Burn Notice (TV Series)

Blind Spot (2010)

Jeffrey Donovan: Michael Westen

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• Michael Westen : [narrative]  Whenever possible, it's best to avoid charging into a building filled with angry men with guns. If going in is your only option, you choose the best place to stage an ambush, lock and load, and get your enemies to come to you.

• [first lines] 

  Michael Westen : [narrative]  Forging an intelligence file is always tricky. Spies are trained to catch even tiny inconsistencies from outdated typeface to the wrong kind of thermal-chromatic ink. Even the folder needs to be picture perfect, because the fact is, spies do judge books by their covers.

• Michael Westen : [narrative]  An effective booby trap not only needs to look like a good hiding spot, it also needs to leave your enemy incapacitated. A well-placed 50-gallon oil drum should pique your target's curiosity. And a portable defibrillator packs enough punch to make their heart skip a beat without stopping it entirely. Wire the defibrillator to a convincing decoy and whoever comes looking will be in for a shock. Connect the camera wirelessly through an Internet phone provider and you'll be able to keep an eye on your trap from anywhere in the world without having to pay long distance.

• Colonel Russell : You have no idea who you're messin' with.

  Michael Westen : Well, whose fault is that? You haven't told us your name yet!

• Michael Westen : [narrative]  When your surveillance is about to be blown, you have two choices: you can run, or you can stay put and make it look like you have a reason to be there.

• Michael Westen : [narrative]  Police breaching techniques generally involve removing a door by its hinges or knocking it open with a battering ram. Military breaching techniques are more aggressive: they don't just try to get by the door, they use it as a weapon.

• Michael Westen : [narrative]  Spies spend plenty of time with sociopaths and criminals, but sometimes it's even more dangerous to hang out with their victims. Letting your emotions get the best of you can threaten the entire operation.

• Michael Westen : [narrative]  To create a blank spot in someone's memory, you need to be equal parts drinking buddy and amateur chemist. First, you need the target to party enough to make your story believable the next day. At the same time, you need to gauge their tolerance so you can combine just the right amount of alcohol with just the right amount of pharmaceutical assistance.

• Michael Westen : [narrative]  There's an art to building a listening device that's meant to be discovered. It's not enough for it to look like a bug; it needs to have a fatal flaw to make sure someone finds it, like a high-frequency transmitter that causes ear-splitting feedback when placed near other electronics.

• Charles Archer : A million dollars?

  Michael Westen : That's my Sunday special! Cops are picking apart the crime scene! DNA is on its way to the lab! You're covered in blood! You wanna guess how many palms I gotta grease?

  Charles Archer : Look, I can get you half a million.

  Michael Westen : Half a million. Are you negotiating with me? Are you negotiating with me!

  Charles Archer : A million's too much! I'd rather run for it!

  Michael Westen : Great idea! Fugitives escape all the time!

  Michael Westen : [to Sam]  Ladykiller here is going to prison! I'd distance myself!

• [last lines] 

  [Fiona calls Michael on the phone] 

  Michael Westen : [answers]  Yeah, Fi.

  Fiona Glenanne : Jesse found out! About everything. He had a gun!

  Michael Westen : Wait-wait-wait. Are you okay?

  Fiona Glenanne : We ruined his *life*, Michael!

  Michael Westen : Where is he?

  Fiona Glenanne : I don't know. But I think he's going to make us pay.