Burn Notice: Season Two | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.98
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Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 549
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 684 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 024543589334
UPC: 024543589334
EAN: 0024543589334
ASIN: B001C8W7EQ
Release Date: June 16, 2009
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Product Description
After suddenly being kicked out of his job as a government contract spy, Michael Weston returns to his home town of Miami to figure out who is behind
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Burn Notice settles into a satisfying groove in its second season. The cast is cool and confident, the writers have mastered the mix of stand-alone stories and the season-long hook, and the blend of retro-70s flavor with 21st century self-awareness is delicious. Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) still hasn.t figured out who .burned. him--i.e., got him blacklisted as a covert agent and left him trapped in Miami. But he has uncovered a lead in the form of Carla (Tricia Helfer, Battlestar Galactica), a mysterious manipulator who assigns Michael unexplained tasks. But if he resists these tasks, everyone he loves is at risk--including his mom, Madeline (Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey), his sleek and violent ex-girlfriend Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar, Scent of a Woman), and his squirrelly best pal, Sam (Bruce Campbell, Evil Dead II). In each episode, while wrestling with Carla.s ongoing schemes, Michael gets drawn into helping some hapless innocent, such as a waitress being stalked by a drug dealer, an accountant to a rap mogul with a gangster background, or a father who.s been scammed out of the money he needs for his sick son. While these smartly-plotted stories unfold, the true pleasure of the show is listening to Michael reveal techniques for forging checks, explain how to make a crude x-ray machine, or describe the active ingredients of pepper spray--all the tricks of the spy trade. Are they genuine? Who knows and who cares! They.re completely entertaining, clever enough to be plausible, and they go hand-in-hand with Michael.s arsenal of cheesy accents and cheerful quips. Burn Notice: Season Two features a good dose of deleted scenes, chatty audio commentaries by cast and crew, a genuinely charming gag reel (featuring Donovan doing a little soft-shoe), and a genuinely illuminating featurette with the show.s creator, Matt Nix, describing the process of preparing to direct an episode. All in all, it.s an excellent package, ready for delivery. --Bret Fetzer
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 Great show; too bad it's a hidden cable gem! August 26, 2010
Todd S. Bennett (Berkeley Review, CA United States)
Burn Notice is one of the best television shows to ever air. The writing is creative, the characters despite their differences sync in a way where you root for them collectively more than as individuals. The intertwining of an episode storyline with the season's storyline is done quite nicely. They have a good way of demonstrating the win the war even if it requires losing a battle to do so mentality.
This season has it's share of feel good stories and get even by kicking some a** stories. For the price, this show is an absolute bargain. We (my wife and I) got on the bandwagon after one of the seasons of 24 ended (looking for a fix in the summer), and let's just say we own all of the Burn Notice DVDs and only one of 24.
Watch one episode and prepare to be addicted.
Burn Notice Season Two August 23, 2010
Sheila M. Sawyer (Melbourne, Fl)
this item was a birthday present for my husband and he absolutely loves Burn Notice; so great purchase.
Burn Notice new addict! August 6, 2010
M. Hardison (Colfax, NC)
I had never watched Burn Notice before ordering this Blu-ray disc. My 16 year old son kept telling me and my wife, "You have to sit down and watch just one episode!" I kept putting it off with plenty of things to do.
When the Blu-ray disc arrived we were on vacation and had no excuses for not watching our first episode. OK, that was it! Now my wife and I are addicts too and plan to go back and order season one and three. The DVR is set to record every episode on cable AND we'll be buying future seasons as well. Great show, great plots every week, and superb acting. What's not to love?
Amazon's Prime service made the transaction even more pleasant! Amazon rocks!!!
Fast Service August 2, 2010
Janie R. Smith
The DVD's were received within a week of my order. They were in excellent condition.
For my money, the best show on TV right now July 15, 2010
Rev. Pee Kitty (North Atlanta Metro, GA, US)
Burn Notice manages to blend spy thrillers and cinematic action with down-to-earth realism. Michael Westen isn't James Bond or Jason Bourne -- as he says in the very first episode, "Guns make you stupid. Better to fight your wars with duct tape. Duct tape makes you smart," just before he gets past an armored door using a stud finder and a roll of duct tape. Like a cool MacGuyver without the bad hair, Michael wins by out-thinking and out-planning his foes, not just by beating them up and shooting them (though there's plenty of that, too). And his running internal narration fills the audience in on WHY he's doing what he's doing. Yes, you too can turn a cell phone into an audio bug, and here's how!
The cast fits together like a glove and with amazing chemistry. His ex-girlfriend (and former IRA terrorist) Fionna adds impulsiveness and anger to the group, while his ex-military friend Sam (played by the amazing Bruce Campbell) alternates between the voice of reason and a hook for some skirt-chasing humor. The interplay and developing relationship between Michael and his mom (who swings between helping the crew -- sometimes even saving the day -- and being a serious thorn in Michael's side) is realistic and fun to watch. The relationships between all of the characters (but especially the one between Michael and his mom) grow and develop as the series goes on, which is one of the best reasons for watching it.
On each episode, someone comes to the team for help with a problem no one else can take care of (A-Team style). While the group is dealing with that, the overall "season plot" gets advanced a bit. In Season One, Michael is just trying to figure out who burned him and why. In Season Two, Michael is trying to get out from under their thumb. In Season Three, Michael has lost his protection and has deal with "real life" in the form of prying cops and old enemies. In Season Four, Michael has a broader view of what's going on, and is trying to stop a dangerous conspiracy. The "story arc" for each season is always advanced -- sometimes a little, sometimes a lot -- so you never feel like a show was just a throwaway they tossed together.
If you're not into Burn Notice, check it out, Thursdays at 9 on USA. If you are a fan, then what are you waiting for? Get this DVD set! The show is amazing!
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