honoring the best in mystery, in the category Best Television Episode
• Season Two (2008-09) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Notice_(TV_series)" Categories:2007 television series debuts 2000s American television series Crime television series Television shows set in Florida Espionage television ... Sam Axe • Minor characters Episodes List of Burn Notice episodes • Season One (2007) ... Retrieved on 2009-05-02. ^ a b Lambert, David (2008-03-06). "Burn Notice - Press Release, ... Baby, Burn: Creator Matt Nix Puts Us on Notice ^ "Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2008 Edgar Award Winners" (2008-05-01). ... navigation, search Burn Notice Burn Notice titlecard Genre Drama Created by Matt Nix Starring Jeffrey Donovan Gabrielle Anwar Bruce Campbell Sharon Gless Country of origin United States Language(s) ... Burn Notice (TV series) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: ... Burn Notice (TV series) Official site Burn Notice at the Internet Movie Database v • d • e Burn Notice Cast Jeffrey Donovan • Gabrielle Anwar • Sharon Gless • Bruce Campbell Characters Michael Westen • Fiona Glenanne • Madeline Westen • ... 2007 on the USA Network. Contents 1 Premise 2 Characters 3 Episodes 4 Production 5 Awards 6 DVD release 7 References 8 External links [edit] Premise The title refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies to discredit or announce the dismissal ... 2007 – present External links Official website IMDb profile TV.com summary Burn Notice is an American television drama[1] series created by Matt Nix and starring Jeffrey Donovan, ... What's on Tonight ^ On TV: 'Burn Notice' amply fills the fun void on TV this summer ^ Print - Burn, ... [edit] Characters Main article: List of Burn Notice characters Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen: ... [edit] Episodes Main article: List of Burn Notice episodes [edit] Production Filming is done on-location in and around Miami, ... Consumed by the desire to find out why he's been burned, and by whom, ... but part of what we explore over the first season is that they really are attracted with each other, ... With his assets frozen, Michael is forced to live off his wits and any small investigative jobs he can find while he pursues the reason and person or persons who burned him. ... A covert operative who has been burned (identified as an unreliable or dangerous agent) ... English No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 20 (List of episodes) ... assists him in missions to find out who burned him. In the pilot episode, ... Package Art for Season 1 DVDs". TVShowsonDVD.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. ... Burn Notice (TV series) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: ... navigation, search Burn Notice Burn Notice titlecard Genre Drama Created by Matt Nix Starring Jeffrey Donovan Gabrielle Anwar Bruce Campbell Sharon Gless Country of origin United States Language(s) ... English No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 20 (List of episodes) ... Production Executive producer(s) Matt Nix Mikkel Bondesen Jeff Freilich Producer(s) ... Michael J. Wilson, Jason Tracey, Craig O'Neill, Mikkel Bondesen Location(s) ... Miami, Florida, USA Running time approx. 43 minutes Broadcast Original channel USA Network Original run June 28, ... 2007 – present External links Official website IMDb profile TV.com summary Burn Notice is an American television drama[1] series created by Matt Nix and starring Jeffrey Donovan, ... Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless. The series premiered on June 28, ... 2007 on the USA Network. Contents 1 Premise 2 Characters 3 Episodes 4 Production 5 Awards 6 DVD release 7 References 8 External links [edit] Premise The title refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies to discredit or announce the dismissal ... of agents or sources who are considered to have become unreliable. ... The television series is a first-person narrative (including frequent stream of consciousness voice-overs providing nuggets of exposition) ... from the viewpoint of covert-operations agent Michael Westen, ... played by Jeffrey Donovan. After fleeing a Nigerian operation blown apart by the sudden and unexplained non-cooperation of his U.S. ... contact, Westen finds himself in his hometown[2] of Miami, Florida, ... USA, attended to by his ex-girlfriend but abandoned by all his normal intelligence contacts, ... under continuous surveillance with his personal assets frozen. ... Extraordinary efforts to reach his U.S. government handler eventually yield only a grudging admission that someone powerful wants him "on ice" in Miami; if he leaves the city he will "heat up fast", ... i.e., he will be hunted down and taken into custody, whereas by staying there he can remain relatively free. ... Consumed by the desire to find out why he's been burned, and by whom, ... Westen goes to work as an unlicensed private investigator and freelance spy for anyone in town who can pay him any money in order to fund his personal investigation into his own situation as a blacklisted agent. ... [edit] Characters Main article: List of Burn Notice characters Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen: ... A covert operative who has been burned (identified as an unreliable or dangerous agent) ... who now finds himself in his hometown of Miami, unable to leave. ... With his assets frozen, Michael is forced to live off his wits and any small investigative jobs he can find while he pursues the reason and person or persons who burned him. ... Highly skilled and extremely clever, Michael displays his abilities by quickly thinking on his feet, ... improvising electronic devices from commonly