Burn Notice News

Title: Dead Drop
Production Code: BN110
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Written by: Craig O’Neill & Jason Tracey
Originally Aired: September 20, 2007

Since Michael is preoccupied with his burn notice, Sam decides to help Gillian Walsh, a supervisor at a defense contractor.  She is being blackmailed into using her security clearance to help smuggle Turkish heroin into the U.S.  Gillian’s friend, Melissa, is also being blackmailed but seems hesitant to help which Sam and Fiona soon discover why. Melissa and her husband Kent are involved in the heroin smuggling and have used Gillian to do the dirty work. Sam and Fiona turn to Michael for assistance in setting up a reverse-blackmail scheme.

Cornering Kent turns out to be a very dangerous and complicated proposition. Attempts on the lives of Michael and Gillian leave Sam and company no other option but to have Gillian smuggle one last batch of heroin and set Kent and Melissa up to get busted. A wrench is thrown into the plan when Kent’s employers show up to clean up loose ends. Kent and Melissa are murdered, Sam is kidnapped, and Fiona barely escapes.

Meanwhile, Michael is busy with his burn notice. The man who burned him, Phillip Cowan, has arrived in Miami and he wants talk to Michael in person. When their first meeting doesn’t happen, Michael and Cowan must trade coded messages to set up a secure meeting where all will be uncovered. When they finally meet, Cowan is shot and killed by a sniper, which leaves Michael wondering why he wasn’t the target.