himself, which often comes close to sandbagging the whole show, à la Twin Peaks or X-Files. “I’m not quite as crazy about the show as Glen is, but I do find this frequently quite entertaining, a bright shiny diversion that offers plenty of fun.Burn Notice is not as dramatically heavy as The Shield and its not as comically irritating as Monk -but it’s a consistently fun affair.” Again, the nostalgic comparison is a compliment. “With its breezy sense of humor, lightweight action, roguish cast of characters and colorful tropical setting, Burn Notice resembles nothing if not vintage Magnum, P.I.Libby Gelman-Waxler (Entertainment Weekly) “…this summer’s primary source of manflesh may actually be the USA Network… Burn Notice stars Jeffrey Donovan as a rogue spy who often gets injured and is forced to remove his shirt.”.Alessandra Stanley (June 2007, The New York Times) “USA, which is home to Monk, about a detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Psych, about a private eye who pretends to be psychic, is apparently trying to corner the market on kooky conceits for crime shows.”. ![]() I mean, how many loops for various dubious (and often expendable) handlers, helpers and former co-workers can one pink-slipped agent jump through? There always seems to be one more condition, one more betrayal or one more piece of bad luck piled on (and on and on…).Īnd then, just as I was about to give up on the show, Michael would crack wise, Fiona would want to kill someone, Sam would prove to be the best buddy anybody ever had and the team would blow something up. Heady company either way, and a lotta fun, although as the series progressed, the underlying and increasingly convoluted storyline featuring Michael’s attempts to be reinstated as a CIA operative grew wearisome. It was probably the best new crime show of the 2007 season and got a lot of comparisons to Magnum P.I., though I’m more apt to liken it to The Rockford Files. It’s a strong cast, and they all look like they’re having fun. Sam’s played with considerable aplomb by cult film fave Bruce Campbell, while Michael’s manipulative mother is played by Sharon (Cagney and Lacey) Gless. Also on board is Michael’s best friend and former partner Sam Axe, a boozy party animal and would-be ladies’ man who once worked as an informant for the FBI, dispatched to keep an eye on Michael. He is helped and hindered by his once–and maybe once again–girlfriend Fiona, a trigger-happy ex-IRA operative played by Gabrielle Anwar. With no funds and and no clue as to why he’s suddenly persona non grata in the intelligence community, he hightails it to his hometown of Miami, where he works as an unofficial P.I., drawing on his Special Ops training to use to help those who the police can’t or won’t help, as a way to fund his ongoing personal investigation. ![]() In the USA Network series Burn Notice (2007-13), Jeffrey Donovan played MICHAEL WESTEN, a handsome, young, yogurt-loving former CIA operative who, in the middle of an overseas operation, is burned by the agency. They get a “burn notice” and became untouchable. When spies get fired, they don’t get a pink slip or a form letter from human resources. ![]() When the tough get burned, the burned get going…
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