Strike Back

2011
4.6
1.39K reviews
TV-UNRATED
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (10)

1 Episode 1
8/11/11
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 Episode 2
8/11/11
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 Episode 3
8/26/11
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 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 Episode 5
9/16/11
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 Episode 6
9/23/11
Season-only
Stonebridge and Crawford track down Clare, but continue to be hunted by the Janjaweed; Scott learns that hospitals can be hazardous.
7 Episode 7
9/30/11
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 Episode 8
10/7/11
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 Episode 9
10/14/11
Season-only
Scott and Stonebridge head to Chechnya in search of Latif and a lethal stash of chemical weapons.
10 Episode 10
10/21/11
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.

About this show

An unlikely alliance between two crack special agents fuels the breakneck action and heart-pounding suspense of this Cinemax series. As members of a top-secret anti-terrorist organization known as Section 20, British sergeant Michael Stonebridge and disgraced Delta Forces operative Damien Scott criss-cross the globe on the trail of an international terrorist.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
1.39K reviews
Alex Rudolph
December 24, 2013
This show is actually in season 4 already. Season 1 (Chris Ryan's Strike Back) takes place before the season 1 listed on Google Play. The season 1 on Google play picks up the series at the actual season 2 (Project Dawn). Season 3 (Vengeance) probably matches up with season 2 on Google play and the newest season (Shadow Warfare) is not on Google Play. Season five is coming soon: "On Monday, October 28th 2013, Cinemax and Sky commissioned a fifth and final series, to be broadcast sometime in Summer 2014. It will feature 10 episodes, with filming expected to take place in Europe and Asia."
19 people found this review helpful
Rex Blanchard
November 3, 2015
They know and act out real special ops tactics. I was amazed in one of the seasons when they pulled off a great withdrawal under fire, a disengagement of a small unit from a hostile larger force. We do the same with the firepower of supporting units, extractions of operators under fire is done by using suppressing fire from small boats or helicopters with high rates of fire so as to pin the enemy down in one spot while we egress to our transport. I was impressed by the realistic dialogue between the two "reloading"; "coming to you" "grenade" etc. letting each know their location to prevent the other from accidently firing at them because of unannounced periphery motion since they are in danger of being flanked, and surrounded and split second decisions at that point is too slow and I believe you operate on training and reflex, muscle memory.
46 people found this review helpful
Peter Worcester
August 3, 2015
Are you telling me that the best Google can do is to get a season that is 3 years old. This is the final season of one of the most underrated TV series I've ever seen. This show is the epitome of Action /Adventure. It's too bad that a larger demographic network doesn't pick this up. I don't care what anyone says this is a GREAT series., I for one, will be extremely upset to see this go off the air. The dynamic between the two co-stars is pure magic. Great cinematography , excellent chemistry and great realistic action. It's going to be a sad day for me, and I suspect many others , when this show leaves TV. Very special show, in my opinion , whoever is marketing this must have their heads so far up their backsides that they can only see out of their belly button with one eye. No wonder Cinemax is one of those obscure "What station" is this. This shows deserves a station that reaches more than 15 to 20 people and I'd bet a paycheck that this would be a hit on a real network. Cinemax is headed for the toilet, oh wait, sorry they're already in the toilet, Now it's just a matter of who is going to flush it I(the station), or can they not figure that out either. BOOOOO!!!
57 people found this review helpful