thread: 2008-07-31 : Burn Notice
On 2008-08-01, Vincent wrote:
> ... every single episode features movement on something like four fronts.
Yes!
Here's what I mean about "deftly downplayed." Michael's really, really good at some things, of course, but he's pretty damn bad at some others. Significantly, on two fronts - his clients and his burn notice thing - he does both kinds of things, while on the other fronts, he usually gets to do only the things he's bad at. So we see him fail all the time, sometimes with serious consequences. But the show's all like waving its hands and pointing to his successes, so the tone is slick, upbeat and super-competent.
