List of Counterstrike (1990 TV series) episodes

In Montreal, Annette Morley^[a] asks her husband Eric^[b] "What have you gotten yourself into?" He lies, and she is kidnapped, all because he is a dealbreaker. At the United Nations Plaza, a friend phones Alexander Addington at his Paris headquarters with a tip to ask Eric Morley what he knows about "sleeper" bomb detonators. Alexander tells his daughter Suzanne to ready the plane and contact Peter Sinclair, who is Annie's former lover. Eric's former CIA handler John Howard Cantrell^[c] tells him, the kidnapping can not lead back to the "company." Peter asks his former Scotland Yard boss, Inspector Dantley^[d] for Eric's file, while Luke Brenner gets a lead from Lex^[e] to a Soviet Colonel named Kirkoff.^[f] J.J. flies the team to Chicago where Nicole "Nikki" Beaumont arranges an "accidental" meeting with Kirkoff, who, for a price, gives them the codename "Deacon." Bennett brings tea as Alexander informs the team that "Deacon" is actually Cantrell. After a run-in with Inspector Dantley, Peter confronts Eric and the Counterstrike team assembles to intercept the delivery of the detonators to terrorists.

At The Temple nightclub in , Peter and Luke rush to prevent a suitcase bomb from killing the U.S. Prosecutor and everyone else aboard.

In San Pedro,^[i] South America, Miguel meets Father Raphael Vera in the confessional to tell him, he's on the President's hit-list. Miguel hands Raphael intelligence to turn over to the U.N. committee to testify on human rights abuses. Vincenzo in Rome asks Alexander to help Vera, who is now in Boston with Father Milady,^[j] pastor of the Church of the Holy Angels, to arrive safely to New York. Marco's^[k] death squad abducts Julio to obtain Vera's location. Luke and Nikki head to the church, and narrowly escape Marco. Posing as a business man, Peter meets the San Pedro Consul, Colonel Cortez.^[l] To learn more about Cortez's business dealings, Peter also woos Cortez's assistant, Salomé La Roja.^[m] The team learns that Marco kidnapped Father Vera's mother as leverage, and a showdown ensues on Cortez's yacht, the Stella Borealis.

At the leads a tour group, Luke poses as an art aficionado to case security measures. After anonymous tips, Luther catches Janzan with the triptych. On the docked boat, the team finds evidence that the triptych Janzan recovered might be a forgery. Sergeant Luther won't agree to a search warrant against Lord Sutcliffe, so the team must break into the museum to gather evidence.

At a Chicago hotel, after the reception for President Fauai^[s] of Mahal,^[t] someone drugs his wine and sets him up with a prostitute; Fauai wakes next to her slain body. Hardliner General Loctuck^[u] tells conference attendees that "Mahal is not for sale at any price," in a power play that reverses Fauai's position on signing a draft agreement for an American Naval Base in Mahal. Mr. Gottfried, concerned, calls Alexander and the team responds. Peter, posing as a banker, plants a bug in Fauai's room, learning that Fauai is being blackmailed with photos of the dead prostitute to warn him not to sign the agreement. Loctuck informs Fauai's financial consultant Nicholas Westic^[v] of the bug, which Westic disables. Nikki, posing as a maid, breaks into Westic's desk so the team can run a con to discover who is behind the blackmail, and thereby nullify the threat.

In Toronto, Bridgette conducts environmental protests to shut down the chemical companies "permanently." Meanwhile, someone breaks into Chadway Chemicals, spray paints "EARTH NOW" and sets off a bomb that kills a guard. Bridgette, Suzanne's godmother, calls Alexander and denies involvement. Since Luke's army unit was exposed to enemy poison during action, Peter has him join Bridgette's group at City University. He befriends Bridgette's protégé Amy Fleming^[w] and her brother Carter,^[x] who was exposed to dioxin. Detective Larry Larwin tells Peter he interviewed Bridgette's people already. Peter poses as an insurance adjuster to Dean Banks^[y] to provide Nikki access to the Dean's office files. While Bridgette and her group protest outside Grafton Chemicals, someone slips inside with another bomb. Detective Larwin arrests Bridgette. Alexander's source at the Pentagon believes Grafton contracted the university to develop Sano Green, which "makes Agent Orange look like baby powder." Nikki cons Roger Clayton at the research wing for his badge number to investigate the lab. Earth Now protests against the university's research funding from Grafton, while the bomber slips inside to kill the Dean and Grafton executives. The team must stop the attack before any more lives are destroyed.

