Burn Notice S02 E16 Lesser Evil

[@davidmargessoncampbell6497]

I had a 25 yr. career in Broadcast Television Production..I stumbled across Burn Notice..It was top shelf work...I'm very impressed!!

[@kateofone]

Yep with their character building especially. You will get to know someone in less than 5 minutes and then they keep adding depth.

[@bluegirlywowwow698]

Ha 27:30 decoy truck out the parking lot runs through spike trap and runs into black Vic. But how do they get out on that yellow Corvette with out tripping the spikes and blowing there tires? When the truck rammed the Vic it had already passed the spikes, Soo even in theory if the truck was meant to startle the spikes on crash impact which "it did", it still wouldn't add up which explains why they cut that part out. Lol still I love this show 1 of my faves👍

[@nurse425]

A show that got consistently BETTER and BETTER with EVERY episode!

[@CesarLopez-vt3cs]

"It was good playing with you sport" will always stick with me. Victor lets go of everything he was fighting for at the moment just to say kind words to Michael before he knew what would happen.

[@tjjordan4207]

Victor's death was where I was 100% invested in Michael's mission to bring the Organization down.

[@persaunna]

Same. I was actually mad they killed him off the show, and I really thought that Michael had learned from Victor that it didn't matter who burned him, or who "they" were, or why, and that his crusade to "get back in" would be over. Irritated that he never really learned it.

[@tjjordan4207]

@@persaunna That's why I'm not a fan of seasons 5 - 7. I like the idea of Michael managing to get back in with the CIA but I wanted to see him have issues with the red-tape and political side, making him miss when he did 'jobs' with Fi and Sam that didn't restrict him from helping others. Even how they rushed the dismantling of the Organization in the 5th season felt wrong. It should have been a full season or at least half a season storyline, not just one episode. I'd have to imagine that budget got in the way, but they could have gotten around it.

[@persaunna]

@tjjordan4207 Wasn't there a writers strike right around then? I'm think it affected A LOT of shows that suddenly too-quickly wrapped up an established storyline and went in another, crazier direction. But I agree, to an extent. I didn't like the rush through that. I. Didn't like how Jesse went from basically wanting to kill whoever burned him to deciding to go work a day job and best friend to Michael. Etc ... anyway I agree with much of what you said.

[@tjjordan4207]

@@persaunna That writers strike happened from November of 2007 to February of 2008, while Season 5 of Burn Notice aired in the summer of 2011, so it had no effect on it. Although, that writers strike did happen between the first and second seasons of Burn Notice, but the two seasons were so far apart (in terms of airing) that the strike had little to no impact because by the time season 2 aired it had plenty of months in the aftermath to have scripts written. On the subject of Jesse, I'm kinda mixed on how they should have handled his storyline. Personally, I would have had Michael approach him and reveal that he accidentally 'burned' him just to get that out of the way, because the whole "we gotta keep it from him" was just boring. That way we could get something more interesting in the two men reluctantly working together, while also gaining respect for one another. I didn't mind Jesse deciding to leave the intelligence agency despite being cleared of his burn notice, I didn't like how it was just brushed over in Season 5. I would have liked to have seen him go back to his job, only to realize how much he had changed and began to wonder if he was truly doing what he loved, leading to him to leave and begin his own business, one that could have helped in getting Michael, Fi, and Sam more 'jobs'.

[@limpfordrisky6290]

Started rewatching Burn Notice to finally finish the whole series. Victor was one of my favourite characters from the first time we saw him. When I found out he was the one responsible and why he did it just confirmed I was right about his character

[@droptableaccount1820]

I can't believe I watched this show so many times and didn't recognize Daniel Jackson.

[@AlikaDee]

One of my favourite Burn notice episodes

[@israeliqueen153]

I heart Michael's car. the perfect choice for this show.

[@cesaralejandro7725]

Victor’s family did not deserve to be victimized like that.😥 very sad.

