Burn Notice 2.11 - Hot Spot

Plot: Michael's on the trail of the man who set the bomb at his place, and within the first five minutes he's swiped the security footage from a storage facility that would capture any traffic headed to or from his balcony. From there, it doesn't take long to spot the likely perpetrator, and Fi sets off to track down demolition experts who work for the city. Which leads to one Derek Poole.

While all that's going on, Sam comes to Michael with an easy gig to score some Dolphins' tickets. A friend of his, Coach Martin (Michael Irvin), has a player being hunted by the leader of a local carjacking crew, Felix Cole. Felix made a grab for Corey's 15-year old sister, and Corey beat him with a bat. As criminals tend to take that personally, Michael and Co. will have to find something else for Felix to worry about. Which is how they end up posing as a rival crew who just moved into town. The question is whether the involvement of Felix' boss will hinder or aid their plans. . .

Oh, and Michael and Fiona may have gotten back together. Or, maybe not, judging by that awkward morning after surprise for Michael.

The Players: Corey and Tanya (The Clients), Felix Cole (Gangtser/Pervert), Tony Soto (The Boss)

Quote of the Episode: Sam - 'So the big, bad burn notice lady is a step behind you. You think it's gonna stay that way?'

Does Fiona blow anything up? No. She nearly dies in a house fire, but no explosions.

Sam Axe Drink Count: 5 (31 overall).

Sam Getting Hit Count: 0 (11 overall).

Michael's Fake Laugh Count: 0 (7 overall). He doesn't seem to be faking luaghter much lately. Perhaps he stopped feeling the need to.

Other: Michael's name this week is "Johnny".

Fantastic quote from Sam. 'I work plenty hard, lady. I just make it look easy.'

I am curious how, if Carla keeps close enough tabs on Michael to have her black SUVs ready to screech to a stop at his location on a moment's notice, she hasn't gotten suspicious about Fi's nosing around, and nearly dying in a booby-trapped house. Does she simply not consider his friends worth observing? Also, the ear rings she wore when in her first chat with Michael this week were really gaudy, in a tacky way. Perhaps that's simply my distaste for large ear rings. They just look ridiculous dangling there. Like a damn wind chime on her ear.

I couldn't figure out what that thing was Felix was wearing under his open shirt. It was like the lower half of a shirt, or a wrap for damaged ribs or something. Very curious.

While it seems preposterous to do all they did for Dolphins' tickets (at least get tickets to a good team), I love this episode, on style points alone. The mysterious, stylish cool cat characters are always fun. Like Michael said, there's an element of theater to an offensive campaign, and theater makes for entertaining viewing. The bit where he readjusts his glasses after roundhouse kicking the guy. The, 'We work in Miami and you - you work someplace else.' Great fun. That being said, burning through the engine of that GTO with thermite is a crime against automobiles. Just mean.

Next week, the hunt for Derek Poole continues. Will Michael and Fiona sleeping together cause problems?