USA’s “Burn Notice” sure ended with a bang last week.
Michael Westen, a former spy who has been living in Miami and helping people with “unique problems” since he was ousted from the CIA, came closer than ever to getting his “burn notice” revoked.
But it wasn’t to be.
Michael basically made a deal with the devil when he agreed to work with (or for?) shady “agent to the spies” Strickler in exchange for help with his burned status. And it came back to bite him when Strickler arranged to have Michael’s ex-girlfriend and frequent collaborator, arms dealer Fiona, kidnapped and sent back to her native Ireland, where she’d surely be killed for past misdeeds.
Michael wasn’t having it and killed Strickler, something I fear will come back to haunt him next season.
The episode had plenty of what we “Burn Notice” fans have come to love: Michael taking on another alias, this time that of an Irishman; comic relief from Sam, after Michael sent his latest ladylove’s mint-condition car off a parking garage as a diversion; and plenty of crackling chemistry between Michael and Fiona, one of TV’s best non-couples.
HBO's "True Blood" has also been on an absolute roll lately, especially now that the storyline about the stupid Newlins and their anti-vampire church, the Fellowship of the Sun, has come to an end — all thanks to the merciful actions of 2,000-year-old vamp Godric.
Who would’ve thought that there’s a vampire in the “True Blood” universe who is actually more tortured than Bill?
Godric seemed almost angelic as he stopped his fellow vampires from slaughtering those Fellowship of the Sun crazies and offered a truce: we’ll leave you alone if you leave us alone.
Wanting nothing more than to be a martyr, Steve Newlin declined, but most of his followers seemed to see the light and left him there, alone in the church.
The vamps left, too, but not before Godric hit Steve with a few parting words.
“I think I have more faith in humanity than you do.”
Later, he talked to Eric about how disappointed he was in their kind, how they’ve failed to evolve and have, in fact, grown more brutal and predatory over thousands of years.
“I don’t see the danger in treating humans as equals,” he said. “The Fellowship of the Sun arose because we never did so.”
What a great character. I hope we see him again.
Now that the Newlins have gone down, it’s time for Maryann to suffer the same fate. I don’t know what she is, but I’m ready for her to bid Bon Temps adieu.
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