So I saw this show recommended for fans of Monk and Psych - both of which came to UK netflix a few months ago, I binged them and loved them! I really had a blast watching Burn Notice, badass action sequences, cool on the fly plans/gadget making to get out of situations. The show was unexpectedly hilarious with some line deliveries and facial expressions particularly Mike, Sam, Maddy and Jesse plus touching on Michael's dark side with Larry/James was an interesting view and gave more depth and understanding to the way he operates and the internal struggle he has battled for so long.

The case of the week stuff was entertaining, switch your brain off and watch the craziness unfold. Yeah it had a formula and could be stale at times but any show like that has its duds.

The arc regarding who burnt him was quite thrilling at times but did get tiresome as it just seemed to go deeper and deeper - it was a little disappointing that James ended up being the final boss so to speak after all this build up of mystery corporations and betrayals by those he trusted most in the past but regardless it was a bittersweet ending (Maddy's sacrifice was heart breaking) and of ourse they made it out aive! I should've known better as I was sure they'd died from such an explosion but the plot armour is too strong haha.

Lovely last shot of them in Ireland to wrap it up, they earnt it - now I want a spin off of Sam and Jesse kicking ass! Solid show 8/10 for me.

He was trying to play a serious role, but all I could see was one of Michael's silly personas

Just rewatched the series for the first time in years.

• Should have been way more couple moments from Michael and Fiona.
• Can’t stand Madeline and Nate. So, their deaths didn’t bother me. Actually, I was kind of glad Nate was killed off.
• Loved Agents Pearce and Max. I think they were the only good agents/law enforcement people on the show and they were well written. They should have been kept on the show.
• Barry along with Agent Pearce and Max are my favorite side characters.
• I've seen people say Michael and Detective Paxon had chemistry but I didn't see it. But, I did see chemistry between Michael and Carla and Michael and Agent Pearce.
• I’ve seen a lot of people say Bly was a good guy but he was not a good guy imo. Bly was corrupt just like 99% of the law enforcement/government employees in the show. He only started acting like a “good guy” AFTER Michael saved his life multiple times in the bank robbery.
• Season 7 was garbage to me only because of the out of character writing for Michael and especially Fiona. The Kendrick and CIA deal plot wasn’t bad to me. But, I really hate when writers can’t come up with anything but relationship drama for plots. And I really hate when shows finally bring couples together just to break them up. If the writers are out of ideas and can’t come up with anything else but relationship problems, just end the show:

1. Fiona being mad at Michael even after Strong tells her about the deal was dumb.
2. No way the lame boyfriend should have lasted almost the whole season. Really the lame boyfriend shouldn’t have existed at all but he definitely shouldn’t have been there the whole season.
3. Fiona telling the boyfriend she loves him and then professing her love for Michael 2 episodes later was stupid. They at least should have had the boyfriend say “No, you don’t. You love him” or something like that when she said it. The boyfriend plot in season 2 was well written because first and foremost IT DIDN’T LAST LONG and second, it was clear Fiona really wanted Michael and was only with the boyfriend because she felt she couldn’t have Michael.

Why do so many last seasons and series finales suck?

I wish he had stayed around longer.

He was also so charming and VERY easy on the eyes, and I swear the way he looked at Michael was like he was about to pounce on him lol

Who will get out of a no-win situation faster?

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I was a bit annoyed by something very small while watching The Fall of Sam Axe. In the CIA outpost, Sam is on the phone trying to get support to arrive more quickly. He needs an alias and sees the cover of an issue of SPORTS ACTION magazine with pitcher Chuck Finley on the cover. Inspired, he adopts Chuck Finley as his alias, presumably for the first time. The annoying part for me was that the pitcher on the cover of the magazine was throwing right-handed. The real-life MLB pitcher Chuck Finley was left-handed (like Sam).

It doesn't look like this is a real magazine, probably because of permission issues. It also doesn't look like the baseball scene on the cover is from MLB, also probably due to permission issues. So there's very little chance the pitcher on the cover is Chuck Finley or a right-left swapped version of him. I didn't need the pitcher in the picture to *be* Chuck Finley, I just would have liked to have seen a lefty pitching rather than a righty for consistency and believability. It's also mildly interesting that Sam Axe chose a lefty as his go-to alias since he is a lefty himself (as is Bruce Campbell).

