Burn Notice (TV Series)

Hot Property (2010)

Coby Bell: Jesse Porter

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• [last lines] 

  Jesse Porter : [cellphone rings]  Yeah, Fi?

  Fiona Glenanne : Hey, Jesse. Want to grab lunch at the Carlito?

  Jesse Porter : Um...

  Fiona Glenanne : [sing-song]  I'm buying.

  Jesse Porter : Yeah, what the hell. I could go for some fish tacos.

  [Jesse arrives, spots Fi, Michael, and Madeline waiting for him like an intervention] 

  Jesse Porter : Oh, funny running into you people here.

  Fiona Glenanne : It wasn't *my* idea. Madeline wanted me to get you two together. And since you wouldn't sit down with Michael and Michael wouldn't sit down with you... oh, whatever. You know how she is.

  [Fiona leaves] 

  Jesse Porter : Look, Maddy, this is really none of your...

  Madeline Westen : Shut it! And sit down.

  [Michael looks shocked. Jesse sits] 

  Madeline Westen : I'm so tired of this crap. I know enough about the lives that you people lead to know this: if you two don't start trusting each other again, somebody's gonna end up dead. Jesse... Michael ruined your life, got you fired. He was trying to do a good thing. So get over it. Michael... Jesse shot you in the chest. He was trying to save your life. Deal with it. I'm not talking about closure. I'm talking about good, old-fashioned gutting it out. You know what families do when people lie and betray each other? They suck it up, and they move on. So if you two are good, shake on it. If you're not, too bad: shake anyway!

  [Michael, a bit fearful of his mother, puts out his hand to Jesse. Jesse shakes it] 

  Madeline Westen : I'll leave you two alone to talk.

  [Madeline gets up and leaves] 

  Michael Westen : [sighs] 

  Jesse Porter : [smiles]  Wow. Your mom's good.

  Michael Westen : [looks around]  How'd your meeting with Marv go?

  Jesse Porter : He got us the money. Call up Barry. Have him put it in the escrow account.

  Michael Westen : [leans forward, groans]  You want to, uh, stay for a bite, start planning? We have an auction to crash, Jesse.

  [Jesse smiles] 

• Michael Westen : [narrative]  It's hard to forgive someone after a betrayal, even it was for a good cause. There's nothing more difficult to repair in the field than trust.

  Jesse Porter : You know what? Next time you're gonna pull somethin' like, um, I don't know, breaking into a fusion center, I'd appreciate a little heads-up.

  Michael Westen : Well, you're here *now*. And this is every e-mail Walsh has written in the last year. Sharing all I've got, Jesse.

  Jesse Porter : Well, I'm just sayin', whatever our past disagreements may be, I'm still your partner on this.

  Michael Westen : Right. And when did you plan on telling your partner what you just discovered in that stack there? You've read the same page three times.

• Madeline Westen : This is the last of your stuff from the house. Michael, are you sure you want to go back to the loft? Your shoulder's still leaking.

  Michael Westen : [fake smile]  I'm fine, Ma.

  Madeline Westen : No, you got shot.

  Michael Westen : Yeah, but thanks to Jesse, just in the right spot.

  [long awkward silence] 

  Madeline Westen : Tell you boys what: why don't I make margaritas, and we'll work on clearing the air between you two.

  Jesse Porter : I got to run. Fi's paying me by the hour.

  Michael Westen : Fi- Fi got a job? She didn't call me.

  Jesse Porter : Maybe she wanted you to get your rest.

  [Jesse pats Michael twice on the injured shoulder. Michael puts on the fake smile again for his mother] 

• Michael Westen : [narrative]  Recruiting a source is a painful process. Threatening to ruin someone's life can put a lot of strain on a relationship and make it tough to work together.

  Sam Axe : Hello, Marv. Chuck Finley. Nice to meet you.

  Marv : Wish I could say the same. What's this about?

  Sam Axe : Well, the good news is this has nothing to do with your marital indiscretion with Sally Baker.

  Marv : And the bad news?

  [Sam points behind Marv] 

  Michael Westen : [narrative]  But sometimes a bad relationship is the best you can do.

  Marv : [turns around]  Jesse, what the hell are you doin' to me? I can't be here. I can't be talking to you. You know that.

  Jesse Porter : I know. If there was any other way...

  Marv : What, what, other than dragging my private life into this?

  Jesse Porter : I'm sorry, I really need your help.

  Marv : Help? Are you kidding? This is the second time you've tricked me into meeting you.

  Jesse Porter : You want to know what happened the first time? The help you gave me led directly to the takedown of Drake Technologies.

  Marv : The- You're involved with that?

  Jesse Porter : Yes.

  Marv : I mean- I mean, the congressional hearings are still going on.

  Jesse Porter : I know. I know, and trust me, you do not want to know the details, but you helped stop some very bad people, Marv. So I'm asking you to do it again.

  Marv : [pauses]  All right, what do you need?

  Jesse Porter : All right, someone's getting ready to auction off something really nasty. I got e-mails and some of the people attending. I just need to know the who, the when, and the where.

  Marv : [accepts file]  All right, I'll look into it.

  [Marv walks off past Sam] 

  Jesse Porter : [groans]  The guy's a good friend. I feel like a son of a bitch playing him like that.

  Sam Axe : Yup. I know how you feel. But you know what always cheers me up? Stealing a chemical weapon from a bunch of crazy South Americans.