Burn Notice2007

Michael Westen:
Mom, if you have a plan for handling violent heroin dealers, I am all ears.

Madeline Westen:
Do you remember when you and Nate were in middle school together and there was that, that... bully, Todd, who was always picking on Nate?

Michael Westen:
[pause] I really don't have time for this right now.

Madeline Westen:
[talking over] Well, you went over to Todd's house, and you told him, if he messed with your little brother, then he was messing with you. And it worked. Todd left Nate alone for the rest of the year.

Michael Westen:
[nods] Inspiring story. Listen, Mom, what does that...

Madeline Westen:
[talking over again] Yeah, until the next year, when you went off to high school, and then Nate was fair game. Todd and a bunch of those punks made his life miserable.

Michael Westen:
I don't remember that.

Madeline Westen:
That's because he never told you, Michael. Anyway, that's not what solved the problem.

[Madeline sits down on the steps]

Michael Westen:
Okay.

Madeline Westen:
[takes a puff off her cigarette] One day, Nate had had enough, and he whacked Todd with a two-by-four. Hm. Of course, he was suspended from school for a week, but after that, everybody left him alone, and do you know why? Because he stood up for *himself*.

Michael Westen:
Mom, David isn't up against middle-school bullies. These people will kill him.

Madeline Westen:
[nods, gets up] I don't think that you're gonna let that happen.

[Madeline goes inside. Michael thinks for a moment, then follows her in. Fiona blocks the door]

Fiona Glenanne:
Either you're with us or you're not, but we're hitting Cutler back.

Michael Westen:
No, *we* are not. David's going to be the one that stands up to Cutler. We're just going to give him a little help.