[@Juwlz]

Fraisers dad as upper management of a spy agency is a really hard thing to accept

[@christmas10023]

I had trouble with the casting on some episodes

[@felipepineda1585]

They made up for it when he said " I may look like a nice old guy..." might have been the nod

[@daveknapp3710]

I think they should of kept Victor on for alot longer.He added some humor to it.

[@chuchulainn9275]

Daniel Jackson has gotten better at military stuff but not better at not dying.

[@persaunna]

Underrated comment.

[@rodneybrown3964]

Love the show. Wish I would have watched it when it was on. Die hard. Love everything episode.

[@felipepineda1585]

I think it would be better watching now. I watched it while it ran its course on U.S.A. channel and waiting a week for every episode and then months for the next season was pretty agonizing! Glad you like the show, I love it as well!

[@misspacino4081]

I love when her and Sam sit down and discuss how they promised Michael to help keep Madeline safe and promised Madeline to keep Michael safe and ask which promise do we keep ? Then both get up immediately 😂❤

[@tietenneukken]

With the guy playing Victor being who he is, I kept expecting a Stargate to pop up at some point.

[@William_sJazzLoft]

Yes, that is Michael Shanks fr Stargate

[@Prisoner_849]

Michael Shanks met his wife Lexa Doig on Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda

[@cesaralejandro7725]

I love victor.

[@jaredsimms6206]

Madeline used to make me so mad sometimes because she never listens.

[@131untouchable]

None of micheal's ever listen

[@fromcalifornia2822]

They very gradually developed her character through all the seasons, so much so it would otherwise have to have been “some ex-spy’s” actual experience with his mother. It’s actually quite an amazing transition the writers (and actors) did with the storyline and her place in it all the way up to .... (I won’t spoil it.)

[@DrewSavo]

In the final minutes of the first episode of season 4, Maddy confronts her son over her being arrested and interrogated by the FBI and all the things he did whilst capturing Simon. Michael spends the entire night up with his mom talking about his life, from when he left his family to join the army, meeting Sam and Fiona, right until his burn notice and everything since.

[@israeliqueen153]

Looked like Seymour's car except striped.

[@misspacino4081]

I love when Fiona kisses Michael and says it’s not goodbye and then slaps him and says that’s to remind you to be safe 😂❤ she is such a firecracker! She’s definitely a fire sign with a water moon sign because she’s also emotional and runs off emotions. I wish we knew when Fiona’s birthday was (the character not Gabrielle anwar she is an Aquarius) I also love when her and Sam sit down and discuss how they promised Michael to help keep Madeline safe and promised Madeline to keep Michael safe and ask which promise do we keep ? Then both get up immediately 😂❤

[@derrickbaker759]

Where did you meet her?? Victor knows the value of ride or die girl or wife

[@cizzlen07]

OP you are a real one

[@tranurse]

Victor was so sad

[@BlackBladerXakaGreenAspex]

Going going ladies and gentlemen thank you for remembering what I said

[@cesaralejandro7725]

Victor getting killed was so sad and made me angry

[@syncringe1885]

I hear that they actually had him jump out the heli.. Not a stunt double but him.

[@dawidillakowicz5758]

Barry Obama they did basically a Q&A about the whole stunts etc. Not to mention Jeffrey talking about it on a talk show I believe. Best I can do is that, don’t remember the specific places

[@ayaa.1351]

He did most of his own stunts. He's a martial artist.

[@tjjordan4207]

Awesome!

[@misspacino4081]

Fiona getting to take out Carla was so satisfying!! First time I really remember Fiona unloving someone point blank like that. Carla deserved every bit of it and had she not then Carla would have killed Michael. Fiona coming in clutch as always!!! 🔥 😍😍

[@threetrys]

I remember Victor's death a little differently I could of sworn he said "Let me be with my family!" Right before he died nevertheless still heartbreaking!

[@persaunna]

I thought so too.

