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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Strike Back Season 6 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    6.0/10(720 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

    S6:E1

    A dangerous terrorist is on the loose and it's up to Section 20 to find him.

    Director:MJ Bassett
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Strike Back Season 6 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    6.3/10(429 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S6:E2

    Section 20 start to close in on terrorist Omair Idrisi and his wife Jane Lowry, but the team is forced to extract devious arms dealer Morgan Ives from Libya.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Strike Back Season 6 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    6.4/10(391 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

    S6:E3

    As Jane Lowry surfaces in Budapest, Mac and Wyatt are forced to go undercover to infiltrate a dangerous group of white supremacists that has something she needs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Strike Back Season 6 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    6.4/10(344 votes)

    #4 - Episode 4

    S6:E4

    Things aren't looking good for Mac. He's blown his cover and is now facing certain death. Donovan digs into Zarin's past... and she doesn't like what she learns.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Strike Back Season 6 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    6.6/10(349 votes)

    #5 - Episode 5

    S6:E5

    Section 20 must stop Lowry and Dr Markov from making and unleashing a deadly chemical weapon. In desperate need of intel, Novin infiltrates a drug lord's home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Strike Back Season 6 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    6.6/10(346 votes)

    #6 - Episode 6

    S6:E6

    Locked, loaded and set to resume their high-stakes mission, Section 20 are back. And they've got a big problem on their hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Strike Back Season 6 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    6.7/10(317 votes)

    #7 - Episode 7

    S6:E7

    It's Section 20 vs Jane Lowry in a race to get to Omair Idrisi. It's a mission that hurls comms officer Jensen into extreme danger. Contains sexual scenes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Simon Allen, Jack Lothian

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  8. Strike Back Season 6 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    6.7/10(305 votes)

    #8 - Episode 8

    S6:E8

    Watch out for a massive twist as Jensen digs into Project Tenebrae. Things don't go to plan for Mac and Wyatt as they storm a black site in search of Idrisi.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Simon Allen, Jack Lothian

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  9. Strike Back Season 6 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    7.3/10(334 votes)

    #9 - Episode 10

    S6:E10

    Section 20 are desperate to clear their names. And to do so, they hatch a big and wreckless plan.

    Director:MJ Bassett
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.3/10(241 votes)

    #10 - Episode 2

    S7:E2

    Section 20 forges an uneasy alliance with Zarkova in hopes of tracking down a stolen nuclear warhead in Kuala Lumpur; the group grows frustrated when Police Inspector Amy Leong pulls them off the job after a false alarm.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.4/10(202 votes)

    #11 - Episode 7

    S7:E7

    As Wyatt convalesces, Coltrane, Mac and Novin embark on a covert, 24-hour mission inside Russia to extract an FSB analyst with potentially vital information. Katrina questions Pavel's true identity, but chooses to stand by her commanding officer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Strike Back Season 8 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.4/10(200 votes)

    #12 - Episode 2

    S8:E2

    A double cross turns an already dangerous mission deadly as Section 20 board an enemy-packed train to stop the bioweapon's sale.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Strike Back Season 8 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.4/10(194 votes)

    #13 - Episode 3

    S8:E3

    The team run into an old ally as they're thrown headlong into a dangerous race to stop the cyberweapon falling into Jihadist hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.5/10(232 votes)

    #14 - Episode 3

    S7:E3

    Section 20's search for the missing nuclear warhead leads them to India, where three scientists have been kidnapped by a militant; the team gains valuable intel on Anjali Vartak, a rich Hindu with a personal vendetta against Muslims.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    7.5/10(220 votes)

    #15 - Episode 5

    S7:E5

    Following a high-speed jungle ambush in Myanmar, the suitcase nukes end up in the hands of a brutal Rwandan drug lord with a jealous streak; Colonel Beshnov, the Russian Alpha Group leader, surprises Pavel with a revelation about Zarkova.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Strike Back Season 8 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.5/10(177 votes)

    #16 - Episode 7

    S8:E7

    Section 20 are sent on a military mission to Bosnia to grab a jihadi financier who could lead them to Zayef Hajdari.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.6/10(311 votes)

    #17 - Episode 1

    S7:E1

    Reuniting for what they think is a routine "cleanup" exercise in Malaysia, Gracie Novin, Samuel Wyatt and Thomas "Mac" McAllister learn that a British operative in possession of intel about a downed Russian plane has been killed in Kuala Lumpur.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.6/10(216 votes)

    #18 - Episode 4

    S7:E4

    As Wyatt is tortured by Vartak's henchmen, Mac presses her corrupt lawyer to hand over an encrypted hard drive that might hold clues to the whereabouts of a pair of "nuclear suitcases."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.6/10(217 votes)

    #19 - Episode 6

    S7:E6

    Novin and Zarkova find themselves at the mercy of corrupt police, while Mac and Wyatt take temporary refuge in a local village; Coltrane finally learns the location of the suitcase nukes, but the revelation comes at a high price.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 8 - Revolution: Episode 8
    7.6/10(212 votes)

    #20 - Revolution: Episode 8

    S7:E8

    Coltrane defends his decision to go rogue with S20. After tailing Hassan and the nuclear suitcase to a deserted shopping mall in Jakarta, Wyatt and Novin face down threats from Komodo soldiers and, later, Colonel Aldo and his insurgents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Strike Back Season 8 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.6/10(253 votes)

    #21 - Episode 1

    S8:E1

    Section 20 are thrown back into combat when a rescue mission unleashes a conspiracy. Series eight of the action-chocked Sky original.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Strike Back Season 8 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    7.6/10(177 votes)

    #22 - Episode 8

    S8:E8

    Section 20 successfully destroys the Albanian Mafia's weapons stash, but can they get the truth out of Zayef before it's too late?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Strike Back Season 8 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    7.6/10(207 votes)

    #23 - Episode 10

    S8:E10

    It's never been more personal. Section 20 embark on their final-ever mission as they fight to stop Arianna Demachi's plans in Europe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    7.7/10(214 votes)

    #24 - Episode 9

    S7:E9

    In pursuit of Pavel, Section 20 clashes with two other Russian renegades, Natasha Petrenko and Artem Orlov, as they attempt to purchase sophisticated software designed to short-circuit a ghost satellite containing precious cargo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Strike Back Season 7 Episode 10 - Revolution: Episode 10
    7.7/10(216 votes)

    #25 - Revolution: Episode 10

    S7:E10

    Section 20 faces an ultimate dilemma as it battles Pavel and his team of Russian turncoats for keys to Soviet-era missiles thought to have been destroyed years earlier.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Episode 1" is the worst rated episode of "Strike Back". It scored 6/10 based on 720 votes. Directed by MJ Bassett and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/31/2017. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 2".