Burn Notice Characters

An upper-echelon CIA agent who initially recruited Michael Weston.  Michael called him “you” when he recognized him coming out of the building where he had been unceremoniously dropped on the sidewalk after his interrogation. 'You' seemed an amiable enough guy who symbolically invited Michael to come inside 'out of the cold.' His 'invite' was so different in tenor from how we've seen Michael treated the whole series, that it nearly hit us over the head.  Coming into the building was clearly solely up to Michael's preference without threats. 'You' called Michael the 'unstoppable SOB that I recruited all those years ago' then said that he had forgotten 'what a pain in the ass you could be.'

A paramedic who somehow became acquainted with Fiona and text her for a date. Fiona decided to use him as a club against MW in order to try and get him to show her more attention.  She really turned on the heat with Campbell and usually manipulated them to be located near or around M so she could see how M reacted.  Because of the nature of their lives Fiona needed Campbell to help with their various schemes and incredibly he was able to 'borrow' an entire ambulance without needing to account for its whereabouts.  He did become overwhelmed with the couple of jobs he helped them with; so, eventually told her that he was just the 'person you fooled around with and borrowed ambulances from' and thus making her his ex-girlfriend [it is doubtful that he was really ever her boyfriend].

A spy for 20 years with the Company, saw villages burned, children orphaned, been shot twice and was transferred to Miami. This assignment is what he wants and initially said that if he reported that he had been contacted by a burned spy he had no idea where he would be re-stationed. He will not contact anyone for M and he does not like threats. However, after M used the screen name “michaelheartsdiego” to bid on a stolen artifact on eBay – he had to admit he’d spoken with M and was appointed as Ms point-of-contact in Miami. He received a call from “Washington” to say that Ms burn-notice would be reviewed. Then he gave M instructions on how it would work. And, finally, he called frantic that Strickler was dead and someone was in town to clean up the mess. He didn’t know who to trust even in the agency and someone was after them both. M found him moments later having fallen from his high-rise apartment to the sidewalk.

One of two known contacts of Michael Westen's in Miami, excluding family, and she just happens to be not only a friend but a sucker for his 'puppy dog' begging when he wants a favor.  She was Ms protégé when she worked as a spy and credits him for training her.  She works now for Securi-corp as a security consultant and sends some 'smaller' jobs to both Sam and MW when they need the money. She made a complete false ID for MW in return for accepting a client; unfortunately, the client turned out to be an manipulative assassin.  When the assassin went into 'clean up mode' M had to rescue her from a hired hit and run driver.

The old “handler” of Jesse Porter who M used as a “higher-up” source of information and help. Married to a woman portrayed as somewhat unattractive, he decided upon a liaison with Fiona which got him approached by Jesse to provide information about a non-published attempted bank heist involving the book-coded Bible of Simon Escher’s kept in a safe deposit box. He found evidence of Jesse’s innocence and in-fact Ms guilt over the break-in at Jesse’s office. (51)

- He had an affair in July 2003 with Sally Baker, at a $60/night roadside motel. This fact was used later by Jesse to blackmail him into helping find some information (58)

- Claims to have had 27 years of counterintelligence experience and that he is infallible spotting liars on polygraphs; but acts like he doesn’t have a lick of sense! (60)

- He didn’t believe M knew what he was talking about and demanded M go on record about all his dealings with the people who burned him on a polygraph. Then he sloppily “verified” the story to people who betrayed them all.  (60)

- He was blackmailed by Brennan who threatened to kill his wife if he didn’t turn over the NOC list to him; then, shot and killed when he did.  (60)

A senior field officer tasked with taking down the 'Organization' who also acted as Michael's 'handler' during the operations.  He is well entrenched in the 'new way of doing things' but gets lost without his data links, com channels and contingency plans with back-ups. As a government employee who interacts with Michael he, frankly, is a refreshing change from all the tiresome arrogance and hostility; even though, in many ways, he sort of 'channels' the former character Tom Strickler in demeanor and in calling Michael 'super-spy.' He was shot to death in his office by an unknown assailant who set M up for blame. His last request of M was that he go say goodbye to his wife for him.

 

- He once convinced a Turkish diplomat that his house was filled with Methylchloridium.

The owner of a dance-club known as 'the Warehouse' which happens to have a storage loft above the club.  Although it is not up to the building code for a residence, as a favor to 'a buddy,' Sam, he allows M to live there for a small amount of money - as long as he remembers that if anyone asks he has to tell them that he broke in. He immigrated from Russia in the past and seems to have had some contact with the intelligenct community enough to know about 'Michael Weston' a name that they think was a code for many people. He was very happy to have M living in the loft and hoped that he might assist with removing a drug dealer who lived next door.  (which he did.) When one of his waitresses had a problem which was keeping her from coming to work, he had no hesitance in asking M to help and offering several months free rent.

