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Strike Back

7.4IMDb408 votesWorth your time
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2010 – 20208 seasons · 76 episodes~45 min per episodeTV-MAEnded
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TV DNA

How Strike Back actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Strike Back reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.

Character DepthVery strong8.1

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

BingeabilityStrong6.9

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Emotional WeightStrong6.7

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SpectacleStrong6.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

SerializedStrong5.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.

The run

Seasons

8 seasons · 76 episodes.

  • Official poster for Specials

    Season 0 · Unannounced

    Specials

    6 episodes

  • Official poster for Chris Ryan's Strike Back

    Season 1 · Complete

    Chris Ryan's Strike Back

    20106 episodes

    8.1IMDb

    John Porter resigns from the SAS following the aftermath of a rescue mission in Iraq on the eve of the American led invasion in 2003, where two fellow soldiers were killed, apparently by a thirteen-year boy Porter had failed to kill, leaving him responsible. Seven years later, Porter is "reactivated" following the kidnap of journalist Katie Dartmouth by the same terrorists he fought seven years ago, including the same boy: As'ad.

    Best episode · S01E02 Episode 2

  • Official poster for Project Dawn

    Season 2 · Complete

    Project Dawn

    201110 episodes

    7.2IMDb

    Porter is captured by a Pakistani terrorist called Latif while investigating a planned operation of Latif, Project Dawn. Sergeant Michael Stonebridge finds disgraced ex-Delta Force operative Damian Scott, who would not be hired by even private military contractors, who previously worked with Porter to track Latif. After Porter is executed, Section 20 discover Porter left the team clues to a hotel in New Delhi, India, where a group of terrorists attempt to capture a weapons scientist with knowledge of hidden weapons of mass destruction originally used to plant in Iraq, which serves as a part of Project Dawn. The weapon, namely VX nerve gas was kept in storage, and Latif has known about its existence.

    Best episode · S02E06 Episode 6

  • Official poster for Vengeance

    Season 3 · Complete

    Vengeance

    201210 episodes

    7.4IMDb

    Former military intelligence operative, Major Rachel Dalton takes charge of Section 20. They work throughout Africa to gain their hands on four nuclear triggers which are in the wrong hands after a mission in Somalia. The triggers have originally been sold to Conrad Knox, an English billionaire and philanthropist based in South Africa, who runs the Knox Foundation, charged with disarming unstable regions. However, it becomes apparent that he is using the weapons to arm his own militia, and is using the triggers to build nuclear weapons with the intent on liberating Africa "to a point where its voice is not just heard but listened to." Due to Knox's influence, Section 20 is forced to go dark to stop him. In the meantime Stonebridge seeks revenge on Craig Hanson for murdering his wife, and Scott has to contend with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent Christy Bryant, whom he used to work contract killings with. By the conclusion of the series, two of the bombs are recovered, and the remaining two were disarmed before they could destroy Johannesburg, Stonebridge fulfills his revenge, and Knox kills himself when he fails.

    Best episode · S03E10 Episode 10

  • Official poster for Shadow Warfare

    Season 4 · Complete

    Shadow Warfare

    201310 episodes

    7.3IMDb

    Scott and Stonebridge are recalled from holiday in California to capture Leo Kamali, a high ranking member of a terrorist cell led by al-Zuhari, an elusive terrorist. After capturing him in Colombia it is revealed that Kamali is working deep cover with the CIA to stop al-Zuhari. As Kamali is pressured to work with Section 20, Dalton is suspended by Colonel Philip Locke, who takes charge. Dalton is later killed by the Real Irish Republican Army (IRA), who have joined forces with al-Zuhari's group. In the meantime, Scott and Stonebridge are wanted by the Russian mafia after killing the son of mob boss Arkady Ulyanov in Colombia.

    Best episode · S04E09 Episode 9

  • Official poster for Legacy

    Season 5 · Complete

    Legacy

    201510 episodes

    8.2IMDb

    From the tropical beaches of Thailand to the towering peaks of the Swiss Alps, Strike Back: Legacy thrusts Section 20 onto a mission the scale of which has never been seen before as this season Scott & Stonebridge go up against the state sanctioned criminal wing of the North Korean regime, known as Office 39. Coordinated by a beautiful and devoted North Korean agent deeply embedded in the British Establishment, Han Li-na is secretly assembling intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of wiping out Washington and London. Putting a stop to the threat posed by North Korea becomes Section 20’s undoing when, in a bid to ease escalating global tensions, Sir Charles Ridley a senior figure within Whitehall, brokers a deal with North Korea to eliminate Section 20.

