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The Best Episodes of Burn Notice

Every episode of Burn Notice ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Burn Notice!

The Best Episodes of Burn Notice

A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.

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  1. Background image for False Flag
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    #1 - False Flag

    S1:E10

    Michael is hired to track down a woman's estranged husband, who has disappeared with their son. Michael soon finds himself pitted against somebody just as skilled and dangerous as he is.

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  2. Background image for Loose Ends (2)
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Loose Ends (2)

    S1:E12

    Michael must rescue Sam from heroin smugglers, who happen to be ex-Special Forces, while also evading agents who are out to get him.

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  3. Background image for Trust Me
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #3 - Trust Me

    S2:E3

    Andy, a cell-phone salesman, was conned into investing in a fake Cuban nightclub. Michael helps Andy when the people he borrowed the money from come knocking.

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    Director:Paul Holahan
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Bad Breaks
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Bad Breaks

    S2:E13

    A federal agent with a knack for giving Michael trouble returns to Miami to force Michael to hand over blackmail materials; the two enemies must work together during a bank robbery.

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    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Lesser Evil

    S2:E16

    Michael gets to know Victor's motivation and his connection to Carla after capturing him. When the truth about Carla's organization is revealed, everyone is put in danger.

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    Director:Tim Matheson
    Writer:Matt Nix
  6. Background image for Truth & Reconciliation
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #6 - Truth & Reconciliation

    S2:E14

    Michael takes on a sympathy case for a Haitian man whose daughter was murdered by a corrupt government official he believes is hiding in Miami. Michael gets closer to tracking down the person who tried to kill him.

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  8. Background image for Friendly Fire
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Friendly Fire

    S3:E11

    When Sam gets an unexpected visit from a former Seal buddy asking for help, Michael must infiltrate a protected urban barrio and hunt down a child predator. Michael also befriends a psychotic former spy runner in order to learn more about his destructive plans while in town.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Made Man

    S4:E3

    When dangerous mobsters threaten a port worker, Michael takes on the case. With Jesse, Michael also looks for intel on an underground-artillery operation.

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    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #9 - Breaking Point

    S5:E14

    When gang warfare claims the life of one of Michael's childhood friends, he teams up with the victim's brother to entrap the gang in Fiona's weapons scheme.

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  11. Background image for Dead Drop (1)
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Dead Drop (1)

    S1:E11

    Sam takes on a case for a woman named Gillian, who is being blackmailed into using her security clearance to help smuggle heroin into the United States. Meanwhile, Michael is busy trying to arrange a meeting with Philip Cowan.

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  12. Background image for Breaking and Entering
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Breaking and Entering

    S2:E1

    Having been recruited by the people who burned him, Michael's new handler, Carla, tasks him with helping a computer tech, whose wife and daughter were kidnapped, liberate some information that is guarded by mercenaries.

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    Director:Paul Holahan
    Writer:Matt Nix
  13. Background image for Hard Time
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Hard Time

    S4:E10

    Michael infiltrates a high-security prison in order to protect an inmate (a good friend of Sam’s) who is marked for death by a fellow prisoner

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    Director:Dennie Gordon
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Out of the Fire
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Out of the Fire

    S4:E17

    Michael's enemy Brennen and Michael's former friend Larry team up to pressure Michael into killing the individuals on the stolen NOC list. Meanwhile, Sam, Jesse, and Fiona try to help Michael turn the tables on Brennen and Larry.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Besieged
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Besieged

    S5:E7

    Michael and Sam try to retrieve a boy from an armed compound. Fiona and Jesse babysit a day laborer.

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Last Rites
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Last Rites

    S6:E3

    Pearce asks Michael to help her track down her fiancee's murderer. Fiona investigates the group that tried to get her killed in prison.

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    Director:Nick Gomez
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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Split Decision

    S6:E5

    Michael takes on a gangster with help from an unlikely ally. Card offers Fiona a deal to become a CIA asset, an arrangement that would prevent her from being extradited.

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    Director:Scott Peters
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Shock Wave
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Shock Wave

    S6:E6

    Michael finally gets a solid lead on Anson, but the plan to get Fiona out of prison hits a snag when an MI-6 agent tries to prevent her release. Across town, Sam must protect Barry after a cold-blooded assassin traps them in a secluded beach house.

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    Director:Renny Harlin
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Means & Ends
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #18 - Means & Ends

    S6:E12

    Fiona is surprised by a visit from a smuggler she met in prison, who needs her help bringing down a corrupt Miami detective. Meanwhile, Michael teams up with a former adversary in order to turn the tables on a more treacherous foe.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Hot Spot
    8.6/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Hot Spot

    S2:E11

    Sam calls in a favor and asks Michael to talk to Sean Martin, a football coach who helps impoverished kids. Sean wants Michael's assistance helping one of his players, Corey Jensen, who's being targeted by gangsters.

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    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - The Hunter

    S3:E6

    When he hears about an operative from his past who is hunting him, Michael turns to a prominent member of Miami's underworld for help; a man approaches Michael with an offer.

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    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writer:Lisa Joy
  22. Background image for Mixed Messages
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Mixed Messages

    S6:E2

    Michael reconnects with his mentor and offers to help go after a drug cartel in exchange for visitation privileges with Fiona. Meanwhile, Fiona leans on a new friend for help fending off a gang leader in prison.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Under the Gun
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Under the Gun

    S6:E4

    Michael, Sam and Jesse head to the Everglades to track the guard trying to kill Fiona in prison. Fiona has to do another favor for Ayn in order to get herself out of trouble.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Official Business

    S6:E9

    The CIA recruits Fiona to break into a guarded safe after a civilian asset winds up in over her head. Meanwhile, Sam and Jesse visit a mercenary training camp to track the sniper who killed Nate.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Desperate Times

    S6:E10

    The team travels to Panama to capture an assassin; Madeline tries to obtain difficult answers.

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    Director:Renny Harlin
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Desperate Measures
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Desperate Measures

    S6:E11

    After finding themselves stranded in Panama, Michael and the team are forced to hijack a plane in order to get home. Before they can leave, however, Michael must first escape the clutches of a sadistic Panamanian drug-runner.

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    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"False Flag" is the best rated episode of "Burn Notice". It scored 9/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Paul Shapiro and written by Ben Watkins, Matt Nix, it aired on 9/13/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Loose Ends (2)".