Sam’s wealthy girlfriend who occasionally aids and frequently makes demands on Sam. She bought Sam a Cadillac and was mightily provoked when agent Bly told her that Sam was seeing someone else. For their one month anniversary since they said 'I Love You' she bought sam an $8,000 watch, and asked him to marry her. When Sam didn’t readily give her an answer, then later revealed that he was still married from a one day fling in the ‘70s, she threw him out for good.

A money launderer friend of MWs. Has great connections in the under-world of Miami and often helps MW with their “jobs” and clients. He sports a 'ridiculous hairstyle (spiked hair), multiple piercings, a man purse and wrist cuffs. He and Madeline seem to have hit it off, exchanging tips and names of available roofers.  He was at one time known as “bad check Barry.” He was used as a pawn in Agent Bly’s attempt to break MWs blackmail hold on him. He now has a code for when he is wearing a wire – he’ll offer to pay for lunch. When he is in the capitol he has to stay with his mom who is still mad at him from dropping out of Podiatry school. He actually became a client of Ms when his ledger was stolen and M had to retrieve it. He is Ms 'go to' guy for many of his 'client con' needs. He has a brother named Paul who is also in 'finance' except 'he follows the rules.' The two are continually bickering and are somewhat estranged since barry brought a hooker to the last family event he was invited to.

Michael called him 'a pretty boy with a bad dye job' who lived and sold drugs from an apartment below the loft where MW lived. M had to chase some customers of his away from the stairs to the loft. He tried to threaten M to leave his customers alone but realized instantly that he was not match for M. Then he hired a thug to have MW killed but Fiona took care of the thug with a few quick moves. So M came after him to definitively remove him from the premises by knocking on his door then shooting through the wall wounding him in the knee. M came through the back wall and gave him some disenfectant and ace bandages at gunpoint and told him to vacate immediately -- which he did. Some time later he became a client of Ms when his mentally challenged cousin, Dougie, was befriended by a ruthless robber, Lynch, in order to help with a robbery. Fiona had to shame M into helping but they ended up thwarting a robbery where Dougie would likely have been shot. Additionally, when Sugar didn't listen to M about leaving town while the robbers were gunning for him, M had to rescue him yet again from death but not before he was seriously wounded in gunfire. In the hospital he told M 'I don't know how many times I need to get shot before I start listening to you.' Later when M needed help identifying some drug dealers, he supplied information and assistance to Ms con.

 

2009 - his friend Carl was shot by a heroin gangster, Vince Cutler, and would have killed him as well except that he promised to stay out of his business - forever.

- He told M that he 'owed him one' and reluctantly assisted in identifying Cutler to M as well as setting him up with false references in the drug community (49).

- Michael called him for a favor, needing some pain meds for an interrogation he was doing on an oriental slave-trafficker. He took the drugs to Michael thinking there was going to be a 'party' but was sent packing when he kept calling Michael 'Mikey.' (64)

- He reluctantly advised Fiona on where she could find Carmelo Dante, the second largest heroin dealer in Miami. (68)

An idiot gun dealer acquaintance of Fiona’s who occasionally provides gun information to MW when he needs it. Although it does sometimes take four or five explanations about what he wants before M actually gets through. He lives fairly extravagantly and keeps a worthless bodyguard who he calls “jackass.” He suckered M into helping him with an arms sale to Bulgarian buyers. We never knew whether it was Seymour who was shaking them down for more money or Pavel who was trying to stiff Seymour -- but M had to save Seymours butt at least twice. He helped M track down a bomber who had tried to kill M and really, really wants to be part of Ms 'bad ass gang.' As a token of their 'first job together' he gave M and Fiona a matching pair of throwing daggers -- engraved with the symbol for 'Destiny,' of course he had one too.

The son of Jose Conolly, a woman who Sam Axe had dated for awhile. But, when Sam and his mother had broken up he had been heartbroken and became very angry. He is allergic to wheat flour, chocolate and eggs. Now he was an auditor for the IRS and when he noticed Sam's return tht he could audit he became vindictive. He scheduled an audit attempting to find enough disallowances that would allow him to go back even more years all the while Sam didn't recognize him. When Sam saw him do a double-take over some old baseball cards, he recognized that it was the grown up boy who had used cards on his bicycle to sound like a motorcycle. They were able to mend fences when Sam called him and invited him to come drinking with him teaching him how to drink Fuzzy Navels.

The son of Nate and Ruth Westen. Introduced to Madeline and Michael by his father who came for a visit alone because his mother didn't like to be around Madeline (the feeling was mutual.) He was shown being quite irrascible and Mike asked: 'are you sure it doesn't need medical attention?'

An abusive alcoholic who married Madeline and fathered Michael and Nate; but, who died before Michael was burned and returned to Miami. He is still talked about a great deal and provided a real driving force behind much of what his family have done with their lives. He was gone frequently leaving the family stranded for basic necessities like groceries and transportation. His inventive family all learned coping methods of working around and sometimes through his habits and nature. Madeline, endured abuse both mental and physical and developed codes for their family when he was drunk or otherwise on a rampage. Michael, despite being smart almost to the point of brilliance, stole cars and groceries.

