Burn Notice

2007 • USA
4.8
3.07K reviews
TV-14
Rating
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (12)

1 Pilot
6/28/07
While in the middle of a dangerous mission in Nigeria, a covert operative receives a burn notice, which is effectively a death sentence for a spy. After being dumped in Miami with no money or resources (and being tailed by the FBI), he uses his Special Ops training to find out why he's been burned, and how he can get his life back.
2 Identity
7/5/07
Michael's mother has some information on the men who may have ordered his burn notice, but first she wants him to help her friend who was beaten and robbed by a scam artist.
3 Fight or Flight
7/12/07
Michael protects a single mom from a drug trafficker who wants to prevent her from testifying against him; and he contacts a former associate who may know who ordered his burn notice.
4 Old Friends
7/19/07
Michael dodges assassination attempts by a Czech assassin from his past while trying to rescue a friend's daughter from a prostitution ring.
5 Family Business
7/26/07
After they threaten an airport supervisor, Michael infiltrates a family of gunrunners in order to scare them off and the FBI is pressuring Sam to produce more intel on Michael's activities.
6 Unpaid Debts
8/2/07
Michael discovers a surprise aboard a boat he repossessed from Jamaican gangsters and a new surveillance team urges Michael to stop his investigation into his burn notice.
7 Broken Rules
8/9/07
In order to set up an elaborate scheme to ensnare the government agent sent to handle his case, Michael accepts a job protecting a convenience-store owner from the extortion of a local crime boss.
8 Wanted Man
8/16/07
Fiona's new job as a bounty hunter places her in contact with a fugitive who insists he did not steal a 2-million-dollar broach and Michael gains access to the man behind his burn notice.
9 Hard Bargain
8/23/07
Michael and his crew help a man whose fiancée is kidnapped from the house he is looking after and Michael considers taking a meeting with someone who may be able to revoke his burn notice.
10 False Flag
9/13/07
Michael is hired to track down a woman's estranged husband (who has disappeared with their son); he becomes emotionally involved, impairing his judgment, and he finds out that he has been played by a female assassin.
11 Loose Ends Part 1
9/20/07
Sam takes on a case of a woman who is being blackmailed by drug smugglers and becomes a victim himself. Michael meets with Cowan, only to find that the people behind his burn notice have big plans in store for him.
12 Loose Ends Part 2
9/20/07
Sam takes on a case of a woman who is being blackmailed by drug smugglers and becomes a victim himself. Michael meets with Cowan, only to find that the people behind his burn notice have big plans in store for him.

About this show

A sexy, action-packed one-hour series starring Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen, a blacklisted spy. When spies get fired, they don't get a letter from "human resources" -- they get BURNED.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
3.07K reviews
James Arnold
September 16, 2013
If you haven't seen this show yet it's definitely worth your time. I've been a loyal viewer from the very beginning and have always found this show entertaining. I'm sad to see it go, but I'm very happy that they were able to end it instead of having it canceled like so many other great shows that I've invested my time/interest in. The final episode was a tear jerker for sure. A bitter sweet end to a phenomenal series.
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Danny Mills
May 15, 2013
Im 45yrs. Old & have seen a lot of t.v. shows come & go . & by far I think ( my own personal opinion), that burn notice is probably the best that I've ever have watched. The previews say the final season, unless the characters are tired of making the show ; I dont understand why you would want to cancel such a great program . I hope that you change your minds about the cancellation of 1 of the greatest if not the greatest t.v. program again ( this is my opinion only). If it is then I'll watch reruns:
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Rin Dill
January 1, 2015
Michael played the same guy every time he went incogito with the bad guys... cocky, squint-y; only ever talking with his jaw thrust forward and mouth barely open, kinda slurred and muttered like when someone is pretending to be tough. Annoying! Plot seems well thought out but needed a better male lead to pull it off - ruined it for me!
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