My name is Michael Westen.
I used to be a spy until...
We got a burn notice on you. You're blacklisted...
When you're burned you've got noth/hg...
No cash, no credit, no job nl'sz'0/y.
- — You're stuck in whate ver city they decide to dump you in. - Where am I?
Miami.
You do whate ver work comes your way
you rely on anyone who's still talk/ng to you—...
- A tr/gger—happ y ex-g/ylfr/end— - — should we shoot them?
An old friend who used to inform on you to the f. B. I...
You know spies. Bunch of bitchy little girls.
Family too— — hey, is that your mom again?
If you're desperate. — Someone needs your help, Michael.
Bottom line: Until you figure out who burnedyou,
you're not going anywhere.
Previously on burn notice.
Give us the man who killed our operatives,
and you and I can have a little chat about your future.
You didn't tell her it was Victor. The man has tried to kill you twice.
He's the one enemy I know Carla has. I'd like to talk to him before I turn him in.
You tell Carla someone else went after her operatives, and we're friends.
I have questions, and I have a feeling you can answer them.
Well, that's not on the menu. And I'm asking for answers.
The most dangerous time in any operation...
Is just as everything's coming together
you never know whether you're about to get a pat on the back...
Or a bullet to the back of the head
Of course, there's not much you can do but act I/ke everything's fine.
Hello, Michael.
Care for a chocolate—covered pomegranate seed? Kava tea?
You drove all the way out here to offer me a snack? I'm touched.
It's a taste of your former life.
Good old days before the burn notice,
when Michael Westen was just a carefree spy...
In the deserts ofafghanistan.
You kno w, / was like you once, Michael. Lived for the job.
Even tuall, / disco vered the job doesn't lo ve you back.
You got burned? — yes.
I was angry at first.
But then I found I didn't miss it.
You might find the same thing, Michael.
And if I want my life back?
Well, that's why I'm here.
Anything's possible if you do your job.
- I'm work/ng on it. You knowme. - — this is serious, Michael.
Management's not happy. They'll be in town shortly to make sure everything's resolved.
These aren't people to be trifled with, Michael, believe me.
I'll do my best then. — remember, there are worse things than being blacklisted.
Oh, / know. I could be this guy.
Hey, Mikey. You sure you weren't followed? Sure as I can be.
Unless she's got an invisible helicopter, I think we're fine.
I wouldn't put it past her. She needs to back off if I'm gonna solve her problem.
From what I can tell, she really needs me to solve the problem.
Letssee how our guest is doing.
Last I checked, he was sleeping.
It's kind of tough to sleep when you're cable—tied to a chair.
How long has he been in there alone?
A few hours. You said not to open the door.
What's in that? — oh, beanbag round.
At this range, it'll break a few ribs.
Nice place. I stayed in a bed and breakfast like this once.
Glad you like it.
When you're dealing with a trained operative,
you have to assume they're as good as you are.
/f you 'd ha ve cut through the restraints, given a few hours alone,
chances are he had the same idea.
Thatsenough roughhoudng, boys
yeah. It's always fun till someone gets hurt.
So, now we're cozy. What shall we talk about?
Why don't we start with why you tried to blow me up.
You make it sound so personal.
I was removing operatives from the field. You were cogs in a machine.
I just hit that machine with a baseball bat.
Why'd you hit the machine then?
Not to be rude, but I'djust as soon skip to the end here. — the end?
Ifthere's one thing everyone knows about Michael Westen, it's that he wants hisjob back.
And I here I sit, your shot at getting that.
Now, it doesn't take an intelligence analyst to see how this ends.
50 wake me when c ar/a gets here,
or shoot me now and save everyone some time.
You went after Carla's organization. Why?
Why does it matter?
Nothing I say will change the fact that I'm your ticket out.
Why is your curiosity more important than my nap?
You're out of moves here, Victor. Your only shot now is to trust me.
Hmm. Trust you.
Just like that.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
I was c.I.A.
My family was stationed with me in Mexico City.
An op went bad, and I lost my wife and son.
The burn notice went out the same day
I was out on my ass. My family was dead
not even enough money for a bus ticket home.
