"Myname is Michael Westen." "I used to be a spy until-  [ Man ] We got a burn notice on you." "You're blacklisted." " [ Whistles ]" "[ Michael Narrating] Whenyou're burned,you've got nothing-- no cash, no credit, nojob history." " You're stuck in whatever city they decide to dump you in." " Where am I?" "Miami." "You do whatever work comes your way." " You rely on anyone who's still talking to you-- - [ Laughs ]" " a trigger-happy ex-girlfriend" " Should we shoot them?" "an old friend who's informing on you to the F.." "B.I." "You know spies." "Bunch of bitchy little girls." " F.amily too" " Hey, is that your mom again?" " ifyou're desperate." " Someone needs your help, Michael." "Bottom line:" "Untilyou figure out who burnedyou... you're not going anywhere." "[ Michael Narrating ] F.or anyone who works in covert ops, names have a special power." "Knowing someone's real name, who they work for, you've got something on them." "Out a spy in the field, andyou could get him killed." "Out a bureaucrat in a restaurant" "J ason?" "J ason Bly." "andyou'lljust piss him off." "Good to seeyou." "I figuredyou'd find me sooner or later." "Everyone!" "Everyone!" "This is OfficerJason Bly ofthe C.S.S." "I t is a branch of the N.S.A., performing covert intelligence support for the military." " All right, that's enough." " You think so?" "I was going to go into the history ofthe service a little, give people some background." "Not a bad picture." "I take terrible photo I.D.'s." "One ofthe reasons why I neverworked for any service branch directly." "I supposeyou think thatyou're gonna be able... to leverage stealing my agency I.D. card... into a ticket off the blacklist?" "No, I hadn't really thought about it." "I just want to get to know you better." "Yeah, well, I've been getting to knowyou, uh, and your friends." "Sam Axe, Fiona Glenanne... your mother." "Oh, Bly." "I thought I told you, this is just between you and me." "See, I don't think so." "Adjusting toyour circumstances is a process." "It's natural for there to be some grieving, some anger, some denial." "Involving your friends and family is an important part ofadjusting." "For example, your girlfriend Fiona." "[ Laughs ] She's not my girlfriend." "Yeah." "Yeah, I know." "On again, offagain." "That is a complicated relationship, man." "I've been listening to the surveillance tapes." "You know, I think-- Well, I think both ofyou have issues." " One man's opinion." " That's true." "She is coming here to meetyou, isn't she?" "I mean, if my information is correct, she should be here shortly." "Oh, hey." "There she is." "Mike, she's a really fine-looking girl." "She does take risks though, doesn't she?" "That carwas stolen three weeks ago." "Have you looked inside the trunk?" "Seems that she's been doing some gun dealing." "Yeah, she can take care ofherself." "No." "You should talk to her." "You should talk to herbecause ifshe gets caught,you mayneverbe able..." " to resolve those thorny, you know, relationship issues." " [ Siren Blaring]" "Oh, you should get going." "Hey, I'll get the check." " [ Horn Honks ] - [ Man ] Hey!" "You crazy?" "Go." "Go!" " [ Tires Squealing ]" " Michael, what?" "Bly setyou up." "[Siren Continues ]" "Doyou have guns in the trunk?" "Fi?" "A few semi-automatics, yeah." "I got a deal, Michael." "This guywas selling Browning nine millimeters for 200 bucks apiece." "You have unregistered weapons in a stolen car." "Fi!" "You know, you have always had a problem with mywork." "I have always supported you." "I'm helping people." "You're running guns." "Big difference." "Is the car at least clean?" "Good." "[Siren Continues ]" "[Michael Narrating] The longeryou run from the police... the more certainyou are to get caught." "There's a small window oftime after a chase begins... before backup arrives, before helicopters are deployed." "Ifyou want any chance ofgetting away... you'd best use this time to find someplace secluded" "Here." "Here." "[ Michael Narrating ] and bail out." "See you back at the loft?" "Yeah, 3-1 -4 Sierra." "I lost 'em." " [ Door Opens ]" " Oh, here he is now." "I'll talk to you later." " Your mom says hi." " How did you get here so fast?" "Oh, I got a ride from a pleasant retired gentleman named Hubert." "He was concerned for my safety." "Let me get this straight." "I was set up by Bly?" "Revenge for stealing his wallet?" "He wasn't gonna send you to jail." "That'd be too much paperwork for him." "He knew I'd saveyou." "Save