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The Best Episodes of Burn Notice Season 1

Every episode of Burn Notice Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Burn Notice Season 1!

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

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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.0/10(1320 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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.

    Writer:Matt Nix

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  2. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 2 - Identity
    7.7/10(992 votes)

    #2 - Identity

    S1:E2

    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.

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  3. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 3 - Fight or Flight
    7.8/10(909 votes)

    #3 - Fight or Flight

    S1:E3

    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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  4. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 4 - Old Friends
    7.6/10(849 votes)

    #4 - Old Friends

    S1:E4

    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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  5. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 5 - Family Business
    7.6/10(826 votes)

    #5 - Family Business

    S1:E5

    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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  6. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 6 - Unpaid Debts
    7.8/10(804 votes)

    #6 - Unpaid Debts

    S1:E6

    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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  8. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 7 - Broken Rules
    8.0/10(843 votes)

    #7 - Broken Rules

    S1:E7

    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.

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  9. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 8 - Wanted Man
    7.7/10(763 votes)

    #8 - Wanted Man

    S1:E8

    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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  10. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 9 - Hard Bargain
    7.7/10(756 votes)

    #9 - Hard Bargain

    S1:E9

    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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  11. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 10 - False Flag
    8.1/10(805 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 11 - Dead Drop (1)
    8.1/10(742 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Burn Notice Season 1 Episode 12 - Loose Ends (2)
    8.4/10(767 votes)

    #12 - 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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Burn Notice" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 1320 votes. Directed by Jace Alexander and written by Matt Nix, it aired on 6/28/2007. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Identity".