History Recap / BurnNoticeS2E3TrustMe

* TruthInTelevision: Yes, foreign countries run intelligence services through their diplomatic missions. (So, for that matter, does the United States.)

* TheVoiceless: The shorter of Zeke's partners never says a word.

* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Michael writes a note in Urdu to Waseem, the Pakistani head of security, to set up their meeting. At the meeting, Waseem points out the note said he'd be wearing a white shirt... and a kind of spicy goat cheese. Michael chuckles and admits his Urdu's a bit rusty.

* MoreInsultingThanIntended: Michael walks in on Waseem eating in an Indian restaurant and chides him (a Pakistani) for eating there. Thing is, Pakistan ''is'' India, or was until after WWII, when the British did a thing and a lot of people died and suddenly there were two countries rife with incredibly painful, blood-soaked memories and religious division. Michael worked in the region, so he would probably know that and his comment would be way over the line for what he was trying to do, which was just be kind of obnoxious while blackmailing him. This is probably a case where the writers screwed up, since the Partition is nowhere near as well known in the US as the India-Pakistan conflict is more broadly (this episode was written a decade before ''Series/MsMarvel2022'').
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Michael writes a note in Urdu to Waseem, the Pakistani head of security, to set up their meeting. At the meeting, Waseem points out the note said he'd be wearing a white shirt... and a cow. Michael chuckles and admits his Urdu's a bit rusty.

* IronicEcho: Andy claims that Zeke showed him a safe filled with cash, "fat wads of it" as part of the sales pitch. When Fiona actually manages to get into said safe, she finds that most of it is cheap counterfeit cash, just a few hundred-dollar bills over a bunch of filler to impress foolish marks, and Michael emphasizes by calling the fake cash "fat wads of it" to Andy.

At Michael's mother's poker game, Fi volunteers him for a case. One of Madeleine's friend's has a son who got into it with a loan shark for two hundred grand, only it turns out he lost the money to a con man. The client, Andy, got hooked by Zeke, the con man, with the possibility of an investment. The catch: the investment is in a night club in Havana, and thus illegal. Andy made an investment, got an immediate return, and went all in. Then, naturally, Zeke got raided by "feds" while Andy got hustled out the back. Michael poses as a rich playboy looking to get conned, Sam as his money manager whose signature is needed, and Fi as a girl to distract Zeke.

* TheVoiceless: The shorter of Zeke's partner never says a word.

* The voiceless: The shorter of Zeke's partner never says a word.

* MrViceGuy: Waseem really enjoys his life in the US. He's dating lots of girls

* MoreInsultingThanIntended: Michael walks in on Waseem eating in an Indian restaurant and chides him (a Pakistani) for eating there. Thing is, Pakistan ''is'' India, or was until after WWII, when the British did a thing and a lot of people died and suddenly there were two countries rife with incredibly painful, blood-soaked memories and religious division. Michael worked in the region, so he would probably know that and his comment would be way over the line for what he was trying to do, which was just be kind of obnoxious while blackmailing him. This is probably a case where the writers screwed up, since the Partition is nowhere near as well known in the US as the India-Pakistan conflict is more broadly (this episode was written a decade before ''Series/MsMarvel'').

* PoorMansSubstitute: [[invoked]]In-Universe, Fi calls Zeke "smooth in a cheesy, Sam-sort of way". Sam unoffended simply says "smooth is smooth, baby."

* PoorMansSubstitute: [[invoked]]In-Universe, Fi calls Zeke smooth is a "cheezy, Sam sort of way". Sam unoffended simply says "smooth is smooth, baby."

* ImplausibleCorneredEscape: Michael is forced to improvise while he's sneaking into his mark's office, and winds up [[MacGyvering converting his cell phone into an audio bug]] right there. As he's doing this, Zeke's business partners approach the office door. There's a shot of Michael in the office, as he finishes hiding the bug. Then there's a shot of the men opening the door and walking into the office--and then Michael emerges from the bathroom, directly next to the office door.

* ImplausibleCorneredEscape: Michael is forced to improvise while he's sneaking into his mark's office, and winds up [[MacGyvering converting his cell phone into an audio bug]] right there. As he's doing this, two scary-looking guards approach the office door. There's a shot of Michael in the office, as he finishes hiding the bug. Then there's a shot of the guards opening the door and walking into the office--and then Michael emerges from the bathroom, directly next to the office door.

* TruthInTelevision: Yes, foreign countries run intelligence services through their diplomatic missions.

* RunningGag: Everyone comments on how they can see how easy it was for Andy to lose his money.

* TruthInTelevision: Yes, foreign countries run intelligence services through their diplomatic missions.

At Michael's mother's poker game, Fi volunteers him for a case. One of Madeleine's friend's has a son who got into it with a loan shark for two hundred grand, only it turns out he lost the money to a con man. On the burn notice front, Michael sneaks into a Pakistani consulate to steal some documents, so that he can use those to force the resident spy to get him information on Carla (established in the previous episode to have spent time in Kurdistan).

Sam brings the team a case, a waitress (actually an undercover cop) who has a problem with a customer who's stalking her (actually a significant player in a drug cartel). Meanwhile, Carla has Michael making a duplicate of an electronic key card.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Carla kills the forger who duplicates the key card as soon as he's finished the job (also because he can identify the card's use).