me?" "I don't need saving." "The point is, it was a message for me... to shut up and accept that I've been burned for good... or my friends and family are fair game." "Oh, I see." "I'm just curious." "Which am I?" "Can we discuss this later?" "So once Bly is taken care of, we can discuss us?" "Sure." "I don't suppose killing him would expedite that." "No, Fi, no." "He's the best connection I have." "He can tell me why I was burned, who did this to me." "I need to get some leverage." "Ifl gotta go to warwith Bly, I gotta put some cash together." "?" "[Man Singing In Spanish ]" "These guys come down and, uh, make me give them money." "Every couple of days." "At first, they said it was for protection." "Now they don't even bother to lie." "Theywork for this bruja, Concha Ramirez." "She's got guys all around here." "A woman boss." "How progressive." "Listen, pretty soon I can't be in business no more." "Talked to my friend,Javier." "You helped him with that cabrón." " Guy came after his kid." " And asked him not to talk about it, yeah." "What exactly areyou looking for?" "I got 20 grand." "I want them out ofthe neighborhood." "No, I want them gone." "All these guys work for this woman, Concha." " Sounds like an organization." "It might be tough." "Javier said you could handle it." " Oh, I'm flattered, but" " They're ruining the neighborhood." "Okay, people who live here on this block theirwhole lives are losing everything." "My pops built this place." "I ain't giving upwithout a fight." "Haveyou tried talking to the police?" "They come, give me paperwork, and go back to Coral Gables." "I try to get the neighborhood to fight back, but they're scared, man." "We got families." "I need your help." "Ten grand now, the rest after." "[ Whistles ]" " I'll see what I can do." " No." "Don't "I'll see what I can do." Do it." " You're the last chance we got." " Okay." "[ Cell Phone Ringing]" " Yeah, Sam." " Hey, uh, Mike." "We got a situation here." "Looks like your buddy Bly talked to my girlfriend, and she's pissed." "Hi, honey." "Yeah, she hit me with a" "What doyou call it?" "One ofthose, uh, meat tenderizers" " Sam, get in here!" " Okay, honey.Just a minute." " Well, doyou want me to send an extraction team?" " I'll letyou know." "Now, look." "What areyou gonna do about Bly?" "The son ofa bitch is doing a scorched earth number here." "I'm taking care ofit, but see ifyou can get out ofthere in one piece." "Yeah." "Sweetie?" "Hey, easy now." "Come on." "A C.I.A. agent came into my home." "It wasn't C.I.A., it was C.S.S. It's a branch ofthe National Security Agency." "He told me thatyou were seeing that whore up in Bal Harbour." "I was just going to get my clothes." "It's over, pumpkin." "Oh,Jesus." "Mike, this is some serious collateral damage." " I mean, I like this girl." "We gotta do something." " I know, I know." "I think this'll be enough cash to take care of Bly... maybe even find out why I was burned." " What, areyou gonna throw money at him?" " Something like that." " I'll work out the details." " You know anything about this gang?" "Theywork for a Cuban émigré named Concha Ramirez." "Sheworks out of a restaurant on Miami Beach." "Oh, I don't know, Mike." "Organized crime is a pain in the ass." "There's a reason I didn't become a fed." "We just need them to decide the neighborhood's not worth the trouble and move on." "Scare the hell out ofthem." " Sounds like fun." " Let's do the recon... check out her soldiers, take a look at Concha and see what we're dealing with." "Hereyou go, Sam." "Buyyour girlfriend some flowers." "Mike, it's gonna take more than flowers." "I mean, she's prettypissed." "Uh, this Blywas rude." "I mean, really rude." "She's feeling a little better now." "Okay, perfect." "Thankyou." "I'll get the check." "[ Chuckles ]" "When areyou gonna get a real car?" "This thing's like a toy." "Hey, Veronica was gonna get me a Cadillac... until Mike's surveillance guy screwed everything up." "A Cadillac?" "What could you possibly be doing to these women?" "Wouldn'tyou like to know?" "[ Whistles ] There she is." "Wow." "Not bad for a crime boss." "[ Speaking Spanish ]" "[ Spanish ]" "Get in there." "[Michael Narrating] In intelligence work, surveillance is called coverage." "It's like basketball" " You can run zone defense or man-to-man." "Man-to-man's risky." "F.ollow someone too long, they're going to get suspicious." "The zone is usually the way to go" "Stayput and let targets come to you." "Less