Strike Back: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Strike Back Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jun 3, 2015
The daughter of Thailand's British ambassador is kidnapped, so Stonebridge, Scott and the rest of the team sign up for another do-or-die trying adventure.
Episode 2
Jun 10, 2015
Section 20 try to track down the real culprits behind the embassy attack, starting with getting information from gangster Ray McQueen.
Episode 3
Jun 17, 2015
Locke works out that his long-time friend is working with the dangerous Yakuza and Office 39. Scott needs protect his son after they find themselves enemy fire.
Episode 4
Jun 24, 2015
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.
Episode 5
Jul 1, 2015
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.
Episode 6
Jul 8, 2015
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.
Episode 7
Jul 15, 2015
The battle with Li-Na is now in Europe, as Section 20 look for a way to get back on her trail. Locke ends up getting an unexpected chance to confront his nemesis.
Episode 8
Jul 22, 2015
The team find out that Li-Na is planning to mount a nuclear attack in Europe. Locke puts himself in the firing line after he neglects the mission in order to avenge his son's murde
Episode 9
Jul 29, 2015
Locke takes Section 20 off the radar, as they defy Whitehall to travel to Geneva where he is convinced that Li-Na and Kwon are preparing to attack the United Nations HQ.
Episode 10
Jul 29, 2015
Scott and Stonebridge are stranded in the Alps with the mercenaries in pursuit. Scott knows that the CIA hide weapons caches across Europe, so they find a telephone at the farm of