Positively Positive Review – Burn Notice: A Dark Road
by Mokibobolink on Jan.22, 2010, under Action, Spy, Television
Bruce Campbell and Jeffrey Donovan in Burn Notice, season 3, episode 10 “A Dark Road”. Image from www.daemonstv.com
The newest episode of Burn Notice was so much fun for me. Seriously, it was like someone made a list of some of my favorite stuff and put into a show just for me.
First of all we have Michael, Sam, Fiona and now Michael’s mother, Madeline, all working together. In the beginning it was just Michael and Sam, with a little bit of Fiona. I really like that they’ve all become a part of Michael’s team now, even if sometimes they don’t always want to be.
Secondly there is that car, that lovely Charger that I could watch on screen all day. The Charger has always played a role in this show but in this ep, its part was even bigger. Michael and his team are out to bring down an operation running insurance scams by wrecking cars. All of the scenes featuring the Charger were great but by far my favorite was when Michael, Sam and Fiona played full size bumper cars with the bad guy. So very cool.
Finally I loved the final scene between Michael and his mother. Things come to a head after she had to play a part in the operation that she didn’t like and finally confronts her son about his chosen “profession”. She doesn’t understand why Michael does what he does and when pressed, he finally admits that it’s because there are people out there who need him. I have to admit that even I wondered about Michael’s motivations. He got into it by accident while trying to get back into the spy game so it was great to hear him say he’s now doing it to help people.
Overall a great episode that had a nice guest spot from Sharon Gless’ former Cagney & Lacey co-star, Tyne Daly.
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