obvious, easier on the feet." "Andyou can catch up on your celebrity gossip." "[ Speaki ng Spanish ]" "[ Spanish ]" "They're leaning hard on the neighborhood." "Bad business driving away people who are paying you off." "So they're amateurs." "It'll make it easier to get rid ofthem." "I'm not sure it was a good idea to give Sam the café." "Three Cuban coffees in, his camera work gets kind ofjittery." "It's not the coffee." "He has lady friend problems." "You know, I have to say, Sam's romantic side is surprising." " Not now, Fi." " I'm talking about Sam." "And you're gonna use Sam as a way to talk about us." "After." "All right?" "All right." "But I promiseyou... ifI'm not satisfied, then I am gonna kickyour ass." "[Men Speaking Spanish ]" "[ Michael Narrating] Explaining the rules ofcovert ops is always a challenge." "It's a world where good guys look like bad guys... and two wrongs do, in fact, make a right." "[ Exhales ]" " I gotta bust up your counter." " You're gonna smash up my counter?" "Yeah, and a few other things." "It's part of the plan, Ernie." "No, no." "I got enough people who want to smash up my place." " No, I don't need any more!" " Ernie, the onlyway" "The onlyway this ends is ifthese guys think... they're up against somebodyworse than they are." "I thoughtyou were supposed to protect the neighborhood, like guard the place or something." "Ifl act like a security guard, they're just gonna send more guys." "Yeah, but my friend said you could fight." "He said you were, you know, Special Forces." "Bullets don't bounce off my skin, Ernie." "I'm gonna solve this, but I gotta do it myway." "And Ernie" " Ernie, look, I need your help." " What do you want me to do?" "I need you to spread the word that some serious psycho robbed your place." "And please, please, keep your mouth shut... about hiring me, oryou'll get us both killed." "You understand?" "There's no turning back, Ernie, after I do this." "Ifyou want to walk away, now's the time." "I don't walk away." "Do it." "All right, call the cops in five minutes." "So myjob is to say that a psycho robbed my store." " What's yourjob?" " Me?" "I get to be the psycho." "Trust me." "That's the hard part." "[ Growls ]" "[ Michael Narrating] As coverl.D. 's go, I preferrich businessman... orinternational playboy to crazy thief." "But ifthe situation calls for it, you do whatyou have to do." "What's this dude doin' on my car?" "Oh, boys, boys, boys." "You need to do me a favor." "It's nothing personal, but you need to leave the neighborhood." " Yeah?" "Well, why is that?" " Because it's mine!" "[ Grunting, Groaning ]" " And they're outta here!" " [Bat Clatters ]" "[ Groaning ]" "[ Man Speaking Spanish ]" "[ Spanish ]" "They made it back-- barely." "Nice work." "I'dsay8.5 style, maybe nine for execution." "I'd say 8.5 style, maybe nine for execution." "[ Michael On Phone ] Quite a compliment." "Keep an eye out." "See what moves they make." "They'll be back soon enough." "We get to babysit bad guys for a while." " You've been checking that thing all day." "You expecting a call?" " No." "Well, the--The lady friend." " You send her flowers?" " Yes, I sent her flowers." "Why doyou think I'm checking my phone?" "What did the card say?" "[ Sighs ]" " It said, "I'm sorry." "Call me."" " She doesn't need "I'm sorry."" "She needs to know who you are, where she stands." "I would imagine." "All right." "Well, let's say I sent her a second card." "What would it say?" "Jason Bly." "Always a pleasure." " Nice job ditching the police the other day." "I knewyou'd do it, butyou always manage those things with such style." "Maybe it's the sunglasses." "Where did you get them?" "Oh, an Algerian special ops guy I tangled with a while back." "He didn't need 'em anymore." "I'd part with them ifyou'd tell me why I got burned." "Tempting, but that's classified." "No, Ijust came byto see ifyou'd reconsideredyourposition at all." "I've been reading up on your exploits." "You are a man of many talents." " Nice to be appreciated." " My hope-- my commitment, really-- is thatyou'll find a new outlet foryour skills here in Miami-- a new outlet that involves you settling down... and no longer making problems for the intelligence community." "I see." "You got any ideas?" "Well, I realize that you probably don't have much... in the wayofjob references fromyourtimes... inAfghanistan or the formerSoviet republics... so I am prepared to offeryou full-time employment... papers and