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Burn Notice, USA, Airs Thursday 10pm

Episode: “Lesser Evil” (Season 2, Episode 16)

Synopsis: Things finally come to a head in the hell that has been Carla’s interference in Michael’s life.  After finding and capturing his wold be assassin, Michael must decide whether or not he turns him and continues life as he knows it or makes a truce and a desperate gamble to win back his old life at the barrel of a gun.

Review: The second season ended with a bang.  Two bangs, actually.  Two of everything, really!  This episode decided to ramp it up a bit by doubling up on the car chases – we get two – and the deaths, which are fairly rare – we get two.  Lesser Evil has a bit of a darker turn to it, though it’s still plenty fun, as Michael has to make some tough choices when it comes to life and death.  One thing that was strange and somewhat questionable though, is both parties who are shot in the film are shot, separately, in the same spot on the body.  Pretty weird.

Michael also finally gets to meet the mysterious head of the corporation that Carla is a member of, a familiar face to TV fans.  The climax of the show is both cool and smart, resolving most of the hang-ups of the season in regards to assassination attempts and Carla, all while opening up for several more seasons by promising that everyone who Michael ever made an enemy would be after him.  That’s smart because there is now an almost limitless number of possibilities for the show to embrace, rather than being stuck with the “Who burned me?” and “Why is Carla hot but mean?” dilemma.

Across the board all the actors do their thing and do it well.  Jeffrey Donovan is stylish and badass while Bruce Campbell’s Sam Axe gets a little more serious when it comes to saving lives and firing off a gun.  Yes.  Michael Shanks as Victor plays a good second fiddle as the loose cannon who has secrets of his own.

The bad news is that Burn Notice is done.  The good news is that the third season is going to pick up again in Summer, so the wait will be short.  Hopefully that teaches a lesson to all other productions who seem to split shows in half, wait, come back, take weeks off, and does all sorts of bull.  Burn Notice was a fun ride this season and I’ll be excitedly waiting for next season.

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