The BEST episodes of Burn Notice season 1
Every episode of Burn Notice season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Burn Notice season 1!
Covert intelligence operative Michael Westen has been punched, kicked, choked and shot. And now he's received a "burn notice", blacklisting him from the intelligence community and compromising his very identity. He must track down a faceless nemesis without getting himself killed while doubling as a private investigator on the dangerous streets of Miami in order to survive.
#1 - Loose Ends
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.
#2 - Dead Drop
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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Burn Notice
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/28/2007
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.
#5 - Broken Rules
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/9/2007
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.
#6 - Fight or Flight
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/12/2007
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.
#7 - Family Business
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/26/2007
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.
#8 - Old Friends
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/19/2007
Michael's friend, Bill, asks for the spy's help in freeing his daughter from a prostitution ring. Meanwhile, Michael dodges multiple assassination attempts.
#9 - Unpaid Debts
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/2/2007
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.
#11 - Hard Bargain
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/23/2007
A man's fiancée is kidnapped from the house he is looking after. Meanwhile, Michael is offered information on how he can clear his burn notice.
#12 - Wanted Man
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/16/2007
With Michael's assistance, Fiona helps a man who has been framed for the theft of an expensive brooch.