9.0/105 votesLoading...#1 - False Flag
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2007
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.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Matt Nix, Ben Watkins
9.0/103 votesLoading...#2 - Loose Ends (2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/20/2007
Michael must rescue Sam from heroin smugglers, who happen to be ex-Special Forces, while also evading agents who are out to get him.
Director: Jace Alexander, Stephen Surjik
Writer: Matt Nix
9.0/104 votesLoading...#3 - Trust Me
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2008
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.
Director: Paul Holahan
Writer: N/A
9.0/104 votesLoading...#4 - Bad Breaks
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/12/2009
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.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Michael Horowitz
9.0/104 votesLoading...#5 - Lesser Evil
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/2009
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.
Director: Tim Matheson
Writer: Matt Nix
8.8/104 votesLoading...#6 - Truth & Reconciliation
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/2009
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.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Writer: N/A
8.8/104 votesLoading...#7 - Friendly Fire
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/28/2010
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/104 votesLoading...#8 - Made Man
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/17/2010
When dangerous mobsters threaten a port worker, Michael takes on the case. With Jesse, Michael also looks for intel on an underground-artillery operation.
Director: Tim Matheson, Jeffrey Donovan
Writer: Matt Nix, Alfredo Barrios, Jr.
8.8/104 votesLoading...#9 - Breaking Point
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 11/10/2011
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.
Director: Renny Harlin
Writer: Ben Watkins, Rashad Raisani
8.7/103 votesLoading...#10 - Dead Drop (1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/20/2007
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.
Director: Jace Alexander, Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Matt Nix
8.7/106 votesLoading...#11 - Breaking and Entering
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2008
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.
Director: Paul Holahan
Writer: Matt Nix
8.7/103 votesLoading...#12 - Hard Time
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 8/12/2010
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
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: N/A
8.7/103 votesLoading...#13 - Out of the Fire
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 12/16/2010
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/103 votesLoading...#14 - Besieged
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 8/4/2011
Michael and Sam try to retrieve a boy from an armed compound. Fiona and Jesse babysit a day laborer.
Director: Stephen Surjik
Writer: N/A
8.7/103 votesLoading...#15 - Last Rites
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 6/28/2012
Pearce asks Michael to help her track down her fiancee's murderer. Fiona investigates the group that tried to get her killed in prison.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Ben Watkins
8.7/103 votesLoading...#16 - Split Decision
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 7/19/2012
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.
Director: Scott Peters
Writer: N/A
8.6/105 votesLoading...#17 - Hot Spot
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/2009
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.
Director: Stephen Surjik
Writer: Ben Watkins
8.5/102 votesLoading...#18 - Shock Wave
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 7/26/2012
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.
Director: Renny Harlin
Writer: N/A
8.5/102 votesLoading...#19 - Means & Ends
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 11/8/2012
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/104 votesLoading...#20 - Turn and Burn
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2008
While Michael's new handler asks him to locate a Tunisian counterfeiter, Sam asks him to help a woman who says she is being stalked by a drug dealer, and his mother asks him to join her in seeing a therapist.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: N/A
8.3/103 votesLoading...#21 - Mixed Messages
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/2012
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/103 votesLoading...#22 - Under the Gun
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 7/12/2012
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.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: Michael Horowitz
8.2/105 votesLoading...#23 - Bad Blood
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/2008
When someone's suspected of embezzling from a hip-hop mogul's charity, Michael attempts to trick the thief into stealing a larger sum.
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Writer: Matt Nix, Rashad Raisani
8.0/103 votesLoading...#24 - Question and Answer
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/11/2009
Michael faces a new foe in Detective Paxson, who has tracked down some explosives Michael has been hiding in a storage facility, forcing Michael to surreptitiously get them out before Paxson gets a warrant. Meanwhile, Michael and team must rescue a kidnapped child by using reverse interrogation.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: N/A
8.0/103 votesLoading...#25 - The Hunter
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/16/2009
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.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Lisa Joy
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!
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaCrime
Network:USA Network
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 Matt Nix, Ben Watkins, it aired on 9/13/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Loose Ends (2)".