Burn Notice

10 Best Episodes of Burn Notice - Season 1

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

Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 04, 2023.

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Burn Notice - S1E2

#12 - Identity (Season 1 - Episode 2)

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.

The episode was rated 7.80 from 493 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E4

#11 - Old Friends (Season 1 - Episode 4)

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Michael's friend, Bill, asks for the spy's help in freeing his daughter from a prostitution ring. Meanwhile, Michael dodges multiple assassination attempts.

The episode was rated 7.82 from 433 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E5

#10 - Family Business (Season 1 - Episode 5)

Michael infiltrates a family of gunrunners who are pressuring an airport supervisor and his pregnant wife. The FBI begin to put pressure on Sam to gather more information on Michael.

The episode was rated 7.86 from 387 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E9

#9 - Hard Bargain (Season 1 - Episode 9)

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A man's fiancΓ©e is kidnapped from the house he is looking after. Meanwhile, Michael is offered information on how he can clear his burn notice.

The episode was rated 7.87 from 358 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E8

#8 - Wanted Man (Season 1 - Episode 8)

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

The episode was rated 7.88 from 385 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E6

#7 - Unpaid Debts (Season 1 - Episode 6)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 388 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E3

#6 - Fight or Flight (Season 1 - Episode 3)

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.

The episode was rated 7.94 from 443 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E7

#5 - Broken Rules (Season 1 - Episode 7)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.95 from 377 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E1

#4 - Burn Notice (Season 1 - Episode 1)

Michael Westen is a spy who receives a "burn notice" while on assignment. Spies are not fired, rather they are issued a burn notice to let the agent know their services are no longer required. Penniless, Michael returns to his roots in Miami where he freelances his skills to earn money. First up, Michael helps a man clear his name after valuable pieces of art and jewelery are stolen.

The episode was rated 7.96 from 653 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E12

#3 - Loose Ends (Season 1 - Episode 12)

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Michael must rescue Sam from heroin smugglers, who happen to be ex-Special Forces, while also evading agents who are out to get him.

The episode was rated 8.02 from 263 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E11

#2 - Dead Drop (Season 1 - Episode 11)

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.

The episode was rated 8.03 from 332 votes.

Burn Notice - S1E10

#1 - False Flag (Season 1 - Episode 10)

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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.

The episode was rated 8.07 from 349 votes.

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