And then you got a call from Carla.
Well, I was more enthusiastic about the opportunity than you were.
It was a way back in, a way to get payback.
Well, it took me some time, but / found what I was look/ng for.
And the punch line— the really, really funny part is,
it was Carla.
She had my family killed as part of my recruitment.
I'm sorry.
By that t/me, / was inside. I was an effective operative.
And I figured, “hey, while I'm here, why not gut the entire organization?”
Well, I took my shot.
And here we are.
Carla doesn't know you're here.
/f you're tell/ng the truth, maybe we can work on this together.
I've got a boat docked out at the end of Randall key.
The cabin is booby-trapped with a claymore.
Check under the bed.
You want proof, that—that's the best I can do.
You're trusting him? How many times...
Does someone have to try to kill you before he's crossed a line?
We came to an understanding.
You know, when I was a kid, I adopted a dog that I found.
He had these big eyes, and I used to rub his belly,
and I thought we had something special,
right up until he bit a chunk out of me.
I'll show you the scar, if you'd like. I'll be careful, Sam.
I'm coming with you.
Give him some air. See what else you can get out of him.
Rub his belly if you need to.
Nice work.
Victor should probably teach a class or something.
Clear.
He said to check under the bed.
Spam and cap'n crunch. No wonder he's so erratic.
Spies are supposed to tra ve/ light,
with nothing that could iden tifi/ them.
Some do, but most find that staying sane requires staying connected.
To something that reminds them why they do what they do.
Pictures are particularly dangerous to carry,
unless the people in them are already dead.
Michael, his little boy was only four.
Who knew you could feel this bad for a psychopath on the edge of sanity?
People don't get there on their own, Fifi
being under Carla's thumb, it's a strain.
Well, you've done all right. — I never lost everyone I cared about.
You and I need to have a little chat,
'cause you got a long way to go before I believe all this business.
Is this an interrogation? No. That's such an ugly word.
I just want you to show me that you are who you say you are.
“Establish your identity.” that's— that's what, number five...
In the military interrogation manual?
Look, we don't have to play any games here.
Fact is, we're both on the same side, right? — fear—down. Approach 14, right?
Yeah.|beheve it is number 14.
So how about this? Technique number one— the direct approach.
My best friend, Mike, is out there...
Putting his butt on the line for you, so I want some answers.
The folks that you work for; Is this a government agency, a foreign power?
What are we up against?
Well, they never gave me a peek at the employee handbook.
All I know is they run black ops.
Could be multinational. Could be work for hire.
They breakjobs into pieces so no one gets the big picture.
Well, that's not a good sign. Why Miami?
They're in cities all over.
Although from what I can tell, they may have to shut down in Miami for a while.
- Hmm. Well, I don't like the sound of that. — you shouldn't.
If Michael doesn't hand me over, Carla's gonna cut her losses,
starting with Michael's family.
She's gonna be a busy girl.
What's wrong? Well, I've been talking to our unstable friend.
This doesn't sound good, Mike. The big boys are coming into town.
And if we don't hand him over— — we're not handing anyone over.
I'm just saying, we could have a war on our hands.
Let me cancel my meeting.
No. Don't. We need to keep everything looking like business as usual.
Sam, can you pick up my mom? Take her up to Orlando. Make it look like a day trip.
I don't want her in town ifanything starts happening. I'm on it.
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One, two. Turn, turn. Stretch those arms out.
Head up. That's it. Stretch. Stretch way out. Way out. More.
What a great exercise it is for your shoulders and your arms...
To help you when you wear those sleeveless dresses, you gals,
to really help you look like you should look.
You guys out there, I want you to look like a man's supposed to look.
Wow! Guts in. Come on, Elaine...
Sam! You scared me. Sorry. Listen, Madeline.
I hate to do this to you again, but we got a situation.
Why? What's wrong? Is Michael okay?
He's fine. But is your stuff handy?
'Cause it's time for an emergency trip to Disney world.
Disney world? Why in god's name would I wanna go to Disney world?
Because it's a magical kingdom with lots of witnesses and great security.
So if you canjust get your bag, we'll go. — no.
