Burn Notice (TV Series)

Bad Blood (2008)

Jeffrey Donovan: Michael Westen

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• Michael Westen : How much?

  Barry : You get someone to vouch you, put you in the room with the guy, then I would say five grand. Promise nothing will happen to him, maybe I can do three.

  Michael Westen : Five it is.

• Michael Westen : I hope Sam wasn't too much trouble, Mom.

  Madeline Westen : We had a lovely time. But the next time, Michael, that you want someone to babysit me, just tell me.

  Michael Westen : Mom, I...

  Madeline Westen : What? You didn't think I was gonna figure it out? I mean, he insisted on coming to aquarobics with me.

  Michael Westen : I'm sorry you had to see that.

• Madeline Westen : Uh, Sam, didn't you forget something?

  [hands him some bullets] 

  Madeline Westen : Oh! Looks like bullets. I found them in your pants. I heard them rattling around in the washing machine when I was doing your laundry.

  Sam Axe : Yeah, 9 mm. Uh, hey, err, I don't know what to say.

  Michael Westen : I'd say nothing. Nothing's good. Go with nothing.

• Michael Westen : [voice-over]  The interior locks in an office suite are usually low end; just there to keep white collar workers from stealing coffee cups. File cabinet locking bars on the other hand are a more serious security measure. Their main vulnerability is that they depend on people's faith in padlocks. People have too much faith in padlocks.

• Michael Westen : Sam, did you, uh, get a chance to do that cover ID for me?

  Sam Axe : You're Jimmy Glinn. Flashy real estate developer slash cash churner. I threw in some vague Boston mob connections just for good measure.

• Fiona Glenanne : Of course, the tactical support I'm giving you, will cost you. I need new shoes.

  Michael Westen : You've got plenty of shoes.

  Fiona Glenanne : Well, now that I'm on the open market, I need more.

• Michael Westen : I just want an introduction, Barry. Chances are good that this guy, Eddie, is talking to friends of yours. I just want to make my pitch.

  Barry : The next day you do the Michael Weston thing, stuff starts exploding, and everybody's saying, "Hey, Barry, wasn't that guy a friend of yours?". Sorry, no can do.

  Michael Westen : Sam's working up a cover ID for me. I'm just a guy from out of town. A friend of a friend. The blow won't get back on you. I give you my word.

• Michael Westen : [voice-over]  Air ducts in a modern office are 18 inches wide. So if you need to make a quick escape, and you're older than four, you won't fit.

• Michael Westen : [voice-over]  Knowing what someone wants can tell you a lot about who they are. So if what they want comes in a wooden crate, that you're not going to be allowed to open, you might have to turn your trunk into a makeshift x-ray machine. The tube from an old TV set is a good place to start. As part of the projection process, they emit x-rays. They are meant to handle around 30.000 volts. Any more than that, and they'll cook your eyes with radiation. So pump 100,000 volts into one from a taser, and you won't be able to diagnose a hairline fracture, but you'll get the basic idea.

• Michael Westen : [voice-over]  If you want to empty a building, pulling a fire alarm is useless; no-one pays attention unless they're actually on fire. A bomb scare next door to your target strikes the right balance, everyone clears out and then pays attention to the other building.

• Victor the Wrangler : I don't like your field tactics.

  Michael Westen : I don't like your whining. Are you gonna pout all night?

• Michael Westen : A little harmless gunfire attracts less attention than a double homicide.

  Victor the Wrangler : I warned you what would happen if you pulled another stunt, Michael.

• Michael Westen : [voiceover]  Criminals are, as a rule, paranoid and self-serving.