History YMMV / BurnNotice

** [[MadBomber Simon Escher]] was a PsychoForHire for Anson's organization who had been betrayed by them. When he got out of jail in seasons 3 and 4, Simon embarked on a one man terrorism and murder spree, killing anyone in his way to get to Management, innocent or not. Simon's first appearance has him in a TV store, having shot the employee on duty dead and hacked all the Television in the store to show his grisly crimes, which includes bombings and shootings, and he forces Michael to help him by threatening to bomb a tourist hotel. The CIA later recruit him in the season 7 finale and brings him in on an op to bring down a terrorist network. After eliminating both the extraction team and most of the enemy's men, he tortures the one prisoner they had and kills him in cold blood.

* ''YMMV/BurnNoticeTheFallOfSamAxe''

* TheScrappy: Between his HonorBeforeReason personality, his open and unwarranted dislike of Michael (culminating in him obviously enjoying an opportunity to punch Michael), and the fact that Michael's friends and family all side with him over Michael, its kinda hard not to feel that the doctor from Neighborhood Watch doesn't fall under this trope. '''Sugar''' comes off as smarter and more useful than him, and he got Sam beaten up during that episode because he lost his cool. It also didn't help that AnAesop of the story fell somewhat flat since he would have died horribly if it wasn't for Michael and friends doing almost all of the work.

** In "Fight or Flight" the characters are on the run from a cartel boss known as "El Jefe". Years later, Creator/BruceCampbell would star in ''Series/AshVersusEvilDead'', where his character is recognized as TheChosenOne and given the title "El Jefe".

** The high school football player Team Westen save from a gang of car thieves in "Hot Spot" is played by none other than Creator/MichaelBJordan, several years before his roles as [[Film/{{Creed}} Adonis Creed]] and [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Erik "Killmonger" Stevens]] made him a much bigger star.

* EvilIsSexy: Carla and Kendra. A number of the one-shot episode villains as well.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Burn Notice itself is a real thing, it's a document passed around between different intelligence agencies indicating a particular asset has been compromised or otherwise the information they are offering is unreliable. When the show first started airing many people believed it was manufactured for the show. The reason is likely because within the reality of the show Michael is a super spy with several decades of experience, dozens of old acquaintances and [[TakingYouWithMe enough knowledge to take revenge of the CIA]], making [[DidntThinkThingsThrough the act of burning them seem foolish]]. In real life it is more likely to be a clerk in an office who occasionally forwards xeroxed documents to a handler.

* SpecialEffectsFailure:

* WTHCastingAgency: Casting 29 year old Alona Tal, who looks even younger, as a highly seasoned Russian spy was... ill advised, to put it mildly.

** The high school football player Team Westen save from a gang of car thieves in "Hot Spot" is played by none other than Creator/MichaelBJordan, several years before his roles as [[Film/{{Creed}} Adonis Creed]] and [[Film/BlackPanther Erik "Killmonger" Stevens]] made him a much bigger star.

** "The Fall Of Sam Axe" gave us a performance by Creator/PedroPascal before his roles as [[Series/GameOfThrones Oberyn Martell]] and [[Series/TheMandalorian Din "Mando" Djarin.]]
* Carla was portrayed by Creator/TriciaHelfer, who would go on to be Charlotte Richards in Series/Lucifer, love interest to Daniel Espinoza, whose actor played a VillainOfTheWeek in one episode.

** "The Fall Of Sam Axe" gave us a performance by [[Creator/PedroPascal]] before his roles as [[Series/GameOfThrones Oberyn Martell]] and [[Series/TheMandalorian Din "Mando" Djarin.]]

** Did anyone else recognize that brother trying to break his criminal sibling out of jail in "Guilty As Charged"? No? [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Paint him blue.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: The high school football player Team Westen save from a gang of car thieves in "Hot Spot" is played by none other than Creator/MichaelBJordan, several years before his roles as [[Film/{{Creed}} Adonis Creed]] and [[Film/BlackPanther Erik "Killmonger" Stevens]] made him a much bigger star.

** WordOfGod on Larry: "Part of what's fun about Larry for us is that he's a guy who's primarily motivated by his love of Michael, which is a really odd thing for a bad guy. He's sort of like, 'I love money and I love killing people, but mostly, kid, I love you, let's just hang out.'" It also answers the question of why Larry (with his KillThemAll mentality) puts up with Team Westen foiling his plans: Michael's one of the few people he actually likes (and thus won't actively try to kill).

* FoeYay: Sharon Gless (Madeline) noted she would like for Maddie to get into a relationship with the FBI agent that interrogated her about Mike and whom she slapped.

'''Sam:''' Ha. Get in line.[[note]]Their actors actually smooch in an outtake from this scene.[[/folder]]