I'm not running for Michael anymore. And/ think it's time...
That all of you stopped treating me like a baby and told me what's going on.
Huh. Uh, that's a long story. — wonderful. I love stories.
But, see, it's the kind of story that's best told on the way up to Orlando.
Do you know they have a hotel up there where the giraffes come right up to your balcony?
Well, as much as I love giraffes,
I'm not uprooting my life again...
To run from something I don't even know what it's about, Sam.
So I'm not going anywhere...
Till I get some answers.
Ah. Ooh. Uh, well, it's—it's complicated.
Ah. Ooh. Well, the sooner you explain,
the sooner we'll be off to cinderella's castle.
Victor, I sympathize with your situation.
But it's a little hard to trust someone...
When they've tried to kill you four times.
Four? That seems high.
Oh, come on. You're counting earlier with the chair.
Yes.
Listen, sport. Relax.
This will all be over shortly for you and for me.
Well, you told Carla to back off so you could find me, yes? Course you did.
They'll still run surveillance, though, and check in.
What time is it? 10:30 or 50? About that.
I've been off the grid long enough for them to get suspicious.
They'll have gotten the go-ahead to hunt you, set up a perimeter around your last known location.
/f there's a major road around here— — they'll be waiting at it.
Wonderful. Took at it this way.
When Carla finds out you hid me, all your questions will be resolved...
With a bullet to the head for both of us.
You're gonna kill me yourself. Well, hell, yeah.
If you're gonna step to the bell, you might as well ring it, huh?
Let's get out of here.
Wait—wait. You're gonna help me?
I get to be one of Michael Westen's clients?
One of the desperate people to whom you lend your razor-sharp mind and fists of fury?
Lucky you.
Oh, looks like they were closer than I thought.
Probably just waiting to see our pretty faces before they moved in.
You drive.
You don't last long as a spy if you don't trust anyone.
If you're looking over your shoulder to see who's coming afl'er you,
you can't see where you're go/ng.
Sometimes you just have to trust your gut.
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The guys are pretty good.
Looks like they pulled out all the stops for us. — I'm flattered.
In a firefight on the road you've got a few options.
Without something high-caliber you're not going to be able...
To penetrate the radiator or the fire wall behind it.
That leaves two options: The windshield...
Or ricocheting bullets off the ground up through the undercarriage,
which is one of the least-reinforced parts of a car.
For sheer panic, it's hard to beat bullets coming up from the floorboards
,/', /'
What's that, brake fluid?
Polyethylene glycol's not gonna burn fast enough to do anything.
It will when it's mixed with chlorine dioxide and some other stuff.
Someone's been to the chemical store, I see.
I like you. Have I ever told you that?
,/', /'
Here comes another one. We gotta get out of here.
We're gonna need to find a parking garage. We need a new ride.
Carla, not a good time.
You think you're clever. Clever?
Well, I tested well in school, but they say that doesn't mean...
You're trying to save the man who tried to kill you.
Victor and I have known each other for a long time.
You have no idea who you're dealing with.
I know it's been a short time, but sometimes you meet someone and you just get that feeling.
Enough. It's time you learned actions have consequences.
Funny, I was thinking it was time for you to learn the same thing.
She give you the “actions haveconsequences”speech? Yeah.
As someone who's doled out a lot of those consequences over the years,
she'll go after your family.
That'll be harder than she thinks.
Watch out.
There. There.
- Wifndsj — how about this?
Two guys, Miami, cute convertible. Perfect camouflage.
Yeah, I'm looking for something with a little more horsepower.
Here comes a second car.
This should get interesting.
Madeline, if I knew more, I would tell you.
So you don't know who these people are? I mean, you have names.
Can't you just look 'em up? That's not how it works.
Ifsomebody's doing something off the books,
they don't hand out decoder rings and build a mountain fortress.
So it's Carla and Victor.
And Michael's in trouble with them.
So what does it have to do with me?
It's all a way to get to Mike. You're somebody he cares about. It's leverage.
Please. I'm not leverage. You want a beer?
No, Madeline. I don't want a beer.
Okay. This is serious.
That's what I'm trying to say.
I'll get my stuff.
