If you haven't been watching Burn Notice on USA Network for the past two years, then start — next Thursday at 10 p.m.
Jeffrey Donovan is a multitalented actor who gets to chew major scenery each week as "Michael Westen," a U.S. covert agent who's been "burned," or blacklisted, from the intelligence community for some unknown reason. He was unceremoniously dumped in Miami, his assets frozen and his movements restricted. He hooks up with ex-girlfriend Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) and old friend Sam (Bruce Campbell) to work on "good Samaritan" P.I. cases, all the while trying to trace back the source of his burn notice.
I like the show because Michael really, genuinely likes helping ordinary folks who find themselves in bad situations. Like the classic MacGyver, Michael and his friends are wizards at using common, commercial items to create various contraptions that get the jobs done. At the end of each episode, the "client" thanks Michael & company, capping off the hour with an all-around happy, warm-n-fuzzy moment. There's just one tiny, logistical problem:
"Show me the money!" Where is Michael getting the funds to buy all the things he needs to solve these cases (to say nothing of such bare necessities as, oh, food, drink, clothing, blah-blah-blah)? His assets are frozen, his mother (Sharon Gless) is as middle-class as they come, and Fi and Sam? Who knows? They don't seem to be flush with cash, although Fi has been known to use her "feminine wiles" to get things (but not that way, you degenerates), and Sam always seems to have "friends" he calls for favors.
OK, so maybe they're getting some of the stuff gratis, but still … one of the things you never see happening at the end of episodes is any kind of "fee" being charged or exchanged. No dialogue to that effect, either. As much as I'd like to believe that Michael is working freelance for "free," pragmatism dictates otherwise.
Jeffrey Donovan is a multitalented actor who gets to chew major scenery each week as "Michael Westen," a U.S. covert agent who's been "burned," or blacklisted, from the intelligence community for some unknown reason. He was unceremoniously dumped in Miami, his assets frozen and his movements restricted. He hooks up with ex-girlfriend Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) and old friend Sam (Bruce Campbell) to work on "good Samaritan" P.I. cases, all the while trying to trace back the source of his burn notice.
I like the show because Michael really, genuinely likes helping ordinary folks who find themselves in bad situations. Like the classic MacGyver, Michael and his friends are wizards at using common, commercial items to create various contraptions that get the jobs done. At the end of each episode, the "client" thanks Michael & company, capping off the hour with an all-around happy, warm-n-fuzzy moment. There's just one tiny, logistical problem:
"Show me the money!" Where is Michael getting the funds to buy all the things he needs to solve these cases (to say nothing of such bare necessities as, oh, food, drink, clothing, blah-blah-blah)? His assets are frozen, his mother (Sharon Gless) is as middle-class as they come, and Fi and Sam? Who knows? They don't seem to be flush with cash, although Fi has been known to use her "feminine wiles" to get things (but not that way, you degenerates), and Sam always seems to have "friends" he calls for favors.
OK, so maybe they're getting some of the stuff gratis, but still … one of the things you never see happening at the end of episodes is any kind of "fee" being charged or exchanged. No dialogue to that effect, either. As much as I'd like to believe that Michael is working freelance for "free," pragmatism dictates otherwise.
Yes, I know this is TV fiction, but still ... I hate it when really good TV fiction cuts obvious corners when a simple line of dialogue, addressed weekly in the opening narration, would make it all better.
Posts
ewwww=.='most of the movies or sope operas u talked about..i've never watched yet...pity..i thought i was not a rookie in this field,haha..because did have watched many movies
ReplyDelete