[Mikey]

For any of you poor bastards who watched Raw last night, you may know that Burn Notice returns this Thursday. If you've caught the first two seasons, you know why it's awesome. If you haven't, you're missing some QUALITY entertainment. Here is our place for discussion.

So our story will obviously start with Michael swimming ashore after telling "management" basically to go screw itself by jumping out of the chopper. With his wannbe assassin now dead, and Carla dead as well, I'm guessing we're looking at Michael trying to take out the entire organization now, which I presume means the ante's gonna be upped and he may not have the free time to be taking on the odd jobs that have kept the story rolling in the first two seasons. But I don't see Michael, Fi, and Sam being on the run either... so I don't know what we're looking at as far as season three goes.

All I know is that it needs to hurry up and start.

[Byrntrigan]

yeah. It's one of my favorite shows right now.

I could almost see the "Management" manipulating Michael into him running something, and him fucking them from the inside.

That or getting new people to team up with in addition to Axe and Fiona.

[Lucky]

My impression has been that the "management" is out of the mix. The big speech Frasier's dad gave him at the end of last season was "Ok, we'll leave you alone if you really want. But do you realize how much we've protected you? Do you have any idea how difficult it would be if you were all alone like you want?" So I'm fully expecting THAT to be the plot. Michael's given his freedom from management (at least for the time being) and suddenly he's under assault from all manner of enemies who were leaving him alone the last 2 seasons because they didn't want to deal with a whole big spy organization.

That doesn't really account for a season goal for Michael so I assume something will take place, but I'm not expecting him to just be shoved into the position of Carla or Victor.

In addition the trailers have shown Moon Bloodgood saying she was gonna get Michael. As I understand it she joined the cast as a cop, so I think they're FINALLY going to address the fact that Michael's been raising hell in a major urban environment without any looks from the cops. Personally I'm going to love it if she shows up asking why there's so many shootings around Michael's apartment and his mom's house and who the fuck "Chuck Finlay" is?

[Byrntrigan]

and she was pretty hot in T4.

[Pun]

I'm with Lucky on this one. I took the whole helicopter conversation as meaning the "management" would leave him alone and let him live his own life. But at the same time, "Frasier's dad" made it clear that they wouldn't be able to protect him anymore. I think that's where the new chick comes in. It looks to me like she is either a cop or Gov't agent trying to get him.

I also like the fact that it looks like they are bringing back Jason Bly. I liked his character when they had him on last season. And as Michael's old handler, that would be another interesting dynamic to explore even more than they had prior.

Also, I usually DVR it and watch it over the weekend, so we might have to break out the spoiler tags for this thread.

[Lucky]

Well I don't think it makes a lot of sense for the government to send someone after him. The basic plot of the show is "if you stay in Miami, law enforcement will leave you alone." So unless he goes back to trying to get off the blacklist and leave Miami (which actually would make a fair amount of sense) I think he's done with the US government. Of course that doesn't keep a local cop from connecting 2 years of explosions, dead bodies, shootings, and cons.

I didn't hear they were bringing back Bly. Assuming that's a 1 episode thing like last "season" I'm more than ok with that but I'm pretty sure I don't want him as a regular or semi-regular. The character didn't do much for me and Michael made amends with him last time he was around, so logically he shouldn't be an adversary anymore.

I don't know. I worry a bit that "enemies will come after you without us protecting you" is too formulaic... but then again Burn Notice IS formulaic but manages to be fun enough not to make that matter at all. They'll definitely add an overaching plot just like they have twice now so there will be some new notion to pull the show together. I'm probably less worried than I am anxious. BURN NOTICE is back!

[Pun]

From the commercials I saw, it looked like Bly would be helping him now. I don't know if that's going to be a regular thing, or a one episode deal.

[Mikey]

Okay, in the part last night where Michael had to get Carver to say all the numbers, I never heard 1 or 7. I've rewatched it on the DVR 4 times now - did they just omit those two or something?