Crap.
Change of plans. Where's your shotgun?
In the back. — go get it now.
Get down! — Sam? Sam!
What the hell are you doing?
Get down.
I guess this means we're not going to Disney world.
They're not taking any chances with the two bad boys in here.
They're domg it right— setting up a perimeter and waiting for backup.
Well, we should get some backup of our own.
Careful with that phone. Chances are it's a party line now.
Pleasure doing business with you. Say hi to paco.
Okay. Eon/our.
Michael, you are not gonna believe the deal I got today. Fi.
I am better at buying guns than I am at buying shoes— fi. Fi.
And I'm really good at buying shoes. Fiona glenanne.
What?
Remember that drive past the factory where we first met?
Do you think we can do something similar...
Where we, uh, picnicked last month?
- You'll be making this drive soon? — as fast as I can manage.
Let's set it up. — They're setting up a spike strip.
Oh, this is getting better and better.
Pninotgetung Michael or Fiona.
They probably ditched the phones. — should I call the police?
No. That'll make it way too easy for 'em.
Cops take us to the station, they know where we are and they know that we are unarmed
so what do we do, just sit here and wait?
No. They're gonna get more guys. We gotta create a distraction and get 'em out of here.
But the thing is, they're all 0 ver my car;
and there's no way to get your car out of the garage.
We could borrow Mrs. Reynolds's car. She lives over the back fence,
and I have the key, in case ofemergency.
Back fence, huh? That could work.
Madeline, think you could find some Christmas lights?
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Take your enemy's expectations and turn them against him.
To make a good-sized fireball without a lot of ordnance,
you need a powder with a high surface -area-to-mass ra tio.
Nondai/y creamer mixed with gunpowder works nicely.
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I can probably put two or three down, get one of their guns on the way out.
We're trying to keep the body count a little lower than that.
This isn'tjust about getting out of a parking garage. We might have a shot right now.
I've worked with Carla for a long time now.
Put together a little insurance policy...
In case she ever found out what I was up to.
Insurance? Yeah, she likes her ops teams for personal errands.
Making extra cash, payback, that kind of thing.
Now, we got a file at a safe house in town.
Now we get that— — we can blackmail our way to safety.
It's a distant second to dousing her in kerosene and lighting a match,
but under the circumstances, it'll have to do.
Now are we ready to use this or what?
I think we can get further with this. Let's go.
A security per/meter is like a defensive line in football.
You've got a couple of options.
Here they come!
You can try to punch through the line with brute force.
Let's go! Let's go! Go! Go! Go!
Or you can sofl'en it up with a little misdirection. — here they come!
Look out!
Get out of the way!
Go!
I'm liking your plan less and less.
Everything's fine as long as we keep them behind us.
- — Fine? - Relatively fine.
Come on, Michael.
Whoa!
Where did you meet her?
Blackmail. That's the idea?
We're doing all this so we can throw some paperwork at Carla?
It's the smart play here. We're outgunned.
We'll get bigger guns. I can't believe what I'm hearing.
I saw what she did to you and yourfamily.
If the file is so great, then why didn't you use it before?
This isn'tjust about her.
I want the guys who call the shots.
The file was just in case, enough to force her to back off.
Ifthis was just about putting a bullet in Carla, it would've been over a long time ago.
Still, putting a bullet in Carla sounds awfully good.
Comes to that, you'll have to get in line.
Yeah, about that file? Your safe house— not so safe.
She '5 good
I was three deep with lake safe houses, trying to keep this place from her.
Sometimes I wish she'd get a hobby.
Which room is it in? It's not in a room. It's on the utility pole.
A lake utility box isn't a bad hiding place.
Nice. — people don't touch things labeled “high voltage.”
Repair cre ws leave them alone too.
They're not real, so they ne ver need servicing.
Too bad Carla's surveillance is parked right in front of it.
Two cars, four guys. Think we can handle it.
We each shoot one and rochambeau for the other.
Yeah, we don't know it's Carla's guys.
It could be a.T.F., f.B.I. Working off of bad intel. They could be completely innocent.
Oh, please. No one's completely innocent.
