Pick up some household hints on 'Burn Notice'

At any rate, this week Michael is trying to track down information on some shady folk who've planted a bug in his mom's house. Unfortunately, they are elusive, and willing to burn tons of expensive surveillance equipment (and records, presumably) to keep Michael from getting his hands on it. Also unfortunately, his mother basically blackmails him into helping her friend before she'll give him any information on the mysterious men who visited her house.

Oh, and he has to bring Fiona (the ex) home for an uncomfortable dinner, too. Michael meets with his mom's friend, who has been taken in by an identity theft scam and beaten up in the process. Gullible old people make me really sad.

Michael is very uncomfortable around her, which is pretty funny, but also telling. Sam (BRUCE CAMPBELL!) agrees to help Michael with the case, but only if he can crash at Michael's place for a while.

Fiona and Sam ...

don't get along. They've got a bit of an ugly business history, it seems. Fiona, incidentally, is ditching the Irish accent for the time being, now that she's staying in Miami.

Works for me. After a few hitches (distrustful con artists, interrupted bug-planting, exploding cars, FBI surveillance ..

. .), and with Sam and Fiona's assistance, Michael is able to essentially steal back the old lady's money, along with a bunch of other retirees'.

And get the bad guy arrested. But possibly not for what he actually did. Score one for justice?

As an aside, Michael has some mad one-handed texting skillz (and I mean that literally, although the phrase has excellent euphemistic potential). Is that something they teach at spy academy? Anyway, Michael's mom reveals that the men who came to the house asked all about Michael, his habits, and his relationship with her.

She told them she and Michael have a great relationship, which can't really bode well for his mom, can it? And it's apparently not even true, as if we didn't know At any rate, this week Michael is trying to track down information on some shady folk who've planted a bug in his mom's house.