BURN NOTICE
''Old Friends'' July 19 (USA)
I knew I was in love with this insolent cable drama when ex-spy Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) saw a guy preparing to attack him in a restaurant, slipped a cheap knife off the bar, bent it around his fist to form impromptu brass knuckles, then let the guy have it right in the kisser. Later in the episode, he showed me how to rig my front door so a shotgun will go off if someone opens it. This installment reminded me what the phrase ''pushing daisies'' really means. — Ken Tucker