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Burn Notice

Broken Rules

Season 1, Episode 7, Aired 8/9/07

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Michael poses as a thief to infiltrate a crime gang who are terrorizing a local store owner.

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Sharon Gless

Madeline Westen
Gabrielle Anwar

Fiona Glenanne
Bruce Campbell

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good episode...

8.8

"Great"

By Fwirrel, Sep 11, 2010 Report Abuse

Michael helps a store owner get rid of a group that comes around and terrorizes the community. I love how Michael dealt with the situation. He was halarious when he was acting like a crazy criminal. I also liked how the story ended. The crime boss was killed and it shows that sometimes you have to do bad to do a greater good. I like the development of Michael and the CSS agent. They are halarious together. Also, Fiona and Michael have great dynamics. I think Sam's relationship is interesting and adds to his character. Overall, good episode with a good story and great character development.moreless

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Not a bad episode. Michaels make-up (especially his eyeliner) in this episode is shocking! - He looks like a drag queen in some shots. I sense the show is losing momentum.moreless

7.5

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By cybroptix, Sep 11, 2010 Report Abuse

Overall i've enjoyed this series but IMHO it's starting to slow down a little. How long can the writers continue with the same plot-line?

I'm not sure how long they can drag out Michael's journey to find out why he was burnt. His modern day Robin Hood adventures are fun to watch, but I just think its going to run out of steam.

Personally I find Fiona's character annoying at times. The fact she keeps dragging up the same old relationship (and mother) lines makes her character very 1 dimensional. Plus why did her accent change from an Irish one in episode 1 (it was pretty bad).moreless

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By cavanagh15, Jul 07, 2008 Report Abuse

Just over the halfway mark of the first season, this show is beginning to hit a stride and hopefully from here on out it won't take a look back. Every episode seems to have the big three. Something with Micheal and Fiona, which might have just pivoted in this episode as the question of will they try to be together again may have been answered by the ending scene of this episode. Every episode is beginning to have a case that is interesting, but doesn't take up so much screen time for us to grow bored with it. And every episode is beginning to have something to do with the overall main story arch that we were presented with in the pilot episode: What happened to Micheal Weston. He cons the CSS agent in this episode to get the information, which is sure to play a major part in the next episode. I don't know where the show will go from here with five episodes remaining in the season, but they certainly have enough to work with and can introduce some new characters now that Weston has some information on his Burn Notice.moreless

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Fine Exapmle

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By Inbredpoet, Sep 03, 2007 Report Abuse

Just when I was getting slightly tired of millionaire playboys and well groomed cartel lords I get this! I'm so happy. Michael finally gets into the drug crazed maniac role. Don't let my elation fool you, this series is built on Michael being playboy, but in order to avoid getting slightly stale, a new perspective is needed every so often. So before the fans started clamoring for something other than polite champagne sipping spy business, we get the Frayed-sleeveless Vest Look from Michael (Very 1991) who walks around with a baseball bat and terrorizes the local cartel with a power drill (Dewalt 18volt) and turpentine. An excellent idea to show some variety in Michael Westen's character database.moreless

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and the burn goes on

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By pantera_rosso, Aug 11, 2007 Report Abuse

this episode has 3 lines

the first is the job, a cuban hires michael to get rid of a gang that is extorting protection money

there are some fun parts, how he takes on the thugs in the car is great, the fake robbery (on fiona) is funny, in the end a sollution presents itself, good but to be honest not the core of this episode

line 2 is our friend bly that keeps on trying to get michael to behave

tough luck, although michael pretends to take a job to keep bly from calling some of fi's old ahum friends, in the end bly bites the dust and even has to give michael his files nice

the real kicker is the burning tention between fi and michael

she tries to start a conversation about it but he ducks so she says "after this is done we will have the talk or i will kick your ass

you can guess what happens yep the roughest foreplay ever and it ends in bed

all is well?

perhaps

must say that this series is rapidly becoming one of my favourite series, good mix of fun with a dash of darkness, actors that wordk realy well together greatmoreless

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- When Michael and Bly are talking and Fiona pulls up she is seen putting on makeup without gloves but when Michael asks if the car is clean she is shown wearing gloves Edit
- When Michael is shown just having come out of the shower still toweling off and talking on the phone with Sam, the waistband on his jeans is wet. In the few seconds it takes Michael and Fiona to begin fighting, they are dry. Edit
- Michael enters Ernie's store and locks the door. However, when leaving, Michael does so without unlocking the door. Edit
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- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Porušená pravidla (Broken Rules) Edit
- Original International Air Dates: New Zealand: December 16, 2007 on TV3 Australia: March 4, 2008 on TEN Czech Republic: March 26, 2008 on Prima Sweden: March 30, 2008 on TV6 United Kingdom: November 16, 2008 on FX Germany: November 9, 2009 on Vox Slovakia: February 23, 2010 on JOJ Finland: March 15, 2010 on MTV3 Edit
- Although credited, Sharon Gless (Madeline Westen) does not appear in this episode. Edit
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- (Michael is sitting in a restaurant when Bly walks in) Michael: Jason? Jason Bly. Good to see you. I figured you'd find me sooner or later. Everyone! Everyone! This is Officer Jason Bly of the CSS. It is a branch of the NSA performing covert intelligence support for the military. Bly: All right, that's enough. Michael: You think so? I was gonna go into the history of the service a little, give people some background. Not a bad picture. I take terrible photo IDs. One of the reasons I never worked for any service branch directly. Bly: I suppose you think you're gonna be able to leverage stealing my service ID card into a ticket off the blacklist? Michael: No, I hadn't really thought about it. I just wanted to get to know you better. Edit
- Michael: (voice-over) In any kind of covert intelligence operations, it's important to be careful what you wish for. The information that you fight so hard to get, may be everything you wished for. Or, it may just make your life more complicated. Edit
- Michael: (voice-over) Military firebombs are typically white phosphorus or chlorine trifluoride. These are remarkably effective, but they are also unstable, lethally toxic and hard to find at the grocery store. The main ingredient in a home-made firebomb, on the other hand, is Styrofoam. A military demolition expert can put something together in a few hours. An IRA trained guerrilla can do it in 20 minutes...give or take. Edit
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