references." "You'll start as a security guard at a bank." "And who knows where things might go from there." "Really?" "A security guard?" "A new life as a private citizen." " A spook no more." " I'll think about it." "You do that." "I'll be in touch." " [ Rapid Beeping ]" " Barry, it's Michael." "We need to meet." "I wantyou to set up a business for a friend of mine" "A government worker." "Name's Jason Bly, B-L-Y." "What kind ofbusiness you have in mind foryour friend?" "Let's keep it vague." "I supply the cash, but I need you to set it up." "He'll need some bank accounts, an offshore corporation or two." "He'll need to make some purchases." " Is your friend gonna know about this business?" " I'd like it to be a surprise." "So I helpyou set up this schmuck, Bly." "I just want to know-- What's in it for me?" "Thirty percent commission and I'll oweyou one." "[ Groaning ] Oh, three grand." "Come on." "[ Sighs ]" " I'll do it, butyou'll owe me big." " You know I'm good for it." " [Bell Tolls ] -[Ernie] How doyou thinkl feel?" "This is crazy." "I giveyou all this money, and then I don't even seeyou around myplace?" "As far as they're concerned, I 'm a criminal terrorizing their neighborhood." "How's it gonna look ifwe're seen together?" "They came back, you know." "More ofthem this time." " They hit a couple of places down the block." " Of course they did." "They're not gonna leave your neighborhood alone because a couple of guys got beat up." "It's a business, Ernie." "They're making money." " So when are they gonna leave the neighborhood?" " When I make it clear to them... that the cost of doing business in your neighborhood will be unacceptably high." "That better be soon." "[ Man Speaking Spanish ]" "[Michael Narrating] The term "shock andawe"gets misused a lot these days." "It's a popularname for a military tactic known as "rapid dominance. "" " What's up?" " [ Men Chattering ]" "[ Michael Narrating ] Whetheryou do it with a thousand-pound bomb... or with a can ofturpentine and a power drill... it's all about being spectacular." "Kill the electronic brain ofany late-model car, and it's dead." " Won't start." "Windows won't open." " [ Speaki ng Spanish ]" "Thenyou can pretty much do whateveryou want." "[ Men Shouting In Spanish ]" "[ Clamoring ]" "[ Spanish ]" "Highly flammable!" "You shoot me, you set yourself on fire." "But that won't kill you." "The fire will suck all the oxygen out and you'll suffocate." "Then you'll burn, but firstyou'll suffocate to death." "F.ascinating, isn't it?" "Gimme the money." " Gimme the money!" " [ Chattering ]" "Now!" "Let's go!" "Rápido!" "This neighborhood is mine!" "You hear me?" "My neighborhood!" "My neighborhood!" "My neighborhood!" "This neighborhood is mine!" "[Michael Narrating] Piss offa criminal organization andyou could end up dead." "You're pretty slick, huh?" "[ Narrating] But ifthey don't killyou, they've got plans foryou." "Come on." "Come with me." "Go." "[ Michael Narrating] There's no substitute for improvisation." " Even the best plans can't anticipate everything." " [ Groans ]" "[ Michael Narrating ] You better be able to roll with the punches." " Get hi m up." "Bri ng hi m here." " [ Grunts ]" "[ Groans ]" "My name is Consuela." "They call me Concha." " Nice to meet ya, Consuela." " Shut up." " What?" " Diego, porfavor." "That, uh, bodega thatyou robbed" "You know, that guy, the owner-- He gives us a lot of trouble." " Doesn't seem so tough to me." " You could have saved us a lot of trouble ifyou killed him." "Butyou attack Luis, you attack Oscar." "Now everybody's talking about the crazy gringo." "I think I have to meet him." "Crazy?" "I like to think of myself as dedicated." "[ Consuela Laughs ] Sí." "Butyou have to understand something." "This block, for me, is not about money from some small shops." "It's about real estate. ¿Entiendes?" " Oh, you're buying it." " Exactly." "And when the business gets bad enough, theywill sell... to me." "You know, I thought about killing you, but then I think..." ""Well, maybe no, no, no." "Maybe I'll have this guywork forme. "" "[ Laughs ]" "Work foryou?" "The thing is, I'm not the employee type." "Uh, I've had some problems in the past with somejobs, some unpleasantness" "You know, water cooler stuff, but" "Like I said, I am very determined." "You wi I I work for me." "[ Michael Narrating ] They sayyou only get one chance... to make a first impression with an employer." "Doesn't matter ifyou're a store manager or a