The third season of the American television spy drama ''

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'' premiered on June 4, 2009 on the

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channel

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. Season three consists of sixteen episodes, split between a nine-episode summer season and a seven-episode winter season.

Season overview

Season 3 picks up with Westen, having lost the protection of "Management," now under

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by Miami Detective Paxson (

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), who has been tasked with monitoring his activities. Michael can secure the arrest of a major Miami criminal Paxson has long been targeting, and he threatens to reveal the true circumstances of the arrest if Paxson does not stop following him. Paxson agrees to the deal. Michael is soon contacted by a man named Tom Strickler (

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), a "smooth-talking, gregarious freelance spy broker", who offers to unburn Michael in exchange for his help with a potentially lethal job. It is clear to Michael that Strickler has major, if shadowy, connections, but appears to be the first person he has met capable of getting him his old job back. At first, it seems to work, and Michael can confirm, through interactions with undercover CIA agent Diego Garza (

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), that movement is being made on his burn notice. In the midseason finale, however, Michael is forced to kill Strickler to save

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's life. The action has unforeseen consequences, including the murder of Agent Garza. Following Strickler's death, Westen is contacted by an associate named Mason Gilroy ( Chris Vance), who is responsible for the murder of Garza. Gilroy informs Michael that he wants Michael's help on an extremely lucrative operation. Believing Gilroy to be planning something dangerous, Michael plays along to uncover the plot to eventually foil it. After performing several errands for Gilroy, Michael learns that the job involves a maximum security prisoner being rendered from Chile to Poland. Gilroy's job is to divert the plane to Miami, but he is double-crossed and blown up. Before dying, he informs Michael that the man behind the operation is named Simon (

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), a man who committed the crimes used to burn Michael. In the Season 3 finale, Michael solicits help from Management to stop Simon. Michael successfully captures Simon but is arrested himself, while Management states that Michael has a "big future." Michael is taken to a mysterious room, where he sits as the season ends. Actor

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appeared in one episode as a schizophrenic

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graduate who needs Michael to protect him from what he thinks are aliens selling the names of undercover spies. Also, Sharon Gless was nominated for the

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for her work in this season. Gless was also reunited with her former ''

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'' co-star,

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, for the episode "A Dark Road".

Cast

Jeffrey Donovan Jeffrey Donovan (born May 11, 1968) is an American actor. He played Michael Westen in the television series ''Burn Notice'', and appeared in films such as '' Hitch'', '' Believe in Me'', ''Changeling'', and ''Come Early Morning''. He played Robe ...

returned for the third season as series protagonist

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also returned as

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, while

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reprised his role as

Sam Axe Commander'' Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe'' Samuel "Sam" Axe, USN ( ret.) is a fictional character in the television series ''Burn Notice'' and TV movie '' Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe'', and is played by Bruce Campbell. He is the best fr ...

Sharon Gless Sharon Marguerite Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress and author, who is known for her television roles as Maggie Philbin on ''Switch'' (1975–78), Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series ''Cagney & Lacey'' (198 ...

returned to play

Madeline Westen Madeline Westen is a fictional character in the television series ''Burn Notice'' portrayed by Sharon Gless. She is Michael Westen's neuroticism, neurotic, chain-smoking mother. Overview It is unclear how much Madeline knows about her son's life ...

. The third season featured a host of guest stars and recurring guests. Paul Tei returned as Michael's favorite money-launderer,

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Seth Peterson Seth Peterson is an American actor, best known for his roles as Robbie Hansen from 1999 until 2002 on the television series ''Providence'' and Nate Westen on ''Burn Notice'' from 2007 through 2012. Personal life Peterson was born in New York Cit ...

returned as Michael's brother,

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. The character of Detective Michelle Paxson was introduced, portrayed by

. Another handler for Michael,

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, was portrayed in a variety of episodes by

portrayed Michael's CIA contact

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. A self-proclaimed "freelance

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, was played by Chris Vance.

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returned as the mysterious man known only as

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. Several villains from previous seasons returned, including

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as "Dead" Larry Sizemore and

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as the vengeful

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. A former villain,

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(Arturo Fernandez), returned needing Michael's help.

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and Brandon Morris returned as Agents Harris and Lane in a single episode.

was introduced as

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, the man who actually committed the crimes Michael was framed for. Various actors made guest appearances during the season, including

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, and

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Episodes

References

External links

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