Burn Notice (TV Series)

Sins of Omission (2009)

Jeffrey Donovan: Michael Westen

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• Michael Westen : [narration - everyone has just met Michael's ex-fiancé]  For a spy, compartmentalizing is second nature. Information is given on a need to know basis. In your professional life this approach keeps you safe. In your personal life that can be dangerous.

• Fiona Glenanne : [knocking Michael's ex-fiancé]  Well she *is* a professional thief.

  Sam Axe : Jealous Fi?

  Fiona Glenanne : Don't be absurd, I'm not jealous.

  Michael Westen : [sarcastically]  You think you could pretend to be?

• Michael Westen : [narration]  Spend a career in covert ops, and you learn a lot about yourself. Will you lie to learn something important? Yes. Will you betray someone to serve a higher cause? Maybe. Will you trade another man's life for your freedom? You don't really know the answer until you face the question.

• Michael Westen : [phone call]  Victor, sounds like you're enjoying Miami.

  Victor : Well, nothing like a near death experience to get the juices flowing. Am I right, or am I right?

  Michael Westen : I'm trying to cut back myself.

• Michael Westen : [caught breaking into bad guy's pad]  I'm Michael, I used to work in covert ops, this is Fiona.

  Brennen : And you're here... to help me pack?

• Michael Westen : [narration]  From private homes, to financial institutions, to military encampments, security consulting is a multi-billion dollar industry. And while security consultants constantly tout new materials and technology, the basic techniques haven't changed in 4000 years. Get a better view of any danger headed your way, make your walls sturdier, and arm yourself well enough to fend off attacks. Hardening a target against attacks outside is pretty straight forward. Which is why

  [Sam & Samantha reveal fake wall inside box truck] 

  Michael Westen : it's usually best to attack, if you can, from the inside.