Burn Notice: Season 2, Episode 4

2 - 4: Comrades

Michael reviews the dossier he received on Carla and discovers Carla was an "irrigation consultant" as her cover in Kurdistan. He dispatches Sam to investigate all of the irrigation consultants in Miami, but to do so, Sam will need to get the information from Harvey Gunderson (Larry Miller), a well-connected Miami politician. Meanwhile, Michael's brother, Nate has returned to Miami and asks for Michael's help with his friend Katya (Emily Foxler). Katya tells Michael that her sister; Elena, was kidnapped by the Russian mafia after Katya couldn't pay what they demanded in exchange for bringing Elena into the United States, and intend to kill her. Fiona kidnaps Ivan Petrov (Andrew Divoff), the man in charge of the Russian mafia's human trafficking in Miami, and then make it appear to him he is being held by the CIA while they have compromised and are currently dismantling his organization. Sam and Nate play the CIA agents, while Michael poses as "Sergei Yablonovich"; the head of another branch of the trafficking organization supposedly based in Tampa; and also under the employ of Ivan's boss Takarov. After convincing Ivan their organization is steadily being dismantled by the CIA; they stage an escape and Michael convinces Ivan to take him to where the kidnapped women are being kept, and, while Michael, Sam and Fiona stage a rescue, Ivan is set up to be killed for Takarov for, apparently, selling out the organization to the CIA. Initially, Sam's attempts on getting information from Gunderson are foiled as Gunderson subtly knows he is being played, though in the end changes tactics and poses as a DEA agent looking for information on a drug-related operation, and, after threatening to have Gunderson's career ruined for not cooperating, Gunderson, who greatly enjoys the fruits of his many political positions, panics and capitulates. From Gunderson, Sam learns of Carla's cover in Miami - her full name is Carla Baxter and she is posing as an aquifer specialist. Michael and Fiona begin surveillance of the address listed on Carla's business card