The title refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies to discredit or announce the dismissal of agents or sources who are considered to have become unreliable. When a spy is burned, they are "wiped off the grid".

According to the narration during the opening credits, the burned spy has no prior work history, no money; in essence, no identity. The television series is a first-person narrative (including frequent voice-overs providing nuggets of exposition) from the viewpoint of covert-operations agent Michael Westen, played by Jeffrey Donovan.

Mullfoto of the Day

If this place were available I might make a bid on it.

Catchy Caption of the Day

Actual Caption:

A line of thunderstorms moves over the Kennedy Space Center Sunday July 12, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The storm forced NASA to postpone tonight's planned liftoff of the space shuttle Endeavour.

Yikes! SOMEONE didn't want the Shuttle to launch yesterday.

(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)