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Strike Back: Season 5

10 episodes Premiered Jun 3, 2015
Previously on Strike Back

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.
Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
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S5·E1 Mytharc

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.

S5·E2 Core

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.

S5·E3 Core

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.

S5·E4 Core

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.

S5·E5 Core

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.

S5·E6 Core

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.

S5·E7 Core

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.

S5·E8 Core

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

S5·E9 Mytharc

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.

S5·E10 Mytharc

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