An open letter to Burn Notice: please cool it with the subtitles
Dear folks in charge of Burn Notice –
I’m a huge fan of your show. I can’t begin to tell you how stoked I am that the new season has begun, and the show is just as good as it’s always been. Jeffery Donovan is in top form, Bruce Campbell is as witty and sharp as ever, and Gabrielle Anwar had lunch in one of the last two episodes that I think included a cheeseburger. Things are great! There’s just one teeny, tiny little thing that’s bugging the hell out of me this season so far: your overuse of the clever subtitles.
Burn Notice – Spy class is in session
Watching Burn Notice reminds me of grade school science class. Remember when you made the working volcano that spewed real lava (corn syrup)? Or the time you fashioned a potato into a light bulb? I don’t know about you guys, but I felt like a little Einstein. A few years later I would discover girls and my love of science shifted to a love of breasts. Big, firm, bouncing breasts. My love affair with breasts continues to this day.
Where was I? Oh yeah… the latest installment of Burn Notice. For me, it was a ho-hum episode. There were some funny scenes involving Sam’s audit and Fiona looked incredible in her tight designer jeans, but other than that, I was only mildly interested. However, as with every Burn chapter, I was privy to a host of spy tricks of the trade, which more than made up for the lackluster storyline.
Burn Notice – Mike is kind of a dick
The more episodes of Burn Notice I watch, the more I realize Michael Westen is not well-liked. I don’t get it. He has a winning smile, a good sense of humor and an abundance of charm. And yet his enemy list inside the show keeps growing. It’s not completely his fault. When old pals like Harlan stab him in the back, what’s a spy to do? However, it does make me ponder just what sorta spy Mike was before he got burned.
Was he a humorless prick who rubbed everyone the wrong way? Could he have been an arrogant recluse who thumbed his nose at those he deemed lesser covert ops? If so, it might explain why he got his ass toasted. All my endless speculation about those responsible for taking scissors to Mike’s spy license might be pointless. I’ve been under the assumption this whole time that Mike didn’t deserve his burning. Since I’m a fan of the dude, it makes sense to conclude that he was done wrong by some nameless fiend. Now, I’m beginning to question my line of thinking. Maybe, he received his just deserts.
Burn Notice Season Two – CliqueClack Giveaway
In case you haven’t noticed, the third season of Burn Notice premiered last week on the USA Network, and things kicked off most awesomely. If you haven’t been keeping up with the show, and even if you have, hopefully winning a copy of Burn Notice’s second season on DVD will give you a boost!
Maybe you didn’t have much luck in our last Burn Notice giveaway. So, we’re giving away three copies of Burn Notice Season Two on DVD to three random commenters to this post — the DVD officially releases June 16th. To enter the contest, simply leave a comment on this post by Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 5 PM ET.
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