Burn Notice: Season 5, Episode 9 “Eye For An Eye” (B+)
This show continues its recent run of extraordinarily cleverness with this latest episode that allows Michael to have a lot of fun playing a complete psychopath and stalker for James. It was also great to see, for the second episode in a row, Jesse bossing around security forces and telling them that he’s infinitely better at this job than they are. This episode boasted three notable guest stars: Patrick Bachau from “The Pretender” as Lucien the late bomb maker, Darby Stanchfield from “Jericho” as Sadie, and James Frain from “24” and “True Blood” as James. Frain in particular was a fantastic choice to play the rather despicable James, and he made it refreshing to see him get taken down by everyone later. I liked that James’ former partner Dan wasn’t used all that much, so that our dependable team could take center stage to pull off another con. Michael was impressive in his ability to act fast and improvise by strapping a bomb to the security guy and getting gleeful about being on TV. His efforts to make James afraid to be alone were wildly successful, and I always love it when Michael blows up cars just for effect. The delay of the convoy was also well-executed, and having both Dan and Sadie show up to break the news to James felt good. The episode didn’t peter out and included action in its final moments, and I’m eager to see what happens next now that Lucien has been taken out and Michael’s on to another piece of the puzzle.
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