Thursday, June 23, 2011

Why Burn Notice will get you killed

The new season of Burn Notice is upon us. I don't have a television, so I'll watch it for free from some Chinese streaming site as soon as is possible.

It's a show that I enjoy, but I also always have to keep things in check. Throughout episodes, the main character Michael Westen offers helpful advice on common problems like 'how to defeat a knife-wielding thug' or 'how to break open a wall safe'.

It's advice like this that falls into the category of knowledge I refer to as 'the things you think you know, but you actually don't.' Advice on how to evade capture while driving isn't something you know until you've been trained and guided through how to do it. A bootlegger's turn isn't something you can just wing.

So when you're at the bank, only to have armed, masked robbers enter, the first words out of your mouth should not be "Hang on everybody, I got this". Because if nothing else the next words you'll be thinking are Dang, where can I get C4 at a time like this?


Burn Notice airs Thursdays at 9pm (8pm Central) on the USA Network.

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