It’s never funny enough to be parody, while the spy plots are unconvincing and old hat. The characters are flat, the voice-over lifeless. The entire execution is half-sure and underdeveloped.
A spy (Jeffrey Donovan) finds himself “burned” (the CIA equivalent of fired). His bank account is frozen, he’s out of a job and the FBI is following him.
Now he’s stuck in Miami with an overbearing mother, an ex-IRA ex-girlfriend and a washed up former agent (Bruce Campbell). In between taking cases as a P.I., he attempts to discover who burned him.
The creators just seem unsure of what they were going for here.
Burn Notice - Season One is currently available.