Episode
Burn Notice: Signals and Codes
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Burn Notice
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2009-07-09
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Signals and Codes is Episode 5 in Season 3 of Burn Notice. It aired on 2009-07-09. The runtime is 45 min.
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