Alcohol in Burn Notice is so fascinating. Like it seems to be implied Frank was always chaotic and didn't have his shit together and lived a weird life anyway but then became an absolute asshole in conjunction with drinking becoming a problem as a like 20-30 something adult. Sam drinks absolutely constantly but it's shown as the opposite, just numbing out and chilling after having too much integrity towards his humanity for the US military. The only time he doesn't drink it's seen as an issue bc it means he's too upset and locked in and can't calm down. Sharing drinks together at the Carlito is a fixture of the show but Michael doesn't drink much and it's clearly tied to his dad for him. Then there's 7x1.
They really let it have complexity and I love it for that














