History Series / StrikeBack

''Strike Back'' is a British/American action series that's aired between 2010 to the present that centers on the members of "Section 20", an [=MI6=]/British military intelligence black-ops unit.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Diplomacy is overrated.]]

While the fifth installment was the final one, [[SoftReboot a sixth series, with a completely new cast and new characters,]] has been green-lit and started airing in November 2017, with the subtitle ''Retribution''. A seventh season, subtitled ''Revolution'' (''Silent War'' in the UK), started airing in January 2019. It ended with its eighth and final season, ''Vendetta'', in spring 2020.

* EvilIsSexy: InUniverse example. Connelly's female assistant. [[DatingCatwoman Scott certainly thinks so.]]

* HurtingHero: All three of the leads. Porter's issues are set up from the start, while the reasons why Scott is brooding are revealed over his first two seasons. Stonebridge just gets more angst as the series goes on.

* CasualDangerDialog: A fine example in Episode 10, as Scott and Stonebridge fight their way out of a van, starting with arguing about whether to act on "three" or "go" (in Morse code!), to Stonebridge talking to a terrorist who he's knifing - "Right, I need this car a lot more than you do!" to Scott being chided over his language by Stonebridge. See the Funny tab.

While the fifth installment was the final one, [[SoftReboot a sixth series, with a completely new cast and new characters,]] has been green-lit and started airing in November 2017, with the subtitle ''Retribution''. A seventh season, subtitled ''Revolution'' (''Silent War'' in the UK), started airing in January 2019. It's scheduled to end after the eighth season, known as ''Vendetta''.

* DemotedToExtra: John Porter's leading role was demoted to a tertiary character in Project Dawn. Due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Richard Armitage's participation]] in ''Film/TheHobbit'', Porter's death was [[McLeaned written in to facilitate Armitage's exit from the series]].

* KillEmAll: By the end of the series [[spoiler:practically every member of Section 20 is dead with the exception of Scott and Stonebridge, who are both essentially fugitives from the entire intelligence community.]]

* BoomHeadshot: Many. And they're [[AvertedTrope not]] [[PrettyLittleHeadshots pretty]].
** One of the first being how [[spoiler:Porter]] meets his end.

* StrangeSalute: Scott frequently gives somebody a US military salute that immediately transitions to FlippingTheBird. Also doubles as an IronicSalute, depending on who it's directed at.
* SuicideAttack: See BodyHorror above.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Scott and Stonebridge are at each others throats, but are partnered. By episode seven, however, they've turned into FireForgedFriends and VitrolicBestBuds.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After successfully [[spoiler: implanting the bombs inside the bodies of the suicide bombers]], Latif personally blows the brains out of his medical advisor. He also does the same to [[spoiler:Hassani]].

* ChivalrousPervert: Scott might be an unrepentant [[TheCasanova ladies' man]], but he never mistreats a woman and will not have sex with a female hostage he rescued because that would be taking advantage of her vulnerable emotional state. He is also rather appalled to discover that [[spoiler: Stonebridge is cheating on his wife with Marshall]], though he doesn't consider it his business until it starts affecting their operational judgement.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Scott and Stonebridge are at each others throat, but are partnered. By episode seven, however, they've turned into FireForgedFriends and VitrolicBestBuds.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The song played over the closing credits of the series finale is much more upbeat than what's been played over other episodes, symbolizing the overall triumphant ending.

* StuffedInTheFridge: Stonebridge's wife.

* RealityEnsues: Kim Martinez is eventually recalled back to the US by the DEA, who are not happy one of their agents has been running around playing soldier with a British black ops team.

* AndThisIsFor: Samira Shah tries to invoke this on Anjali Vartek to avenge her [[YouKilledMyFather father]]. RealityEnsues as her bodyguards instantly jump in front of Vartek and shoot Shah.

* RealityEnsues: In Episode 4, Constable Spiegel [[LeeroyJenkins charges out into the middle of a gunfight]] just to prove that he's not a pathetic cop his coworkers see him as. He's shot in the head mere ''seconds'' after doing this.

* NotSoDifferent: How Scott sees Mossad operative Rebekah Levy; they're both doing the same things for the same reasons, but Scott has managed to move on from and come to terms with being a CIA hitman, while Rebekah is still actively working for Mossad.

* NotSoDifferent: Leatherby tries to pull this on Stonebridge, who disagrees firmly.

** Next up, Scott, after [[EnforcedTrope making sure to]] [[InfantImmortality get the small child he's been safeguarding out of the line of fire]], bum rushes the terrorists in the main lobby. He jumps the leader and knocks the detonator out of his hand, then completely disconnects the fuse for the bombs on the front door so [[TheCavalry the Indian Special Forces]] doesn't kill everyone when they storm the place. Unfortunately, the bomb hanging from the roof can still be detonated the old-fashioned way, and despite being shot by [[MookFaceTurn one of his own men]], the terrorist leader still has enough presence of mind to cut the supporting wire before he dies.

* ReverseMole: One of Donoghue's men [[spoiler: turns out to be an American MP investigating Donoghue's involvement in Hasani's drug operation]].

* CaliforniaDoubling: See above. This time, episodes five and six are the aversion. The final episodes take place in South Africa as well.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Episodes 1-4 are shot in Cape Town, the rest of the series in Budapest. Episodes 5 and 6 are again the aversion. Episode 1 is pretty obvious when a road in "northern California" has a white center dividing line and yellow fog lines on the sides--the exact ''opposite'' of road markings in the United States.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Hungary stands in for North Korea, Austria and Switzerland.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Filming locations in Johor, Malaysia, are used to double for Myanmar, India, and Indonesia. Even two segments supposedly set in frigid and snowy Russia were filmed in Malaysia. Averted in Episodes 1 and 2, which take place in Malaysia.

* CaliforniaDoubling: [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Cape Town]] stands in for a variety of international locations. Averted in episodes three and four, which are set in and around Cape Town.

* FakeAmerican: The team has to pretend to be this for a BlackTieInfiltration scenario. Coltrane asks if pulling off the accent will be a problem, likely [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the numerous times that Creator/JamieBamber (his actor) has done this.
* FakeRussian: English/Turkish actress Yasemin Allen as Katrina Zarkova.

* McLeaned: When Project Dawn was announced,[[RealLifeWritesThePlot Richard Armitage was already involved with filming]] ''Film/TheHobbit''. Due to Armitage's limited availability for the show, Armitage's character, John Porter was killed off in the show to inject drama into the show.