Review #3649: Burn Notice 6.9: “Official Business”
Contributor: Edmund B.
Written by Bridget Tyler
Directed by Jonathan Frakes
“Burn Notice” continues its revival tour with some “Official Business.” Unfortunately, the returning act is the CIA’s resident knuckle-heads, Bailey and Manaro, as the officials in question. Not content with contributing to Sam’s discharge from the Navy or the mission they bumbled around in last season, they’re back to call in Fiona’s CIA marker. They need to crack a high-tech arms dealer’s safe, and Fi has the right, um, assets to gain access. As the dealer, Durov, confirms during his initial frisking/mauling.
Fiona poses as a friend of his girlfriend, Angela, the CIA’s contact inside. Between the handlers and a few hints dropped along the way, some suspicions should have been aroused. But Fiona and Angela (telenovela bombshell Angelica Celaya) are distracting enough to ensure that isn’t what comes up. Suggesting a threesome to explain hanging around Durov’s office was pure smutty genius. It reminded me of John Hiatt’s line about a guy being “so easily led, when his little head does the thinking.”
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