In season 2, Carla’s identity and office get found by the team because she is working undercover as an “aquifer specialist,” found from information that was given by Harvey Gunderson.

A flaw that seems too simple for Carla’s character is the fact of, why would she use the same name that she gives Michael (“but you can call me Carla.”) as her cover ID? It opened the door to her base of operations being easily found by Michael and the gang. Thoughts?

I watched the show for the first time last year, and I instantly fell in love. It easily became one of my favorite shows of all time. I immediately did a rewatch and continued to love it.

After a break of several months, I have recently started another rewatch. While I still absolutely love the show, recommend it, and consider it to be one of my favorites, I do see more of its flaws now that I have some distance from it. And it's mainly the writing because the cast is almost uniformly superb and the premise is great. And, when I say writing, I don't mean individual scripts--because I think the scripts are generally sharp and witty. When I say writing, I mean the arcs and overall story regarding the burn notice and Michael's CIA life. The writing when it came to this was full of holes, inconsistent, and, at times, nonsensical. If I had to postulate, I would say that the reasons for the poor writing were (1) the fact that the show was primarily episodic, so that the focus of the episodes were on the case-of-the-week and very little on the season arc, and (2) the fact that there was such a quick production turnaround.

I feel like if the larger arcs were written better, the show would have such a better reputation among the mainstream audience instead of being considered a "guilty pleasure." And the show would be a much easier sell to new viewers.

I've recently found Mike and Nate had different middle names...? (as far as remember, they had different initials, Nate's revealed by Maddie and Mike, when he got captured from James). Can siblings have different middle name in real life as well?

I'm in Canada and I have no clue where to watch the fall of sam axe, im completed the show but still haven't watched the movie. Any ideas?

Burn Notice is my ADHD comfort show. I watched it from beginning to end Live. I've binge watched it over 30 times. I just changed jobs and I am extremely stressed out. I'm on S5E3 right now. I get home and watch multiple episodes while washing dishes and making dinner and such. This show, White Collar, and Sherlock are what keep me alive from day to day. I am excited to join the various conversations and I am humbled and privileged to be accepted as your newest member! Thank you for allowing me to enter various discussions about my favorite show!

Yall. Season six. I don’t know if I just never realized it before because I’d never binged the show, but the writers started spamming the hell out of:

Michael: “It’s gunna take us 35 minutes to get there”

Fi: “I can get us there in 20😏”

It’s so funny. I love it. This isn’t me hating and I’m about to turn it into a drinking game.

Just decided I'd give this a re-read in ages...😂

How on earth did they get Burt Reynolds to play character named after the director he was so public about hating? Did he change tune later in life and embrace Boogie Nights? It’s so funny to me.

Rewatching season 4 this entire thing is just one big ad for Honda with gun fights and spy tips in between still love it tho

TV magic, I know... But has anyone laid out a Floorplan of the Westen house? Madeline's house has two floors, as seen from the exterior, but in studio is one, with seemingly fluid format. In several episodes the front room (that Sam blows up [defensively] at one point) has a closet with a false wall Michael never knew about. And in at least one, it depicts Madeline, the child of the client of the week, and Fiona, all entering a room with what appears to be a window (which makes sense given the house exterior.) All that being said, we've never seen bedrooms (of which there are presumably at least three of) nor the second floor of (even though Maddie has hidden there with a shotgun at least once shooting through the ceiling) the house. I love this show, and have been on and at the locations of most of the scenes (I grew up in Miami) but this has always frustrated me. Maddie's house is magic (constant continuity error), I guess.

What do y'all think?

No matter how many times I rewatch the show I never understand the her stance. I swear this isn't a Fiona hate post, I quite like the character. It's just she is characterized as the one in the trio who likes constant action in her life, so I'm not sure why when it comes to Michael becoming a spy again she suddenly wants him to retired and peacefully live in Miami?

I feel like I missed something there. Maybe I misunderstood the plot. Because usually when Michael and Fiona get into these arguments the show frames it as "Silly Michael, trying to clear his name, unfreeze his asset and be able to leave Miami as a free citizen."