strong-arm guy." "You've got to put your best foot forward." "We make col lections every two or three days." "Do about half the stores on the street." " Next time, we do the others." " Where are your boys?" "They don't make collections around here no more" " Not with you, anyway." "[ Laughs ] Tell 'em I said hi." "Hey, you can do that psycho crap with Concha, but not with me." "¿Comprendes?" "And I don't wantyou pouring turpentine on nobodywhile we're working." "You got that?" " How's the real estate business goin'?" " Eh, it's too complicated." "I'm old school." "Used to be a bookie." "Worked down at jai alai, lent money, had my own crew." "The guy I worked for, though, was into a lot of moneywith Concha." "Crazy puta shot him right in front ofhis kids during a birthday party... but I needed the work, so I ended up with her." "How's it workin' for a lady boss?" "Uh, woman, man-- I don't care, you know?" "I just don't want to be out in the street working at my age." "This place--The guy's behind a little." "Just have to push him a little bit." " Not too much, though." "You understand?" " Not too much." " He's an old man." " Okay, look." "You want this neighborhood to go down fast, right?" "This nickel-and-dime stuff is gonna take forever." "[Michael Narrating]Anynew employer is looking forthe same things." "Areyou willing to go the extra mile?" "Areyou willing to go the extra mile?" "Canyou take the initiative, impress them?" "You want this neighborhood to go downhill?" "I'll show you how to do it." "Hey, honey!" "Honey!" "Yeah, you!" "Get outta the car!" "Get outta the car!" "Get out!" "Gimmeyourbag!" "Gimme your money!" "Gimme your money!" "Fi, sell it." " [ Screams ]" " Give it!" "Gimme your bag." "[ Groans ] Fi!" "Fi, cut it out!" "Gimme the bag, Fi." "Now,just" " Oh!" " See, this is howyou get a neighborhood!" " ¿Está loco, man?" " Come on." "Let's go." " This is howyou" " No!" " You understandme?" "We don't do this, man." " What did I say, huh?" " Oh, whatever." " I thought the point was" " Look, you start mugging people on the street..." " we're gonna have the cops down here!" " I understand." "Now we can't make no more collections today. [ Spanish ]" " Well, she's got a hundred bucks." "Here, it's foryou." " Aah!" " We gotta talk to Concha about this later." " Okay." " You understand?" " Oh, yeah." "I do." " You understand?" " Oh, yeah." "I do." " No tiene nada aquí.." " Okay." "Bye-bye." "Ah!" "You're home." "Oh, Michael Westen, you look fabulous." "Good thing about being out of a job-- I can dress how I like now." "One ofyour little side projects." "I don't want to know." "I hopeyou don't mind." "I let myselfin." "No, no, no." "Makeyourself comfortable." " You want a yogurt or something?" " I had one." "Not bad." "I don't want to sound inhospitable, but... don'tyou need a warrant to be in here?" "Aren'tyoursuperiors going to be a little concerned?" "We're a little past warrants, aren't we?" "I don't thinkyou and I need to worry about official protocol at this point." " You know, Westen, you're the one that made this personal." " You got a new rental car." " [ Whistles ]" " Yeah." "They upgraded me yesterday." "Man, I have to say, Miami has treated me prettywell." "That makes one of us." "Listen, I hope that you took myjob offer seriously... because round one was just a warm-up." "In round two, your brother lands in jail ifhe's not careful... and Fiona has some associates who are very interested to know where she is." "Angry, angry people." "What doyou say?" "Leave 'em alone, Bly." "I'll take the job." "Good call." "Good call." "You're gonna love being a securityguard." "Oh!" "You get to brush up on your reading, and-and" "Well, you get to brush up on your reading." "All right." "We'll talk soon." "[ Michael Narrating] In anynewjob, there's always friction withyour coworkers." "They're wondering ifthe boss likes the new guy better... ifhe's going to make them look bad." "In somejobs, that can getyou a dark look in the break room." "In otherjobs, that can getyou a bullet in the back ofthe head." "I wish I could have seen it." "So you went right in the car andyou took herpurse?" " You should have seen her face when I opened the door." " Cops came later, man." "They were all over the street, asking questions for hours, trying to find the lady." "Oh, you know, Diego's right, of course." "Street crime like that can be very dangerous for us." " But I appreciateyour dedication." " He can't go back there