Burn Notice
Yeah
So I decided that I do like Burn Notice, but I wouldn't put too much stock in the first episode in the second season. It served as a good primer for those that have not seen the first season, covering all the main characters and introducing the enemy(?) for the second season.
Thinking about this show that I realized that you generally can't take it too seriously. I know that it's a B-show which means it has to simplify stories so that things don't get too complicated, but that's clearly not why I watch it. If that were the case I'd be watching The Wire (should I be watching The Wire? I've heard it favorably compared with Homicide). No, what I want is the is what most of the other good B-action shows offer: cheesy action, intrigue (Charlie's Angels), elaborate planning (A-Team), and Macguyverish science (Knight Rider...no wait Macguyver's a better example.)
Burn Notice does really have a lot of similarities with all the previously mentioned shows and it does well at mixing the best parts of all of them. It doesn't have a talking car, but it does have Bruce Campbell who is awesome in a different way.
P.S. I have only seen one or two episodes of Charlie's Angels but it just fits in with that style of show.
So I decided that I do like Burn Notice, but I wouldn't put too much stock in the first episode in the second season. It served as a good primer for those that have not seen the first season, covering all the main characters and introducing the enemy(?) for the second season.
Thinking about this show that I realized that you generally can't take it too seriously. I know that it's a B-show which means it has to simplify stories so that things don't get too complicated, but that's clearly not why I watch it. If that were the case I'd be watching The Wire (should I be watching The Wire? I've heard it favorably compared with Homicide). No, what I want is the is what most of the other good B-action shows offer: cheesy action, intrigue (Charlie's Angels), elaborate planning (A-Team), and Macguyverish science (Knight Rider...no wait Macguyver's a better example.)
Burn Notice does really have a lot of similarities with all the previously mentioned shows and it does well at mixing the best parts of all of them. It doesn't have a talking car, but it does have Bruce Campbell who is awesome in a different way.
P.S. I have only seen one or two episodes of Charlie's Angels but it just fits in with that style of show.