History Recap / BurnNoticeS1E5FamilyBusiness

** It turns out that Michael's father kept notes on all his exploits. On paper, Michael's a bigger screw up than Nate; Michael stole more cars before age 12 than Nate has in his whole life.

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Team Westen's end is the younger son Ari, who's a bit of a playboy. Michael poses as an arms dealer looking for a distributor. He plays on Ari's insecurities/family resentments and uses him to learn where the Zamars have a stash of weapons. Michael steals the weapon stash and has Jake tell the Zamars that the new guy that Ari introduced him to, (Michael) came around saying that he owns Jake, roughed Jake up, and tried to get information about the Zamars.

In a paranoid frenzy papa Zamar pulls the family and their operation out of Miami, figuring it's better to relocate than to try to fight a heavily armed enemy that has intel on them and they know nothing about.

The feds turned the pressure up on Sam to deliver more intel on Michael's comings and goings. This led to him planting a somewhat obvious bug in the Charger. Fiona immediately identifies it as Sam's handiwork and Sam admits he might as well have signed his name to it. He struggles through the episode to admit this to Michael.

When he finally does, Michael tells him to just come directly to him the next time and tells Sam where to find the Homeland Security directive authorizing his burn notice (under his sink). When Sam hands it over, the FBI team is recalled and someone higher up the chain is tasked, though we don't learn who. Apparently, the situation was so unsettling that the feds dropped sixty dollars on a ten dollar tab. Sam takes the money and begins wooing a new sugar mama.

* AndSomeOtherStuff: First time! Michael says you can fake C4 with fondant. You can make ''real'' C4 with ... stuff.

* ButtMonkey: Nate gets the crap kicked out of him for trying to help his (and later Michael's) client from getting out from the Zamars' thumb.

* KickTheDog: The Zamars threaten Jack's wife. She's pregnant.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The elder Zamar decides that it's better to move their operation elsewhere than face a heavily armed and dangerous competent enemy.

* PragmaticVillainy: "Well, next time you accept a bribe, I'd hold out for court-side seats."
-->'''Michael:''' Well, since they're planning on killing you if you say anything else, I'd suggest "Yes."

* ProperlyParanoid: Eli, who is shown looking around for suspicious people while conducting his business and Elan, who we are told only goes from home to work and back again. Ari, not so much as was shown when he complains while following Elan to check for intruders.
* StealthHiBye: Michael pulls one on screen, walking away while Ari, the younger Zamar, has his back turned.
* StuffBlowingUp: Michael demonstrates some plastic explosive to impress the younger Zamar.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Michael believed his mother when she said his father wanted him to have the Charger. He gets very attached to it very quickly. Nate suffers the same issue and scraps with Michael over ownership of the car.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Debbie, the younger Zamar's girlfriend, immediately falls for Michael. Hard.

* ButtMonkey: Nate gets the crap kicked out of him.

* HotBlooded: Ari, who is quick to resorting to guns when angry.

* ProperlyParanoid: Eli and Elan Zamar. Ari, not so much as was shown when he complains while following Elan to check for intruders.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Ari's father slaps him when he learns he ''really'' screwed up.

* HotBlooded: Ari.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Sam pretends to be a drunk, unemployed stevedore to distract the Zamar sons. Likewise, Fi pretends to be a ditzy bimbo.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Sam pretends to be a drunk, unemployed stevedore to distract the Zamar sons.

Michael's brother, Nate, comes to him with another job. He calls from an airport in trouble. Next thing we know, Nate's getting beaten by a foreign man in very nice clothes. He's very capable in a fight and threatens to kill Nate.

When he finally does, Michael tells him to just come directly to him the next time and tells Sam where to find the Homeland Security directive authorizing his burn notice (under his sink). When Sam hands it over, the FBI team is recalled and someone higher up the chain is tasked, though we don't learn who. Apparently, the situation was so unsettling that the feds dropped sixty dollars on a ten dollar tab. Sam takes the money and begins wooing a new MrsRobinson.

* OhCrap: When Maddie learns that Nate stole Michael's wallet at the end of the episode.

-->'''Michael:''' If I wanted some beautiful woman to screw up my life... I could do a lot better than Debbie.

* TheAllegedCar: The Charger ''still' doesn't work well.

** Sam also asks to lick the bowl when they're done making fake C4.

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Team Westen's end is the younger son, who's a bit of a playboy. Michael poses as an arms dealer looking for a distributor. He plays on the son's insecurities and uses him to learn where the Zamar's

The feds turned the pressure up on Sam to deliver more intel on Michael's comings and goings. This led to him planting a bug in the Charger. Fiona immediately identifies it as Sam's handiwork and Sam admits he might as well have signed his name to it. He struggles through the episode to admit this to Michael.

--> '''Michael:''' Did you ever wonder how we got to the store to get groceries when dad was on a tear?

* ComplimentFishing: Fi spends some time talking to Michael about Debbie, the girlfriend of Ari Zamar, the younger brother, who's infatuated with Michael's international-man-of-mystery persona.
--> '''Fi:''' Admit it, you were tempted.
--> '''Michael:''' If I wanted some beautiful woman to screw up my life... I could do a lot better than Debbie.

* GreenEyedMonster: Ari, the younger Zamar, is the jealous type.

--> '''Michael:''' Well, since they're planning on killing you if you say anything else, I'd suggest "Yes."

** In a similar vein, the youngest Zamar has insecurities about his father's approval.

Client of the Week: An airport security guard is being threatened by a family of gun-runners led by a former Mussad (Israeli intelligence) agent.

Burn Notice Arc: The feds turned the pressure up on Sam to deliver more intel on Michael's business, forcing him to plant a bug in Michael's car. Michael tells Sam to be more open with him about it in the future, and tells him where to find the burn notice directive hidden in his apartment. This stirs things up and the feds are pulled from the case, with someone more important coming into town to handle Michael.