My name is Michael Westen. I used to be a spy. Until… Well fans, it’s another week and another great episode of Burn Notice is behind us. This week’s episode featured the return of our favorite money launderer Barry and this time, he’s brought another client to Michael, Sam, and Fi…his brother Paul. Paul is a legit numbers guy, who unlike Barry, chooses the legal way instead of the not-so-legal way that Barry chooses. Apparently, a computer server has been stolen, and the server contains personal information for several thousand teachers in the Miami area. The data in encrypted, but once the data is unencrypted by a professional, several thousand teachers could lose their money and possibly their identities. Michael enlists Fi, Jesse, and Sam (even though Sam isn’t too keen on the idea seeing as he will soon be entertaining his new sugar momma and has other things on his mind). Michael even convinces his CIA contact Max to help, reiterating to him that the people at risk are teachers. After using his resources, Jesse finds a name for them to start with. Jesse, Sam and Fi go to meet this person. When they get there, they see a huge man packing up and getting ready to flee. The sheer size of the man (played by Paul Wight a.k.a The Big Show of WWE fame) intimidates all of them, except Fi, who brings the man down with a groin shot by a beanbag round from a shotgun. He tells them that he works for an evil woman named Eve, and she only does jobs based on referrals. Needless to say he refers Michael to her.
During all of this, Michael and Max have their own CIA mission to retrieve data from a target’s tablet device. In order to get into the tightly secured building where the tablet is, Michael and Max sabotage the building’s A/C unit and then pose as repairmen sent to fix it. After downloading the data they were sent in for, they turn back on the A/C and leave without anyone suspecting anything.
When we meet Eve (played by Aviva Farber, who is best known for her role in the film Superbad), Michael pulls his normal routine of a fake identity, to enlist her help with an encryption job. Eve turns out to be a rather ruthless antagonist and almost kills Michael (after she said he would get to live while she runs away with a lot of money and the data he asked her to unencrypt). Eventually, Michael is able to find out what he needs to know to help Paul. By the time it’s all over, Eve is in jail and Paul’s server is destroyed. After this, Michael goes to meet Max for his debriefing. When Michael arrives, he finds Max shot and dying. Max tells him to say goodbye to his wife for him, and then he dies. Michael hears someone and chases after them. They get into a gunfight and Michael realizes that he is holding the murder weapon and must be being framed. He calls Fi, who shows up in the restored Charger and rescues Michael.
The big question at the end of the episode is: Who is trying to frame Michael and why. Some speculation is that Max faked his death (while others think that his dying words to Michael about saying goodbye to his wife will lead Michael to clues). Other speculate that it may be Larry (our favorite un-dead spy), or Michael’s boss Raines. As for me…I’m not sure nor do I care to make any sort of speculation as to who it may be. All I know is that this is going to be an interesting storyline and I for one can’t wait to see where it goes. Til next week folks. Take care
