Burn Notice/Tear Jerker
Tear Jerkers in Burn Notice include:
- For such an awesome and well-written show, Burn Notice is surprisingly Tearjerker-free. One exception, however, is the final scene of season 3's "Fearless Leader". Michael and Fiona have been trying to have a romantic dinner by themselves to try and salvage what's left of their relationship. They finally get around to it, and Fiona's all excited about some jobs she's lined up for them, but Michael reminds her that they've got no idea who's coming after him now that "Management" has lifted his protection. He needs to get back into the spy game, no matter what, and he knows the cost is going to be their chance at a normal life. He's clear of the cops, he's relatively free of the people who burned him - this is the moment he's been waiting for. Except it's also the moment Fiona's been waiting for, and now she knows they don't want the same things for the future. And then Fiona, hardcore, badass, gun-toting, explosives-loving ex-IRA terrorist Fiona, chokes up and begins to cry.
- In "A Dark Road", Michael is faced with the choice of forcing his mother to ruin the life of the records clerk she's befriended, or put his client and countless other innocent people at risk. He bulldozes Madeline into Blackmailing Tina, the clerk, by bringing up the fact that she's good at playing the bad guy and letting other people get hurt (since she let Michael's father get away with the abuse for so long). Madeline is devastated, and while she plays the role she needs to and gets the evidence Michael needs, she almost doesn't forgive Michael for making her do it.
- Michael, after facing Simon asks his mother whether he could become a complete monster. She comforts him and says her boy could never go that far. That he was crying at the time...
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