Friends and Family (Burn Notice)

"Friends and Family" is the twenty-ninth episode of Burn Notice, an American television drama series created for the USA Network. "Friends and Family" has Michael attempting to help an old friend.

Plot

After Michael jumps out of the helicopter in the previous episode "Lesser Evil", he swims to the shore where his instincts kick in and he notices a cop looking in his direction. After a quick chase scene, Michael enters a hotel where he calls Fiona and finds out that someone has stopped protecting his name, and there are numerous warrants out for him. After quick deliberation, Michael decides to cooperate and walks outside where he is promptly arrested.

While in jail, Sam comes to visit Michael where he tells him that his shades have been sent to the loft, as well as a card which was sent from Management stating "Let us know when you've had enough - Management". Sam also lets Michael know that he is on the radars of foreign agencies again, as well as no longer being hidden from the police systems. Afterwards, Michael's old friend, Harlan (Brian Van Holt) shows up and bails him out of jail. They return to Michael's mom's house where he sees the damage they (Sam and Madeline) caused in "Lesser Evil" while trying to escape from the group that burned Michael. Here, Harlan asks for Michael's help for a girl he met down south. The situation is where a powerful crime lord named Rufino Cortez in Venezuela pays judges to throw landowners in jail and seize their property, and then proceeds to sell them to American firms.

Michael and Harlan visit a club that is owned by Rufino where they go to the back office and trip a security sensor. They block the door and escape through a window, and return to the loft where Michael says that he'll come up with a plan. Sam visits Barry, the money-launderer, and tells him he wants to grab Rufino, and request that Barry gives Michael a set of business records and bank accounts in order to set up a meeting with Rufino. Barry agrees on the condition that Rufino is out of Miami by tax season.

Michael, Sam, Fiona, and Harlan are able to capture Rufino but when Michael and Harlan are alone with Rufino, Harlan kills Rufino and says that the people who wanted Rufino are really after Michael. While Michael is captured by Harlan, Michael escapes out the window and when Harlan looks for him, Michael beats Harlan unconscious.

The people after Rufino finally come they find Rufino dead and Harlan tied up. Michael calls them and tells them that it is Harlan that they want and they disappear. The next scene is back at Michael's mother's where she tells Michael, Fiona and Sam that they need to stick together.

External links

• "Friends and Family" at the Internet Movie Database