10.00pm monday / JULY 28

Michael is about to come face-to-face with Phillip Cowan, the man who issued his burn notice. He, understandably, has many questions for him, but when their first rendezvous doesn't go to plan, Michael and Cowan are forced play a delicate game of cloak and dagger, trading coded messages to set up a secure meeting where all will be revealed.

With Michael preoccupied with his burn notice, Sam takes the case of Gillian Walsh, a supervisor at a defense contractor who is being blackmailed and forced to use her security clearance to help smuggle Turkish heroin into the U.S. Gillian's friend and fellow blackmail victim, Melissa, is oddly reluctant to help and Sam and Fiona soon discover why. In order to free Gillian from the blackmail, Sam is forced to set her up but his plan has dire consequences, not only for Gillian, but also for himself and Fiona.

Michael eventually manages to secure a meeting with Cowan but unbeknownst to both of them, there is a sniper on the prowl. One of them is shot – the question is who, and why?