In addition, Westen also has family in and around Miami. His mom, Madeline (Sharon Gless), is a chain-smoking force of nature who is constantly trying to get Michael out of whatever trouble he gets himself into. Nate Westen (Seth Peterson) is Michael's younger brother who tends to get himself in a different type of trouble - whether it be with get-rich-quick schemes or gambling - and tries to help out Michael when he's not trying to save his own skin. Nate doesn't appear often, but Madeline appears regularly. Fiona, Sam, and Michael often take advantage of Madeline's house to hide "clients" or lay low from time to time.
Michael, Sam, and Fiona contract out to do odd jobs for clients. Sometimes it's finding people who don't want to be found; sometimes it's retrieving lost objects or money. But each job takes Westen squarely into conflict with various mobsters, con men, spies, thieves, and killers. Along the way we get to see many of Westen's talents and skills, as well as those of his friends.
In season two, in addition to doing various jobs for his clients, a mysterious woman named Carla forces Michael to help with her own plans. Carla may have burned Michael so that he could come work for her organization, but she causes all kinds of trouble for Michael by threatening his family and friends if he doesn't do what she says. Of course, Michael doesn't take anything lying down and does his own investigation into Carla's organization and motives.
Though season one had a few moments where the stories began to fall into "client of the week" repetition, season two leads us down a winding path helping clients and seeing what Carla has been up to all the way up to the explosive season finale. The first season was fun, but the second takes things to a whole new level.
The Burn Notice, Season Two DVD set includes four DVDs with all 16 episodes, a gag reel, a couple of deleted scenes, and commentary for the season finale from Matt Nix (creator and writer), Bruce Campbell, and Michael Shanks (who plays Victor, a rival spy, and is best known as Daniel Jackson in the Stargate SG-1 universe).
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