Burn Notice (TV Series)

Company Man (2011)

Bruce Campbell: Sam Axe

Quotes 

• Michael Westen : So this is how it ends: a body on the ground.

  Max : Yeah, but he put a bullet in his own head and not yours.

  Sam Axe : Hey, I'll drink to that! Mike, you won! The people that burned you - the whole damn network - it's done! To new beginnings!

  [Sam, Max, and Fi cross beer-bottle necks together. Fi and Sam looks over to Michael] 

  Sam Axe : Mike, uh, you're... kinda leaving us hanging here.

  [Michael snaps out of his trance and crosses his bottle with the rest and they drink] 

• Sam Axe : Hey, come on back. I've got a surprise for ya.

  [Michael follows Sam out of the house. Michael's face is the edge of a beautifully executed cross-wipe transition from the kitchen to the garage] 

  Sam Axe : Okay, Mikey, three guesses what it is.

  Michael Westen : Is it- is it my car?

  Sam Axe : Ah. Give the man a prize. Now, the, uh, roof looks kind of like a tin can mauled by a grizzly bear, but the power train and the engine are still ticking, so I think it's salvageable.

  Michael Westen : Sam...

  Jesse Porter : [walks in]  Mikey.

  Michael Westen : Jesse?

  Jesse Porter : Nothing says "Welcome home" like 4,000 pounds of mangled steel, right? I wanted to take the tarp off. Sam wanted to let you do it yourself. You know, more of a dramatic unveiling.

  Michael Westen : What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in CIFA in D.C.?

  Jesse Porter : [to Sam]  I thought you told him. You didn't tell him? I thought you told him.

  Sam Axe : I didn't have time! I just saw him!

  Michael Westen : I was, but now I'm, um... now I'm not. I quit.

  Michael Westen : [incredulous]  You quit?

  Jesse Porter : I quit. You know what it is? After everything I went through with you guys, helpin' all those people, I just- I can't do the government thing anymore, man. It's too much red tape. I just- it's harder than you think, going back. You'll see.

  Sam Axe : He's got a fancy job with a private security firm down here. Big money.

  Jesse Porter : Well, the money's all right. It's not bad. Actually helped me get this bad boy out of impound, so...

  Michael Westen : Uh... thanks.

  Jesse Porter : [pause]  Sam said the car had some sentimental value, said it belonged to your dad.

  [Mike and Sam exchange looks of "You shared that?" and "What?"] 

  Jesse Porter : Um, please tell me that you *want* the car, 'cause it was actually a huge pain in my ass to get it here.

  Michael Westen : This... is great.

  Jesse Porter : Things are heating up at work, so don't expect any more favors. Enjoy this one.

  Sam Axe : Well, aren't you gonna unwrap it?

  [Mike's cellphone rings]