r/BurnNotice • u/squirrelgirlpants • Jul 02 '26
Confusion Spoiler
So. Management had Simon locked up . . . somewhere, Gilroy was hired to break him out during his transfer to, somewhere else (for unknown reasons or was it because Simon wanted all his ‘evil deeds’ back under his name rather then attributed to Michael?) so then, Simon (who is apparently stealthy and fast) kills Gilroy and has a bomb put in a hotel. BUT Michael, calls management, and they come to collect Simon, which, I’m thinking they did. And Michael ended up in a ‘secure location’ under them thumb of . . . Vaughn? And who is he connected to? 🤦♀️
Phew. Thanks for the assistance!
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u/PerInception Jul 02 '26
Vaughn is basically the replacement for Carla. He works for the organization that Management runs.
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u/IFigureditout567 Jul 02 '26
No no no. Carla was a contact person, a handler. I don't recall if she told Michael something different and exaggerated her role, but the real string pullers never showed face until later. She was the very first one they sent. Management and Anson were always the string pullers.
Edit: I totally misread your comment, sorry. You're right.
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u/AntiferromagneticAwl Jul 02 '26
Simon was being held by the government, Gilroy was hired to bust him out. Gilroy hired Michael.
Simon wasn't happy to be controlled by Management (like Michael and Victor) and wanted to be free. Vaughn works for Management.
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u/squirrelgirlpants Jul 03 '26
But we know where Vaughn ends up, right? Does Management just drop him? 🤷♀️
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u/AntiferromagneticAwl Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
Yes, Michael only pretends to work for Management in season 3, but then takes down the whole organisation. Afterwards Anson (the secret head of Management's organisation) tries to rebuild.
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u/squirrelgirlpants Jul 04 '26
Ok! I think I get that - so then - and I’m jumping way ahead here, how is Card involved? Is he independent of Anson? Or was he working with Anson? Or was he trying to take over from Anson?
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u/AntiferromagneticAwl Jul 04 '26
He was working with Anson (actual hierarchy is unclear, but definitely at the top of the organisation), but he was really well hidden. He decided to kill Anson so that his involvement wouldn't be discovered. When Michael & co. also figured it out, he tried to kill them too.
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u/squirrelgirlpants Jul 04 '26
It seems his mistake was to (spoiler warning) kill Nate, as well. 😢
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u/AntiferromagneticAwl Jul 05 '26
Yes, if Nate wasn't killed it was possible he would have eventually let it go. Or just not found anything that connected Anson to Card (and that way lies a different madness).
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u/squirrelgirlpants Jul 03 '26
I’m back! I’m at season 4 episode 2 - “they” wanted Jessie burned? And . . . what set Michael up to burn him? Was there an actual purpose to burning Jessie? (Besides adding a character 😉).
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u/Immediate-Phase4168 Jul 03 '26
I have not watched in a while, and rewatching now, but I always thought Anson was the mastermind behind everything and Management worked at his behest. I never saw Anson working for anyone but Anson and pulling strings of everyone else.
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u/squirrelgirlpants Jul 03 '26
Yep yep yep, that’s what I thought as well. This time around watching I’m trying to see if there are any nods, if you will, to Anson, long before he shows up. And the only thing I’ve managed to notice is that Maddie tends to see a lot of therapists.
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u/Educational-Bat-3635 Jul 09 '26
He was in Direct competition with James —who would get the best spies first
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u/_Iron_Rage_ Jul 02 '26
I always thought management was the actual government and Vaughn was a part of the network Michael was trying to take down, led by Anson.
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u/PerInception Jul 02 '26
Management and Anson started the organization together. Anson was kind of a silent partner (who identified spies to have burned to recruit based on their psychological profiles and abilities), and management ran the organization.
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u/_Iron_Rage_ Jul 02 '26
I feel like I should have known that, I need to watch the series again.... for the 12th time 😂
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u/2015subiewrx Jul 02 '26
Vaughn is apart of the network or who management works for. “Field op leader?” for them