Victor Stecker-Epps

Victor Stecker-Epps is a spy and villain who appeared in the TV series, "Burn Notice".

He is played by Canadian actor, Michael Shanks who is best known for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson in the Canadian/American sci-fi series, "Stargate SG-1".

Biography
Originally a spy for the CIA, Victor presumably led a decorated career and was married with a wife and four year old son. He was stationed in Mexico with his family but tragedy struck when Victor's wife and son were both killed in an explosion.

Furthermore, Victor was burned that same day and managed to get back to the United States where Carla Baxter approached him with an offer to join the Organization for operations focusing solely on Miami.

Later, after joining the Organization, Victor learnt that Carla was solely responsible for his family dying.

During his time, Victor wrangled Michael Westen into stealing a sniper rifle from a Miami loading dock under the threat of harming Westen's family and friends if he didn't agree to the job.

As a rogue operator, Victor orchestrated bombing deaths of various operatives, including sniper Bill Johnson and a failed attempt on Michael's life. He also eliminated Cayman Islands Bank Manager Gustavo to prevent Michael from accessing information to his intended assassin and replaced him with a hired gun, who fell to his death from a parking garage. Victor also attempted to kill Michael with an explosion at his loft but Michael survived thanks to his instincts and also compiled blackmail materials on Carla as part of an operation to reach her superiors.

In the Burn Season 2 finale episode, "Lesser Evil", Michael successfully subdued Victor in the Men's bathroom at a Miami Municipal Courthouse, Michael convinced Victor to join him to beat Carla at her own game. Shortly after offering to protect Victor long enough to get to the bottom of his burn notice, Victor assisted Michael throughout the day to facilitate his escape from The Machine's operatives. Fiona found free time to use the C4 she bought from an arms dealer to stop their pursuers. Victor then developed some respect for Fiona after seeing her explosions and asked Michael where he'd met her, implying that he was impressed by her dedication and willingness to help Michael.

Victor asked Michael and Fiona to accompany him to an electric pole by a hotel to retrieve Carla's blackmail material folder so they can use it later.

As Victor was ready to cast off the boat from shore, a sniper shot Victor in the abdomen. Standing by the sniper is Carla, who called Michael to offer him his life in exchange for ending Victor's as the hero. If he did not comply in killing Victor before Management arrives, then she would detonate the boat with the C4 she rigged on board. Fiona and Sam arrived in the nick of time with Fiona successfully killing Carla with her own sniper rifle. The Machine operatives gave pursuit on Sam and Fiona who were forced to flee.

Victor realized the gunshot had punctured a vital organ and he was mortally wounded. He begged Michael to kill him so he could maintain his cover that Michael had been operating on The Organization's behalf.

After much hesitation, Michael finally relented and shot Victor, sparing him a fate if he had been alive to be interrogated by The Organization although shooting Victor left Michael in tears for a while.

Personality
Victor was once an operative just like Michael, until he was burned. Prior to his burning, Victor was a devoted operative with a wife and young son. Then, Carla killed Victor's family, changing him for the worse.

As a result of being burned, Carla's organization gave him an opportunity to work for them. He took it as "a way back in" and became one of their operatives while investigating his burning. When he found out that Carla was actually responsible for his life's ruin, he snapped inside, becoming a psychopathic or socipathic man with sadistic tendencies and a disregard for human life.

Victor devoted his life to destroying every part of Carla's organization including any operative. He justified his actions by believing that no one is "completely innocent," when it came to operatives or government agents.