available commercial equipment such as radios and cell phones, ... and by using ordinary items ranging from duct tape or cake frosting in highly unorthodox ways in order to complete a job. ... Michael has two black belts (or as he put it in one episode "thirty years of karate") ... and is "rated with anything that fires a bullet or holds an edge." He believes that his unhappy childhood, ... largely at the hands of an abusive father, helped make him into a natural covert operative, ... but made relationships difficult for him. Michael presents himself as a cynic hardened by experience, ... but soon reveals a soft, and sometimes vulnerable, side. Michael is seen eating yogurt in many episodes. ... Gabrielle Anwar as Fiona Glenanne: A former IRA operative and Westen's ex-girlfriend. ... Fiona re-enters Michael's life when he was dumped, half-dead, ... in Miami, and she decides to stay, quickly making herself valuable to Michael. ... Aside from serving as Michael's explosives expert, Fiona provides support to Michael on his investigations and at times, ... assists him in missions to find out who burned him. In the pilot episode, ... Fiona speaks with an Irish accent. In the second episode, she changes to an American accent, ... along with a change in her style of dress, in an effort to distance herself from her past and blend in, ... showing her own ability to adapt. Fiona is both a complement to Michael and his match in many ways, ... both intellectually and tactically. Series creator Matt Nix has said about Michael and Fiona's relationship: ... [3] “ The thing about the relationship with Fiona is…They are two people who really don't have anybody else that they can be with. ... Anybody else is going to be afraid of what Michael does, and it sort of turns her on, ... and anybody else for Michael is going to be uninteresting. He is attracted to her, ... but part of what we explore over the first season is that they really are attracted with each other, ... and yet there is a reason they broke up. She is an incredibly chaotic person who just thrives on disorder…Violence is foreplay for her. ... ” Where Michael is concerned, Fiona is not entirely willing to let go of their past relationship, ... which continues to simmer, at least until she understands why he left her with no explanation. ... Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe: An aging semi-retired intelligence operative and former Navy SEAL. ... With a low amount of cash-on-hand to his name, Axe spends most of his time sleeping with rich, ... older Miami women in exchange for food and shelter. Sam and Westen are old buddies; Sam is also Westen's last, ... tenuous contact in the official spy community. Sam presents himself as "the guy who knows a guy." It is revealed in the pilot that he is also an FBI informant, ... reporting on Westen under duress. Knowing this, Westen is able to pass false information to the FBI through Sam, ... who is glad to become Michael's double agent. Sharon Gless as Madeline Westen: ... Michael's mother. She is a chain-smoker and a hypochondriac. ... Although seemingly hard-hearted, she is family-oriented and shows her full support to her sons in times of need. ... Until recently, she has had only infrequent communication with her adult son, ... who does not relish her company. Despite this, her appeals for help are Michael's one great weakness, ... and she has the ability to persuade Michael to do as she wishes. ... [edit] Episodes Main article: List of Burn Notice episodes [edit] Production Filming is done on-location in and around Miami, ... Florida, as well as in Hollywood, Florida generally around Hollywood Blvd. ... and Hollywood Beach. [edit] Awards The "Pilot" episode by Matt Nix won a 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Award, ... honoring the best in mystery, in the category Best Television Episode Teleplay.[4] [edit] DVD release Burn Notice Season One released on DVD June 17, ... 2008.[5] The four-disc set includes cast/crew commentary on every episode.[5] [edit] References ^ New York Times: ... What's on Tonight ^ On TV: 'Burn Notice' amply fills the fun void on TV this summer ^ Print - Burn, ... Baby, Burn: Creator Matt Nix Puts Us on Notice ^ "Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2008 Edgar Award Winners" (2008-05-01). ... Retrieved on 2009-05-02. ^ a b Lambert, David (2008-03-06). "Burn Notice - Press Release, ... Package Art for Season 1 DVDs". TVShowsonDVD.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. ... [edit] External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: ... Burn Notice (TV series) Official site Burn Notice at the Internet Movie Database v • d • e Burn Notice Cast Jeffrey Donovan • Gabrielle Anwar • Sharon Gless • Bruce Campbell Characters Michael Westen • Fiona Glenanne • Madeline Westen • ... Sam Axe • Minor characters Episodes List of Burn Notice episodes • Season One (2007) ... • Season Two (2008-09) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Notice_(TV_series)" Categories:2007 television series debuts 2000s American television series Crime television series Television shows set in Florida Espionage television ... series USA Network shows Florida film and television Edgar Award winning works Television series by Sony Pictures Television Views Article Discussion Edit this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured ... content Current events Random article Search Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Donate to Wikipedia Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent linkCite ... this page Languages Español Français Italiano Русский Svenska This page was last modified on 18 September 2008, ... at 20:55. 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