The WORST episodes of Burn Notice
Every episode of Burn Notice ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Burn Notice!
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 - 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.
#2 - Enemies Closer
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/2010
When Michael's old acquaintance Larry shows up unannounced, it is up to Michael to clean up his mess. Meanwhile, Michael's brother Nate shows up with his new wife Ruth.
#3 - Comrades
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/31/2008
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.
#4 - Question And Answer
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/11/2009
Michael faces a new foe in Detective Paxson, who has tracked down some explosives Michael has been hiding in a storage facility, forcing Michael to surreptitiously get them out before Paxson gets a warrant. Meanwhile, Michael and team must rescue a kidnapped child by using reverse interrogation.
#5 - Turn and Burn
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2008
While Michael's new handler asks him to locate a Tunisian counterfeiter, Sam asks him to help a woman who says she is being stalked by a drug dealer, and his mother asks him to join her in seeing a therapist.
#6 - 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.
#8 - Trust Me
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2008
Andy, a cell-phone salesman, was conned into investing in a fake Cuban nightclub. Michael helps Andy when the people he borrowed the money from come knocking.
#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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Noble Causes
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/2010
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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - Signals and Codes
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/9/2009
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.
#17 - Truth & Reconciliation
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/2009
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.
#18 - Scatter Point
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/7/2008
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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Partners In Crime
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2010
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.
#22 - Friends and Family
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/4/2009
Michael is bailed out of jail by an old friend who asks for his help in return.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Friends Like These
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/30/2009
Barry enlists Michael's help in tracking down his money-laundering client list, which has been stolen by a vicious thief. Michael goes after the thief, only to find that there's a lot more to the situation than he realized. Fiona tries to be supportive of Michael's efforts to reconnect with the intelligence community, but she and Michael find that their differences on the subject may not be reconcilable.
#25 - Hot Property
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/18/2010
Michael must work with an enemy to keep chemical weapons out of the wrong hands.