Burn Notice - Season One

After watching a couple of reruns and seeing how much my friend Vickie enjoyed the show, I bought her the complete 2007 season. She is estatic. A great way to watch without any interruptions. If its your type of humor, you can't miss with this show.

I love to watch Burn Notice. It is almost as good as James Bond 007.

I took a flyer on this show as I'm a big fan of Bruce Campbell and Entertainment Weekly mentions it now and again. The show is definitely a hidden gem. All the characters are likable and the writing is quite good. Pick it up and be entertained. Oh and Gabriel Anwar is too damned sexy. Ay yi yi.

I love this television series. It has a great mix of CIA/Black Ops and comedy.

It's a rare thing when a show comes along that gets just about everything right. Perhaps the first season of Dead Zone, or maybe even Firefly would fall into this category. I'm very glad to report that Burn Notice can easily join that exclusive group.

The premise of Burn Notice is unique in itself. Michael Westen, a very capable spy (played by Jeffrey Donovan) is "burned" by his agency and left in a very bad spot with some African warlords. He ends up escaping to Miami where he has to nurse some broken ribs, all the while wondering how things turned so ugly so fast. Fortunately he's not alone. There's Fiona a gorgeous ex-girlfriend who used to work for the IRA (played by the goddess Gabrielle Anwar - made famous by her dance with Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman), an overbearing and effortlessly funny mother (Sharon Gless from Cagney and Lacey), and Sam the retired operative/Navy SEAL with enough experience and friends in law enforcement to forever be of value (played by Bruce Campbell from The Adventures of Brisco County Jr and many other B-movies).

The best part of this show (and others that came before) is the chemistry between the cast. Michael is smart, dangerous, and able to put on an award winning smile no matter how bad things look. Fi is stunning, both sexy and quirky - while still being a bit vulnerable. One of my very favorite scenes is when Michael has to break out her car window during one of their many staged mission encounters. She knows very well what he's doing, but she goes ahead and punches him three times in the face just to let him know that she doesn't appreciate the disrespect. You have to see it. My wife and I both got a good laugh. Sam is also a great character - both funny and able to adapt to nearly any situation. This was truly great casting.

I highly recommend this season. It is short, but you will love it. Do yourself a favor and give the season a few episodes before you make up your mind. My wife was a bit unsure by the narrated structure of the show at first. But by episode 3, she was totally hooked. Really good stuff.

Written by Arthur Bradley, author of "Process of Elimination" - a sexy thriller that pits a martial artist against a world-class sniper out to change the Presidential election.

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