So, according to the writers, the only thing stopping these men from being good, upstanding citizens was one quick act of questionable morality. The trained killer Gray immediately has a change of heart within five minutes of an impassioned speech, as does the dirty cop Garza after his friend’s killer is caught. That is simply poor writing.Īnd even this could have been overlooked had the show worked as a character drama, but the characters are poorly developed. After decades of James Bond and Jason Bourne, no intelligent human being thinks that bullets are the best way to break into something, yet the show informs the viewer of that generic tidbit as if they would unaware.Īlso, no one prefers a vicious foreign drug lord to a vigilante who wishes to keep his victim alive, and absolutely no one walks openly into his mother’s house through the front door when he is pretending to be dead. Anytime they drift into spy lore, it simply reminds us how badly written this episode is in comparison to good spy movies. The narrations are nice, but ultimately work only in the factual parts. Without giving anything away, let it be said that such a place would not be so poorly guarded. All the infiltration sequences, except for the one where Fiona breaks into a drug lord’s base, are done incredibly simplistically with no imagination, the biggest crime being the hilariously pathetic scene involving Madeline breaking into an airport records office. Of course, the dull pacing could have been forgiven had the plot not been so unsatisfying and unbelievable. And, perhaps most criminally, the action scenes involves a lot of slow running, bullets that fails to cause destruction and explosions that fizzle out, all of which means that at no point does the episode cause any kind of adrenaline rush. In what could have been a moment of lamentation and contemplation of all that has been lost, Michael and Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) instead play out a cheesy, forced flirtation.Įven a mother’s tension is downplayed by Madeline (Sharon Gless) and Ayn, both of whom lose their children in different ways yet barely act with any rage or pain. During a confrontation with a drug lord, even electrocution fails to bring any serious pain or emotion to our characters’ faces. Yet, Michael is easily convinced to not kill the guy and even fails to convey any latent hatred or anger. When his brother’s killer in a foreign drug war zone confronts our protagonist, you would imagine that there would be some tension. The episode’s biggest failure is its inability to ratchet up the intensity. Strong performances by some supporting cast members propel a story otherwise marred by excessive displays of dullness, unsatisfying plot points and poorly developed characters. With such a generic setup, the latest episode should have been utterly unlikable and, unfortunately, it was. As the previous episode of Burn Notice ended, Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) managed to track down his brother’s killer but also learned that his mentor Tom Card (John McGinley) had a plan of his own.
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