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The Best Episodes of Burn Notice Season 1

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Network:USA Network

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

A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Episodes
12
Avg. Rating
7.9
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
8.0
7.7
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  • Loose Ends (2)
    8.4/10(740)
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    #1 - 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

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  • Dead Drop (1)
    8.1/10(711)
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    #2 - 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

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  • Pilot
    8.0/10(1,271)
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    #3 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 6/28/2007

    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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  • Broken Rules
    8.0/10(807)
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    #4 - Broken Rules

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 8/9/2007

    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.

    Director: Jace Alexander, Tim Matheson

    Writer: Matt Nix, Mere Smith

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  • False Flag
    8.0/10(775)
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    #5 - 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

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  • Fight or Flight
    7.8/10(875)
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    #6 - Fight or Flight

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 7/12/2007

    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: N/A

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  • Unpaid Debts
    7.8/10(769)
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    #7 - Unpaid Debts

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 8/2/2007

    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: N/A

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  • Identity
    7.7/10(949)
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    #8 - Identity

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 7/5/2007

    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.

    Director: Jace Alexander, Rod Hardy

    Writer: Matt Nix

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  • Wanted Man
    7.7/10(735)
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    #9 - Wanted Man

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 8/16/2007

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

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: N/A

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  • Hard Bargain
    7.7/10(727)
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    #10 - Hard Bargain

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 8/23/2007

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Old Friends
    7.6/10(811)
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    #11 - Old Friends

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 7/19/2007

    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: N/A

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  • Family Business
    7.6/10(790)
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    #12 - Family Business

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 7/26/2007

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Loose Ends (2)" is the best rated episode of "Burn Notice" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 740 votes. Directed by Jace Alexander, Stephen Surjik and written by Matt Nix, it aired on 9/20/2007. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Dead Drop (1)".