[SPOILER ALERT: Read on only if you have already watched the series finale ofBurn Notice.
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!]]
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This was a really dark season ofBurn Notice.
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Was the goal to take Michael to the absolute brink before pulling him back at the last possible second?
And we kind of did that, right?
The answer is yes, Michael Westen can defeat bad guys by being badass and clever.
So this season was about presenting Michael with something new.
It’s not just a big bad of the season.
Did he need that moment to snap him back?
NIX: I think he absolutely needed that moment to snap him back.
What made you feel you had to kill someone off in that finale?
NIX: It certainly wasn’t “let’s kill a character” [laughs].
It was really more in thinking what has this season been about?
What has this series been about?
This question of Michael’s relationship to his familywhy has he been disconnected from his family?
Why has he been a guy who doesn’t have a lot of friends?
What is that about?
What does that mean?
Having these connections and bringing these people into this world has had great consequences.
And so the question has been, can he have both?
Is it worth loving people?
Is it worth having a family?
And I think the answer that the episode gives is definitively yes.
And I think it also resolves some things for Madeline.
And the question in her mind being, is she a coward?
Is she somebody who can’t take care of her family?
So I think that last moment is somewhat a triumphant moment for her.
The answer is definitively no, she is not a coward.
She sacrifices herself to save Michael, to save Charlie, to save Jesse, to save everybody.
Where are Michael and Fiona?
And could aBurn Noticemovie be in the works?
We see them living off the grid in what I’m assuming is Ireland, right?
NIX: It is certainly like Ireland.
It is probably Ireland, yes.
It’s not something I want to answer definitively, but Ireland is something that felt right.
NIX: We never really discussed it because the idea was it wasn’t necessarily Ireland.
I didn’t want to definitively say now they’re back in Ireland doing Irish things.
The idea is they to some extent have left that behind.
They’re not living as spies now.
Michael’s not undercover in Ireland as Michael McBride, so that felt wrong to me.
Was it your idea to come full circle and give that little nod?
So we have Fiona saying “shall we shoot them?”
in the middle of the episode, so we’re clearly doing that.
EW: Tell me what it was like personally filming this final installment.
Seven seasons is a long time.
EW: IsBurn Noticereally gone?
NIX: I would love to do that.
I totally think it could.
So yeah, if we could get something like that going, I would love to do it.
It would have to be something that made sense dramatically.
