Strike Back

2011 • HBO

4.6

117 reviews

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Complete Series episodes (51)

1 Season 1 Episode 1: Episode 1

11/8/11

Season-only

(Series Premiere) Ex-Delta Force operative Damien Scott partners with British Section 20 agent Michael Stonebridge to track down a deadly terrorist in New Delhi.

2 Season 1 Episode 2: Episode 2

11/8/11

Season-only

Terrified hostages continue to huddle in the booby-trapped lobby while Scott and Stonebridge play cat-and-mouse with the terrorists, trying to keep a coveted guest, Iman Zubedah, from falling into the hands of Latif.

3 Season 1 Episode 3: Episode 3

26/8/11

Season-only

Section 20's search for Latif takes the team to South Africa, where Stonebridge, Scott and Marshall stake out three suspects. The job leads them to a ruthless ex-IRA leader-turned-mercenary named Daniel Connolly.

4 Season 1 Episode 4: Episode 4

9/9/11

Season-only

Scott continues to play the role of renegade computer hacker. Meanwhile, Section 20's plan to bring in a penitent Bratton is undermined by an unlikely player. Connolly closes in on his WMD prize, while Stonebridge and Scott face major dilemmas.

5 Season 1 Episode 5: Episode 5

16/9/11

Season-only

In Darfur, the kidnapping of an English doctor forces Stonebridge and Scott into an alliance with a global-arms dealer with ties to Latif.

6 Season 1 Episode 6: Episode 6

23/9/11

Season-only

Stonebridge and Crawford track down Clare, but continue to be hunted by the Janjaweed; Scott learns that hospitals can be hazardous.

7 Season 1 Episode 7: Episode 7

30/9/11

Season-only

The kidnapping of four hostages forces Section 20 to divert Stonebridge and Scott from the streets of Vienna to the forests of Kosovo.

8 Season 1 Episode 8: Episode 8

7/10/11

Season-only

Burned by the duplicity of Major Donoghue, Scott and Stonebridge find themselves held captive with the four EU hostages in the wilderness of Kosovo. As Grant works to locate the group, the local drug overlord Hasani sets a devious plan in motion.

9 Season 1 Episode 9: Episode 9

14/10/11

Season-only

Scott and Stonebridge head to Chechnya in search of Latif and a lethal stash of chemical weapons.

10 Season 1 Episode 10: Episode 10

21/10/11

Season-only

In the Season One Finale, Scott & Stonebridge track two suicide bombers who could bring Budapest and the World Security Summit to its knees.

11 Season 2 Episode 1: - Episode 1

17/8/12

Season-only

Season Two Premiere. Scott ends up in the midst of a kidnapping plot that takes him and three hostages to war-ravaged Mogadishu--and into the clutches of a brutal local warlord. Meanwhile, Stonebridge doubts his decision to stay home.

12 Season 2 Episode 2: - Episode 2

17/8/12

Season-only

Scott, Stonebridge and Richmond face a hostile onslaught in Mogadishu by Waabri and his sexy associate Asmara, who are hoping to start a new life by selling four nuclear triggers to a mysterious buyer in South Africa. Section 20 gets a new leader.

13 Season 2 Episode 3: - Episode 3

24/8/12

Season-only

A shaken Stonebridge joins Scott in Niger to track down Axmali, a radical Muslim cleric now in possession of the triggers, but they are hindered by a suspicious CIA air strike and local hostility.

14 Season 2 Episode 4: - Episode 4

24/8/12

Season-only

Holed up with Markunda and a wounded Othmani in a remote Algerian farmhouse, Scott and Stonebridge prepare for an inevitable assault by the forces of El Soldat, who seeks to take possession of the triggers and his half brother.

15 Season 2 Episode 5: - Episode 5

7/9/12

Season-only

Section 20 heads to Cape Town after Knox devises a plan to force a nuclear expert to assemble his WMDs; Scott attempts to turn a Knox insider; a stadium set-up morphs into a mad chase through Cape Town--with Stonebridge detoured by a familiar face.

16 Season 2 Episode 6: - Episode 6

14/9/12

Season-only

Stonebridge connects with Knox's daughter; Scott tries to reform an assassin; Hanson gets a new job. After Scott, Richmond and Baxter foil a weapons diversion scheme, police respond by trying to shut down Section 20.

17 Season 2 Episode 7: - Episode 7

21/9/12

Season-only

After a Zimbabwe opposition leader is liberated, Scott and Stonebridge track his activist daughter in an attempt to get closer to Knox. Instead, the Section 20 crib is raided by Dreyer, with deadly consequences. Meanwhile, Lutulu's allegiance wavers.

18 Season 2 Episode 8: - Episode 8

28/9/12

Season-only

Scott and Stonebridge close in on Knox as Lilian Lutulu takes up her father's mantle.

