Jesse Porter
| Jesse Porter | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Friends and Enemies" (4.01) |
| Portrayed by | Coby Bell |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Freelance Independent Contractor, Private Security Operative, CIA Civilian Intelligence Asset, Former: CIFA/DIA Counter-Intelligence Agent |
| Relatives | mother (unnamed, deceased) |
| Jason Bly | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Unpaid Debts" (1.06) |
| Last appearance | "Game Change" (6.18) |
| Portrayed by | Alex Carter |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | CSS Agent |
| Phillip Cowan | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Dead Drop" (1.11) |
| Last appearance | "Dead Drop" (1.11) |
| Portrayed by | Richard Schiff |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | NSA Operative |
| Carla Baxter | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Breaking and Entering" (2.01) |
| Last appearance | "Lesser Evil" (2.16) |
| Portrayed by | Tricia Helfer |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Handler |
| Larry Sizemore | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Double Booked" (2.08) |
| Last appearance | "Psychological Warfare" (7.07) |
| Portrayed by | Tim Matheson |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | "Dead" Larry |
| Aliases | Larry Garber, Larry Berecher |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Former spy, assassin |
| Tyler Brennen | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Sins of Omission" (2.15) |
| Last appearance | "Out of the Fire" (4.17) |
| Portrayed by | Jay Karnes |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Former spy, Arms Dealer, "Full-time sociopath" |
| Children | Annabelle Brennen (daughter) |
| Michelle Paxson | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Question and Answer" (3.02) |
| Last appearance | "Fearless Leader" (3.04) |
| Portrayed by | Moon Bloodgood |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Miami Police Detective |
| Tom Strickler | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "The Hunter" (3.06) |
| Last appearance | "Long Way Back" (3.09) |
| Portrayed by | Ben Shenkman |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | "Agent" to the Spies |
| Mason Gilroy | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Friendly Fire" (3.11) |
| Last appearance | "Good Intentions" (3.15) |
| Portrayed by | Chris Vance |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Freelance Psychopath |
| Simon Escher | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Good Intentions" (3.15) (cameo) "Devil You Know" (3.16) (official) |
| Last appearance | "Tipping Point" (7.11) |
| Portrayed by | Garret Dillahunt |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Rogue Operative |
This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Burn Notice. The article deals with the series' main and recurring characters.
Jesse Porter (Coby Bell) is a former Counterintelligence Field Activity/Defense Intelligence Agency agent introduced in the Season 4 premiere. He was initially stationed in the field, but his risky and impulsive tactical maneuvers led to his demotion to desk duty. Because of Jesse's research on the war-profiteering organization that Management was hunting, Michael was forced to unknowingly steal Jesse's files, unintentionally burning him. In a strong use of dramatic irony, the show's writers sent Jesse to Michael for help to find out who had burned him. Michael accepted Jesse as a client, but the fact that he was insistent on exacting revenge on whoever had burned him led the team to cover the trail that had led to his burning. Left with nothing, as was Michael when he was burned, Jesse then moved in as a tenant in Madeline's newly-converted garage apartment, and thereafter became a member of Michael's team.
Because of the circumstances of his burning, his old handler Marv believes he is innocent and had been set up; this connection proves vital later in the season. Marv makes contact with Jesse, convincing him to help find the people he believed burned him by locating a bank and a book-cipher Bible, which becomes a major story object.
In the leadup to the mid-season finale, Jesse finds proof of Michael's involvement in his burning and confronts Fiona, whom he leaves alive, in the midst of an operation to take down John Barrett, a major player in the organization that he was hunting. While Fiona, Sam and Madeline were unsuccessful in convincing Jesse to forgive or work with Michael, he nonetheless appears at the meet, saving Michael from Barrett's men, although the meet ends with the cipher missing and Barrett dead. He later agrees to work with Michael and recovers the book-cipher for them.
By the next season, Jesse is reinstated into an official agency, but finds the bureaucracy and red tape unbearable, so he quits and begins working at a private security firm. His position grants him many opportunities to give Michael, Sam, and Fiona extra work if necessary.
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