Burn Notice: Season 2, Episode 14

2 - 14: Truth & Reconciliation

Michael, after spending a great deal of money, has finally tracked down Gustavo, the Cayman Islands bank manager who managed the mysterious account, and arranges to meet him in a parking garage to give him a cash bribe (presumably the cash earned in Episode 12) in exchange for more information. However, the man who meets him is an impersonator, the real Gustavo having been murdered after the account holder learned of Michael's attempt to get information about the account. The man Michael meets is an assassin and during their fight, he stumbles over the wall of the parking structure, falling several stories to his death. Now, Michael asks Fiona to pressure her trafficking contacts for details on how the assassin was smuggled into the United States. Meanwhile, Michael is approached by Claude Laurent, a Haitian national whose daughter Veronique had been imprisoned and executed after speaking out against Jean-Pierre Duman, a corrupt Haitian government official who, along with his family (obviously modelled on the Duvalliers), had ruled over Haiti with an iron fist until being forced to flee after stealing most of the island's money. Laurent tries to convince Michael to try to expose Duman's true identity and, after an attack of conscience, Michael agrees. Initially, Michael tries to bluff Duman into giving him information on his true name, claiming to be an agent of Flintridge Industries - the corporation which, being just as corrupt, worked with the Duman family while they were in power, and so Michael is there to make Duman's family's alibi secure when it appears the FBI is investigating them (really FBI Agents Lane and Harris; convinced by Sam to bend protocol and help them expose Duman in exchange for the potential career boost expected from Duman's capture). Just when it seems Michael will succeed in his bluff, Duman's tyrannical father Sebastien reveals himself and, having contacts in Flintridge, knows Michael is lying. After escaping, though losing the information, Michael resorts to simple kidnapping. With the unofficial and behind-the-scenes aid of Lane and Harris, Michael has Duman sent back to Haiti where many people await to confirm his identity and send him to trial. Later, Michael and Fiona prepare an assault on the storage container the assassin used as a base of operations, and they give chase to a man already waiting there for them. The man gets away, but before escaping, he reveals himself as Victor (from Episode 6).