Isthat what you told yourself when you tried to kill me?
Let's go.
Thanks for calling ons tar.
Yes. I need directions to the closest hardware store.
I'd like to avoid major intersections and government buildings.
I found a hardware store on siebert a venue.
Would you like me to direct you? Yes, please.
Okay. Party's starting. You ready?
Does it matter? Not really.
Left side.
Yeah, we're going in there now.
We need backup!
Do you think they saw us?
No. They're busy with the team out front. We're probably good to go.
Whoa. /f/ knew that baby was here,
I would have gotten us out of there a lot faster.
Turn this way? Right down here.
Is this a shortcut where we're going?
I'm telling you that / think the idea sucks. Just pull over in here.
What? Where? Right here? — yes.
Why are we pulling over here? — Don't ask questions. Just do it, please.
Madeline, you saw what happened back there, right? Yeah, I did.
You really think the best use of your time is a three—hour drive to Orlando?
Yeah. Do you have a betteridea? Yeah, I do.
Okay, fine. Well, let's hear your plan.
I take care of myself, and you go save my son.
They sent men to me with guns, Sam.
God knows what they sent to him.
Listen. The one thing a woman my age can do in Miami is blend in.
If they can pick me out of 10,000 other 60—something women with bleached—blonde hair,
I guess I'm done for, huh?
Can you find him?
Maybe.
We got a few rally points around Miami we use for emergencies.
But come on, Madeline. Are you sure?
He needs you more than I do, Sam. Just go, please.
Bye, Sam...
Mike's gonna kill me.
One of the most common cover/.D.'S for a spy...
Is service personnel.
Of course, anyone who works in intelligence knows to check service personnel
so a quick phone call to the gas company,
and you've created the perfect distraction.
The active ingredient in pepperspra y...
Is the chemical capsaicin.
Mixed with some alcohol and oil,
pressurize it in a paint sprayer with co2...
Hey! — and you have a homemade pepper grenade.
A few nails in the right places on a car door blocks the le ver bar,
making it impossible to open,
Lea ving you free to do pretty much whate ver you want.
I could see why Carla wouldn't want this out there.
She'd send a black ops team to deal with a parking ticket.
Pretty much. The higher—ups stay away from most operations.
They have two rules: Don't screw up and don't get caught.
Don't get involved unless things go very, very wrong.
I'd say this situation qualifies.
Carla has a lot ofenemies from her spook days, and she's made more since.
And then she made the mistake of vouching for you, big guy.
This file should be more than enough to earn her a retirement bullet.
Carla's entire work history. This is pretty damning stuff.
You think you can play this card?
When we get back to my boat, I've got the codes and comm lines to go above her head.
If she knows I can get to them with this, then she'll back offfast.
Then we get out of town, maybe to Cuba.
Fabulous. Great music.
Lots of sexy unemployed men.
Fi, can I talk to you for a sec?
I'm not invited to Cuba.
They're gonna follow us with everything they have.
I need you to find Sam and help him protect my family.
Can't Sam do it on his own?
I know you don't like to hear this. You and Sam are a good team.
Anddoyoutmnkt— thecan
I expect you to bring it back clean, with a full tank. Capisce?
I can do that.
It's not good—bye. It's just... in case.
And that is to remind you to be careful.
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Looks like no one's around.
We'll scout the perimeter. /fit's clear, we'll go in.
All this time, you never found out who burned you.
Who cares? Name in a file. Behind that, another name.
You know how these things start. Someone runs an operation off the books.
It's supposed to be a one-time thing,
but when it's over, there's power to be had.
Takes on a life of its own.
It's the organization, not some guy.
Why me?
Don't tell me my name was picked out of some hat.
It was no secret you were good at your job.
Machine wanted you, so it took you.
Now you're part of it. I'm part of it.
But that's what we're trying to destroy here, sport.
There you are.
I've haven't been able to get anybody on the phone for ages.
Where's Mikey? Is he here? No. He decided to go on a trip to Cuba with Victor.
They're going after Carla with documents.
What are we supposed to do? I promised him I'd help you protect the family.
Well, I promised Madeline I'd help protect Mike.
So I guess the question is, which promise do we keep?
