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"Burn Notice" Turn and Burn (2008)


Fiona Glenanne: Does this new handler of yours set all her meetings with crossword puzzles? Or is she just flirtin' with ya?
Michael Westen: These people burned me, blacklisted me and threatened my family. I think we're a little past flirting.

Michael Westen: Gonna need a fresh face on this one, someone he won't expect.
Fiona Glenanne: You know how I feel about money launders. The last one I dealt with, they're still finding pieces of him all over Belfast.
Michael Westen: Do it for me?
Fiona Glenanne: Your charms no longer have any effect on me Michael.
Michael Westen: Do it for all the yogurt you can eat?
Fiona Glenanne: Fine, but I can't promise that I won't kill him.

Michael Westen: [voice-over] Most assassinations involve the firing of a single well-placed bullet. The trick to selling an assassination attempt is to use a lot more fire power... and an explosion or two doesn't hurt.

Michael Westen: [voice-over] Most people think distracting a group of guys is best done by a beautiful woman. The problem with beautiful women is people want them to stick around; which can cause a lot of problems. Obnoxious guys, they just want to get rid of.

Michael Westen: [voice-over] People don't trust information they get for free. If you wanna sell someone on a lie, you have to make them drag it out of you. It's effective, but often painful.

Michael Westen: [voice-over] If you wanna make a friend, solve a problem for them. No problem to solve? Create one.

Michael Westen: [voice-over] There may be no honor among thieves but there's a certain amount of respect. Establishing you're in the same racket is a great way to make an introduction.

Therapist: I've always liked to think that the "C" in counseling stands for communication.

Madeline Westen: Michael? You still haven't fixed my coffee maker and I can't find the warranty.
Michael Westen: Warranty? That thing was built in 1967.

Michael Westen: [voice-over] Inexperienced operatives abandon a cover ID under pressure; experienced ones just play their roles harder.

Michael Westen: [voice-over] Relationships are about trust. People trust you when they have something on you. Like, say, the name and address of a mistress in Orlando, or information about a secret gambling habit. It's all about making them feel secure.

Michael Westen: That stalker happens to have a Mac-10 in his jacket!
[pauses and looks at Sam]
Michael Westen: Oh, you knew didn't you?
Sam Axe: Mike, look, I did a little pre-scouting; I knew he was packing, but I didn't know he had a Mac-10. I thought it was like a regular gun.

Sophia: Campos is in a turf war with the Mexicans. They put a hit out on him last week. It's pretty ugly.
Michael Westen: Ugly's good. We can work with ugly.
Sophia: How?
Michael Westen: I need to get in with Raul. Quietly make myself useful; get some information. Then I let Campos know that Raul is spilling information to a new friend behind his back. Campos deals with Raul for us and it looks like you had nothing to do with it.
Sophia: You make it sound so easy.
Michael Westen: That sounded easy?

Michael Westen: Fi, get me a sniper rifle and some C4.
Fiona Glenanne: Oh, I like where this is going.

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