The Best Episodes of Burn Notice Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(1320 votes)

   #1 - Pilot

   S1:E16/28/2007

   While on assignment, agent Michael Westen gets a "Burn Notice" and becomes untouchable. Having no idea what or who triggered his demise, Michael returns to his hometown, Miami, determined to find out the reason for his sudden termination.

   Director:Jace Alexander

   Writer:Matt Nix

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   Director:Jace Alexander

   Writer:Matt Nix
2. 

   7.7/10(992 votes)

   #2 - Identity

   S1:E27/5/2007

   Michael helps Madeline's friend retrieve money from a swindler, and in return he receives information about some visitors that came to his mother's home.

   Directors:Jace Alexander, Rod Hardy

   Writer:Matt Nix

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   Directors:Jace Alexander, Rod Hardy

   Writer:Matt Nix
3. 

   7.8/10(909 votes)

   #3 - Fight or Flight

   S1:E37/12/2007

   A drug dealer is witnessed brutally beating up a man by a single mother. Oleg asks Michael to help the woman, Cara, his best waitress, after she stops showing up for work.

   Director:Colin Bucksey

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Colin Bucksey

   Writer:Unknown
4. 

   7.6/10(849 votes)

   #4 - Old Friends

   S1:E47/19/2007

   Michael's friend, Bill, asks for the spy's help in freeing his daughter from a prostitution ring. Meanwhile, Michael dodges multiple assassination attempts.

   Director:David Solomon

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Solomon

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.6/10(826 votes)

   #5 - Family Business

   S1:E57/26/2007

   Michael takes on arms dealers for an airport worker, while Nate obsesses about the car and their dad's will together.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Unknown

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6. 

   7.8/10(804 votes)

   #6 - Unpaid Debts

   S1:E68/2/2007

   Michael discovers a surprise aboard a boat he has retrieved from Jamaican gangsters. Meanwhile, a CSS agent urges Michael to stop his investigation into who burned him.

   Director:Paul Holahan

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Paul Holahan

   Writer:Unknown
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7. 

   8.0/10(843 votes)

   #7 - Broken Rules

   S1:E78/9/2007

   Michael works to rid a community in little Havana of a crime boss, all the while baiting Jason Bly at the risk of his family and friends.

   Directors:Jace Alexander, Tim Matheson

   Writers:Mere Smith, Matt Nix

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   Directors:Jace Alexander, Tim Matheson

   Writers:Mere Smith, Matt Nix
8. 

   7.7/10(763 votes)

   #8 - Wanted Man

   S1:E88/16/2007

   With Michael's assistance, Fiona helps a man who has been framed for the theft of an expensive brooch.

   Director:Ken Girotti

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Ken Girotti

   Writer:Unknown
9. 

   7.7/10(756 votes)

   #9 - Hard Bargain

   S1:E98/23/2007

   A slightly dim house sitter's fiancée has been kidnapped, and Sam guilts Michael into a rescue while he's negotiating with a D.C. bureaucrat to stop the burn notice.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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10. 

    8.1/10(805 votes)

    #10 - False Flag

    S1:E109/13/2007

    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

    Writers:Ben Watkins, Matt Nix

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    Director:Paul Shapiro

    Writers:Ben Watkins, Matt Nix
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    8.1/10(742 votes)

    #11 - Dead Drop (1)

    S1:E119/20/2007

    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.

    Directors:Jace Alexander, Jeremiah S. Chechik

    Writer:Matt Nix

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    Directors:Jace Alexander, Jeremiah S. Chechik

    Writer:Matt Nix
12. 

    8.4/10(767 votes)

    #12 - Loose Ends (2)

    S1:E129/20/2007

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

    Directors:Jace Alexander, Stephen Surjik

    Writer:Matt Nix

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    Directors:Jace Alexander, Stephen Surjik

    Writer:Matt Nix