"Burn Notice" Pilot (2007)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Jace Alexander

Writers:

Matt Nix (creator)
Matt Nix (written by)

TV Series:

"Burn Notice" (2007)

Original Air Date:

28 June 2007 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Michael Weston, a contract agent for various agencies including the CIA, finds that a burn notice has been issued for him. Stranded in Miami, he takes the case of a caretaker accused of stealing millions from his boss.

Plot Keywords:

Miami | Bed | Fight | Beating | Fist Fight

Cast

Jeffrey Donovan	...	Michael Westen
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Fiona Glenanne
Bruce Campbell	...	Sam Axe
Sharon Gless	...	Madeline Westen
David Zayas	...	Javier
Ray Wise	...	Mr. Pyne
Dan Martin	...	Dan Siebels
China Chow	...	Lucy Chen
George Tasudis	...	Oleg
Chance Kelly	...	Vincent
Marc Macaulay	...	Agent Harris
Brandon Morris	...	Agent Lane
Mauricio Suarez	...	David
Dimitri Diatchenko	...	Boris
Reggie Pierre	...	Abednego

Runtime:

USA:65 min | Sweden:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Russian

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Netherlands:12 | Hungary:16 (part 2)

Trivia:

Gabrielle Anwar improvised kicking Michael awake during her audition. It was later added into the shooting script.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The ABA number that Michael Westen gives to his contact begins 021-001-0175 and then what may have been a 6, the final cut off by the notification of his burn notice. ABA numbers have only 9 digits.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Michael Westen: [voice-over] Covert intelligence involves a lot of waiting around. Know what it's like being a spy? Like sitting in your dentist's reception area twenty-four hours a day. You read magazines, sip coffee, and every so often, someone tries to kill you.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)