![]() Specifically I think I'm looking for some sort of building tension or urgency to the show but this is generally put to one side in favour of the glossy in/out aims of the light entertainment viewer – which is fine while it never claims to be more. It doesn't really seem to build particularly well and, although old characters and beefs are brought in to create a case for that week, there is never a sense of things closing in or getting worse within the narrative. No the same grumbles I've had already are still in place. Of course one should not expect too much because the improvements to this glossy piece of entertainment have mostly served to make it a more pleasing and glossy piece of entertainment, not to make it something more than it aims to be. I have always liked the narration device and this is kept and used well with scenarios that have pace and energy in the way sometimes the stop/start "case of the week" structure did not produce. ![]() Those episodes that are still a bit daft tend to benefit from the improved budgets and focus on action that this season generally has. It is still very much light entertainment but the individual episodes generally carry a bit more weight and some of the weaker/sillier plots are dropped. As a thread it isn't quite as strong as the previous season but it is good enough to provide a structure while also making some of the "case a week" stuff be more exciting and involved as well. ![]() Taking the lead from season 2's structure, 3 sets up a season long narrative of Michael being "out there" without the implied protection of the Management that burnt him. The announcement that it has been green-lit for several seasons after this one will hopefully see further confidence in the future in the way that it seems to have done in this third season. Burn Notice is yet to really excite me but season 3 is the first season where it really seems to be getting to grips with the idea that it is here to stay and that it has viewers on board.
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