19 Season 2 Episode 9: - Episode 9

5/10/12

Season-only

Now a wanted man, Knox (Charles Dance) hatches a plan for the nuclear bombs that involves several African nations plagued by political unrest and unstable militia factions.

20 Season 2 Episode 10: - Episode 10

12/10/12

Season-only

Season Two Finale. Scott questions Bryant about her role in Knox's plan and appeals to her for help, but Scott's dark past may dictate his course of action. Stonebridge attempts to focus on the mission, but is consumed by thoughts of revenge.

21 Season 3 Episode 1: Episode 21

9/8/13

Season-only

(Season Three Premiere) A shocking death in Beirut cuts short Scott and Stonebridge's vacation, and they head to Colombia in search of Leo Kamali, the apparent financier behind a Mideast terrorist group run by the elusive al-Zuhari.

22 Season 3 Episode 2: Episode 22

16/8/13

Season-only

Scott, Stonebridge and the rest of the team survive a relentless assault from Miguel Gomez, but at a price--Kamali has escaped to Bogata. To find out where he's hiding, S-20 orchestrates a brazen heist after kidnapping Miguel's brother Raoul.

23 Season 3 Episode 3: Episode 23

23/8/13

Season-only

In Beirut, Kamali wins Scott and Stonebridge's trust by leading them to James Leatherby, an ex-SAS mercenary who's planning to smuggle al-Zuhari into the city.

24 Season 3 Episode 4: Episode 24

6/9/13

Season-only

Scott and Stonebridge stage a daring rescue; Dalton's obsession takes a dangerous turn.

25 Season 3 Episode 5: Episode 25

13/9/13

Season-only

Section 20 sets up shop in Budapest, where the apprehension of an ex-IRA gunrunner leads to a shocking discovery: a planned al-Zuhari attack on an upcoming holy day.

26 Season 3 Episode 6: Episode 26

20/9/13

Season-only

Captured by his worst enemies, Locke considers whether to exchange information for the name of the terrorist who killed his son years ago. Meanwhile, Scott and Stonebridge follow their last lead in an attempt to track down MacKenna and the weapons.

27 Season 3 Episode 7: Episode 27

27/9/13

Season-only

Posing as drug runners, Scott and Stonebridge imbed themselves in a Russian prison in order to prevent an expert computer hacker facing extradition to the U.S., from breaching the firewalls to the NATO hard drive seized by MacKenna.

28 Season 3 Episode 8: Episode 28

4/10/13

Season-only

Scott looks for an escape from Black Bear Prison, while Locke becomes suspicious of Kamali. The team races to locate Stonebridge, whose condition grows more dire when he encounters Al-Zuhari's plan firsthand. Ulyanov closes in on Scott & Stonebridge.

29 Season 3 Episode 9: Episode 29

11/10/13

Season-only

Scott and Stonebridge aim to keep their promise to protect Ester. Richmond and Martinez follow an Al-Zuhari associate, gaining key intel. Believing an attack is imminent, the team sets out to stop an infiltrator before he reaches a populated area.

30 Season 3 Episode 10: Episode 30

18/10/13

Season-only

Season Three Finale. Scott and Stonebridge come face-to-face with a new key player in Al-Zuhari's plan. As the timetable for the attack accelerates, the team resorts to questionable measures, sparking conflict within the unit.

31 Season 4 Episode 1: Episode 31

31/7/15

Season-only

Season Four Premiere. Stonebridge, Scott and the S20 team get more than they bargained for when the daughter of the British Ambassador to Thailand is kidnapped.

32 Season 4 Episode 2: Episode 32

7/8/15

Season-only

Scott and Stonebridge are tasked to track down a gangster in Bangkok with intel on a global terrorist plot.

33 Season 4 Episode 3: Episode 33

14/8/15

Season-only

Framed in the death of a crime-syndicate boss, Section 20 hunts for a second North Korean spy in Bangkok and beyond.

34 Season 4 Episode 4: Episode 34

21/8/15

Season-only

With Scott rushing frantically to the scene, Section 20 close in on Shiro and Mei in Southern Thailand.

35 Season 4 Episode 5: Episode 35

28/8/15

Season-only

Scott and Stonebridge cross the North Korean border in hopes of spoiling a nuclear-weapons celebration.

36 Season 4 Episode 6: Episode 36

11/9/15

Season-only

In North Korea, Mei--now embracing her real name, Li-Na--is tasked by her mentor, Moon Young-Su, to pry a confession out of Scott and Stonebridge, using Finn as leverage. Meanwhile, Locke and Martinez recruit a familiar face in Russia.

37 Season 4 Episode 7: Episode 37

18/9/15

Season-only

In Vienna, Scott and Stonebridge tangle with North Korean renegades, the Russian mafia, and the world's most dangerous bomb maker.

38 Season 4 Episode 8: Episode 38

25/9/15

Season-only

With an assist from Nina, Scott and Stonebridge track down Matthias, an eccentric young encryption analyst hired by Kwon and Li-Na to access vital nuclear-material codes. Later, Locke comes face-to-face with his nemesis.

