Burn Notice 4x03

I’m so glad to get my weekly fix of Burn Notice again! So, now our team has found a new member. Not that he was invited, but he’s joining them anyway. Jesse’s the counter-intelligence guy who got a burn notice of his own, all thanks to our Michael. He knows a lot, so he might be an asset. Together, they’re looking into an illegal arms trade from Afghanistan to Miami, that’s somehow related to the conspiracy behind Michael’s own burn notice. At the dockyards, Jesse notices mobsters harassing a security agent, who he takes on as their new “client,” someone who needs their help. In return the man gives them flight plans of all shipments from Afghanistan. It also means that the team has to deal with the Miami mafia. It’s convoluted fun, including the code-named “Cobra,” Michael approaching mob boss Tony Carra as a washed out FBI agent, Sam going psychopathic, sharpening his tools to threaten cutting Tony into pieces, a car bomb, a heist of microprocessors at the docks, and an attempt to assassinate New York crime family member Gio. Dramatic high points also include the fantastic Sharon Gloss as Michael’s mother. She’s already caught on that Jesse is a spy, and she warns her son that he is not Michael’s friend, that he’s using Jesse, that the truth will eventually come out – and when Jesse will learn the truth we know he might still kill Michael for blacklisting him. The season is really shaping up for great summer entertainment. I’m curious how this “friendship” between Michael and Jesse is going to evolve.