The season end to Burn Notice was not quite what I expected. From the start of the season I was lead to believe a different outcome was in store. And some believed the show was starting to become to A-Team like in its storyline. Little did we all know.
In one episode we lost Victor and Carla, met the management, and wondered if Michael has placed himself into hotter water than he started off with. It was an episode that begs the statement
“Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.”
Now I stated in the season opening episode that I expected the fatal flaw of Michael to be his attachment to families in need and children. That was capitalized on by Victor in this episode. But much to my surprise it was not a double cross as I would have expected from this character.
I liked this episode. Bullets flew, bombs blew up, and the logical result of someone getting shot and dead actually happened. But there were twists in exactly how that all played out. With a logical reason for the show to continue to go on.
No longer will Michael be trying to find who burned him, nor why. His big motivation will undoubtedly be surviving the attacks of all the enemies he has garnered in his lifetime as an operative. If his mother hated the sudden need to move before, she really is going to have problems now.
Add to this the fact that there will likely be trouble in Paradise for Fiona, and Sam. Fiona has the very real proposition of being a target, or having to see Michael compromised into a man she does not love. Sam will have to deal with the repercussions of picking Michael over the safety of the family he was entrusted to guard. Neither is a positive.
Michael will likely have the most precarious position. He is open to attack by everyone he has ever crossed. He cannot go forward with the love of his life without causing her more potential danger than their work usually entails. His deep seated need to protect and shield his family from his work has evaporated. His trusted friend has broken his trust. And in the background, a shadowy group waits to be his savior – at the cost of his soul.
Will Michael become the next Carla? Will he be warped into a maniacal form of Victor? How long can he withstand the forces that wish to destroy him with the limited resources he can gather? How tainted is his soul after executing Victor?
These are all questions that need to be addressed in the next season of Burn Notice. The manner in which they come up, and are answered may well determine the life of the show.
One thing that struck me, at the end of this season, is the narration of Michael. While before it was just interesting and more of a thought in his mind kind of exposition, I came to a new understanding. That is if the show goes where I think it will (ultimately leading to his replacing Carla).
Thus his commentary is more a memoir, or tale of woe to those he will be recruiting. This is Michael explaining how he came to be in the employ of the Company, possibly even in its upper management. It’s a tale similar to the Godfather series of films in that our protagonist seems incapable of escaping the horrors and suffering he ultimately inflicts.
The season ending episode did do one thing very well. It gave me a reason to check out next season. There isn’t much more, or better, that a television show can do for the audience. Bravo.
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