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Burn Notice
Jul. 12th, 2007 11:09 pmEverybody who isn't watching Burn Notice (Thursdays on USA at 10) really, really should be. It premiered when I was travelling, but fortunately the friend I was staying with is as addicted to USA shows as I am and had it TIVOd, and I swear I have *never* enjoyed a pilot as much as this one--I was literally squealing with glee, by the end. And I just watched a taped rerun of last week's ep and the new one back to back, and I just think this show gets better and better. I initially was interested because Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless were both in it, but now I'm completely in love with Jeffrey Donovan and Gabrielle Anwar.
If you haven't heard of it, it's about this former spy who's basically been blacklisted and is forced to do private-eye kinds of things to make a living while he tries to figure out why he's been blacklisted. It's one part comedy, one part detective drama, and one part MacGyver. I think what I love most about it, though, besides seeing this incredible tough-guy get manipulated by his mom and his ex-girl friend, and watching him effortlessly take down various criminal elements in Miami using fun spy gadgets he concocts out of cell phones and duct tape, is how completely it feeds my reluctant hero kink. I'm a total sucker for cynics who get forced by circumstances to do the right thing. (I blame this on George Lucas; I imprinted on Han Solo at the age of 8 and have never really gotten over that particular type).
If you haven't heard of it, it's about this former spy who's basically been blacklisted and is forced to do private-eye kinds of things to make a living while he tries to figure out why he's been blacklisted. It's one part comedy, one part detective drama, and one part MacGyver. I think what I love most about it, though, besides seeing this incredible tough-guy get manipulated by his mom and his ex-girl friend, and watching him effortlessly take down various criminal elements in Miami using fun spy gadgets he concocts out of cell phones and duct tape, is how completely it feeds my reluctant hero kink. I'm a total sucker for cynics who get forced by circumstances to do the right thing. (I blame this on George Lucas; I imprinted on Han Solo at the age of 8 and have never really gotten over that particular type).
