Burn Notice Season 3 - Page 3

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That seems a pretty silly statement to make, IMHO.  The Closer (TNT) has 15 episodes this season, broken up into 11 and 4.  Last year, The Closer (again TNT) broke their season up into 10 and 5.  Saving Grace (also TNT) will break this season up into 9 and 7.  Last season Saving Grace (TNT) broke the season up into 7 and 8.

Moving on.  Last year, Greek (ABC Family) was broken up 10 and 12.  It looks like they'll be doing so again this year.  The second season of Kyle XY (ABC Family) was broken up 13 and 10.

Nip/Tuck (FX) broke season five up into 14 and 8, with 11 months between the two halves of the season.  

And let's not forget the 10 month gap between the two halves of the final season of the Sopranos (HBO).

I don't seem to agree with Brian about much, but he's dead on about this. If the splits season is considered an offense, it's an offense that all of the cable networks (and increasingly, the broadcast networks) are guilty of.

Personally, I like it. It means I never have to go more than a couple months without a show I like. Also, it usually means that the cable series fill in the gaps when the broadcast series are on repeats, so there's always sometime to watch. In fact, I wish they'd started this last season of "Monk" in July and run the second half in January, because I'm not ready for the show to end.

Start the countdown... just saw the BN is back with new episodes on Thursday, January 21st!

After the finale, I am DESPERATE to see what's gonna happen next, especially with Fi!

I think that the characters will DEFINITELY keep pushing forward.

There is no turning back now for Michael and Fi, you know? Big moves have been made.

Ep 10 kicked off with a great cameo..

Reuniting Cagney & Lacey?  Great stuff ;)  Loved the ep in general, this is popcorn TV, but it's really fun popcorn TV.

Although the ending left me wondering: If he could break into the County Records office to save Tyne Daly's job, why couldn't he just break in to steal the records in the first place rather than ruining his mother's friendship?

I was thinking:
1.  He wasn't going to do it that way because of the risk of getting caught until his mother showed that she just couldn't handle the guilt so he had to do something.
2. He staged a break-in.  That isn't necessarily the same thing as being able to get access to the records but now there is a reasonable assumption that if the records are discovered missing, the police will assume there were taken during the break-in.  Theoretically he could have photocopied the records and just put the originals back.

Exactly.  Physically breaking into the building is one thing, finding the particular records that will support a case against the insurance scam is another.  Michael isn't familiar with the county filing system, doesn't have access to the computers network and wouldn't have the time (with the alarms going off and the cops en route) to learn the one or crack the other.  If this had been a different kind of case where he was targeting the clerk's office and had weeks to get the information, he might have run one of his usual cons to recon the place, then broken in to steal the files.  But in this case he needed the stuff quickly, and was more interested in making contact with his mysterious new friend, so turning a clerk was the way to go. 
The break-in provides a plausible explanation for the missing records after the fact, but it wouldn't have worked to actually get them.

Regards,

Joe

I would argue that if "it wouldn't have worked to actually get them", then it fails to work as "a plausible explanation for the missing records". I'm picking nits, though.

I disagree.  As Joe stated, Michael didn't have enough time to learn the system to steal the files.  Within the show we can believe that Michael could steal the files if given enough time to understand the layout and filing system without getting caught, i.e. a professional job.  So even without that information he could easily make it look like a professional job with the person(s) knowing exactly what they were doing and leave the impression they stole the files without having to break the safe/cabinet/whatever was holding those specific files.  Also there would be no trace that they opened the container holding the files because it was a professional job.

Besides, Occam's razor would indicate to the police that the break-in is the most likely reason rather than thinking any person working there would steal them.  Plus they have a suspect; the guy in the Corvette they caught with the files.

No more calls, please.  We have a winner.    The fact that the guy would deny everything and claim he was setup as a fall guy for the "burglary" would mean nothing because he'd also be denying the insurance scam, for which they had him cold.  The cops would never look twice at the break-in, convinced that they already had the perp responsible (if not necessarily all his accomplices) in custody.

Regards,

Joe

So, this week's episode was a good one.  I am curious about one thing... What did Gilroy mouth after hanging up the phone with Mikey?

Michael Weston doing his best Clint Eastwood impression.  Love it.

Plus, the finger snapping thing was awesome. 

This show is such great popcorn type fun.  I loved this weeks ep...

Bringing back someone from the past was a pretty good play.  I'm actually really like the actor who is playing the big-bad of sorts.. I liked him in "Mental" (Fox last summer) but think he's better in this role.  Pretty enjoyable stuff.

Did anybody see SNL last week when Ashton Kutcher hosted? There was a sketch called "What's Burn Notice?" I thought it was quite funny because no one had a correct answer.

I think it was a smart move by the writers tonight to have Michael fall for someone's spy manipulation.  The way it was going, he was starting to seem omniscient, and it works better when there's the appearance that things could screw up at any moment.

Was I the only one who thought (hoped?) that Larry would get in the car and that it would blow up anyway? 

Regards,

Joe

Yeah, I admit, I thought that would be the right move as well.  But would be largely out of Michael's character.  He's done it before.  In this case, I was much more expecting Fi to just take Larry out.

We watched two episodes last night and last night's ep today and the finger snapping, Eastwood one was my favorite by far. The timing of the snaps and the thugs reaction to it were priceless.


Yes, I did, it was almost the only funny bit to the whole show, especially when the host didn't know what to do for a correct answer.

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Then how about this? 

Mike shows Larry the fake bomb.

Larry decides to run for it anyway, hops in the car and peels away.  Out on the street, far from any innocent people, the car suddenly explodes.

Cut to Fi a few blocks away with a pair of binoculars and a remote control.

In the tag Fi explains how she swapped out a fake bomb for a real one because Larry was just had to be killed and Mike knows it, he just couldn't do it himself.

Regards,

Joe

My favorite part of this weeks episode was when you first see Larry sitting on the rail upstairs in Michael's apartment.  Tim Matheson is sitting there exactly the same way he does at the end of Fletch, when Fletch comes in to expose the plan.  Took me two viewings to notice it, but it made me laugh out loud.

Larry is too good of a character to kill off.  They need to bring him back again. 

Do you think Fi will get jealous of Gilroy checking out Michael's butt all the time?

I agree......  The reaction of the Gang Members was priceless.

This week was a good episode.  What is up with Gilroy checking out Michael?  Did I miss something?

So my DVR didn't pick anything up last week, but it seems like maybe this aired then anyway?

I'm a few days late watching last weeks episode with the Olympics and all, but thought it was a solid episode.  Only two more episodes-- sounds like they'll be interesting.

Okay, so I was able to watch the episode, and it was a pretty good one.  But mainly, I loved Sam doing the CSI riffs.