Burn Notice stars Jeffery Donovan as Michael Westen, a former American spy that has had his spy status revoked, and continuously searches for who burned him, why, and a way to get back into the spy game. Donovan plays Westen perfectly. He has a heart of gold, and a grin to match, but don’t let the grin fool you. He is always the smartest guy in the room; he is constantly underestimated by the people he comes up against.
To help pass the time while he continues his search, Michael Westen and his partners Fiona and Sam help innocent victims around Miami. What else could an ex-spy do when unemployed? The way he meticulously explains how to accomplish each feat makes you feel like you can do it too. That’s half the fun of the show is that it makes you feel like you are a part of it. Michael Westen can use anything around him to get him out of whatever jam he is in. He is with out a doubt the new age MacGyver.
Gabrielle Anwar plays Fiona an ex-IRA militant that has an ongoing romance with Michael, and would do just about anything for him. She is as hot on the show as she is a badass. Anwar actually does an awesome job of making a beautiful woman in a bikini seem believable with a shotgun (no easy feat), and I’m not just saying that because I’m a guy.
A huge part of the show is one of the most under-used actors in Hollywood, everybody’s favorite campy character actor Bruce Campbell. A few years have past since his breakout in the Evil Dead series, and it is so great to see him back on screen on a regular basis. Bruce’s character Sam is a fun loving ex-Navy Seal, and Michael’s best friend. He has a smart-ass answer for everything, and would do almost anything for a six pack.
The show is rounded out by Sharon Gless, Michael’s chain smoking mom. She understands Michael’s situation and career. She doesn’t like it, but accepts it because there have been way too many years without her son while he was off on top secret military missions. Gless brings amazing warmth to the show, even if she pulls no punches when trying to get her way, or her point across. She recently received a well deserved Emmy nomination for the role.
One of the biggest characters is the city of Miami itself. Burn Notice’s backdrop shows the city in an amazing light, and is one of the few shows on television to film entirely on location. The colors of the city, and sunny skies of Miami adds so much to the tone of the whole series. I couldn’t even imagine what the show would have been like if was set in the original planned city of Newark, NJ.
Like I said before Burn Notice is hands down one of the best shows on television, and it is still is not watched by the masses. Sure, it is the top rated show on basic cable, but it beats the hell out of the top overall drama on t.v. The Mentalist, and should have the same amount of viewers. There was even a SNL skit entitled “What is Burn Notice?” Another perfect thing about the show is that even though there is the underlying spy searching storyline intertwined in the series anybody can start watching it at anytime and love it. If you watch it already, well then you know what I’m talking about. If not, then trust me and set it up on your DVR, it well worth it.
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