# Burn Notice is back! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486 "2009-01-22T18:03:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/41 "2009-02-06T03:07:28Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Carla was waiting for him to come home and said, “I see you and Fi are (in a relationship)” TV shows usually don’t waste time or lines that aren’t important. Sniff. Fi seems alive and well. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/42 "2009-02-06T18:52:29Z")
Last night’s episode: Was anyone else expecting the client to be the good guy and the receptionist to really be the bad guy? I think it may have to do with the way the guy from the 4400 was playing his character - he seemed to be too sympathetic to be the bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/43 "2009-02-06T19:13:45Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Last night’s episode: Was anyone else expecting the client to be the good guy and the receptionist to really be the bad guy? I think it may have to do with the way the guy from the 4400 was playing his character - he seemed to be too sympathetic to be the bad guy. I definitely did, and thought it was a little odd the writers didn’t note the possibility and have some more research by the Good Guys played out. I, too, though that the “other client” was potentially leading them on. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/44 "2009-02-06T20:50:01Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > I, too, though that the “other client” was potentially leading them on. Why are we placing what already happened in spoiler boxes? It would be interesting if Mike and Co. discovered the client was lying after they had caused someone to be killed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/45 "2009-02-06T21:13:18Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Why are we placing what already happened in spoiler boxes? I didn’t see any new posts yet for last night. Erring on the side of caution. Something else I observed last night - this and **Psych** are the only shows where I’ve seen every episode and could not tell you the name of the lead actor. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/46 "2009-02-06T21:26:12Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > Fi seems to be showing more skin this half-season. > > Man, she’s got a banging bod. She would if she gained 15 pounds. I can see her ribs! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/47 "2009-02-06T21:35:51Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I didn’t see any new posts yet for last night. Erring on the side of caution. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/48 "2009-02-07T01:06:49Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Something else I observed last night - this and **Psych** are the only shows where I’ve seen every episode and could not tell you the name of the lead actor. Weird. I can. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/49 "2009-02-07T01:23:11Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I’ve seen every episode and could not tell you the name of the lead actor. He’s that guy from _Touching Evil,_ whatchamacallit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/50 "2009-02-07T13:18:42Z")
My son has been watching the whole series this past week, and I have only been listening, so I had no idea what anyone looked like. At one point in one episode, Michael introduces himself and his friend as “Detectives Cagney and Lacey” and I cracked up laughing. My son asked me what was so funny, and I said it was because C & L were women, and the TV character joke the victim should have seen through…etc. It wasn’t until a day or two later when he was watching another episode that I actually sat down to watch…and when I saw who was playing Michael’s mother, I just about died laughing. I had to (sigh) explain the reference to my 24-year-old son, then… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/51 "2009-02-07T13:55:11Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > when I saw who was playing Michael’s mother Good lord…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/52 "2009-02-07T15:37:51Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I realized Gabrielle Anwar was in _The Tudors_…she played Henry’s sister. To me she’ll always be Pacino’s[tango partner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ_S6A)in SCENT OF A WOMAN. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/53 "2009-02-07T16:07:56Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > …and when I saw who was playing Michael’s mother, I just about died laughing. Her ex-partner was on one of the episodes, as well. That was pretty amusing. “I don’t know, Michael. I just trust her for some reason.” - Mom ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/54 "2009-02-07T16:43:50Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Her ex-partner was on one of the episodes, as well. That was pretty amusing. > > “I don’t know, Michael. I just trust her for some reason.” - Mom Maybe this son Michael will come out as well so she’ll have an excuse to wear all the rainbow paraphernalia (and either Michael Westen or Jeffrey Donovan one certainly pings my gaydar- a forty year old with a catlike body who wears Armani suits for running?) I was so surprised that Audrey Landers had such a tiny part. I assumed she was going to be the Carla character. Of course Richard Schiff from _West Wing was also essentially a walk on/get shot role like the Special Guest Stars a the beginning of Police Squad_, so maybe it’s a deliberate red herring. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/55 "2009-02-07T18:26:33Z")
I like seeing Seymour again. Interesting that Fiona isn’t interested in anything more than “blowing off some steam” with Michael. I would have liked to have seen them confirm the bank account number with Derek, Bomber for Hire, but I suppose since Michael & Company are so good at their jobs, it’s rare they get caught like that. For some reason. Comcast On Demand came back late from one of the breaks and I missed the whole reason Melanie was the spy. Something about Chandler and her father were partners and Chandler killed her father because he wouldn’t sell a painting called The Lady in White? I do like how Michael manages to get the bad guys to do his dirty work for him. He sets up the situation, a little misdirection there, a lie there and boom…bad guy one takes out bad guy two and our hero is saved. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/56 "2009-02-07T22:37:50Z")
It’s bits like “Cagney and Lacey” that keep me watching. I love that they don’t take themselves seriously and, at the same time, contain serious adventure and clever solutions. FTR I also thought that this week’s client was going to turn out to be the villain. They had the whole first season on hulu for a while. Or enough that I went and bought the DVD. I discovered it just after the first part of this season had ended. I’m so glad it’s started up again! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/57 "2009-02-07T23:12:08Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > For some reason. Comcast On Demand came back late from one of the breaks and I missed the whole reason Melanie was the spy. Something about Chandler and her father were partners and Chandler killed her father because he wouldn’t sell a painting called The Lady in White? Her Father was the artist. He hadn’t finished it and folks were offering 7 million. Chandler would get a commission and harried him to finish it. I blinked at this point, but Chandler beat him to death and swiped the painting. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/58 "2009-02-08T01:17:01Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Her Father was the artist. He hadn’t finished it and folks were offering 7 million. Chandler would get a commission and harried him to finish it. I blinked at this point, but Chandler beat him to death and swiped the painting. Close - Chandler was pushing the artist to finish it, the artist threatened to find a different dealer, Chandler hired “Mr Friendly” to beat up the artist and steal the painting. Mr. Friendly also burned the loft that the painter lived at, the painting was presumed destroyed. The Secretary, initial spy, was the daughter of the painter. I so wanted at the end of the episode to see the the secretary phone someone “I got the painting, meet you in an hour for the exchange”… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/59 "2009-02-08T01:21:47Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Close - Chandler was pushing the artist to finish it, the artist threatened to find a different dealer, Chandler hired “Mr Friendly” to beat up the artist and steal the painting. Mr. Friendly also burned the loft that the painter lived at, the painting was presumed destroyed. > > The Secretary, initial spy, was the daughter of the painter. > > I so wanted at the end of the episode to see the the secretary phone someone “I got the painting, meet you in an hour for the exchange”… Chandler showed the painting to Mike where it was hidden behind another. Who got it in the end, the Secretary? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486/60 "2009-02-08T01:35:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Chandler showed the painting to Mike where it was hidden behind another. Who got it in the end, the Secretary? I misread your post. Thanks and never mind. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/482486.md?page=4)