Burn Notice - Season One
starring: Jeffrey Donovan, Sharon Gless, Bruce Campbell, Gabrielle Anwar
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Michael Westen is a trained spy who receives a "burn notice" for an unstated reason & effectively is fired. Penniless he returns to his hometown in Miami and freelances while trying to find who burned him.System Requirements:Running Time: 530 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543519317 Manufacturer No: 2251931
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Burn Notice is a canny, clever comedy-thriller show about a covert operative with a heart of gold. Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) is in the middle of a top-secret mission when he discovers he's been "burned"--basically, fired without warning. After barely extricating himself from danger, he wakes up in Miami, where the government has abandoned him and locked him out of his own bank account. To make ends meet, he takes on private detective jobs (helping an old lady who's fallen victim to a con artist; rescuing a young girl who's being tricked into white slavery; helping a mother whose son has been kidnapped by the boy's father... only it turns out the father is the rightful parent and the "mom" is an assassin sent to kill him--a nice guest star appearance by Lucy Lawless, Xena: Warrior Princess), while trying to figure out who burned him and why. Westen tries to remain clinical in his approach to these problems, but he always ends up protecting the helpless with his sophisticated spy skills. Over the course of the first season, he gradually uncovers a mysterious conspiracy that plans to use his talents for their own nefarious ends. Burn Notice deftly mixes the old and the new. The old: Our hero has a hot ex-girlfriend (Gabrielle Anwar, Scent of a Woman), a goofy sidekick (cult hero Bruce Campbell of the Evil Dead movies), and a meddling mom (Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey) who help and hinder him in his investigations, as well as a MacGyver-esque skill for making deadly devices out of common household products. The new: A media-savvy way of deconstructing the tricks and techniques of spies and government agencies, often resulting in smart and highly entertaining plot twists. Donovan, handsome but cheeky, combines a light comic touch with a convincing secret agent cool, and the supporting cast fill their niches with aplomb. Their escapades are pretty breezy and occasionally skirt being glib, but most of the time the show finds an extremely entertaining balance between action, romance, and humor. The extras are few (some montages of characteristic moments from the series, including one of the many bikini-clad girls the Miami locale provides) and the commentaries, rather than covering entire episodes, just discuss a few select scenes from each show. Fortunately, the series itself holds up; imagine a cross between Magnum, P.I. and The Wild Wild West (the classic series, not the insulting Will Smith movie) and you're on the right track. --Bret Fetzer
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Michael Westen is a trained spy who receives a "burn notice" for an unstated reason & effectively is fired. Penniless he returns to his hometown in Miami and freelances while trying to find who burned him.System Requirements:Running Time: 530 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543519317 Manufacturer No: 2251931
Amazon.com:
Burn Notice is a canny, clever comedy-thriller show about a covert operative with a heart of gold. Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) is in the middle of a top-secret mission when he discovers he's been "burned"--basically, fired without warning. After barely extricating himself from danger, he wakes up in Miami, where the government has abandoned him and locked him out of his own bank account. To make ends meet, he takes on private detective jobs (helping an old lady who's fallen victim to a con artist; rescuing a young girl who's being tricked into white slavery; helping a mother whose son has been kidnapped by the boy's father... only it turns out the father is the rightful parent and the "mom" is an assassin sent to kill him--a nice guest star appearance by Lucy Lawless, Xena: Warrior Princess), while trying to figure out who burned him and why. Westen tries to remain clinical in his approach to these problems, but he always ends up protecting the helpless with his sophisticated spy skills. Over the course of the first season, he gradually uncovers a mysterious conspiracy that plans to use his talents for their own nefarious ends. Burn Notice deftly mixes the old and the new. The old: Our hero has a hot ex-girlfriend (Gabrielle Anwar, Scent of a Woman), a goofy sidekick (cult hero Bruce Campbell of the Evil Dead movies), and a meddling mom (Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey) who help and hinder him in his investigations, as well as a MacGyver-esque skill for making deadly devices out of common household products. The new: A media-savvy way of deconstructing the tricks and techniques of spies and government agencies, often resulting in smart and highly entertaining plot twists. Donovan, handsome but cheeky, combines a light comic touch with a convincing secret agent cool, and the supporting cast fill their niches with aplomb. Their escapades are pretty breezy and occasionally skirt being glib, but most of the time the show finds an extremely entertaining balance between action, romance, and humor. The extras are few (some montages of characteristic moments from the series, including one of the many bikini-clad girls the Miami locale provides) and the commentaries, rather than covering entire episodes, just discuss a few select scenes from each show. Fortunately, the series itself holds up; imagine a cross between Magnum, P.I. and The Wild Wild West (the classic series, not the insulting Will Smith movie) and you're on the right track. --Bret Fetzer
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - SOOOOO Good!!!!