    Best episode · S05E04 Episode 4

  • Official poster for Retribution

    Season 6 · Complete

    Retribution

    201710 episodes

    7.5IMDb

    Tasked with covert military intelligence and high-risk operations, the resurrected unit, known as Section 20, embarks on a lethal manhunt that will uncover a vast web of interconnected criminal activity. As the team journey across the Middle East and Europe, they uncover a deadly conspiracy which threatens to overwhelm them all and change the face of modern warfare forever.

    Best episode · S06E09 Episode 9

  • Official poster for Revolution

    Season 7 · Complete

    Revolution

    201910 episodes

    8.7IMDb

    When a Russian bomber crashes in the South China Sea, the covert special-ops soldiers of Section 20— Thomas “Mac” McAllister, Samuel Wyatt and Gracie Novin — are sent to investigate. There, they cross paths with Katrina Zarkova, a rogue Russian operative with questionable loyalties. Under orders of the new commanding officer, Col. Alexander Coltrane, Section 20 pursues stolen contents of the Russian jet across Southeast Asia. They will work alongside the Malaysian police to shut down a Triad gang in Kuala Lumpur, uncover a corrupt plot by a wealthy Indian businesswoman running for Parliament and plunge into the jungles of the Golden Triangle in Myanmar, facing off against mercenary drug agents and terrifying warlords as they uncover a conspiracy that threatens to push the world to the brink of global conflict.

    Best episode · S07E06 Episode 6

  • Official poster for Vendetta

    Season 8 · Complete

    Vendetta

    202010 episodes

    8.8IMDb

    The members of Section 20 are thrown back into combat when a seemingly-straightforward mission in Kosovo to rescue a British scientist uncovers a conspiracy.

    Best episode · S08E03 Episode 3

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

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S05E04

Episode 4

9.1IMDb7 votes

Scott has a serious talk with his son whilst the rest of Section 20 form an uneasy alliance with a couple of CIA mercenaries as they go after Shiro and Mei Foster.

24 Jun 201545 min
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S05E05

Episode 5

8.9IMDb7 votes

Scott and Stonebridge make a major mistake and fall into the clutches of North Korean agent Li-Na, leaving Locke having to defy orders to get them out.

1 Jul 201545 min
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S03E10

Episode 10

8.8IMDb6 votes

In order to stop Knox, Scott comes to Bryant for assistance. Meanwhile Stonebridge has trouble focusing on the mission as he is bent on revenge. Section 20 get assistance from South African police to stop Knox's plot.

12 Oct 201245 min
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S04E09

Episode 9

8.7IMDb7 votes

Scott and Stonebridge try to keep their promise to protect Ester; Richmond and Martinez follow an Al-Zuhari associate; the team sets out to stop an infiltrator before he reaches a populated area.

11 Oct 201345 min
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S02E06

Episode 6

8.6IMDb8 votes

Grant travels to Khartoum when Sinclair and Scott are arrested. Clare is offered a choice by Tahir of either death or starting a new life as his partner. Stonebridge blames himself for Kate's death/ Crawford reveals that Latif has embedded a spy at the top of Western intelligence but refuses to reveal the person's identity until Clare is returned alive.

23 Sept 201145 min
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S03E09

Episode 9

8.6IMDb5 votes

Knox plans on unloading nuclear bombs into politically unstable African nations, while Matlock reveals why he joined Knox.

5 Oct 201245 min

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Latest Episodes

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Episode 10

9.0IMDb1 votes
17 Apr 202045 min
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Episode 9

9.0IMDb1 votes
10 Apr 202045 min
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Episode 8

9.5IMDb2 votes
3 Apr 202045 min
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Episode 7

9.5IMDb2 votes
27 Mar 202045 min
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Episode 6

6.7IMDb6 votes
20 Mar 202045 min
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S08E05

Episode 5

9.5IMDb2 votes
13 Mar 202045 min

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