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Synopsis:



Episode 11 of 18

Special guest star is Robert Patrick

Next week is the midseason finale

Some good news. USA just announced that the show will return from break in November. The projected air date is November 11th.

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Charlie Goose

So that's it. Jessie knows that he was burned by Michael. Nothing will come of it though, neither character will get killed off. Jessie will forgive him or get his life back.

MrX

One thing I think they've done poorly is they've made Jesse seem incompetent when it comes to coming up with a plan or doing things solo so you don't get the sense that he's much of a threat to Michael.

devilshalo

I wouldn't say that. I think it's that Michael tries to think about every intangible and tries to control it. Jesse presents a problem because everything he wants to do is unorthodox and impulsive.

I don't get why they never came out and told Jesse the truth from the beginning to avoid all of this. The burn was unintentional to begin with.

Fist of Doom

Yeah, my take on Jesse is that he has some of Fiona's impulsiveness, but not that he's incompetent. It's just that Michael always thinks he knows best and overrides anyone else's ideas.

I never quite got that either. Michael tends to confront problems head-on. I'm not sure why he wouldn't tell Jesse from the start, or why he thinks that after lying to him all this time Jesse will take the news better.

At any rate, I'm guessing the summer finale will be really good.

wirefan

Didn't real early on Jesse say something to the effect "just know that I'm going to kill who ever burned me" (I could be completely remembering that wrong).

Hard to believe there's only one episode left. I had hoped there would be a few shows on the confrontation between Jesse and Michale once he found out (and that they would start that plotline earlier)... but now it either gets wrapped up real quick and dirty in one show (which seems unlikely) or they will leave it undone as part of a cliffhanger. Plus they have the corporation stuff and Bunny Colvin (can't remember the characters name) to deal with - seems like a lot of stuff, I wonder if they will abandon the case of the week for the finale.

wmansir

This was a pretty good episode. Not a bad con of the week plus a ton of babes. Although, I am curious what they did with the two goons the money man sent to kill the client.

Regarding Jesse, I'm just glad they cut things off before they went any further with the love triangle they were setting up with Fi. I get Mrx's point about them undercutting Jesse at times, but usually it's some type of strategic shortcoming. If his plan is to simply kill Micheal than he's shown that he is more than capable.

Jimmy James

My guess would be that they tie up this book code story next week and set things up with Jesse for that to be the main focus of the winter arc.

Red Dog

This con was pretty lame.

devilshalo

I agree to a point.. had Sam said, "look, even Barry couldn't find this guy's account", then maybe I'd have a better time believing how well hidden Charles' offshore accounts were. But that it seems they didn't even use Barry at all makes the writers of this episode seem lazy.

Jimmy James

Even Barry has to have a starting point as I understand it. The issue here is that the guy's accounts were not connected to him in any way.

Red Dog

Once they figured out who his lawyer was, it should have been easy (based on previous cons).

devilshalo

But they could have gone to him once they found the Money Guy. The only explanation not to would be that forced time constraint the writers were pushing, because of how hard Sam was leaning on Charles.

Jimmy James

I would agree that at the point they got the money guy's identity it would have been nice to get a throwaway line like, "Too bad this is the week Barry is gambling in Monaco."

RocShemp

Although I agree that the lack of Barry in the con was odd, the real bad moment for me was Fiona's crying fit in front of Jesse. I get that she hates using him but I couldn't buy her being such a pussy when he had a gun on her. Fi wouldn't have accepted death like that given that she knows Michael'd be next. She would have looked for an opening to disarm Jesse rather than just wait for him to shoot her.

devilshalo

I think her feelings for Jesse was what betrayed her. They've been playing up this "romance" all season. She doesn't want to hurt either Jesse or Michael. It's not just about using Jesse, but they really made him a true member of the team and everyone doesn't like having to deceive him.

RocShemp

And I get that. I'm not saying I'd expect Fi to intentionally try to kill Jesse but, feeling or not, she wouldn't just let him kill her. She's even been willing to fight Michael before Jesse came into the picture so I have a hard tim buying she'd feel so guilty that she'd let Jesse kill her. I'd sooner believe she'd fight Jesse, kill him in the midst of their struggle (because he backed her into a corner), and have a falling out with Michael over Jesse's death.

wmansir

The premise of the con was pretty thin, but the execution was good. It was a nice showcase for Sam, Fi and random South Beach hotties.

One good moment from the ep was when the mark told Sam that his guys checked out the blue car and it was just a couple making out.

Jimmy James

Fi may have been calculating that Jesse wouldn't shoot her if she went with an emotional response given the obvious feelings he displayed for her post-kiss.

wirefan

Because her character is so cool and calculating under pressure as opposed to impulsively turning toward violence and having a reactionary attitude?

Jesse wasn't probably going to kill her regardless, so it probably didn't matter what her reaction was, but it did seem a little off.

Dr. DVD

I also don't think Jesse was going to kill her, but I think that given the way she felt about using Jesse the way they did, she was not going to put up a fight. I think she felt she deserved what (she thought) was coming.

Jimmy James

I don't think I'd suggest Fiona is one to impulsively turn toward violence. I think she is certainly prone to it, but it's not precisely impulsive. She's capable of playing things other ways, as we have seen.

Fist of Doom

I think Fiona knew Jesse wouldn't shoot her. He's not that cold-blooded. If she had tried a move, he probably would have pulled the trigger purely from instinct.

Obviously Jesse doesn't just want to kill Michael, or he wouldn't have clued in Fiona that he knew the truth about the burn. Michael will now be warned. My guess is he'll try to get Michael rightfully blamed for the security breach in the hopes of getting his job back.

actionjackson29

She turned impulsively towards violence in this very episode and if it wasn't for Sam she would've screwed up the con. And this wasn't the first time she's done that.

Anubis2005X

Thank goodness the Hyundai marketing was pretty much limited to "blue Hyundai" and not "ooooh, this is such a sweet ride, look how fast this car goes, wow..."