He tracks down his former supervisor, Marv (Richard Kind), in “Past and Future Tense.” Marv agrees to get him information on his last case – the information that directly leads Michael to the bank and the discovery of the Bible. Even Michael’s mother, Madeline (Emmy nominee Sharon Gless) has difficulty watching Michael lie to Jesse and in “Blind Spot,” plans to leave town until the situation is settled. Vaughn later tries to use this to his advantage, as he tells Fiona that he will give Jesse his life back if Fiona gives him Simon’s Bible. The addition of Jesse puts Fiona in a hard position, as she is loyal to Michael yet she loathes what their cover-up is doing to Jesse. For example, with some help from Sam (Bruce Campbell), he cracks hired killer Kendra in “Entry Point.” He also bonds with Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar), with whom he shares a hot temper and a love of firearms. Jesse joins Michael’s team, ostensibly because he has nowhere else to go, and proves his worth on a few occasions. While Michael helps Jesse out of a jam with one of his former assets, he also struggles with lying to Jesse about what is happening behind the scenes, especially when Jesse’s temper rears its head and he vows to kill whomever is responsible for his burn notice. He has obviously heard the Legend of Michael Westen, as in the second episode, “Fast Friends,” he comes to Michael looking for help. Jesse was working on the same thing that Vaughn had Michael working on, at least until he lost his job. That now ex-spy is Jesse Porter (Coby Bell), a counterintelligence expert riding a desk after his temper and unwillingness to turn a blind eye got him moved out of fieldwork. Michael has done what was done to him: he’s burned a spy. Michael finds out only after the job is done that the credentials belong to a counterintelligence agent, who is subsequently fingered for the theft. In the season four premiere, Vaughn loans Michael a set of credentials to get into an annex office and procure some needed information. The main plot this season is what normally would be Burn Notice‘s B-story: who burned Michael and what exactly is going on behind the scenes? While the battle between bad guys is no less important, it took a backseat when the show decided to completely reverse its formula. Being stuck between two bad guys is nothing new, but this is a conflict in which Michael has reasons to go either way. Vaughn may have been involved with burning Michael, but is hurting him worth letting the bad guys win? It’s a moral dilemma Michael has to struggle with, as Barrett and his men have arrived in Miami looking for the Bible. Barrett wants the Bible for his own agenda, and to bring down Vaughn. However, on the other side of the coin, the face of the people Vaughn had Michael hunting was revealed to be John Barrett (Robert Patrick), the head of Drake Technologies, a telecommunications company. Simon led Michael to an audio recording which proved Vaughn had been directly involved with whomever had burned him. This made Michael eager to meet up with Simon, who had a massive chip on his shoulder regarding their mutual former employer.
BURN NOTICE SEASON 4 CODE
The Bible was actually in use as a book code to decipher something else. Michael got to the box first, and discovered it contained a Bible belonging to none other than Simon Escher (Garret Dillahunt), the psychotic madman from Season Three’s finale. The as-then-unidentified bad guys were eventually found out to be after the contents of a safe deposit box at a local bank. Of course, because this is Burn Notice, Vaughn was never exactly trustworthy himself.
We haven’t yet gotten details on the exact scope of their crimes, but we were assured that they were very bad people. Much like Management before him, Vaughn wanted Michael’s help, this time in investigating people who were helping to fund wars, crimes, and other illicit dealings in foreign countries.
As the first half of the season comes to what’s sure to be an impressive conclusion (9 PM ET/PT), let’s take a look back at what you need to know, and what we just plain loved.Īs season four opened, Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) had made ‘friends’ in the loosest sense of the word with a man named Vaughn (played by Supernatural‘s Robert Wisdom). This Thursday, USA has given us appointment television at its best: the sure to be smoldering summer finale of Burn Notice season four.
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