Burn Notice 2.14 - Truth and Reconciliation

Plot: Somehow, Michael's gotten in touch with crooked manager at the Cayman Islands bank the money used to pay the bomber came from. The guy agreed to come to Miami with information on the person the account belonged to. Surprise! He's been killed and replaced by an assassin. Who falls off the parking garage before Michael can get anything out of him.

That avenue closed to him, Michael's time is unfortunately occupied by one Claude Laurent, in Miami from Haiti. Claude is after a man who imprisoned and killed his daughter, then fled to America and is enjoying his ill-gotten wealth under a different name. Michael wants nothing to do with it, until Sam guilts him into it with stories about Haitian prisons. So Michael presents himself as an employee of the company which built the prisons, there to help cover Mr. Duman's tracks once and for all. The idea being Duman will provide any paperwork confirming his identity, expecting Michael to clean it up somehow, only to find it's used to get him arrested. Or something. I wasn't totally clear on the details, but whatever, it craps out (as these things usually do) forcing the team to try a different, more fun approach.

After all this, Michael's found a storage facility connected to his assassin, and it's while checking that out he finally sees the man who tried to have him killed. And it's Victor?! His "wrangler" from 2.6?

The Players: Gustavo (Cayman Islands Bank Manager), Jean-Pierre Duman (Thief/Killer/Fugitive), Gary (Human Smuggler), Victor (Guy Who Tried to Kill Michael).

Quote of the Episode: Claude - 'I do not want safety, Mr. Westen. I want justice.'

Does Fiona blow anything up? No.

Sam Axe Drink Count: 5 (45 overall). Sam's alcohol consumption has gone way up the last month.

Sam Getting Hit Count: 0 (11 overall).

Michael's Fake Laugh Count: 0 (7 overall).

Other: I don't care for this episode as much as the previous three. Part of it is it feels like they should have just gone for abducting Duman from the start, save themselves all the subterfuge. The other part is I don't tend to like the bitchy clients. You know, they come to Michael and basically nag him until he helps, then complain when he doesn't produce results fast enough. They came to him, he didn't seek them out. If they're unhappy, they could just go find someone else.

I know, Claude's grieving over his daughter, and struggling with a guilt complex because he doesn't feel he did enough to save her when she was alive. But having gone this long, having seen Michael risk being shot on more than one occasion for him, I think he could quit being a pain in the ass.

More important, Michael's found the man who tried to kill him, and it's someone who works for Carla. Or did. Now Mikey's got to sort this out before Carla gets wise and decides he's more trouble than he's worth. Which will probably require him to actually catch Victor. So get someplace Vic can't show off his parkour skills for starters.