Jeffrey Donovan and Bruce Campbell are eights kinds of crazy awesome. You viewers agreed and made USA's "Burn Notice" the hottest show last summer and the number one new show on cable in 2007.
Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan - "Changeling" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Beverly Hills, CA, USA © David Gabber / PR Photos
The Miami-based comedy and action combo returns for its second season in a continuation with seven all new episodes on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 10/9c.
Donovan shines as the laconic, dry-witted Michael Westen, a blacklisted spy who finds himself stranded in sun-soaked Miami without money, resources, or a clue as to who burned him, or why. He lives by his wits, charm, his special ops training and his fastidious adherence to a healthy diet that includes yoghurt.
He is joined by “friends:” Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) a beautiful ex-IRA operative who also happens to be Michael’s ex-girlfriend, and Sam (Bruce Campbell) a washed-up military intelligence contact who works as Michael's sidekick, and his mother (Emmy Award-winner Sharon Gless) who Michael has spent most of his adult life trying to avoid.
Whoever tried to kill him also killed Carla’s sniper and jeopardized her operation. Furious, Carla (Tricia Helfer) Michael’s new handler and a known ruthless operative, wants the bomber caught, but Michael sees the bomber as his chance to get a leg up on her – and ultimately find out who is pulling the strings.
Meanwhile, showrunner Matt Nix and the writers have him helping ordinary people with their extraordinary problems in the B stories.
In addition to Helfer and Shanks, guest stars this winter include NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin and John Mahoney (“Frasier”).
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