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Recap / Burn Notice S 5 E 9 Eye For An Eye

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While Michael and Sam interrogate the war criminal who made the bomb that was supposed to kill him, Fi and Jesse help a man get revenge on his former business partner who betrayed him.


  • Crazy-Prepared: Lucian has a lot of contingencies in place, including a deadly trap in his clock shop and a distress call at a diner.
  • Engineered Public Confession: The crew get James to confess to everything in front of his wife, including, most damningly, "Sadie was no catch, you got lucky."
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Lucian has a daughter he doesn't go anywhere near, but he keeps a distant eye on her. Mike and Sam threaten to have her deported unless he stops dicking them around and get talking.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: James, the client's husband, framed his partner and left him in a South American prison. Not only did he steal his research, he stole his wife.
  • Manchild: Sam keeps calling "Not it!" on errands.
    Sam: Not it!
    Mike: What happened to you promising to take the next errand?!
    Sam: It got nullified when I called "Not it!".
  • Retired Badass: The bomb maker, Lucian, is an elderly war criminal, and he's nasty.
  • Villain with Good Publicity: The client of the week is married to a humanitarian, a man who developed an amazing antiviral drug. Only he didn't, he stole it and abandoned his partner to years in a third world prison.

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