39 Season 4 Episode 9: Episode 39

2/10/15

Season-only

On the trail of Li-Na and Kwan, Locke, Stonebridge and Scott play a hunch and head to Geneva, where a nuclear disarmament conference is taking place. A faceoff between Section 20 and the North Korean renegades ends in a flurry of gunfire--and betrayal.

40 Season 4 Episode 10: Episode 40

9/10/15

Season-only

Series Finale. Gone to ground after a daring escape, Scott and Stonebridge try to elude a team of mercenaries in the Swiss Alps in order to bring a traitor to justice. With their ammunition nearly spent, the boys get help from an unexpected source.

41 Season 5 Episode 1: Episode 41

2/2/18

Season-only

Season Five Premiere. When Omair Idrisi, a ruthless terrorist held prisoner in Syria, escapes following an ambush near the Jordanian border, the secret British anti-terrorist unit Section 20 is resurrected to hunt him down.

42 Season 5 Episode 2: Episode 42

3/2/18

Season-only

In Ajir, Libya, Section 20 endures a gauntlet of gunfire and an urban ambush to extract Morgan Ives, the unscrupulous American arms dealer who was double-crossed by Idrisi. Later, the team seeks medical treatment at a Libyan Nationalist compound.

43 Season 5 Episode 3: Episode 43

3/2/18

Season-only

Searching for Jane Lowry in Budapest, Donovan and Section 20 discover she has ties to Magyar Ultra, a white-nationalist gang led by Rosa Varga and her volatile brother Josef, and has enlisted the faction to kidnap a Russian chemical-weapons expert.

44 Season 5 Episode 4: Episode 44

23/2/18

Season-only

With Mac and Dr. Markov held captive in a remote Magyar Ultra survivalist camp outside of Budapest, Section 20 rushes through the forest in a desperate attempt to save their comrade and capture the Russian chemist before Lowry can get her hands on him.

45 Season 5 Episode 5: Episode 45

2/3/18

Season-only

With Dr. Markov under Lowry's control, Section 20 attempts to intervene before the lethal Novichok cocktail is completed. Novin infiltrates the mansion of Borisovich, a Belarusian drug lord, in order to gain important intel.

46 Season 5 Episode 6: Episode 46

9/3/18

Season-only

Lowry recruits a young jihadi named Maya to test out the Novichok, and the team races to stop her before the gas is released on unsuspecting civilians. Yuri, a brutal hitman working for Borisovich, is tasked with eliminating the members of Section 20.

47 Season 5 Episode 7: Episode 47

16/3/18

Season-only

In order to keep pace with Lowry, Section 20 looks to track down ex-CIA contractor Rachel Sheridan, with Wyatt looking to win the confidence of her estranged daughter Lila.

48 Season 5 Episode 8: Episode 48

23/3/18

Season-only

Mac and Wyatt close in on a "black site" harboring a terrorist of interest to Lowry--as well as Colonel Parker. Back at work under Donovan's watchful eye, Jensen looks to crack a code involving "Project Tenebrae."

49 Season 5 Episode 9: Episode 49

30/3/18

Season-only

The team races to deliver a package to Donovan, but a familiar adversary causes them problems along the way. A startling revelation changes the game, and forces Reynolds to make a difficult choice. A cornered Novin gets a reprieve from unexpected sources.

50 Season 5 Episode 10: Episode 50

6/4/18

Season-only

Season Five Finale. With the stakes at an all-time high, Section 20 heads to a remote island to try to retrieve a top-secret file coveted by both Ives and the Russians.

51 Season 5 Episode 101: : Season 5 Trailer

27/3/18

Season-only

Get ready for more explosive action in the thrilling Season 5 reboot of 'Strike Back.'

About this show

As members of a top-secret anti-terrorist organization, British sergeant Michael Stonebridge and disgraced Delta Forces operative Damian Scott form an unlikely alliance aimed at stopping international terrorists in this Cinemax series.

Rating: R18+

Ratings and reviews

4.6

117 reviews

Kevin O'Neill

7 October 2020

A decent military themed drama, it might seem a bit silly at times but it's still enjoyable escapism. Some decent acting, not bad for an Aussie playing a Yank and a Yank playing a Pom Just be aware though, that Google has not supplied the proper Season 1 - their season 1 is actually the real Season 2, Google season 2 is actually the real Season 3 and so on

Zenon Waetford

24 February 2017

I love the fast paced action drama & the witty banter passed between Scott & Stonebridge ..I gotta say the last 3 episodes really didn't have that vibe from.season 1-2 still i.couldnt take my eyes off the screen .

ADITRAJ DUA

7 June 2016

Probs my favorite tv show, love the military action packed story line and would love to see the whole series up!!

4 people found this review helpful