I love Bruce Campbell! This is a great role for him.
What's the background on this show? Who are these guys? I could go to the website, but it'll probably suck.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Zenkitty - Aug 25, 2007 3:45:59 pm PDT #377 of 11998
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
sumi - Aug 25, 2007 3:49:31 pm PDT #378 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
They pretty much give you the backstory in the opening credits. Michael Weston was a spy working for the USA but for some reason he got let go or burned. He made his way back the US winding up in his home town: Miami.
Sam is an old CIA buddy of his - now retired but whose pension is at risk. Fiona is his ex-girlfriend who used to be a member of the provisional IRA.
His mom is an agoraphobic played by Sharon Gless. He has an untrustworthy brother played by the guy who played the untrustworthy brother on Providence.
Does that help?
Zenkitty - Aug 25, 2007 4:54:23 pm PDT #379 of 11998
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It does indeed; thank you, sumi.
Vortex - Aug 25, 2007 8:20:01 pm PDT #380 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
He made his way back the US winding up in his home town: Miami.
tiny detail. He was taken to Miami by the people who burned him and told that he had to stay there. Just thought I'd add that, so that at some point you don't say "why the hell doesn't he just leave this shit?"
sumi - Aug 25, 2007 8:43:52 pm PDT #381 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
I couldn't remember -- I mean he got on that plane on his own, didn't he? Or was he later kidnapped and dropped off.
Vortex - Aug 25, 2007 9:37:44 pm PDT #382 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
He got on the plane on his own, but he'd been beaten up, so he passed out on the plane. He woke up in Miami with Fiona, not remembering anything.
Zenkitty - Aug 26, 2007 4:57:36 am PDT #383 of 11998
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Okay, wait. So he was a spy who got outed? Why didn't they just kill him? Either the enemy or his handlers? Seems he's a liability now; why would they just drop him off in Miami?
I'm sorry. I'll just watch the series.
le nubian - Aug 26, 2007 5:11:54 am PDT #384 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
He can't leave Miami or they WILL kill him.
askye - Aug 26, 2007 5:21:54 am PDT #385 of 11998
Thrive to spite them
Zen,he was on a job when he went to arrange a wire transfer he didn't have access to his accounts. He had to run, but he called his handler and couldn't get through and found out he was burned.
Then he was thrown on a plane, passed out, and Fiona got him to a hotel. Since he's burned he has no passport, no drivers license, all his accounts are gone, they erased his credit history, he has no employment history stuff like that. AND he's got the FBI watching him at all times, so I guess he could make a fake id and get on a plane but it seems that the FBI would stop him some how.
They make it sound like burning is a thing that happens and I 'm not sure what happens to most spies when they are burned by Michael is determined to find out who did this to him and then either get his life back or get revenge, I'm not sure (I'm not sure he knows).
sumi - Aug 26, 2007 6:07:29 am PDT #386 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Now it's not the FBI watching him but (I think) the NSA.