Burn Notice

Breaking and Entering

Season 2, Episode 1, Aired 7/10/08

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Having been recruited by the people who burned him, Michael's new handler Carla tasks him with helping a computer tech, Jimmy, whose wife and daughter were kidnapped, liberate some information that is guarded by bowelless mercenaries.''toto''

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Sharon Gless

Madeline Westen
Gabrielle Anwar

Fiona Glenanne
Bruce Campbell

Sam Axe

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Hmm

8.0

"Great"

By jared85, Feb 03, 2010 Report Abuse

I just started watching this show and I really enjoyed it. At first I thought it would be kind of a Alias in Miami. But then again, it wouldn't make much sense.
Same scenario over and over. Just with the spy thing going..

After all the heat from last season, I was expecting much more from this episode. Something epic with lots of explosions and guns firing..

But there was a turn around and Michael was back in Miami just like that.

Don't get me wrong. The helping the weak thing is neat and Michael's moments with the "team" are priceless but I was hoping for something else after the cliffhanger.. Oh well..

Not a bad episode overall..

Cheers!!moreless

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Instead of going all out, we get the good old team back together, doing the same thing. It is like being back home and I loved it.

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By samrag, Jul 04, 2009 Report Abuse

It was a great start to the season! Instead of opting for some great opening episode of a new season like so many shows do, they gave us just another well done humanly warm fizzy sparkling show. I do think they made the whole thing a bit too easy (breaking into such 'amazing' security firm), but the show is often just for laughter, so you forgive them. The only drawback here was the mother, which I feel is becoming more of a stupid annoyance, rather than a woman that had a point to what she was saying.

All in all, a good start and I look forward to seeing the next episode.moreless

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Not bad for 2nd season premiere

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By OnePerCentClub, Jan 14, 2009 Report Abuse

This is only the second episode I watch from this series and I can say that I enjoyed it. The show has pretty much the same dynamic except for the fact that Michael is being asked to do something for someone who has kidnapped a little girl and his mother. Michael's mother is still in pretty bad shape, calling him at all hours and being paranoid most of the time. Fiona comes back and wants an explanation for Michael. Whatever happened in the season finale, has upset her. And even when she and Michael can't be in a relationship, he misses her. Well, after all, he once said she's the closet he ever got.
Anyway, very entertaining story, fun with lots of action. Hope they can keep this up for the rest of the season.moreless

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The actual episode itself was great but not the best return of the series for the second season.

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By riddles81, Aug 08, 2008 Report Abuse

I started watching this episode with great anticipation. Having enjoyed every second of the last season and watching in horror as they left us with the unbelievably huge cliff hanger, I expected something fantastic to happen. Unfortunately it was not to be.

The writers have 'cleverly' managed to completely ignore the cliff hanger they left us on last season and quickly returned us right back into the standard season formula. Sure there was a bit of gun fire and excitement but when the few minutes were over all we really got was a phone call from the same woman saying something like "Go home and wait". Ongoing storyline aside, I actually really enjoyed the episode and in the grand scheme of things this episode rated right up there with some of the best but I couldn't help but feel robbed.

I look forward to seeing how they will continue to build up the suspense again and can only say keep up the good work for coming up with new and intersting sub plots from show to show.moreless

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good episode....

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By Fwirrel, Jul 31, 2008 Report Abuse

Michael gets to his destination thinking that he's going to meet the person who had him burned, but he didn't. They recruited him for a job. He had to help some computer geek steal information. I liked the story in this episode. Both Jimmy and Michael were trapped and had no other choice but doing the job. In the end, the lady did show up, but she was sneaky... I like how everyone thought that Michael was gone but then he came back. I like how everyone reacted to his return. I was sad seeing that Fiona and Michael won't be together...but I don't think that will last long. Overall, good episode with a good story and great character development.moreless

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Trivia
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- In the last scene of the episode where Michael is talking to Carla on the phone, the two girls walk past his table twice.
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- Featured Music: "Big Bang" by Renee van Verseveld & Kurt Farquhar "Yucky Snippet 5B" by Yucky "Tropical Paradise" by DJ Scribble, Anthony Acid and Christian Gambella "Probando Nuevos Sabores" by Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca "Pain" by Matter Edit
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- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Vloupání (Break-in) Edit
- Original International Air Dates:
  Australia: August 11, 2008 on TEN
  Sweden: November 16, 2008 on TV6
  Czech Republic: September 30, 2009 on Prima COOL
  United Kingdom: October 12, 2009 on FX/FX HD
  Germany: December 21, 2009 on Vox
  Slovakia: March 3, 2010 on JOJ
  Finland: October 3, 2011 on MTV3
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- Michael: (voice-over) Motion detectors bounce sound off objects and analyze the reflection. If something changes, the alarm goes off. Move slow enough and a wall comforter absorbs enough sound to keep it from triggering. A thermal blanket meanwhile, shields your body from heat sensors. Edit
- Jimmy: Oh-- I think I sprained my body! Edit
- Michael: (voice-over) Once the cops pick up a call on a flagged cell, they triangulate its location. From there they organize and deploy units. A process that can take ten minutes, give or take. Edit
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