Burn Notice

2007 • USA
4.8
3.07K reviews
TV-14
Rating
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Season 5 episodes (18)

1 Company Man
6/23/11
Although still burned, Michael works alongside his old agency to bring down the people who burned him. Following the trail leads them to the heart of Venezuela.
2 Bloodlines
6/30/11
Michael has to balance his new agency duties and helping a woman recover her cousin, who is one of many being trafficked into the U.S. by the Yakuza. Against Michael's wishes, Madeline becomes a critical component of the plan to find the girls.
3 Mind Games
7/7/11
Michael's brother, Nate, returns to Miami and recruits him to help take down a loan shark that's been harassing an old friend's widow. But the loan shark and his boss may be more brutal--and have more motives--than they anticipated.
4 No Good Deed
7/14/11
When Barry's brother is framed for a server heist by a ruthless hacker, the team tries to track down her super-computer before it's too late. Guest starring The Big Show.
5 Square One
7/21/11
Michael plays a key role in a CIA murder investigation. Meanwhile, the team helps a client who reminds them of Michael--a former army sniper who wants revenge on the men who put his sister in the hospital. Guest starring Matt Lauria.
6 Enemy of My Enemy
7/28/11
Michael must help the CIA retrieve a weapon from a violent Serbian mob. As part of the plan, Sam goes undercover with a heroin dealer, but Sam is left hanging when the CIA disagrees with his methods. Guest starring Lauren Stamile.
7 Besieged
8/4/11
When a woman's ex-husband takes their ailing son to an armed compound, Michael and Sam vow to bring him back to her. But the compound has more firepower than anyone was expecting. Meanwhile, Fiona and Jesse babysit an odd day laborer who may be connected to a vital lead.
8 Hard Out
8/11/11
Michael and Jesse join Agent Pearce for a CIA extraction mission on a Caribbean island, but an army of mercenaries makes it impossible for them to leave. Meanwhile, Fiona does a favor for a powerful ex in order to get information for Michael. Guest Stars: Gavin Rossdale, Lauren Stamile.
9 Eye for an Eye
8/18/11
Fiona and Jesse take a surveillance job for a powerful pharmaceuticals magnate, but there's more to his company than meets the eye. Michael and Sam interrogate a bomb-maker involved in the cover-up of Max's murder. Guest Star: James Frain.
10 Army of One
8/25/11
Michael goes undercover with a group of hijackers in order to assist Jesse with a security job, but he changes the plan when the hijackers take hostages at the airport. Madeline assists Michael by organizing the hostages and trying to lead them to safety. Guest Star: Lauren Stamile.
11 Better Halves
9/1/11
In order to extract a dangerous bio-weapons specialist, Michael and Fiona go undercover as a rich, married couple at a South American resort. Back in Miami, Sam and Jesse set traps in hopes of snaring Max's killer. Guest Stars: Lauren Stamile, Charisma Carpenter.
12 Dead to Rights
9/8/11
With all evidence pointing to him, Michael must perform a desperate act in order to clear his name as Max's murderer. And in a bit of bad timing, Larry returns with a job for Michael and he won't take "no" as an answer. Guest Stars: Lauren Stamile, Jere Burns.
13 Damned if you Do...
11/3/11
Michael and Fiona head to Puerto Rico to abduct a financial hacker whose software they need for Anson, but the hacker has some dangerous enemies waiting for him in Miami. Meanwhile, Sam and Jesse train Madeline to retrieve sensitive information from the police. Guest-starring Lauren Stamile, Jere Burns and Ian Anthony Dale.
14 Breaking Point
11/10/11
When gang warfare claims the life of one of Michael's childhood friends, he teams up with the victim's brother to entrap the gang in a weapons scheme. Guest-starring Jere Burns, Indigo and Andre Holland.
15 Necessary Evil
11/17/11
Michael runs point on a CIA rescue mission involving a scientist kidnapped by an African warlord. Meanwhile, Sam and Jesse go undercover as microchip specialists but quickly get in over their heads. Guest-starring Lauren Stamile.
16 Depth Perception
12/1/11
Sam has a surprise reunion with Beatriz, whose newspaper articles have made her the target of a murderous Russian spy. Michael has to trust Anson's profiling ability to track the Russian, and must get to him before he gets to Sam and Beatriz.
17 Acceptable Loss
12/8/11
Michael needs Pearce's help to get in touch with a prisoner from his past who has information on Anson. Jesse tries to help his old friend expose his corrupt boss, who uses diplomatic immunity to get away with dealing diamonds.
18 Fail Safe
12/15/11
As the team reaches a breaking point with Anson and his sinister plans, Pearce puts Michael in charge of his biggest CIA mission yet.

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
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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A Google user
September 1, 2013
Two more episodes left for this amazing show. I just wanted to say farewell to this amazing show. It was wonderful. Oh to anyone wondering the last two episodes air on USA on the 5th and 12th. That means Google won't release them until the 6th and 13th.
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A Google user
November 23, 2012
I enjoy this series enough to have purchased season 7 on my Android. Some of the episodes have a lot of holes in them, but it's a solid enough series that it's easy to forgive. The show is really a great combination of intrigue, drama, action, light-hearted fun and acceptable romance. It's the best TV series I've ever watched. Highly recommended.
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