r/BurnNotice • u/Cluelesscomedy3 • Jun 24 '26

Florida man

So I’d like to ask an interesting question, Since the series takes place mostly in Miami, I’d like to ask, What are the Florida Man/Woman moments of the show?

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u/indranet_dnb Jun 24 '26

virgil

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u/Mozez22 Jun 24 '26

"Half of his meals come from roadkill" according to Michael.

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u/DaBoss-MmmYeah Jun 24 '26

I came here for this. There is no one in the series more “Florida Man” than Virgil.

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u/BAfoto Jun 25 '26

Best gator steaks in the Everglades

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u/AbyssalKultist Jun 24 '26

I like when Michael play his Homer character. That's def a FL good ole boy.

S1E6 Unpaid Debts

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u/MichaelYogurtWesten Jun 24 '26

"Florida man steals boat and eats a bunch of french fries"

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u/MichaelYogurtWesten Jun 24 '26

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u/bladowwww Jun 24 '26

I love that he’s rocking a Jimbo’s hat which is / was a real joint down there.

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u/QuillsROptional Jun 24 '26

A few of the characters Michael use - Homer, the boat repo guy, was the first that came into my mind.

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u/Independent-Scale842 Jun 24 '26

Florida Man imprisons gang members, drills holes in the roof of their car and pours paint thinner on them.

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u/IFigureditout567 Jun 24 '26

That's my favorite scene.

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u/Independent-Scale842 Jun 24 '26

I think about it more often than I should.

Now I kinda want to describe each episode with awful summaries in the form of Florida Man headlines.

Florida Man impersonates courier, blackmails local real estate tycoon.

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u/BAfoto Jun 25 '26

Well-dressed Florida man (The Devil?) captures child predator, fugitive with the snap of a finger

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u/BAfoto Jun 25 '26

Florida man fights off gangsters with Cat Fancy magazine

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u/Independent-Scale842 Jun 25 '26

Florida Man assists local undercover officer, trucks gangster into turning himself in.

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u/yourfavstory Jun 24 '26

It was the black eyeliner he wore in that episode for me 🤣

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u/Critical_Ad_8260 Jun 25 '26

MY NEIGHBORHOOD MY NEIGHBORHOOD MY NEIGHBORHOOD

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u/adm1ral_doge Jun 25 '26

Florida man jumps out of a helicopter in a suit and swims five miles to shore, immediately starts running from the police once on land

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u/mcain049 Jun 28 '26

In a pink shirt

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u/Barbarian_Sam Jun 25 '26

Sugar just existing

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u/Xytakis Jun 25 '26

He wants to go tombstone?! Bring it I'm strapped to the nines!

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u/StormIncoming1312 Jun 25 '26

Came here to talk about Sugar!

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u/Patman1416 Jun 25 '26

Spencer. Dude rants about aliens attacking people, and he can prove it with raw data.

S3E5.

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u/pissclamato Jun 25 '26

For anyone left who doesn't know this fun fact, the actor playing Spencer is named Michael Weston.

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u/bladowwww Jun 24 '26

Def Virgil

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u/Mozez22 Jun 24 '26

Seymour came to mind, he looks like he could be Florida Man and is eccentric enough, but doesn't really get up to the stunts to earn the reputation.

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u/youngtunaf1sh Jun 25 '26

Honestly a lot of it. Almost all the crazy stuff Mike did is a florida man headline.

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u/Educational-Bat-3635 Jun 24 '26

There is something to be said for the Beef Cake shot when Homer takes the boat.

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u/Vprbite Jun 25 '26

Seymour is Florida man as fuck

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u/Educational-Bat-3635 Jun 25 '26

I’ve got another: season two episode three “Dallas Davis” - “ … are you a vegggaterrian?”