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20th Century Fox Search 20th Century Fox by Jeffrey Donovan Sharon Gless Bruce Campbell Gabrielle Anwar Search Jeffrey Donovan Sharon Gless Bruce Campbell Gabrielle Anwar
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Released: 2008-06-17 Rating:  More Details: Burn Notice - Season One Burn Notice - Season One @Amazon Burn Notice - Season One @aStore |
Description
Michael Westen is a trained spy who receives a "burn notice" for an unstated reason & effectively is fired. Penniless, he returns to his hometown in Miami and freelances while trying to find who burned him.
Burn Notice is a canny, clever comedy-thriller show about a covert operative with a heart of gold. Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) is in the middle of a top-secret mission when he discovers he's been "burned"--basically, fired without warning. After barely extricating himself from danger, he wakes up in Miami, where the government has abandoned him and locked him out of his own bank account. To make ends meet, he takes on private detective jobs (helping an old lady who's fallen victim to a con artist; rescuing a young girl who's being tricked into white slavery; helping a mother whose son has been kidnapped by the boy's father... only it turns out the father is the rightful parent and the "mom" is an assassin sent to kill him--a nice guest star appearance by Lucy Lawless, Xena: Warrior Princess), while trying to figure out who burned him and why. Westen tries to remain clinical in his approach to these problems, but he always ends up protecting the helpless with his sophisticated spy skills. Over the course of the first season, he gradually uncovers a mysterious conspiracy that plans to use his talents for their own nefarious ends. Burn Notice deftly mixes the old and the new. The old: Our hero has a hot ex-girlfriend (Gabrielle Anwar, Scent of a Woman), a goofy sidekick (cult hero Bruce Campbell of the Evil Dead movies), and a meddling mom (Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey) who help and hinder him in his investigations, as well as a MacGyver-esque skill for making deadly devices out of common household products. The new: A media-savvy way of deconstructing the tricks and techniques of spies and government agencies, often resulting in smart and highly entertaining plot twists. Donovan, handsome but cheeky, combines a light comic touch with a convincing secret agent cool, and the supporting cast fill their niches with aplomb. Their escapades are pretty breezy and occasionally skirt being glib, but most of the time the show finds an extremely entertaining balance between action, romance, and humor. The extras are few (some montages of characteristic moments from the series, including one of the many bikini-clad girls the Miami locale provides) and the commentaries, rather than covering entire episodes, just discuss a few select scenes from each show. Fortunately, the series itself holds up; imagine a cross between Magnum, P.I. and The Wild Wild West (the classic series, not the insulting Will Smith movie) and you're on the right track. --Bret Fetzer
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Customer Reviews:
a pleasant surprise!
When this show first aired, I watched the first couple of episodes and found the acting to be weak and the writing even weaker. I wrote off the show and didn't watch again until I kept reading rave reviews about it online.
I recently purchased Season One and watched all the episodes back to back. Now I have to admit that I am hooked! It's so good to season Sharon Gless back on television. The rest of the cast, even with what I said about the acting above, has great chemistry.
Worth a look!
SOOOOO Good!!!!
Another great show by USA. This show is good in every way, and i know you will like it. It is never boring, and always interesting. Plus, Miami makes for a great scene.
And Bruce Campbell is in it too!!!
Love It
The off major networks seem to have been doing a very good job the last few years giving us some shows that are well worth watching, Monk, Damages, The Shield and others. Burn Notice is one of those shows you should watch.
It revolves around a former US agent, played by Jeffrey Donovan, who is no longer needed by the government and is summarily dumped (burned in the spy business) and then starts doing PI type work while trying to figure out what happened and why.
A combination of mystery/spy with a bit of humor also thrown in makes this show very enjoyable, much in the way that Monk is enjoyable. A bit of a throwback to some other older shows you may catch from time-to-time where there is enough things to make you smile along the spy/cop way.
Burn Notice - Season Two
Thoroughly enjoy watching one of my favorite TV series programs again anytime I want to. Great to have when there is nothing on TV to watch or I'm looking for a little action to watch.
You can't go wrong with Burn Notice!
Get Burned! No, seriously, you can't go wrong with this dvd set. I love, love love this show! It is hip and funny and cool and the writing is good. The added bonus for me was the scenery of Miami, a city I love. I highly suggest this one, along with Dexter---Dexter: The First Season, also so good!
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