now." "He can't make collections with cops asking everyone about him." "Diego, un momento, por favor." " I don't think that guy likes me." " He's old-fashioned." "Wants rules." " He likes when people respect the rules." " And you?" "When the Coast Guard found me, I had nothing." "Mira." "I didn't build all ofthis... by following rules." "Howeveryou pull it off, sign me up." "I want to talk to you about something." "A special job." "You know the bodega-- The one that you robbed?" "Doyou want me to knock it off again?" " There's not much there." " No, no, no." "It's this man, the owner." "Ernie Paseo." "He makes lots of problems for us." "He calls the cops, he talks to the neighbor, he meets with them." " I hear he's thinking about getting outside security too." " Sounds like a problem." "Mmm." "A problem that I think you can make go away." "He goes, the whole neighborhood goes with him in just a few months." "Kill him?" " Sí.." "Maybe a fire." " Mmm." "Do the whole family... because I don't want to deal with lawyers or inheritance." "[ Ernie ] She wants to kill me?" " I thoughtyou were gonna make this better." " I'm working on it, Ernie." " She can kill mywhole family?" " Well, she's a shark, Ernie." "She plans on killing me too, ifthat makes you feel any better." " Can we call the police?" " No, I'm supposed to be a hit man." "It's not like I can get them on tape... and the police won't be able to do anything, and Concha will come after both of us." "Just trust me." "You need to get out oftown, and I'll letyou know when it's safe to come back." " Thirtyyears, the store's never been closed." " Then it's time for a vacation." "Takeyour family, go to DisneyWorld." "Just get out oftown." "You can do this, huh?" "I'm giving you everything." "All my savings." "And I promiseyou, I'm earning every penny." "I can do this." "I just need you to trust me." "I just need you to trust me." "[Michael Narrating] Militaryfirebombs are typically... white phosphorus or chlorine trifluoride." "These are remarkably effective... but they're also unstable, lethally toxic... and hard to find at the grocery store." "The main ingredient in a homemade firebomb, on the other hand... is Styrofoam." "A military demolitions expert can put something together in a few hours." "An I.R.A. -trained guerrilla can do it in 20 minutes, give or take." "Al I right, Fi." "I 'm off." "I 'll talk to you later." "Be careful out there." "All right, so you do this and you call me after, all right?" "Yeah, I got it." "I got it." "I put the bomb down, it goes boom." "Nice and easy." "We'll meet later." "I'll takeyou to Concha." "Everything gonna be" "Hey, uh" " Bodega is-is never closed." " Somebody told him." " Nobody told him." " Then why isn't he" " Becauseyou're the target, Diego, not Ernie." "I'm sorry I gotta do this." "I talked to Concha." "She told me to do it." "It's nobody's fault." "It's just, times are changing and you gotta go." "[ Laughs ] She told you to kill me?" "Yeah, she told me I could do it before or after Ernie." " I figure it was just easier to do it now." " I was supposed to kill you." " What?" " I was suppose to kill you." " That's what she" " She told you?" " Yeah." "Oh!" "[ Laughs ]" "'Cause then--And then" "Me and you." "Probably she'll do it later." " That's how she does it, you know?" " Oh." "She doesn't care about anybody, man." "She did my own boss the same way." "Listen to me." "She'll do you, too." "Turn around, on your knees." "On your knees!" "Listen to me." "Listen to me!" "Concha's crazy." " Yeah, no arguments here." " She's" "She's killing people" " Our people." "It's got to stop." "I should have stopped it a long time ago." "We shouldn't be here doing these things, huh?" "Maybeyou'rejust a psycho." "Ifthat's true, then shoot me." "Shoot me." "But if not, let me finish this." "I will deal with Concha." "You walk away, I walk away." "I walk away." "Never see each other." "The neighborhood is yours." "How would you do it?" "[Michael Narrating] Being a spy,you have to get comfortable... with the idea ofpeople doing bad things for good reasons-- doing good things for bad reasons." "You do the bestyou can." " [ People Clamoring ] - [ Explosion ]" " [ Woman ] Come on!" "Come on!" " [ Sirens Blaring ]" "[ Bell Tolling ]" "[ Si ghs ]" "You can go back to your store." "They're never gonna come to your neighborhood again." " You can count it." " No." " It's all there." " It's all right." "Actually, here." "That's most