 Michael Shanks as Victor in Burn Notice (NBC Universal) |
Stargate star Michael Shanks makes his second of four appearances in the current season of USA’s Burn Notice as Michael Westen’s fellow burned spy Victor in tonight’s (February 19) episode, “Truth and Reconciliation”. Shanks told his official website that he’ll appear “briefly” in tonight’s episode, but his screentime will increase over the next two episodes.
Shanks was the subject of a question brought up to series creator and executive producer Matt Nix in a recent conference interview that was published by several websites, including Movie Web:
In season two, we saw Michael go up against some considerably darker adversaries than he faced in season one. I was wondering if, first, we would be seeing sort of like Tim Matheson or Michael Shanks reappear later in the serious and if even more sinister characters were going to start appearing.
Matt Nix: Yes. Yes to all. Well, I should say, Tim Matheson returns in season two in spectacular fashion as the director of the finale. He does not return. Larry doesn’t come back in season two. We definitely want to bring Larry back. We love Larry. But, you know, he’s a – nothing more to say than that we’re bringing him back in season three and not in season two.
And yes, Michael Shanks will be coming back and gets a chance to do some really, really fun things. And, you know, I guess I’d say, like, the fun thing about it is that – the fun thing about Burn Notice villains is they really all have to be smart. It’s no fun to see Michael wipe the floor with somebody who doesn’t have a good plan. I think our conception is always that, you know, presumably Michael dealing with those guys is just, you know, those are the cases Michael is taking that don’t get turned into episodes. You know, they’re just too easy, so we’re showing you the highlights. We’re showing you the really good ones where he’s up against somebody who’s really a worthy adversary. Yes, I mean, actually just thinking about this season, the second half of the season, you know, he goes up some real bad boys and some really, really smart guys, and encounters some smart women as well, so it’s really fun for us, actually, to think about who is – what’s a way of testing Michael, you know, who has now established as so competent. What’s something that we can – what’s a hoop of fire that we can have him jump through that’s even tougher? And so, yes, it’s not always about making the bad guys darker. Sometimes it’s about making them more concealed and with better plans or whatever. But, yes, it’s a lot of fun. We also bring back Seymour, who was in episode 2.07, played by Silas Weir Mitchell, the arms dealer, and we love that guy as well. He did a great job.
Catch Michael Shanks as Victor tonight (and the next two Thursday nights) at 10 pm on the USA Network, and let’s hope that by the end of the season, Victor survives to spy another day … in season three!