Is it that she doesn't mind espionage in general but just doesn't want Mike working with the U.S government specifically? She doesn't seem to have a problem with Michael doing freelance spy stuff. (Episodic jobs)

I mean....😂😂😂

I love this show so much, and I want to discuss episode-by-episode, but the community here is not big enough. Any ideas on how to grow the community?

TLDR: I suffer from chronic illness and am sometimes in too much pain to sleep and feel very down and Burn Notice always makes me feel good.

I love Burn Notice, for me it is a real feel good programme; I know the last series is hard going (it is fantastic, just a lot more grim at times), but as a general rule you end every episode feeling pretty good.

Anyway, I suffer from a chronic illness was which means sometimes I am in dreadful pain and wracked with being sick and unable to leave bed. Some nights, I just cannot sleep because of it, but am so tired I can’t keep my eyes open. When this happens, so I don’t disturb my wife I will put my headphones on and play Burn Notice on my phone.

I don’t watch, I just listen, and without fail, listening to the story unfold a feel a little better. All of the main characters as well as the regulars (Nate, Barry et al) have their quirks but make me smile.

Over the years, I can’t count how many times I’ve seen/listed to Burn Notice, just really glad it’s there.

All Michael’s friends needed to do is stay down James would be in CIA custody all of them would be out of prison and Michael would be actually doing what he believed in with Sonya. Sonya who is a much better match to Michael than Fiona. But no they had to ruin everything because they are the “good” guys and James is not. And after the ruined everything Michael blames himself no dude those stupid idiots ruined your plan and put your mother and nephew in danger

Edit: The killed Maddy I hate this I fucking hate it. Poor Charlie lost his dad mom and grandmother. This was avoidable.

I mean this is just so annoying if he would have just said that, Fiona and Sam would not interfere. They would not think that Michael is a traitor if he would have spinned it around

I've sworn his character name Ricky Watkins was just a coincidence.....😯😯😯 I did not know this though

I'm at season 6, but wasn't Campbell introduced as 'Campbell' in season 2? I forgot he had first name😂😂😂

Let me just start by saying that Burn Notice is my favorite show, I've been in love with it since '07.

And that's why what I'm about to write cuts even deeper...

I've just finished rewatching it for the first time in 3-4 years, ( used to binge it every year or so, when i got bedsick), and I came to a harrowing realization: At the end, Michael made the wrong choice, he should've kept his promise to James, that was his next step, he could've actually made a major positive impact in the world.

I'm probably gonna catch a lot of heat for this, but put aside your irrational love for his trigger-happy leprechaun of a girlfriend, I like her to, but her life fell apart, and she decided to nuke his, to stand in the way of everything he ever wanted, she forced his hand, she put her idea of what's best for Michael, before his actual well-being.

Glad they got ther happily ever after, but i think Mike got a raw deal in the end, even though he said he wanted out, he never really did, it's who he is, it's what he does.

Anyways, just finished the last episode, I'm peeved, and i needed to share my thoughts, please let me know in an argumentend way if you feel differently or perhaps share my sentiment

Season 5 Episode 09 Eye For an Eye, 32:46 have all things working against finding it for some reason burn notice didn't list any soundtrack except season 1's you can find on youtube but other then that nada. Maybe look in the credits but doubt it is even there. There are no lyrics nothing is being sung so can't help find that way. Anyway I appreciate everyone's help that tries. I wonder why burn notice didn't upload all their soundtracks first tv show haven't seen season soundtracks not on youtube but youtube is censoring like crazy and getting just terrible.

What song or instrumental is playing while they Michael, Sam, client are making a fake chemical roadblock 4 hour road block smoke canister and little gasoline Season 5 Episode 09

The music starts right when Michael says "4 hour road block smoke canister and little gasoline" Starts at 32:45 (maybe a second off at 32:46 it's playing.

If Michael was played by a black actor: Idris Alba. If Michael was played by a Latino Actor: Jay Hernandez. If Michael Westen was in the 90’s: David Boreanaz. If Michael Westen were remade today: Miles Teller. If Michael Westen were in the 80’s: Val Kilmer. If Michael Westen were in the 70’s: Tom Berenger.

What if Victor and Michael were more honest with eachother about their intentions of taking a baseball bat to Karla and Managments operation? I do you think Victor would’ve joined Michael’s team in a role similar to Jesse’s?