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Is anybody watching Burn Notice? The USA Network is doing a marathon of the show. I had intended to take a look at it but missed the premiere. Being a bit anal about these things, I never really looked into it, but a marathon is getting to be my favorite way to catch up on TV series I missed. Anyway there is some really good acting. Bruce Campbell (of Evil Dead fame) plays burned-out snitch for the feds. Gabrielle Anwar (who I have always thought of as very cute if not a particularly good actress) does a really nice job playing an IRA spy and ex-girlfriend of the main character. Sharon Glass plays the main character's mom. You gotta love a show that has the main character saying, "Guns make you stupid. Duct tape makes you smart." :-) (or something like that I'm not sure I got the quote exactly correct but it's something like that)

It's mainly about spy who has been fired (given a burn notice) and has been unceremoniously dumped in Miami with no resources and a desire to find out who is behind his firing. In the meantime he picks up odd jobs like getting back at some con men who have taken an old woman's life savings or saving a guy who's being framed for murder. It has some very smart dialogue good acting. The show reminds me of The Rockford Files with a little MacGyver vibe. I'm really enjoying it.