ofit back, less some expenses." "I just needed a wad of cash to run through some bank accounts." "It's, uh, complicated." "I wasn't gonna takeyour life savings." "I don't know what to say." " I want to tell the others." " Oh, Ernie, no." " So that they know whatyou did." " No, seriously." "It ends here." "F.or everyone's safety,you can nevertell anyone-- ever-- about this." "I'm just some crazy guy who robbed your store one day." "And we can never meet again." "You understand?" " Thankyou." " Okay." "I gotta go." "The retirement luncheon for Michael Westen." "I love it." " I should have broughtyou a gold watch." " Have a seat." "I haveyour new life right here." "I haveyour new life right here." "You'll start on the night shift." "But ifyou're a good boy, you work hard, keepyour nose clean... you will be the day security manager in a coupleyears." "And I think that there's a dental plan in there too." "This... is awkward." "I've decidednot to take thejob." "Oh, Michael." "I am down here on a government paycheck." "The good citizens ofthis country are gonna continue... to pay me to make your life miserable." "I am telling you, take a look at this folder." "It'll be much easier for both of us." "Actually, I have an even bigger folder." "You like to talk about our close personal friendship." "I took it a step further." "I set up an offshore business in both of our names." "I gaveyou $1 00,000 in cash overthe last week." "Actually, it's just 1 0 grand deposited over and over... but it sure looks like a whole lot of money." " What are you talking about?" " Not done." "There are other things that document our friendship." "Uh, there'syou in myplace without a warrant... eating myyogurt." "There you are riding around in a convertible Mustang... which I upgradedyou to-- you're welcome." "I gotta say, it looks pretty convincing to me." "That's a career ender there, Agent Bly." "All right." "I'm listening." "I want the dossier on my burn notice." "Yeah." "Confidential." "I know." "But since we're such close personal friends..." "[ Whispering ] we can keep this just between us." "I'll wait foryour call, buddy." "?" "[ Whistling]" "[ CarStarts ]" "Hey, buddy." "Listen, I just wanted to let you know that the lady friend... got a big fat apology from your buddy Bly... so you pulled it off." " It worked out okay?" " Oh, better than okay." "I got a toothbrush here now." "And uh, I think I might get that Cadillac, too." "Kind of a makeup present." " So there's no hard feelings?" " No, no." "I think it boosted my cred, actually." "I mean, I got the C.S.S. to back off." " I got some super spyjuice goin' now." " Glad I could help, Sam." "Oh, uh, Mike." "One other thing I wanted to giveyou a heads up on." " Yeah?" " Well, I just got offthe phone with Fi a few minutes ago." "You know, she's been helping me with this whole, uh, girlfriend thing... and just wanted to tell you man-to-man... you better get ready for the big talk." "She is comin' over there." "I mean, she should be there any minute now." "She is comin' over there." "I mean, she should be there any minute now." "Gotta go." " Hi." " So, Bly is gone." "As promised, we talk about us... or I kickyour ass." "Fi, I don't know what to tell you." " You promised, Michael." " Yeah, I promised to talk about it." "I didn't promise I'd know what to say." "You know, I just want to know where I stand." "I-I've been here a while." "It's been fun." "Is this going anywhere?" "Fi, doyou rememberwhen we were together?" "We were profoundly unhappy." "I still have scars to prove it." "You remember?" " Dublin, Germany" " Yes." "I just can't do that again." "So you want to be with someone else?" "No." "Fi." "As unhappy as we were, I don't think there's anyone..." "I could be with that would make me happier than you." " And I don't know ifthat's good enough." " It's not." "[ Grunting, Groaning ]" "Oh, sorry, sorry." "Fi, Fi." "I didn't mean that." "Fi." "Fi." "[ Groans ] Um, Fi, hold on." "Hold on." "Wait, wait." "Wait, wait, wait, wait." "Ow!" "Ow." "You're gonna getyourselfhurt." "Stop it." "I'm warning you." "Fiona." "No." "[ Groans ]" "[ Gasps, Pants ]" "[Michael Narrating] In anykind ofcovert intelligence operation... it's important to be careful whatyou wish for." "[ Tapping ]" "The information that you fight so hard to get... may be everything you wished for" "Or it mayjust make your life more complicated." "Or it mayjust make your life more complicated." "Thanks." "Have fun with it."