- 9.0/104 votes
#1 - 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
- 9.0/102 votes
#2 - 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
Writer: Matt Nix
- 9.0/103 votes
#3 - Lesser Evil
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/2009
Michael gets to know Victor's motivation and his connection to Carla after capturing him. When the truth about Carla's organization is revealed, everyone is put in danger.
Director: Tim Matheson
Writer: Matt Nix
- 8.7/103 votes
#4 - Made Man
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/17/2010
When dangerous mobsters threaten a port worker, Michael takes on the case. With Jesse, Michael also looks for intel on an underground-artillery operation.
Director: Tim Matheson
Writer: Matt Nix
- 8.5/104 votes
#5 - Breaking and Entering
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2008
Having been recruited by the people who burned him, Michael's new handler, Carla, tasks him with helping a computer tech, whose wife and daughter were kidnapped, liberate some information that is guarded by mercenaries.
Director: Paul Holahan
Writer: Matt Nix
- 8.5/102 votes
#6 - Relapse
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/30/2015
John tries to rein in his compulsions, but is tested when he's tipped off about an impending massacre. Samantha, meanwhile, turns to Det. Holden for answers.
Director: Michael Nankin
Writer: Matt Nix
- 8.2/104 votes
#7 - Bad Blood
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/2008
When someone's suspected of embezzling from a hip-hop mogul's charity, Michael attempts to trick the thief into stealing a larger sum.
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Writer: Matt Nix
- 8.0/102 votes
#8 - 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
Writer: Matt Nix
- 8.0/102 votes
#9 - A Dark Road
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/21/2010
When a recently widowed woman hires Michael and Fiona to get her away from a group of violent con men, Michael turns to Madeline for help — but he may ask her to go too far. Meanwhile, a mysterious contact goes to extreme lengths to get Michael's attention.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Matt Nix
- 8.0/102 votes
#11 - Fail Safe
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 12/15/2011
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
- 8.0/101 votes
#12 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/19/2010
Old-school cop Dan Stark and modern-day detective Jack Bailey expose the big picture of small crime. Pursuing a routine investigation of a stolen humidifier, Jack and Dan are inadvertently thrust into a much larger case involving drug smugglers, hired assassins and a stolen green golf bag. Reminded of the way he busted punks back in the good old days, Dan convinces Jack to go along for the ride, and in their reckless pursuit of justice, the two wind up risking their lives, breaking a flurry of department regulations and reminding their boss, Lieutenant Ana Ruiz, and Jack's ex-girlfriend, Assistant District Attorney Liz Traynor, why these good guys will be spending many more days investigating seemingly minor crimes.
Director: Tim Matheson
Writer: Matt Nix
- 8.0/103 votes
#13 - Infection
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/18/2015
Ellison scrambles to locate Antoine when the boy disappears from his bed at the surgical center; and Polk tries to convince a patient to lie about her medical condition in order to keep John out of their supervisors' crosshairs.
Director: Scott Peters
Writer: Matt Nix
- 8.0/102 votes
#14 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/1/2023
Helen, a language professor bored with her daily routine, who makes the shocking discovery that her seemingly ordinary husband is leading an extraordinary double life.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: Matt Nix
- 7.8/104 votes
#15 - Friends and Enemies
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/3/2010
Michael helps Fiona and Sam protect a lawyer against the city's most dangerous biker gang. Meanwhile, he must team up with an unlikely ally to stop a looming terrorist threat... but quickly finds that no mission is without its price.
Director: Tim Matheson
Writer: Matt Nix
- 7.6/1011 votes
#16 - 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
- 7.5/102 votes
#17 - Last Stand
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 12/16/2010
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.
Director: Stephen Surjik
Writer: Matt Nix
- 7.5/101 votes
#18 - Company Man
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/2011
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
- 7.5/102 votes
#19 - Damned If You Do
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 11/3/2011
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
- 7.5/102 votes
#20 - Scorched Earth
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 6/14/2012
Michael pursues Anson in Miami. Meanwhile, Fiona is taken into custody and interrogated by a former foe.
Director: Stephen Surjik
Writer: Matt Nix
- 7.5/101 votes
#21 - Public Secrets
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/8/2023
Helen gets her first official Omega Sector assignment – going undercover with Harry and the team at an academic conference in Madrid to stop a bioweapon terrorist attack. During the mission, Harry does his best to keep his history with Ximena, a sexy cryptographer they must work with to complete the mission, away from his wife.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: Matt Nix
- 7.3/103 votes
#22 - Devil You Know
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2010
International fugitive Simon is loose and Michael's on the run from the FBI for his role in Simon’s escape. When Simon confronts Michael and threatens to blow up a Miami Beach hotel, Michael must call on his friends and an old enemy to help him avoid disaster and put Simon back in the dark hole where he belongs.
Director: Matt Nix
Writer: Matt Nix
- 7.3/1018 votes
#23 - rX
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2017
After exerting her powers beyond their limits, Blink goes into a state of shock, forcing Caitlin and Eclipse to go on a mission to find a special serum that will help her to recover. Meanwhile, Reed faces some difficult choices when it comes to helping his family, and Polaris runs into some trouble.
Director: Len Wiseman
Writer: Matt Nix