Fight or Flight (Burn Notice)

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“Fight or Flight”
Burn Notice episode
Michael Westen.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 3
Written by	Craig O'Neill and Jason Tracey [1]
Directed by	Colin Bucksey
Production no.	BN103
Original airdate	July 13, 2007
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Fight or Flight is the third episode of Burn Notice, an American television drama series created for the USA Network. Fight or Flight has Michael Westen trying to help a waitress protect herself and her daughter from a drug cartel that wants to keep her quiet.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Quotes 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Plot

Michael continues to search for allies to help him figure out who burned him. He "stumbles" his way into a hotel conference and picks up the trail of an old friend who might be able to tell him who issued the Burn Notice. Michael is able to make a daring escape before being caught by security.

Back at the apartment, Michael is angry at Fiona Glenanne for breaking in, again, but Fiona counters that Michael never gave her a key, nor is he willing to get a car of his own. She accuses him of being afraid of commitment. Fiona leaves, and after when Michael is leaving, Oleg, the landlord, asks for him to take on a job and help out one of his waitresses who is getting harassed by a drug cartel.

The Client is Cara, a waitress who accidentally witness the beating of some pizza boy by a drug cartel member. She's in way over her head. She also has a teenage daughter named Sophie. Both are quite scared as they have received threats from drug cartel thugs.

Flashing over to a hotel, Michael has caught up with a spy buddy of his, Akhob Thabet. Fiona will help track the guy if Michael talks to his mother, Madeline Westen, about getting his father's car.

Sam Axe helps Michael get his hands on the name of the member of the drug cartel who's threatening his client, Alvaro Desantos. However, when Michael goes to meet Alvaro, he's told that the family will soon be taken care of. Michael warns Fiona in time for her to serve up some Molotov Cocktails for the incoming thugs.

After Fiona repels the cartel thugs, Michael has to move his clients to a safe house. Specifically, his mother's garage. Michael sets up the house with a motion alarm in case anyone approaches, and an electrified door knob in case anyone unwanted comes knocking. Sophie is still upset that she won't be able to go to her Spring Formal as planned.

Michael, after getting the word from Sam, checks in with the drug cartel lawyer, Bruce Gillmen. Michael stops Gillmen on his morning commute to try to convince him to no longer pursue Cara and Sophie, but he's unmoved. In fact, the next time Michael comes over, Bruce tries to have him killed with a car bomb, but Michael anticipates this and avoids it.

Michael walks in on his Egyptian spy friend, Akhob Thabet, while he's in the middle of a job. Using his leverage, Michael convinces Akhob to get a copy of his burn notice.

Sophie runs away from the safe house to go to her Spring Formal. Michael comes to the rescue of Sophie just in time, and ushers her into an auto repair classroom. Michael heats up the door knob to the room to create a distraction, and disarms the two hit men. He also finds some spark plugs for his Charger.

Michael feels that a new plan is needed. Michael videotapes Alvaro while Sam calls him, pretending to be Cara's lawyer. Michael then edits this sound and video to make it look like Alvaro was about to squeal to the police. Sam ensures that the FBI gets a hold of the tape, and Michael then meets up with the lawyer, Bruce, and leads him to the FBI tape. The end result, Bruce Gillmen and the rest of the Cartel confront Alvaro and force him into a car trunk.

For all her trouble, Fiona finally gets a key to the apartment. Michael visits his father's grave, as he agreed to. He meets Akhob there and gets to view the burn notice. Its author is a series of letters and numbers, it's a start.

[edit] Quotes

Michael: "Sam, I need you to get to the safe house."

Sam Axe: "Yeah, just let me put on some pants."

Michael: "Come naked, just get here now!"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Two Minute Replay of Fight or Flight, on the Burn Notice site of USA Network
• Burned in Miami: Fight or Flight, an unofficial fan blog.

v • d • e Burn Notice Characters (actors): Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) • Fiona Glenanne (Gabrielle Anwar) • Madeline Westen (Sharon Gless) • Sam Axe (Bruce Campbell) Episodes: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12