Burn Notice (TV Series)

Devil You Know (2010)

Sharon Gless: Madeline Westen

Quotes 

• FBI Agent Callahan : So, were you, um, were you planning a trip?

  Madeline Westen : Oh, no, no, I'm just... going out of town for awhile, you know.

  FBI Agent Callahan : No. No, I-I don't know. Is the answer, no, you weren't planning a trip; or yes, you're getting out of town?

  Madeline Westen : I'm going on a *day* trip.

  FBI Agent Callahan : And do you usually bring a pump-action shotgun with you on a "day trip"?

  Madeline Westen : Can't be too careful these days.

• FBI Agent Callahan : We just got some more news. There was an explosion in a hotel in Miami Beach.

  Madeline Westen : [incredulously as if to a fool]  And you think Michael did that?

  FBI Agent Callahan : You're damn right I think it was Michael.

  Madeline Westen : *Why* would he want to do that?

  FBI Agent Callahan : You tell *me* why your son would want to blow up a hotel.

  Madeline Westen : He would never *do* that!

  FBI Agent Callahan : What, "He would never do that?" He did! Look at the file! You saw it already! Everything's there! It's documented!

  Madeline Westen : And these are all *lies*!

  FBI Agent Callahan : I saw it with my own eyes! I saw your son attack a police officer, Mrs. Westen! He nearly killed the man! You son shot at me! He tried to kill *me*! You live in fantasy world, lady! You have *no idea* who your son really *is*!

  Madeline Westen : [calmly]  I know this: if Michael wanted to kill you, you'd be dead.

  Madeline Westen : [shouting]  I know *exactly* who my son is! Now *back off*!

  FBI Agent Callahan : Last chance, Mrs. Westen. Do you really want to pay for your son's mistakes?

  Madeline Westen : [softly]  He paid for mine.

  FBI Agent Callahan : You are under arrest. All right? Get up, put your hands behind your back. Up! Now!

• [last lines] 

  [Madeline is sitting in an FBI interrogation room. Callahan enters] 

  Madeline Westen : I've been sitting here for hours.

  FBI Agent Callahan : Yes, you have.

  Madeline Westen : Are you going to charge me with something?

  FBI Agent Callahan : Me? No. I'm off the case.

  Madeline Westen : What are you talking about?

  FBI Agent Callahan : I'm off the case.

  Madeline Westen : Where's my son?

  FBI Agent Callahan : Honestly, I've no idea. Know, we had him in custody for about 20 minutes, and then he was taken away.

  Madeline Westen : [gets up]  He was here? You had him here?

  FBI Agent Callahan : That's right. And God only knows what hole he's in now.

  [Fade to black, to a man in shackles and a black hood taken in the rain into a quadruple security-gated facility under armed guard, then fade back to the FBI] 

  Madeline Westen : What's that supposed to mean? He just disappeared?

  FBI Agent Callahan : Pretty much. I mean, before, I could have gone through official channels, but once someone is removed from our custody, there is nothing I can do. And that is *your* choice.

  Madeline Westen : You had him and you let somebody *take him*!

  Madeline Westen : [slaps him, twice, and grabs him by the tie]  You did! You let somebody take him!

  FBI Agent Callahan : [gets her against a wall]  You hit me all you want, it won't change a thing! He is gone!

  [Fade out and back to the unknown facility. The hooded man, shackled and chained, is marched down a hall and around a corner by two guards. Fade out and back to FBI as Callahan opens door] 

  FBI Agent Callahan : [holding door open, gestures]  You can go.

  Madeline Westen : [softly]  How do I find my son?

  FBI Agent Callahan : I've no idea.

  [Callahan exits. Fade back to prisoner who is stopped, uncuffed, and unshackled. Finally, his hood is removed. It's Michael Westen. The guards exit. After a moment, he opens his eyes and, moving only his eyes, takes in his surroundings. He's seated in a comfortably furnished drawing room]