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Strike Back (2010 – 2020)

2010 • 8 seasons • TV-MA
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Strike BackChris Ryan's Strike Back

6 episodes · May 5, 2010

Haunted by a devastating loss during a 2003 SAS rescue mission in Iraq – a mission that cost the lives of two soldiers and left him grappling with profound guilt – John Porter walked away from service. Years later, the past refuses to stay buried. When journalist Katie Dartmouth is abducted by familiar enemies, including the very terrorists Porter thought he’d left behind, he's abruptly pulled back into action. Among them is As'ad, the young boy whose fate continues to weigh heavily on Porter’s conscience, forcing him to confront the ghosts of his past and face a danger that feels chillingly personal.

1. Episode 1
May 5, 2010 · 45m · 8.1

In 2003, John Porter led a Special Forces mission that ended in disaster. Haunted by the memory of that failure, he carries the weight of the past. Now, a chance for redemption arrives: a kidnapped television reporter in Iraq, and a mission

2. Episode 2
May 5, 2010 · 45m · 8.3

The location of the terrorist safe house was finally known, but the revelation came at a steep price. Porter was captured alongside Katie, and the urgency for a rescue mission intensified. Hugh Collinson and a dedicated team at Section 20 w

3. Episode 3
May 12, 2010 · 45m · 6.9

A shadow fell across the map, settling on Zimbabwe. It marked a clandestine operation, a desperate gamble to extract a ghost from behind bars. The target: a former soldier, implicated in a political act long buried. The mission: extraction

4. Episode 4
May 12, 2010 · 45m · 8.2

They were hunted now, Porter and Masuku, pursued relentlessly by Zimbabwean authorities. A bushman tracker led the charge, and with each stride, the distance to safety seemed to shrink. Layla Thompson watched, a growing unease settling with

5. Episode 5
May 19, 2010 · 45m · 8.1

Porter received the assignment with grim resolve: to identify the individual responsible for the catastrophic error that had transpired during a recent air operation. A former guidance engineer, recently discharged from the army, was the pr

6. Episode 6
May 19, 2010 · 45m · 8.2

He found himself in a precarious situation, trapped within the confines of a rebel stronghold in Pakistan. His life hung by a thread. A desperate escape followed, but freedom proved fleeting. The man he had long held responsible for the t

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