Burn Notice

Description

The title refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies to discredit or announce the dismissal of agents or sources who are considered to have become unreliable. When a spy is burned, he/she is basically wiped off the grid. He/she has no prior work history, no money; basically no identity. Wherever they are left, they have to stay. In some cases, the burned spy is actually killed. The television series is a first-person narrative from the viewpoint of covert-operations agent Michael Westen.