Burn Notice/Recap

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Season 1

Michael is burned and spends his time trying to find out who burned him and why. In the mean time, he takes on a number of local clients just to survive. Michael is helped by his old friend, ex-Navy SEAL Sam Axe and his ex-girlfriend, former IRA terrorist and gun-runner Fiona Glenanne. Also on the roster are Michael's mother and younger brother.

  1. "Pilot"
  2. "Identity"
  3. "Fight or Flight"
  4. "Old Friends"
  5. "Family Business"
  6. "Unpaid Debts"
  7. "Broken Rules"
  8. "Wanted Man"
  9. "Hard Bargain"
  10. "False Flag"
  11. "Dead Drop"
  12. "Loose Ends"

Season 2

Michael is now in direct contact with the people who burned him and working jobs for them. He's trying to figure out why they burned him, what they want him to do, and why. He also continues trying to learn why he was burned and how he can get back in.

  1. "Breaking and Entering"
  2. "Turn and Burn"
  3. "Trust Me"
  4. "Comrades"
  5. "Scatter Point"
  6. "Bad Blood"
  7. "Rough Seas"
  8. "Double Booked"
  9. "Good Soldier"
  10. "Do No Harm"
  11. "Hot Spot"
  12. "Seek and Destroy"
  13. "Bad Breaks"
  14. "Truth & Reconciliation"
  15. "Sins of Omission"
  16. "Lesser Evil"

Season 3

Michael is out from under the thumb of the organization that burned him, but he's still burned, and now that that organization is no longer protecting him, old enemies are looking to settle some scores. Michael's still trying to get back in, though, and learn exactly why he was burned.

  1. "Friends and Family"
  2. "Question and Answer"
  3. "End Run"
  4. "Fearless Leader"
  5. "Signals and Codes"
  6. "The Hunter"
  7. "Shot in the Dark"
  8. "Friends Like These"
  9. "Long Way Back"
  10. "A Dark Road"
  11. "Friendly Fire"
  12. "Noble Causes"
  13. "Enemies Closer"
  14. "Partners in Crime"
  15. "Good Intentions"
  16. "Devil You Know"

Season 4

Michael is once again working with the people who burned him. This time, he's hunting a common enemy and working with someone who didn't have a hand in his burn notice. Only he accidentally gets another spy burned, and although that spy wants to take down Michael's enemy, he also wants the guy who burned him...

  1. "Friends and Enemies"
  2. "Fast Friends"
  3. "Made Man"
  4. "Breach of Faith"
  5. "Neighborhood Watch"
  6. "Entry Point"
  7. "Past & Future Tense"
  8. "Where There's Smoke"
  9. "Center of the Storm"
  10. "Hard Time"
  11. "Blind Spot"
  12. "Guilty as Charged"
  13. "Eyes Open"
  14. "Hot Property"
  15. "Brotherly Love"
  16. "Dead or Alive"
  17. "Out of the Fire"
  18. "Last Stand"

Prequel:The Fall of Sam Axe

The story of how Sam Axe left the Navy. We learn a few details of his history, and his shared history with Michael. We also get to see what a fit Bruce Campbell looks like in Navy whites.

  1. Burn Notice: the Fall of Sam Axe

Season 5

Michael's back in with the CIA and he's taken apart the organization that burned him, only he's not convinced the fight is over. Is he paranoid, or is he right?

  1. "Company Man"
  2. "Bloodlines"
  3. "Mind Games"
  4. "No Good Deed"
  5. "Square One"
  6. "Enemy of My Enemy"
  7. "Besieged"
  8. "Hard Out"
  9. "Eye For an Eye"
  10. "Army of One"
  11. "Better Halves"
  12. "Dead to Rights"
  13. "Damned If You Do"
  14. "Breaking Point"
  15. "Necessary Evil"
  16. "Depth Perception"
  17. "Acceptable Loss"
  18. "Fail Safe"
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