[@cesaralejandro7725]

Honestly Victor saying that would’ve been a heartbreaking and great line

[@Juwlz]

The music claim on this video literally says licensed by AdRev for third party😂 ahh the greed.

[@bull1234]

Where are the nosey neighbors with all that shooting going on?

[@Juwlz]

Lol you'd think that they would respond to gun shots right 😂 Although, a few years ago a man began screaming"help please someone help me. Call 911. Shes going to kill me" at like 1am in a safe suburb. My spouse literally, at first, thought it was screaming in the background of a video we were watching on youtube(which made no sense) but we finally realized it was coming from outside. It ended up being a man who lived on the next block over. Somehow I was the first person to call 911. Ive seen neighbors call the cops for loud music past 9pm but this man was screaming so loudly i could hear him from inside my house, with all the windows and doors closed, a block away and nobody on his street called or reacted in any way😂😬

[@tjjordan4207]

Knowing the history with Frank (Michael's father), they probably just assume "It's the damn Westens again".

[@encryptedwolf7623]

It's Miami. They are used to it.

[@jdjones6218]

also in a later season when micheal triggers a hurrican nuclear biological and fire alarm to get local police to respond the guy tell him nice try but one of the guys he has there to kill micheal is homeland security and during that episode they also send local pd after the guy sam is talking to

[@BlackBladerXakaGreenAspex]

I'm Sorry Sam I didn't mean to scraow or kick your car

[@felipepineda1585]

Had i known where this was going eventually, i would have preferred Victor to have been tha gangs fourth. Although i have nothing against Jesse

[@ajg8722]

I agree.

[@persaunna]

I FULLY agree, except I never really liked Jesse. At all.

[@felipepineda1585]

@persaunna - at first I didn't either. But as the seasons went on, he grew on me

[@William_sJazzLoft]

Wait a minute! Supposedly, you have all of these folks saying they've been burned. Yet, how is it that in some cases ( Carla, for example ) they live ostentatiously?

[@mickfunny4185]

@smoothjazzaxe when you’re burned you’ve got nothing, no cash, no credit, no job history. You’re stuck in whatever city they decide to dump you in. Well clearly Carla is a burned spy, but she also has agreed to work for Management, and as Victor explains, she has been running her own black ops jobs Management doesn’t know about to enrich herself. Meanwhile independent burned spy Michael Weston lives in a crummy loft and eats yogurt.

[@William_sJazzLoft]

@@mickfunny4185 Got it 😊

[@tjjordan4207]

Not all have been burned. Some are legit who are needed to be in high ranking positions of power. But yeah, I get what you're saying. Carla stands out too much but then again, her personality and way of living can blend in with the way of life in cities like Miami.

[@wylser]

Iirc this was the first time Michael failed a client

[@catherinewilliams9680]

If you think about it, he doesn't. Victor wants Carla's operation destroyed, including Management. That's exactly what Michael does..... Eventually.

[@wylser]

@@catherinewilliams9680 True but I meant in the short term sense of Victor dying. So Michael lost the battle but won the war.

[@tjjordan4207]

It's a haunting moment but a humanizing one. It shows Michael is a caring person. It's the very reason why he does these jobs and why his dedication to the CIA was so strong. But even he, no matter how good he is, can't always win or save everyone.

[@wylser]

@@tjjordan4207 Agreed, well said.

[@israeliqueen153]

nope because victor told michael to kill him.

[@RustyGunner-k4d]

Victor should of lasted alot longer in the series as another capable asset.(In my opinion)Michael's CIA (shrink villian) ANSON FULLERTON took up way too many episodes later on..IVE watched the entire series going on 6 times now and jump past most of those with Anson..

[@cesaralejandro7725]

The women in this show love michael

[@cesaralejandro7725]

When Carla put the fruit in michael’s mouth that was very seductive but it also shows that she owns Michael and wants him to eat out of the palm of her hand