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Old 07-26-12, 03:30 PM
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Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

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Synopsis:

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Michael gets a lead on Anson; an MI6 agent tries to prevent Fiona's release from prison; and an assassin traps Sam and Barry in a secluded beach house.


Episode 6 of 16-18

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Nothing confirmed, but it's being speculated that:

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Nate is getting killed off this episode.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

I'm very confused by the bullet trajectory at the end. Both guys were facing forward but the same bullet got one through the chest and the other through the side?

I hope whoever the shooter is turns out to be the final bad guy and gets killed in the next episode. But I know that's not gonna happen. This absurd burn arc will never end. Hopefully there will be some more fun standalone capers to make it tolerable.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

This and covert affairs have been great this week!
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Spoiler:
Lame, instead of being scared Nate should have said "I'll be Ok" - and gone out like pro.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Would be interesting if Rebecca was the one to fire the shot with a Barrett. And I thought they intentionally made Nate extra annoying this episode to make Michael out to be a douchebag.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Loved the Sam and Barry show.

"Were you an all-star quarterback in high school?"
"I played Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls."


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Not a big fan of the Nate character, but I thought the actor sold his death scene really well.


Am I missing something on the Fiona plotline? She's charged with 2 murders and they let her out in exchange for Michael catching Anson?

So, again we get a Big Bad being killed by yet another Big Bad. And the burn notice arc continues.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
Am I missing something on the Fiona plotline? She's charged with 2 murders and they let her out in exchange for Michael catching Anson?
She also become a CIA "asset" by turning in the weapons dealer.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
Am I missing something on the Fiona plotline? She's charged with 2 murders and they let her out in exchange for Michael catching Anson?
Well, she gave up her arms dealer also and is on the books for a lesser charge.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
So, again we get a Big Bad being killed by yet another Big Bad. And the burn notice arc continues.
I've always said it - it's never-fucking ending: keep moving on up until God himself is the guy who burned Michael.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

I don't think it's about who burned Michael now from the previews for next week. It looks like he'll be out to avenge his brother.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Kind of anti-climactic, I was hoping Michael would be the one to off Anson since he's been chasing him all this time.

Nice Evil Dead reference to Sam's boomstick.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
Nice Evil Dead reference to Sam's boomstick.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
So, again we get a Big Bad being killed by yet another Big Bad. And the burn notice arc continues.
Originally Posted by Red Dog
I've always said it - it's never-fucking ending: keep moving on up until God himself is the guy who burned Michael.
Pretty much it in a nutshell. I don't get why they even keep pushing what is definitely the worst element of the show. Give Michael some recurring villains, sure, but give it a rest with this tired arc already.

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
Loved the Sam and Barry show.

"Were you an all-star quarterback in high school?"
"I played Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls."
The whole Barry and Sam subplot made the episode watchable. It clrearly illustrates where the show should really be setting its focus.

Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
Nice Evil Dead reference to Sam's boomstick.
That line was awesome.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Way too much Barry in this episode. The guy's a dbag, almost as annoying as Nate.
I do agree that it's lame that since Anson is dead there's a new villain in the main story arc. Ending was incredibly cheesy and cliche. The slow motion walk with the hair blowing in the wind, the 360 degree camera spin while Fi and Michael are hugging...ugh.

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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Caught up on my unwatched episodes this weekend - this episode in particular summarized everything that I both like and hate about this show.

The motivation for leaving Sam behind actually made sense, and provided one of the better B stories the show has had recently. That section was over the top, but it was a lot of fun.

But - there was absolutely no reason to include Nate on the mission -
Spoiler:
other than to kill him. He might as well have been wearing a red polo shirt. I certainly won't miss the character, but didn't make a lot of sense for him to be there.


And the Fiona plot was beyond useless. Seemed like something just thrown in to give her a little screen time.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

When they mentioned that someone would die and then
Spoiler:
Nate
showed up out of nowhere to help them out. My first thought was that there would be many happy people over at DVDtalk.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

I always figured
Spoiler:
Nate
would be the one they killed. He's really not that important in the long run, but key to giving Michael further motive to continue pursuing the bad guys. That was a disappointment that they also killed
Spoiler:
Anson
. I was so hoping he would be a villain that stuck around and never got his come-uppance until the series finale.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Just caught up with the last 3 episodes so haven't been full up to date with everything regarding the show.

I notice from the first post that this was episode 6 out of 16-18. Has the show basically runs its course now? I haven't seen anything about renewing the series, but knew that the last renewal consisted of last season plus the current one.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

I liked this episode a lot. They resolved two and a half major plots that I thought they were going to stretch out the whole season. The Spoiler'd death (#1) was cool in that I think I may shift the on going arch towards revenge for that, rather than the "finding who burned him" plot
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Originally Posted by Lastdaysofrain
I liked this episode a lot. They resolved two and a half major plots that I thought they were going to stretch out the whole season. The Spoiler'd death (#1) was cool in that I think I may shift the on going arch towards revenge for that, rather than the "finding who burned him" plot
That's kind of what confuses me about this series. How many people have been the one who burned Michael at this point? The way Anson described made it sound like he was the one behind everything from day one. Makes me wonder where they will take the show now.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Originally Posted by Dr. DVD
That's kind of what confuses me about this series. How many people have been the one who burned Michael at this point? The way Anson described made it sound like he was the one behind everything from day one. Makes me wonder where they will take the show now.
Except that Anson was clearly running scared from someone in this episode. So he went from the ultimate big bad to "guy who burned Michael #38656935634526". I was actually hoping the call about "the box" was just misdirection that would lead to the reveal of a dead
Spoiler:
Nate
and then Michael would kill Anson at the end of this episode (or the next, if they felt the need to stretch things).
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

I think it would be cool if the next arc is Michael trying to get revenge on the guy who killed Anson, who is another burned spy or something and had no intention of killing (spoiler) but he was collateral damage in killing Anson (especially how they shot it, making it basically just like he happened to be in the wrong spot at the wrong time)
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Originally Posted by devilshalo
Would be interesting if Rebecca was the one to fire the shot with a Barrett.
This is sort of what I was thinking. She used Michael to track Anson down, then kill him herself.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

I hope it was Lokken, shes a highlight on the show. Good to see Nate gone. Hopefully the mom and Fi follow suit. Best ep in a LONG while with the death and Bruce solo act.
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Re: Burn Notice -- "Shock Wave" -- 7/26/12

Originally Posted by Ravenous
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I hope it was Lokken, shes a highlight on the show. Good to see Nate gone. Hopefully the mom and Fi follow suit. Best ep in a LONG while with the death and Bruce solo act.
I don't know what the protocol is, but considering EVERYONE else in the thread put that in spoilers, don't you think you should maybe, possibly do the same??

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