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The Worst Episodes of Burn Notice

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The Worst Episodes of Burn Notice

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

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  1. 7.5/10(469 votes)

    #1 - Besieged

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    S5:E7

    Michael and Sam try to retrieve a boy from an armed compound. Fiona and Jesse babysit a day laborer.

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    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.6/10(817 votes)

    #2 - Old Friends

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    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.

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    Director:David Solomon
    Writer:N/A
  3. 7.6/10(798 votes)

    #3 - Family Business

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    S1:E5

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 7.6/10(600 votes)

    #4 - Truth & Reconciliation

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    S2:E14

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  5. 7.6/10(413 votes)

    #5 - Breaking Point

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    S5:E14

    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.

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  6. 7.6/10(398 votes)

    #6 - Odd Man Out

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    S6:E16

    Michael seeks refuge in a warehouse when he's caught in the middle of a smuggler's attempt to get revenge on his former client. Survival becomes a challenge as supplies run low and the exits are blocked.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.7/10(958 votes)

    #7 - Identity

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    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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  9. 7.7/10(741 votes)

    #8 - Wanted Man

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    S1:E8

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

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    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.7/10(734 votes)

    #9 - Hard Bargain

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.7/10(512 votes)

    #10 - Partners in Crime

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    S3:E14

    Sam convinces Michael to investigate a robbery at a chic fashion house, but they quickly realize the world of design isn't always pretty. Meanwhile, Michael and Fiona gain the trust of a Polish intelligence officer to get information on an unlisted "black flight," transporting dangerous cargo.

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    Director:N/A
  12. 7.7/10(551 votes)

    #11 - Company Man

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    S5:E1

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

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    Writer:Matt Nix
  13. 7.8/10(882 votes)

    #12 - Fight or Flight

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    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.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.8/10(775 votes)

    #13 - Unpaid Debts

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    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.

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    Director:Paul Holahan
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.8/10(651 votes)

    #14 - Comrades

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    S2:E4

    Michael helps a Russian woman, Katya, whose sister was smuggled into the U.S. by gangsters; however, Katya cannot afford their extortionate demands and her sister is being held captive.

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  16. 7.8/10(667 votes)

    #15 - Bad Blood

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    S2:E6

    When someone's suspected of embezzling from a hip-hop mogul's charity, Michael attempts to trick the thief into stealing a larger sum.

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  17. 7.8/10(648 votes)

    #16 - Signals and Codes

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    S3:E5

    A paranoid mathematician enlists Michael's help to stop the vice president of a defense firm from selling company secrets; Michael tracks down a new contact in the intelligence community.

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  18. 7.8/10(517 votes)

    #17 - Noble Causes

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    S3:E12

    Michael is caught off guard by a visit from his drug dealing neighbor Sugar. But to Michael’s surprise, Sugar isn't looking for trouble; He needs Michael's help fending off a crew of notorious thieves. Meanwhile, Michael struggles with working beside an unexpected partner.

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  19. 7.8/10(493 votes)

    #18 - Made Man

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    S4:E3

    When dangerous mobsters threaten a port worker, Michael takes on the case. With Jesse, Michael also looks for intel on an underground-artillery operation.

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  20. 7.8/10(481 votes)

    #19 - Entry Point

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    S4:E6

    Sam and Jesse interrogate a captured contract killer in order to find out who ordered a recent assassination. Meanwhile, Michael and Fiona pose as security consultants to stop a notorious antiquities thief from stealing a priceless artifact.

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  21. 7.8/10(473 votes)

    #20 - Center of the Storm

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    S4:E9

    Michael impersonates a hitman in order to protect the target who is a crucial witness to criminal activity.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.8/10(455 votes)

    #21 - Hard Out

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    S5:E8

    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.

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  23. 7.8/10(454 votes)

    #22 - Eye for an Eye

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    S5:E9

    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.

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  24. 7.8/10(451 votes)

    #23 - Army of One

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    S5:E10

    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.

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  25. 7.8/10(415 votes)

    #24 - Damned If You Do

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    S5:E13

    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.

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    Writer:Matt Nix
  26. 7.8/10(428 votes)

    #25 - Split Decision

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    S6:E5

    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.

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    Director:Scott Peters
    Writer:N/A

Worst Episodes Summary

"Besieged" is the worst rated episode of "Burn Notice". It scored 7.5/10 based on 469 votes. Directed by Stephen Surjik and written by N/A, it aired on 8/4/2011. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Old Friends".