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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. Background image for Neighborhood Watch
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Neighborhood Watch

    S4:E5

    A doctor seeks help when drug dealers terrorize his clinic; Michael is drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a killer.

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  2. Background image for Unpaid Debts
    6.3/10(6 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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    Director:Paul Holahan
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Hard Bargain
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Blind Spot
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Blind Spot

    S4:E11

    Michael and team come to the aid of a woman who has her entire life savings wiped out by a sleazy womanizer.

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  5. Background image for Scatter Point
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #5 - Scatter Point

    S2:E5

    Michael poses as a safe cracker to help out a reformed ex-con who is unwillingly part of a heist, and tries to sneak into the heavily-guarded office of his handler. Meanwhile, Sam gets an unexpected proposition from his girlfriend.

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    Director:Rod Hardy
  6. Background image for Good Soldier
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Good Soldier

    S2:E9

    Hired by Fiona's boyfriend's friend Henry, Michael poses as a disgruntled bodyguard to thwart a kidnapping plot masterminded by a ruthless man named Lesher.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Broken Rules
    6.7/10(6 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. Background image for Do No Harm
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Do No Harm

    S2:E10

    Michael prevents a man from committing suicide, whose son suffers from a heart condition. He had lost his savings in a scam after investing in a "miracle drug" for his son, so Michael decides to get him his money back. Meanwhile, he has to deal with an explosion at his place and his brother in jail.

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    Director:Matt Nix
    Writer:Matt Nix
  10. Background image for Identity
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for Old Friends
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:David Solomon
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Family Business
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Sins of Omission
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Sins of Omission

    S2:E15

    Michael's ex-fiancé seeks the spy's help in freeing her son, who was kidnapped by a disillusioned ex-spy named Brennen.

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    Director:Dennie Gordon
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Seek and Destroy
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Seek and Destroy

    S2:E12

    Michael, under the alias of Miles Parker, is hired by Scott Chandler to investigate strange activity - log-ins at odd hours, unusual computer activity and telephone bugging - at an art gallery. But after being attacked by the the gallery's receptionist, Michael finds himself working against Chandler. Meanwhile, Michael needs to find the person who planted the bomb at his loft, therefor he turns to arms dealer Seymour for help.

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  15. Background image for Rough Seas
    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Rough Seas

    S2:E7

    Michael is hired to track down nearly a million dollars worth of pharmaceuticals that were stolen by thieves on their way to Tanzania.

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  16. Background image for Fast Friends
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Fast Friends

    S4:E2

    Michael meets Jesse, a recently burned counterintelligence agent looking for Michael's help. Michael agrees to help Jesse clear his name, but first must get him out of the crosshairs of a ruthless drug trafficker seeking revenge.

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  17. Background image for Besieged
    7.5/10(474 votes)

    #16 - Besieged

    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:Unknown
  18. Background image for Double Booked
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Double Booked

    S2:E8

    Michael and Sam discover the location of Bill Johnson (Joe Kimble) by going through his trash and finding laundry bluing, a staple among spies to prevent snooping in trash. Michael returns to his loft to find Larry Sizemore (Tim Matheson), a former mentor of Michael's. Larry offers Michael $20,000, but then Michael raises it to $30,000, to kill a nurse named Jeannie (Amy Pietz) who stands to gain a lot of money when her ailing husband dies. Michael and Fiona track down Jeannie and inform her that Drew (Zachery Ty Bryan), her stepson, has placed out a bounty on her head. Michael protects Jeannie by faking her poisoning, aided by Fiona's new boyfriend, Campbell (Gary Weeks), a paramedic. Larry kills Drew to cover his tracks and leaves Miami. Michael and Sam follow Bill Johnson into a building and find out that Carla has been using Michael for tactical support for an unknown operation. Michael had collected the ID card for entry into the building (Episode 2), and the rifle that sniper Bill Johnson would be using. Michael also attends family counseling with his mother.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Breaking Point
    7.6/10(418 votes)

    #18 - Breaking Point

    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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  20. Background image for Odd Man Out
    7.6/10(402 votes)

    #19 - Odd Man Out

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Pilot
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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    Writer:Matt Nix
  22. Background image for Partners in Crime
    7.7/10(514 votes)

    #21 - Partners in Crime

    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:Unknown
  23. Background image for Breach of Faith
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Breach of Faith

    S4:E4

    A hostage situation at a local bank. Meanwhile, Fiona helps Jesse track down information about a recently deceased weapons runner.

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  24. Background image for Center of the Storm
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Center of the Storm

    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:Unknown
  25. Background image for Hot Property
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Hot Property

    S4:E14

    Michael must work with an enemy to keep chemical weapons out of the wrong hands.

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  26. Background image for Last Stand
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Last Stand

    S4:E18

    Michael, Fiona, and Jessie try to keep the NOC list away from Vaughn and his strike team. Meanwhile Sam and Madeline try to convince Congressman Cowley to pass the list higher up.

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    Writer:Matt Nix

Worst Episodes Summary

"Neighborhood Watch" is the worst rated episode of "Burn Notice". It scored 6.2/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by Kevin Bray and written by Michael Horowitz, it aired on 7/1/2010. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Unpaid Debts".