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Title: Hard Bargain
Production Code: BN108
Directed by: John Kretchmer
Written by: Alfredo Barrios, Jr.
Originally Aired: August 23, 2007

Nick, a house sitter, is living very well on his client’s wealth, treating their property (sports cars, mansions) as if it were his own and bragging about it. Nick gets an unpleasant surprise when his fiancée, Dawn, is abducted.  Because the ransom is more than he could ever dream of paying he hires Michael to help him. Michael nabs Lucio, one of Daw’s kidnappers, and makes him a double agent, turning him against his own organization. With the help of Lucio, they set up the kidnappers with an opportunity too good to pass up. Posing as a disgruntled bodyguard looking to make easy cash Sam offers up Fiona, his “employer”.

They soon discover where Dawn is being held. While Michael creates a distraction, Fiona and Sam are able to stage Dawn’s rescue and reunite her with Nick. Dawn is not very pleased when she finds out Nick is a house sitter and not the wealthy person he pretended to be.

While all of this is going on, Michael is baffled by the arrival of a bureaucrat named Perry Clark.  Clark claims he may have a possible way out of Michael’s burn notice problems. Unfortunately the bureaucrat is not what he appears to be when he tries and nearly kills Michael.