- Michael captures the rogue agent responsible for trying to bomb him, but he decides to form an alliance with him and together go after Carla and her boss. But that decision also puts Michael's mother in jeopardy.
- Michael has kept Carla dangling long enough to capture Victor alone. The hit-man soon convinces him, or as good as, their common problem is ruthless Carla, so they team up. Meanwhile Sam has a hard time with ma Madelin, who refuses once again to be evacuated to safety without explanations.—KGF Vissers
- The second season finale of "Burn Notice" promised to set Michael Westen up for a showdown with his new handler, Carla. How would it come together?
Previously on...: Carla told Michael if he could bring in the man who killed her operatives, they could talk about his future. Michael knew who the man was, but was trying to hold Carla off from finding out too soon.
Carla picked Michael up in a limo in broad daylight. He was "touched" she drove out to offer him a snack in the back of the limo. Michael realized Carla got burned. She told Michael he could still have his old life back if he did his job.
Sam and Fi were holding Victor in an empty warehouse. Michael went for a visit. Victor had cut himself loose, which made for a quickie fight scene ending with Fi blasting Victor with a beanbag from a shotgun. "It's always fun until someone gets hurt," Victor said.
Michael asked Victor why he tried to blow him up. Victor knew he was Michael's ticket to getting his job back, but Michael wanted to know why Victor went after Carla's team. He told Victor to trust him. Victor said he was CIA, his family lived with him in Mexico and an op went bad and his family killed. He was burned the same day. He got a call from Carla and saw it as a chance to get payback. He said the punchline was that Carla had his family killed as part of recruiting him. That's when he decided to try to gut her entire organization.
Michael told Victor that Carla didn't know he was there, and Michael offered to work with him. As proof, Victor told Michael he had a boat that was booby trapped. He told him to check it out.
Fi couldn't believe Michael was trusting Victor. Michael and Fi went to the dock and found the booby-trapped boat. Michael found the stash of Victor's mementos, including pictures of his family.
Back at the warehouse, Sam got Victor to talk about who he was working for. He said it was black ops, but the jobs were split so no one could see the big picture. He also told Sam if Michael didn't hand him (Victor) over, Carla was going to kill Michael's family.
Sam told Michael they could be looking at a full-scale war with Carla's people. Michael asked Sam to take his mom to Orlando and make it look like a day trip. Sam went and picked Maddie up to take her to Disney World. She refused to go along until she got some answers.
Michael cut Victor loose and said they should get out of there. He was taking Victor on as one of his desperate clients. A town car approached the empty warehouse as Michael and Victor peeled out.
As they were chased by the black car, Michael shot at the car, then put together a mini-bomb using brake fluid and some chemicals to get the car off their tail. It worked. "I like you, have I not told you that?" Victor said to Michael.
Carla called Michael and she warned him about Victor, but Michael said he just had a good feeling about Victor. They drove into a parking garage to get a new car. Another car pulled up toward the parking garage to find them.
Back at Maddie's house, Sam got forceful about how serious the situation was. She agreed to go when she knew things were serious. Just then, Sam looked out the window and saw some men approaching the house. Sam started shooting at guys and Maddie realized, "I guess this means we're not going to Disney World."
Michael and Victor noticed the men outside the parking garage were setting up a perimeter and waiting for backup. Michael called Fi and they relayed some kind of cryptic message about the drive they took when they met. Then they each smashed their cell phones.
Sam and Maddie tried to figure out what to do. They wanted to get to the neighbor's car, but had to create a distraction. They put together an explosive with Christmas decorations and gun powder.
To get out of the parking garage, Michael set up a little misdirection by sending a truck into the barricade Carla's men had set up. He used the ol' cinderblock on the gas pedal trick for that one, then he and Victor emerged in a bright yellow Corvette, which they used to race out of the garage. As they drove, with two cars following them, Fi wanted them to pass a couple of parked cars, which she then detonated. The explosions worked and got the cars off their backs. "Where did you meet her?" Victor asked.
Fi was suddenly on Victor's side, after learning what Carla had done to Victor's family. But Victor said his mission wasn't only about Carla. Victor's hideout was being covered by Carla's men. But they had to get to a fake utility box where Victor had the spy files hidden.
Back at Maddie's house, the "party" was starting, as Sam said, when he noticed the men mobilizing toward the house. The big Christmas-decorations explosion when off and Maddie and Sam ran to the neighbor's house to get a sweet, old, red Buick. They took off and Maddie had Sam pull over and told him to go save her son. Sam begrudgingly left Maddie, saying, "Mike's gonna kill me."
Michael created a distraction at Victor's hideout by calling the gas company, which he knew would get Carla's guys to move toward the house. Then he planted pepper spray bombs in cars of Carla's guys who were still outside. Then they drove toward the utility pole where the files were hidden. Victor grabbed them and they left.
Michael went through the files and said it was pretty damning stuff. They talked about brokering a deal to get Carla to back off, opening the door for them to get out of town, maybe to Cuba. Michael pulled Fi aside and told her she shouldn't go with them to Cuba. Michael asked her to help Sam take care of his family. Michael and Fi kissed as a temporary goodbye, then she slapped him -- to remind him to be careful.
The space around Victor's boat appeared to be clear. Michael asked Victor why he never found out who burned him. Victor told Michael it didn't matter. He told Michael "the machine wanted you, so it took you." He said that's what they were trying to tear apart.
Sam and Fi met up. Fi told Sam she promised Michael he's help protect his family. Sam told Fi he promised Maddie he'd help Michael. They wondered which promise they'd keep. They got up and left.
Michael and Victor were starting to launch their boat trip to Cuba. Victor stepped outside and was shot. We saw Carla on the phone and Michael's phone began to ring.
She told Michael it was a "bad day for a cruise." She told Michael the boat was wired with C-4 and said management was on the way. She said any story she told them would have to start with Victor's dead body. She told Michael to either kill Victor or send him out.
She told Michael his time was up. "Finish it, or I will finish it for you," she shouted into the phone before getting shot -- by a very proud Fi. Sam and Fi ran from the bullets suddenly coming at them.
Meanwhile, more men were moving toward the boat. Victor, clutching his chest, told Michael, "We've got to talk, big guy."
Victor started ratting off ideas of what Michael had to do, which included killing him. Victor said, "The only question is whether you're the traitor who helped me, or the ace operative who took me out."
Victor said he was going to die anyway. Victor told Michael, "Get out while you can."
Michael shot Victor, and cried afterward. He put his sunglasses on and came out of the boat, holding a file. He told the gunmen to get the guns out of his face. Then he approached a waiting helicopter, where management was waiting. He handed the files to the big boss. Hello Martin Crane!
Voiceover Michael said the most important thing in spy work is to twist the facts of a situation to your advantage. The boss was impressed Michael dealt with two rogue operatives in one day.
Michael told the boss to "talk to the folks in human resources." He asked Michael what to do about his new recruit, "Michael Westen." Michael told the boss he wanted "you people" out of his life. The boss told Michael they'd been protecting him. He invited Michael to leave by opening the helicopter door and telling him he could leave.
"You have no idea what hell will rain down if we stop watching after you," boss man said. Michael leaned over and said, "I'll take my chances," before jumping out of the chopper and into the ocean below.
Voiceover Michael said that when your entire career consists of making enemies, there's no greater danger than being totally cut off, alone.
"When you find yourself out in the cold," Michael said. "All you can do is put your head down and try to survive."
Then he started swimming back toward Miami, which awaited in the distance.
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