The Best Episodes of Burn Notice Season 5

Michael works with his old agency to go after the people who burned him in a case that leads the group to Venezuela.

Director: Stephen Surjik

Writer: Matt Nix

Michael has to balance his new agency duties and helping a woman recover her cousin, who is one of many being trafficked into the U.S. by the Yakuza. Against Michael's wishes, Madeline becomes a critical component of the plan to find the girls.

Director: Colin Bucksey

Writer: Alfredo Barrios, Jr.

Nate returns to Miami to seek Michael's help to go after a loan shark who's harassing a widow. The guys soon discover that the loan shark is not all that he seems, however.

Director: Scott Peters

Writer: Michael Horowitz

The team searches for a super-computer to clear Barry's brother of a server heist.

Director: N/A

Writer: Ben Watkins, Rashad Raisani

Michael plays a key role in a CIA murder investigation. Meanwhile, the team helps a client who reminds them of Michael — a former army sniper who wants revenge on the men who put his sister on the hospital.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

The CIA abandons Sam after he goes undercover with a heroin dealer while trying to recover a weapon. Meanwhile, Pearce continues searching for Max's killer.

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Writer: N/A

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

Michael and Jesse go on an extraction mission on a Caribbean island but end up trapped there by mercenaries. Meanwhile, Fiona tries to get information out of an ex by doing a favor for him.

Director: N/A

Writer: Rashad Raisani

Fiona and Jesse work together for a pharmaceuticals magnate, but soon realize that he is hiding something. Meanwhile, Michael and Sam take on a bomb-maker involved in Max's death.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Horowitz

Michael goes undercover with a group of hijackers in order to assist Jesse with a security job, but he changes the plan when the hijackers take hostages at the airport. Madeline assists Michael by organizing the hostages and trying to lead them to safety.

Director: Tawnia McKiernan

Writer: N/A

Michael and Fiona pose as a wealthy couple at a South American resort in order to extract a bioweapons specialist. Elsewhere, Sam and Jesse try to trap Max's killer.

Director: Michael Smith

Writer: Lisa Joy

With convincing from Sam and Jesse, Pearce begrudgingly lets Michael take drastic measures attempting to clear himself of Max's murder. Meanwhile, Larry returns, having kidnapped a government psychiatrist, and insists that Michael help him with a job.

Director: Matt Nix

Writer: N/A

Michael and Fiona plan to abduct a hacker in Puerto Rico in order to obtain his software, but the man has several other enemies to contend with. Elsewhere, Madeline learns to retrieve information from the police under the tutelage of Sam and Jesse.

Director: Stephen Surjik

Writer: Matt Nix

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

Michael leads a rescue mission for a scientist abducted by an African warlord, while Sam and Jesse get in trouble during an undercover mission. Meanwhile, Madeline discovers that someone close to her is keeping secrets.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Sam reunites with Beatriz after an attempt is made on her life by a Russian spy, and Michael is forced to trust Anson in order to save her. Jesse and Fiona must travel to the Cayman Islands to track down a banker in order to obtain financial information for Anson.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

A friend of Jesse asks the team to help take out his boss, who has been smuggling blood diamonds into the country with the help of diplomatic immunity. Michael asks Pearce for help transferring a prisoner who may be able to provide him with information on Anson.

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Writer: Ben Watkins

As the team reaches a breaking point with Anson and his sinister plans, Pearce puts Michael in charge of his biggest CIA mission yet.

Director: Renny Harlin

Writer: Matt Nix