Some people think that term means a show is immediately ruined, but no really so (even the phrase's namesake "Happy Days" went like 6 or 7 more seasons). And for the record, even though its run is ending, I'm glad "Burn Notice" has fallen into the second category. Burn Notice, ultimately, is about one person's goal of getting back to being a Spy. Words are, there's early talk to make a two-hour wrap-up movie for "Southland", which concluded its fifth season in April. This season they've killed numerous people each episode. I think Burn Notice stands in counterpoint to that because even in its darkest moments it has kind of a sunny outlook and its a world where people do care about each other. That you are fighting for the greater good. NIX: It's funny, the weirdest thing about doing a final episode of television is there are so many lasts. Burn Notice ended in 2013 with its seventh season. Email: Philiana.Ng@thr.com Star Jeffrey Donovan tells TODAY that the show's cast and creators decided they wanted to shape its storyline to "end on our terms." Sept. 12, 2013 . 10 Subtle Signs Movie Characters Weren't Telling The Truth, Friends: The Progressively Harder Is It Chandler, Ross Or Joey Quiz, 10 Underrated TV Shows You Need To Start Watching, 10 Best TV Characters Who You Never Actually Got To See. At least the show got an ending and a conclusion, think about the shows that people get into that just get cancelled, probably on a season ending cliff hanger. Also, if the spy goes against them, they can kill him and nobody will care because it's just a burned spy. But when you start doing that for series regulars, you say, "And that's a series wrap on Mr. Jeffrey Donovan," or "It's a series wrap on Coby Bell," that's a very weird thing, because I was directing the episode and we don't shoot these things in order so there might be a couple days after we wrap a particular actor and we're still shooting, and it's very odd. And could a Burn Notice movie be in the works? The idea is they to some extent have left that behind. I spend my free time developing my square eyes watching films and television, reading novels and playing football. It has seen its ratings rise during the course of its run, reaching a series-best 7.6 million viewers in the middle of the third season. How would you rate this article? It's more they're someplace in the world living as a family and I also think that to the extent that I even thought about if she's talking in an accent then he's talking in an accent, and it sends the wrong message. "Goodbye fans. NIX: If you go through the episode, everybody gets a nod like that, with saying their little lines from the intro at the top of the episode. We ran out of believable stories!