Burn Notice (TV Series)

Double Booked (2008)

Jeffrey Donovan: Michael Westen

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Quotes 

• Larry Sizemore : Hey, back of the line, pal!

  Michael Westen : I... Larry...? Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but you're dead.

  Larry Sizemore : [Chuckles]  OK, you're wrong. Just don't tell my ex-wife.

  [the picture freezes, and a caption identifies him as "Larry: Undead Spy"] 

• Sam Axe : [Referring to Larry]  He's got a weird thing for you.

  Michael Westen : That's 'cause he doesn't have any friends.

  Sam Axe : That's because he's killed most of 'em, Mike.

• [Michael has reluctantly been contracted to kill Jeannie; he confronts her to try to save her life] 

  Jeannie Anderson : Who are you?

  Michael Westen : I'm Michael. I'm here because someone was hired to kill you.

  Jeannie Anderson : Who?

  Michael Westen : ...me.

• Michael Westen : That's Bill Johnson's house.

  Sam Axe : [Sarcastically]  Yeah, that gets funnier every time.

• Sam Axe : So, Mike, this is, what, the tenth Bill we've looked at. I need a break, man.

  Michael Westen : You made me buy you a beer after Bill #8.

  Sam Axe : Yeah?

  Michael Westen : So, I'll buy you another beer if you do the honors.

  Sam Axe : [sighs]  OK, deal.

  [Sam picks up a garbage bag, which bursts, spattering him with foulness] 

  Sam Axe : Oh! Oh, come on! OK, that's two rounds, Mike!

• Michael Westen : You want me for a job?

  Larry Sizemore : [laughing]  Yes! I wanna pay you a lot of money... to kill a lady.

• Michael Westen : Murder for hire. Civilians.

  Larry Sizemore : Don't pretend you're some kind of Boy Scout, Michael. I know better.

  Michael Westen : I don't know about this thing. It's a slippery slope.

  Larry Sizemore : Well, slippery slopes can be kinda fun... like water slides!

• Campbell : Fiona tells me you're a soil scientist.

  Michael Westen : Yes, yes, I love my dirt.

• Michael Westen : I've been hired to kill a woman.

  Fiona Glenanne : You're changing the subject.

  Michael Westen : Yes, but I'm serious.

• Fiona Glenanne : How do you know this guy who hired you?

  Michael Westen : We worked together in the Balkans - '91, '92. It was a crazy time. He seemed relatively sane in comparison.

  Fiona Glenanne : And now he kills for a living.

  Michael Westen : Yeah, he made some poor choices before his death.

  [Fiona looks at him quizzically] 

  Michael Westen : 15 people watched Larry walk into an oil refinery right before it blew up. Apparently, it was his way of taking early retirement.

• Sam Axe : That's the military jacket on our favorite Bill Johnson. Buddy of mine pulled it in exchange for some "Sam time."

  [Michael stares at Sam; Sam laughs] 

  Sam Axe : Not all my buddies are guys!

  Michael Westen : Your methods, your business, Sam.

• Therapist : ...And that's why I like to say that trust is a bridge, and it needs a strong foundation. And you can't build a bridge out of pain and fear, can you?

  [Nudges Michael, who has zoned out] 

  Therapist : Can you, Michael?

  Michael Westen : Uh, no... because that would make it... um... structurally unsound.

• Larry Sizemore : You know, the last guy who cost me a bunch of money didn't tell me about it with a smile on his face.

  Michael Westen : Larry, you're looking at it all wrong. I didn't cost you a bunch of money, I saved you a lot of hassle. This way, you're not going to have to kill four or five people.

  Larry Sizemore : Four or five people. What is that?

  Michael Westen : Well, that is something.

  Larry Sizemore : If you say so, Michael.

• Michael Westen : I have to go do a job... with Larry.

  Sam Axe : Larry? Dead Larry?

  [laughs] 

  Sam Axe : Oh man, I hated that guy!

  Michael Westen : He's alive.

  Sam Axe : [sobers]  Okay, I hate him, present tense. He's a bad influence, Mike, you're not really working with him, are you?

  Michael Westen : I'm not working with him, I'm working against him.

  Sam Axe : Well, in that case, can I help?

• Michael Westen : [narrating]  Spend a career in covert ops and you're going to know some bad people. You'll work with them, you'll live with them, you might even trust your life with them. But none of that makes them your friend. It can't. Because one day, you might have to end them.

• Larry Sizemore : [over the phone]  Not bad for an old man, huh? Two Andersons in one day.

  [Michael is silent] 

  Larry Sizemore : ...Or was it just one?

  Michael Westen : You got what you wanted, Larry. Leave it alone.

  Larry Sizemore : She is alive! You know, that's really good work, kid.

  Michael Westen : You'd better shuffle off to Buffalo, Larry. Shuffle off and never come back.

  Larry Sizemore : Yeah, you're right, the cops will be all over this, won't they? But just one question before I go: you knew that kid was dead anyway, why didn't you take the shot?

  Michael Westen : I didn't have it.

  Larry Sizemore : Nah. We both know the real reason. You couldn't bring yourself to shoot your old friend. Remember: some people live, some people die. See you around.

• Michael Westen : [v.o]  Staging a fake death and a believable emergency response is almost impossible on a budget. One lone ambulance isn't going to sell it. So unless you happen to have a fleet of fire and rescue vehicles, uniforms, and a dozen actors you trust, you really do have to call 9-1-1. You just have to have called your people first.