Burn Notice!

[gategrrl]

Okay...that was good. 

I loved Sam in this episode, I liked how Fiona seems to have fleshed out and gained some believable muscle, and I liked how Victor interacted with Michael! And I love the scenes between Mom and Michael & Mom and Sam. Gless is awesome. 

I would have loved to have seen Victor cross paths with Fiona; think of the electricity there! But it was fun enough watching MS going nuts with the role and playing it wild.

The one that disturbed me the eeensiest bit was how the embezzler-guy was passed over so quickly. Sure, he was a thief, and he should have known better, but he mostly seemed like a fed-up guy wanting credit where it was due. I don't think he was developed enough as a total asshole--perhaps to give some contrast with Victor, who really IS bugshit, and smart and amoral. But the embezzler-guy...even though he tried setting up Michael's childhood friend with a death-squad...I dunno. He was outclassed the entire time. Outclassed a little *too* much. It seemed like he should have gotten the same treatment as the stalker/drug-runner hauled in by the DEA woman a few episodes back.

Ah well. 95% of the episode hit it out the ball-park. Totally fun!

Comments

[captain-tiv.livejournal.com]

I think mom now knows that Sam is an ex-agent too. :)

Does she know what Fiona used to do for a living?

[superbadgirl]

I enjoyed it, but isn't this the second week in a row where the bad guy just happened to get killed? I know Michael's an ex-agent and has probably killed tons of people, but all this passive participation in murder being treated so casually creeps me out a bit. The whole "he got what he deserved" bit will wear thin if they keep it up.

[nialla]

I liked how Fiona seems to have fleshed out and gained some believable muscle

You mean fleshed out literally or figurately? *g* At the beginning of the first season, I felt like someone needed to force feed Fiona sandwiches. She's still extremely thin, but not so much in the painfully thin category.

I didn't like Fi very much in the beginning. Too OTT for my tastes (making her trigger happy doesn't equal a strong female character), and the Shippy Hammer O'Doom was hanging over her. Now, even though they've done the deed and there's still chemistry, they're not together, which is unusual. She's a character in her own right, not just a love interest.

In this episode, I liked having her being her usual hot-headed self and loading up her gun in a sack to rush in to save the client. Then there was the "jilted girlfriend" act, which was priceless. Michael never wanted to be a hero, and neither did Fi, but I think they're both getting into it.

I was bummed Shanks didn't get to work with Bruce Campbell, but he's got three more episodes before the end of the season, so who knows? I know Michael said in an interview that even he only has some hints from TPTB what his upcoming episodes will be about, and that they won't be filming until September, so there's definitely a possibility for more interaction.