Burn Notice2007

[last lines]

[Michael opens the gate to his place, sees Madeline waiting for him by the steps]

Michael Westen:
Mom, you came to visit? What's the occasion?

Madeline Westen:
The occasion? How about what you did to Jesse?

Michael Westen:
I don't know what he told you...

Madeline Westen:
He didn't tell me anything, except that he lost his job last month.

Michael Westen:
And you think I have something to do with that?

Madeline Westen:
[getting red with anger] Michael, just stop! I was there when you decided to join the Army, and I remember the look on your face when you had to tell your brother about it, how you felt like you were betraying him by leaving him behind with your father. And you had the *same* look on your face when you brought Jesse around! I knew you did this kind of stuff, but seeing it up close and personal like this is...

Michael Westen:
You know, you have no idea how delicate of a situation I'm in. There are things you don't know, things I can't talk about, things I can't explain.

Madeline Westen:
Oh, please. I'm not gonna give away your secret, Michael. I just want to know how you can pretend to be his friend.

Michael Westen:
I *am* his friend! I'm the best friend he *has* right now!

Michael Westen:
[yelling] I'm *helping* him!

Madeline Westen:
[yelling] You're *lying* to him! Take it from me, *lies get out*!

Madeline Westen:
Thirty years with your father taught me that.

[She walks past him and away, leaving him alone and mute]