That's the setup for "Burn Notice," the spy-crime series that ran for seven seasons and a movie on the USA Network from 2007 ...

I think Burn Notice stands in counterpoint to that because even in its darkest moments it has kind of a sunny outlook and it’s a world where people do care about each other. I think you need both.

Bruce Campbell is ready for a Burn Notice spinoff. The actor, who starred as retired covert operative and former Navy SEAL ...

Michael Westen, a seasoned U.S. spy, is suddenly "burned", i.e. discredited, without any form of procedure. He survives by doing impossible jobs for desperate people in Miami, where his mother lives.