This show reminds me of an updated “Rockford Files,” with a spy twist.

It stars Jeffrey Donovan as CIA agent Michael Westen, who receives a “burn notice” or termination notice. The government freezes all his assets and he can’t get another spy job. He’s stuck in Miami, basically picking up part time work as a private investigator with the help of a few friends. When he’s not helping people, he’s trying to figure out why the CIA fired him so he can get his old job back.

Sharon Gless plays Westen’s chain-smoking mother, which is one of the reasons this show reminds me of Rockford Files. Gless serves the same function as Noah Beery did as Jim’s dad Rocky on the Rockford Files: a great foil and source of comedic relief.

Westen also has a little bit of McGyver in him: he’s always improvising some kind of device to thwart the bad guys.