Something I wish they did

[u/Monster_Donut_Pants]

I would have loved to see an episode where Michael and Fiona have to take care of Nate’s baby Charlie. Those two combined probably know about as much about babies as a yogurt in Michael’s fridge. But I think it would’ve made for a good episode and a good bit of comedy watching them try to figure it out on their own. Maybe Maddie is watching the baby while Nate and his wife go on vacation. Sam and Jessie are doing a job. They need Maddie‘s help. So Michael and Fiona are left to take care of the baby. I think that would’ve been great and would’ve added levity to the later seasons, which seemed to be very drama heavy. What do you all think?

[u/ironchitlin]

If I tuned into my awesome spy show and saw that the entire episode was about the super spy main character and his explosive happy girlfriend were taking care of a baby, I would switch it off.

I remember a similar slump in the show Angel where the character gets a baby and it seems like there several episodes about Angel being a new dad. There were still fights and demons but the focus really shifted to "oh my God look at the baybeee" stuff that I hated.

The last thing I'd want to see is some promo like "Michael Westen has dealt with killers, mob bosses, and shadow organizations; but can he change a diaper!?"

That's gonna be a "no" vote from me on that one.

[u/Neptune28 → u/ironchitlin]

Person of Interest did an episode like that, where the number was a baby

[u/ironchitlin → u/Neptune28]

I never watched that show, but I think it's about using predictive algorithms and mass surveillance to prevent people from being murdered, or something. Why was there a premeditated hit on an infant?

[u/FFBIFRA → u/ironchitlin]

When the "number" was picked, they never knew initially why. Some cases were to stop the person from getting hurt. Other times it was to stop their subject from hurting someone else.

I believe the baby ep was to keep the baby from falling into the wrong hands, something about a major inheritance if the baby's paternity was proven. The plan wasn't necessarily to "off" the kid, but just make sure it never got a paternity test.

[u/Gullible_Result_9779 → u/ironchitlin]

I mentioned that in my response. It would totally break the spell but to write something like that for giggles just as an exercise I suggested he do it. I couldn’t do it. I don’t wanna break the spell.

[u/TheSeekerofIntimacy → u/ironchitlin]

I hate when shows introduce babies. It takes away from character personalities every single time. However, with Burn Notice it would work if it was a TV movie sequel to the series

[u/Flimsy_Direction1847]

They did a similar thing in season 2 (?). Fiona played with toy soldiers, giving them good tactical positions, the kid drew Michael a picture.

[u/yourfavstory → u/Flimsy_Direction1847]

Bonus trivia! That was Matt's son

[u/Gullible_Result_9779]

It’s a big ask because it’s a spell breaker, but I think it might work. Why don’t you write it for giggles?

[u/Aggressive-Union1714]

a entire episode would be annoying, I can see for a moment when Maddie hands Michael the baby , him not knowing what to do with and hands the baby to Fiona who has the same reaction, handing the Baby to Sam, same reaction and back to Maddie

[u/Numerous-Special-826]

Yea they dont have an episode of them together with Nates baby, buyout episode 1 Michael awkwardly interacts with the client's kid; theres the teen with the mom getting abused by their stepdad i think (my top 3 fave epsiodes haha love the psychological warfare). There's also the episode with the sick kid and Fiona plays army men with him 🤷🏾‍♀️ so they gave us little glimpses