# Burn Notice is back! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711 "2009-06-04T16:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/21 "2009-06-05T18:05:35Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I hope we go into Mike’s motivation as to WHY he wants to be a real spy again. Sam and Fi discussed that. She is pissed because Mike is a patriot.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/22 "2009-06-05T18:23:50Z")
So first he jumped out of the organization (literally), and now he immediately wants back in? What the hell? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/23 "2009-06-05T18:35:26Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > How in the world did Harlan fool some of you people? During his sob-story exposition scene, I turned to my wife and said, “Holy transparent setup, Batman.” Agreed. Unfortunately, ever since the episode with Ayre Gross I’ve been on “not who you think” alert; this one was sub-par in that respect. I still loved it though. Oh, and can someone tell me please where the hell I know that henchman from? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/24 "2009-06-05T18:46:05Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > So first he jumped out of the organization (literally), and now he immediately wants back in? What the hell? He jumped out of the bad guys, losing their protection. He wants in with some good guys now. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/25 "2009-06-05T18:52:42Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > How in the world did Harlan fool some of you people? During his sob-story exposition scene, I turned to my wife and said, “Holy transparent setup, Batman.” Thank you. I said basically the same thing to my wife too. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/26 "2009-06-05T18:53:25Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Oh, and can someone tell me please where the hell I know that henchman from? [Jeff Kober](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462116/) was Falcone. Apparently he gets around, from _24_ to _Star Trek: Voyager._ ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/27 "2009-06-05T18:53:58Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > So first he jumped out of the organization (literally), and now he immediately wants back in? What the hell? He was pushed out, he didn’t jump. Someone in Management burned him, but he wasn’t working for Management. Have we established that Michael worked for the CIA? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/28 "2009-06-05T18:54:25Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > So first he jumped out of the organization (literally), and now he immediately wants back in? What the hell? That’s not what happened. He jumped out of the organization because his desire is to get back to being a government spy. The organization is who burned him then protected him so they could force him to do their bidding. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/29 "2009-06-05T18:58:22Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > He was pushed out, he didn’t jump. Someone in Management burned him, but he wasn’t working for Management. Have we established that Michael worked for the CIA? He explained in the first episode that he didn’t really work for one agency, he just got hired out to whichever needed him. Plausible deniability and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/30 "2009-06-05T19:00:33Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > He was pushed out, he didn’t jump. Someone in Management burned him, but he wasn’t working for Management. Have we established that Michael worked for the CIA? Are you sure? I’m pretty sure he had a choice to either stay with the organization ‘management’ or leave. He chose to leave, and jumped out. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/31 "2009-06-05T19:02:25Z")
Anyone see that guy consuming the “brogurt?” Part beer, part yogurt… Disgusting if you ask me. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/32 "2009-06-05T19:17:18Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Jeff Kober](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462116/) was Falcone. Apparently he gets around, from _24_ to _Star Trek: Voyager._ His singular role still isn’t coming to me… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/33 "2009-06-05T19:27:14Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > His singular role still isn’t coming to me… He was in that show with Dana Delaney - China Beach. Also in at least one episode of Buffy - maybe even more as different characters. Didn’t he play a dude who dealt in dark magic when Willow was “addicted”? (lordie, I hated that season of Buffy…) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/34 "2009-06-05T20:01:20Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > He was in that show with Dana Delaney - China Beach. Also in at least one episode of Buffy - maybe even more as different characters. Didn’t he play a dude who dealt in dark magic when Willow was “addicted”? (lordie, I hated that season of Buffy…) [Rack](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462116/)was the character’s name. He was in three or four episodes of Willow’s “addiction” arc. I never did figure out if he was human. I also figured Harlan was a plant, my SO predicted an early demise. It’s nice to be right. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/35 "2009-06-05T20:18:14Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > [Rack](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462116/)was the character’s name. He was in three or four episodes of Willow’s “addiction” arc. I never did figure out if he was human. > > I also figured Harlan was a plant, my SO predicted an early demise. It’s nice to be right. THAT’S IT!! I love this board. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/36 "2009-06-05T20:18:34Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Are you sure? I’m pretty sure he had a choice to either stay with the organization ‘management’ or leave. He chose to leave, and jumped out. Oh, I was talking about his initial burn notice. He was working for whoever, then Management burned him. Michael said he didn’t want to work for Management, jumped out of the helicopter, then they yanked their protection and he popped up on all sorts of radars. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/37 "2009-06-05T23:08:52Z")
Every time I see this show, I thing " I WANNA MOVE TO FLORIDA!!" Beautiful location shots. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/38 "2009-06-05T23:46:56Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Anyone see that guy consuming the “brogurt?” Part beer, part yogurt… Disgusting if you ask me. I didn’t notice the brogurt, but I recently got into Burn Notice and have noticed that this show is all about yogurt. I should Google about for an explanation, if there is one. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/39 "2009-06-05T23:53:40Z")
That’s the only thing Michael stocks in his fridge. I assume he eats most of his meals out or over at his mother’s. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711/40 "2009-06-05T23:57:24Z")
Here’s the result I saw: [http://www.buzzfocus.com/2008/08/07/burn-notice-interview-with-creator-matt-nix/](http://www.buzzfocus.com/2008/08/07/burn-notice-interview-with-creator-matt-nix/) It’s a quick, fun read. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711.md?page=3)