Not too many people are familiar with the show “Burn Notice” which just wrapped up its second season.

When CIA operative Michael Westin, played by Jeffery Donovan, receives word that he has been burned by the government for allegedly selling classified information to our enemies he is left stranded in his hometown of Miami. To earn some sort of income he begins accepting jobs from troubled civilians with no one else to turn to. With the help of his ex-girlfriend, Fiona Glennanne, an ex-IRA agent specializing in gun running and explosives, as well as Bruce Campbell’s character Sam Axe, a retired FBI Agent, Michael usually gets the job done.

Every episode has follows a similar formula, Michael accepts a job from a client and works to help them out of whatever predicament they are in while, at the same time, works on finding the people who burned him. That is not to say the show is repetitive. Michael takes on a wide variety of jobs and uses all of his skills to accomplish his goals.

I love the show because Michael is very tactical. Rather than approach a problem head on with force, he steps back and thinks about all the possible outcomes. Whether he’s conning a con man, or taking down a drug cartel, he is always staying one step ahead of his adversaries. He also uses his wit and cunning to consistently unbalance his opposition. It’s kind of like Spiderman taunting his enemies, and just like the web head, Michael knows how to get under someone’s skin.

In season two the people that burned Michael begin using him as a pawn. Of course Michael is way to smart for that so he does what he has to, ensuring his loved ones safety, but usually finds some way to thwart their plans. Every episode Michael gets one step closer to finding out why he was burned, but every detail learned leads up to the realization that his burn notice is much bigger than anything he can imagine. These people obviously want Westin for something but you’ll have to watch the show to find out what.