Burn Notice: Back in Miami

Burn Notice: "Breaking and Entering"

Yea, Burn Notice is back! It's nice to reclaim at least some of the glory that was last summer's television. Let's just see if I can remember anything that was going on...

The best part about Burn Notice is the characters. Michael, Fiona, and Sam are all extremely likable, and Michael and Fee are so cool that it almost hurts. The second best part about Burn Notice is that it's so freaking fun. It's like Alias before we had to worry about prophecies and entire cities blowing up.

Not that Burn Notice doesn't have it's share of high stakes. After all, Michael is being coerced into working for the people who "burned" him (for some unknown reason) and who do not seem like the nicest bunch of folks you'll ever want to meet. The lady on the phone is all kinds of annoying with her threats, but at least by the end of the episode we got to put a face to her voice. It wasn't a big surprise that the seemingly-random "firecracker" at the bar turned out to be the mystery lady, but it was still entertaining.

Highlights:

• It's nice to see Fiona again since seeing the actress who plays her (Gabrielle Anwar) in The Tudors playing Henry's sister (who ended up being kind of pathetic, which is something Fiona will never be).
• Michael (on airbags): "Gone are the days when you could run through a line of trees without getting a face full of nylon."
• Back to Miami already...Michael had barely left.
• Poor Jimmy. He has quite an unfortunate tale.
• Sam trying to fit into Michael's shirt.
• Ha, nice accent!
• The scene where Mike and Fee were shooting at each other and trying to miss was pretty awesome.
• The Psych commercial of Gus and Shawn singing "Ebony and Ivory" is hilarious.
• Spies have such extensive experience in the strangest stuff (cutting through a floor, for example).
• Michael laughing when Jimmy tells the security guy to take off his jacket and pants.
• Jimmy giving Michael his car as a thank you.
• Ahh, the obligatory beginning-of-season-two break up. This is television; we can't have the couple be together, now can we?

I'm glad to have this show back. Now if only Damages had returned too...