Burn Notice2007

Madeline Westen:
You can't be serious.

Michael Westen:
Mom, I wish there was some other way.

Madeline Westen:
She's my friend, Michael! You're asking me to go back to my friend, a woman I tried on *bathing suits* with for God's sake, a- an- and *blackmail* her into giving you documents?

Michael Westen:
I told you there was a reason not to get too close.

Madeline Westen:
Why? So I wouldn't feel bad when I destroy a life?

Michael Westen:
Mom, these are bad guys! They're using desperate people!

Madeline Westen:
Don't you talk to me about *using* people! You're asking me to force Tina in- to sneak into the records office; she's gonna lose her job!

Michael Westen:
And if she doesn't people will lose their lives!

[Madeline tries to light a cigarette]

Michael Westen:
It's one job. I know it's not easy, but if you do the math, Mom...

Madeline Westen:
That's what this is? "The math"?

Michael Westen:
Sometimes, yeah.

Madeline Westen:
Is this what you do, Michael? You destroy good people?

Michael Westen:
My job is to help people. And that can mean doing things that I wish I didn't have to do. And sometimes there's no other way. Now, you lived in the same house I did. You made hard choices, so you know this as well as I do.