 

– He built a secret compartment behind the closet to store his things that he didn't want found. So secret that even Michael never found it.

– He hit Michael hard enough to leave a scar on his left cheek.

– He made Michael fake a seizure in Mr. Goodwrench one time, so he could steal spark plugs; Michael remembers that he always seemed to start jobs then hand Mike the to-do list to finish for him.

– Michael claims that his approach to machinery was similar to his approach to the family; namely: 'if you don’t like how something is working keep banging on it until it does what you want.'

– One Christmas when he was abusing Nate, Michael stepped in to fight him and ended up with a black eye. Madeline demanded that if they didn't stop fighting and have their picture taken she was going to throw the entire dinner in the garbage.

– One summer he made Michael and Nate entirely rebuild the Charger.

– He would remodel their house by scrounging (stealing) wire and building material from the neighbors.

– He had a collection of uniforms, either from odd jobs that he had worked at for a time or from scams he'd pulled.

– His wife had secretly signed enlistment papers for Michael to join the military after graduation, and at some point he told Michael 'I'll see you in Hell boy.'

 – He rewired their car for a radio in such a complicated manner that when it was stolen the whole car stopped working. Madeline surmised that it was in order to always be useful to the family.

– He met Anson Fullerton (either socially or professionally) who could get him to talk endlessly about his family, Madeline, Michael and Nate. Anson got him drunk and (according to Anson) he would cry about what he was taking about (no specifics given); and, again according to Anson, even wanted to apologize to Michael before he died.

– He told Anson about a time when Michael had poured all his liquor down the drain and how Madeline had taken the brunt of his wrath when she intervened.

– He got suspicious of Anson over all the questions about Michael and 'started snooping' (again no specifics given)

– He even began asking Madeline about Michael then was found dead, according to the police an overdose of heart medication in a drunken state. [It was later revealed that Anson Fullerton had arranged a 'heart attack' to keep him from snooping further]

 

Mike’s near-do-well, obsessive-compulsive, sociopathic, gambler brother who perpetually attempts to scam Michael into helping with or extracting him from shady deals gone bad. Sharing the same father, he also developed similar traits as Mike; namely, he is an accomplished car thief and mechanic. He stole Mike's rental car, took out 10 credit cards in his name then hit him in the head with a telephone book, all under excuses that it was all really Mikes fault. Usually when he shows up it is to involve Mike in a “make money quick” scheme of some sort. After seeing Mike shortly after he had been burned, he went to Vegas for awhile. Later he showed up unexpectedly, and announced that he had married Ruth, the dealer at his Blackjack table in Vegas, after knowing her for only weeks. Unfortunately, for all concerned, it was at a time when Michael was trying to protect their mother from the Organization he was trying to deal with and he and Ruth needed to stay with Madeline. Ruth is an outspoken non-smoker and Madeline is a chimney. Ruth is 'trying to avoid protein' (?!) and Madeline is smart enough to realize that protein is essential for life. Ruth is allergic to cumbers and Madeline puts them in salads and on sandwiches. They went back to Vegas only seconds before Nate thought Ruth was going to ask for an annulment. They are now living in Tampa and have a son named Charley. [See also under 'Clients']

 

– He and Michael wanted to go see the Starwars movie and their father said no; so, he and Michael opened up the heating duct and sneaked out of the house anyway.

– One Christmas he was being abused by his father and Michael stepped in and ended up with a black eye. His mother made them pose for a family photograph or she threatened to throw the Christmas dinner in the trash.

– He was bullied at middle-school by a boy named Todd until Michael scared the boy into stopping… for that year. After M went into high school, Todd and others began bullying him again until he solved the issue with a 2 x 4; which, got him suspended but everyone left him alone.

– He had a childhood friend named Rickey Watkins. His brother was friends with Andre, Rickey's older brother and the two considered the Westens family.

– He spent “years putting up with dad” after Mike left for the military.

– One summer his dad made he and Mike rebuild the Charger from the ground up.

– He claims that the one thing he is better at than M is hot-wiring cars.

– He was shot in the left upper arm by arms dealer 'Brennan' when he was attempting to bluster his way into a backer for his limousine business and found out that it was only a ruse to get back at M for blowing one of his deals. M eventually rescued him from this deal as well.

A Vegas Blackjack dealer who Nate married a month after playing at her table. She says she’s allergic to Cucumbers, also avoids protein and waves like a parade princess. She antagonized Madeline by trying to shame her into not smoking in her own house. She was introduced to Madeline and Michael unexpectedly and at a time when Michael was trying to protect Madeline from the Organization he was dealing with; which, unfortunately, meant that they needed to spend their honeymood living with Madeline.