Looks like we're all clear.
Should have enough fuel to make it to the island,
long as we don't have to do too much detouring on the way.
You start the engines. I'll cast off.
Cada?
Bad day for a cruise, Michael. A very, very bad day.
You think so? And here I was hoping you came to see us off.
I took the precaution of having the local marinas searched when I lost contact with Victor.
Seemed like a long shot. Hated to think my two favorite operatives...
Might be making nasty little plans together.
Sorry to disappoint you. — well, not to spoil the fun,
but the boat's wired with c-4.
Can't have you leaving before we have a chat.
Great. Come on board. Let's talk.
I'm fine here, thanks.
Michael. Management's on the way.
They're gonna wanna know what happened here.
Any story I tell them has to begin with Victor's dead body.
Afraid ofwhat he might share about your history together?
Not important. What's important is that this story needs a hero.
It could be you.
Kill him, or send him out andl1ldoit
if you leave me no alternative, there's always the c—4.
You wanna explain blowing up your entire team?
Doesn't speak well for your management skills.
Well, I'd have to explain two dead bodies. You'd have to be one of them.
Just end this, Michael.
He's a killer. You know that.
He's what you made him. — time is up, Michael
finish it off, or I will finish it for you.
She '5 hit!
Finally. Look, I know you wanna savor the moment,
but we gotta get out of here.
Looks like whoever's inthatchopper brought some backup.
Standing by for clearance.
Securing landing zone. Stand by.
Move it! They're heading into the trees!
Cleared for landing. — move! Move!
Move it!
We gotta talk, big guy.
You have to get out there and get on top of this before her body cools.
Take the file.
And tell them when you found me, I turned on Carla.
You lured her here, had your team take her out and then killed me.
Killed you? — it's over.
The only question is whether you're a traitor who helped me...
Or the ace operative who shot me.
Help me out.
I'm dead one way or the other.
They get me alive, and they're gonna take me apart.
You know it has to be like this.
It was good playing with you, sport.
Now, you get out.
Get out while you can.
He's coming out!
Drop it!
Hey there. It took you guys long enough. — put down the gun.
You wanna get those out of my face? Could've used you guys earlier.
No. This is for the big guy.
Good luck, Mike.
In intelligence work, your most important tool...
More important than any combat technique, any technical ski/I...
Is your ability to twist the facts of a situation to your own advantage.
The worse the facts are, the more you've gotta sell it.
Well.
Two rogue operatives in one day?
- Lucky us. — you're welcome.
You know, I think you need to talk to the folks in human resources.
You have some staff issues.
I agree completely. Tell me, Michael.
Since you know so much about our problems,
what should I do about our new recruit, Michael Westen?
Wonderfully effective. Terrifically resourceful.
Truly the best I've ever seen. But hejust doesn't seem happy.
Maybe it's the threats against his family.
Maybe it's the people trying to kill him.
Maybe it's the fact that he had to use his people to clean up your mess.
Your operatives— — are dead. And you're not.
You created a job opening, Michael, and I have to fill it.
You want money? We can do that.
You wanna get out of Miami?
I want you people out of my life!
Out of your life? Tell me, Michael.
All your old enemies from your spy days,
all the people who have scores to settle with Michael Westen, where do you think they've been?
Did they just forget about you or has someone been keeping them at bay?
You think you've been under our thumb?
You've been under our protection.
- — Think about that. - Yeah, I'll be fine, thanks!
You reallv think so? Yeah.
Tell you what. We'll leave you alone, if that's what you want.
Your family too. See ho w you like it.
You want out?
Here '5 the door. But hear this.
You have no idea what hell will rain down...
If we stop watching out for you.
I'll take my chances.
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As a spy working for a go vernment, you're protected
you may work solo, but you have agreements with other spy agencies.
Even when you're surrounded b y your enemies, that protects you.
When your entire career consists of making enemies,
there's no greater danger than being totally cut off alone.
J / surrender shoot me down j
j no bullet could stop me no wjj
when you find yourself out in the cold
all you can do is put your head down...
And try to survive.
Ticktock ticktock.
Ticktock. Ticktock.