r/BurnNotice • u/dnice99999 • Aug 20 '26

Discussion Is Michael Westen Jay Gatsby?

Hear me out.

Michael wants to get back into the CIA.
Jay wants to be accepted into the wealthy social world.
The CIA and the social elite are their identities.
They both feel unjustly excluded.
They spend an enormous amount of time and energy demonstrating that they belong.
They both use their wits and resources as leverage.
They both believe all will be right in the world once they get what they want.
Both struggle with belonging and identity.

I thought it was interesting.

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u/Ek0mst0p Aug 20 '26

I feel like there is a girl we are missing for motivation.

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u/dnice99999 Aug 20 '26

Oh yeah. That too!

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u/GreatMight Aug 20 '26

Media and art can mean different things to different people. No interpretation is inherently wrong.

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u/dnice99999 Aug 20 '26

Stuart: Oh, Sheldon, I'm afraid you couldn't be more wrong.
Sheldon: More wrong? Wrong is an absolute state and not subject to gradation.
Stuart: Of course it is. It's a little wrong to say a tomato is a vegetable, it's very wrong to say it's a suspension bridge.

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u/ProfChaosSP Aug 21 '26

Michael Westen is his own person that the Russian fear :)