Another great show by USA.This show is good in every way, and i know you will like it.It is never boring, and always interesting.Plus, Miami makes for a great scene.
And Bruce Campbell is in it too!!!
Rating: - Love It
The off major networks seem to have been doing a very good job the last few years giving us some shows that are well worth watching, Monk, Damages, The Shield and others.Burn Notice is one of those shows you should watch.
It revolves around a former US agent, played by Jeffrey Donovan, who is no longer needed by the government and is summarily dumped (burned in the spy business) and then starts doing PI type work while trying to figure out what happened and why.
A combination ... Read More
Rating: - Burn Notice - Season Two
Thoroughly enjoy watching one of my favorite TV series programs again anytime I want to. Great to have when there is nothing on TV to watch or I'm looking for a little action to watch.
Rating: - You can't go wrong with Burn Notice!
Get Burned! No, seriously, you can't go wrong with this dvd set. I love, love love this show! Itis hip and funny and cool and the writing is good. The added bonus for me was the scenery of Miami, a city I love. I highly suggest this one, along with Dexter---Dexter: The First Season, also so good!
Rating: - don't ask, just buy it
Burn Notice is one of the best shows to come along in a long while.I am so glad that I decided to give this show a try.It is clever and smart.Well written and well acted.I admit that I watched the first episode because of Bruce Campbell, but I was completely hooked long before the end of that episode.On the surface, it sounds like another "smart but misunderstood guy with quirky family and friends" show.But believe me it is so much more than that thanks to excellent writing and perfect casting. ... Read More
- SOOOOO Good!!!!Another great show by USA.This show is good in every way, and i know you will like it.It is never boring, and always interesting.Plus, Miami makes for a great scene.
And Bruce Campbell is in it too!!!
- Love ItThe off major networks seem to have been doing a very good job the last few years giving us some shows that are well worth watching, Monk, Damages, The Shield and others.Burn Notice is one of those shows you should watch.
It revolves around a former US agent, played by Jeffrey Donovan, who is no longer needed by the government and is summarily dumped (burned in the spy business) and then starts doing PI type work while trying to figure out what happened and why.
A combination ... Read More
- Burn Notice - Season TwoThoroughly enjoy watching one of my favorite TV series programs again anytime I want to. Great to have when there is nothing on TV to watch or I'm looking for a little action to watch.
- You can't go wrong with Burn Notice!Get Burned! No, seriously, you can't go wrong with this dvd set. I love, love love this show! Itis hip and funny and cool and the writing is good. The added bonus for me was the scenery of Miami, a city I love. I highly suggest this one, along with Dexter---Dexter: The First Season, also so good!
- don't ask, just buy itBurn Notice is one of the best shows to come along in a long while.I am so glad that I decided to give this show a try.It is clever and smart.Well written and well acted.I admit that I watched the first episode because of Bruce Campbell, but I was completely hooked long before the end of that episode.On the surface, it sounds like another "smart but misunderstood guy with quirky family and friends" show.But believe me it is so much more than that thanks to excellent writing and perfect casting. ... Read More