In Rome, Count Arturo Biondino chastises his son Enrico for hanging out with the criminal Donato. Two men make a drug deal and are gunned down by two others on a motorcycle belonging to Enrico. Biondino calls Alexander for help as Enrico has been charged with murder. Biondino then talks to Judge Cardono^[z] about it, since Biondino is a candidate for Minister of Justice. The team discovers Enrico is also seeing a woman named Carlotta, who has ties to Donato. Secretly, Carlotta has been keeping Enrico drugged by injection. Nikki poses as Enrico's former girlfriend, a photographer named Claire, in order to infiltrate Donato's Inferno club and discover their plans. The motorcyclists strike again, stealing Enrico's prized rifle, but Biondino refuses to believe his son is a thief. Nikki's cover is blown, so Donato has Angelo take her away, while they go through with their plan to frame Enrico for the Judge's murder. Peter and Luke devise a plan to save the Judge, Nikki, and Enrico.

In Rotterdam, Helmut stakes out suspicious activity at a warehouse and calls his editor, Lorraine Sydberg,^[aa] who is busy, so he leaves a message. He is murdered before he can report the full story of the Tulips on the Rhine. At International Focus Magazine in Los Angeles, Lorraine receives Helmut's photos. Alexander gets involved when Helmut's three-part story is late to publication. Peter meets Dr. Myerhoff to subtly ask whether he's seen Helmut. Luke and Nikki case Helmut's hotel room and instead find Lorraine; Nikki palms her answering machine cassette tape. At Mayerhoff Ltd., Kurtz^[ab] warns Dr. Myerhoff to keep quiet until the deal with the oil cartel is completed. Peter hears a nautical bell on Lorraine's tape, and Luke "woos" Lorraine in order to plant a tracker, which leads them all to the scene of the murder and the warehouse. The team also learns that radioactive waste is involved, so Peter confronts Myerhoff, but they are both caught by Kurtz. Luke and Nikki must rescue Peter and stop Kurtz from escaping.

In Paris, Pokov hands Admiral Westgate the detonator circuit, but $50,000 isn't enough. Instead of a bonus, Pokov gets a bullet. Career diplomat, Count Antonio Debroca calls Alexander about "hostages taken in the Middle East..." and "...the fate of your wife." But Debroca is hung from a bridge, an apparent suicide. Alexander gets an anonymous call in code. "The Master was not lost. He was murdered. The Flaming Star is on the ascendancy...our brother fought against it. We know that you hold the Pentacle of Lightning. Use it." At the crematorium, Brother Paulo Augustine gives Westgate the Master's ashes. After Paulo tries to kill Peter, Alexander reveals he and Debroca were with The Knights of Aram. He provides two names, Kempler and Griffen, and worries that something "catastrophic was imminent," perhaps a neutron bomb. Peter tracks down Griffen, while Luke and Nikki find Kempler. Kempler calls Alexander to say, "The New Temple is in sight," making Kempler the new Master. Peter goes undercover as a neophyte knight and the team learns Kempler wants to level Beirut where he intends to build their new temple. Peter is discovered, so Luke and Nikki must rescue him and stop Kempler.

Peter gets wine at Grenier's Cave Selections when Jean-Paul Grenier is shot. Seven other murders relate to his former revolutionary group, Alpha Titan. The team investigates four remaining members to find the killer, while faking their deaths to take them off the list. Peter flies to Marseille to "kill" smuggler Pierre Yamam; Luke goes to Gandar^[ac] as a spice buyer to meet Jutai, who is now head of the Secret Police; Niki stays in London posing as a reporter for Think Magazine to meet "King of Rap" Nigel. Nikki learns Lady Forrester had a daughter by Otto Berger, Titan's treasurer and a thief before he became ill and died in 1967. So Luke heads to Hronigsburg^[ad] to talk to Otto's brother Joseph. On a hunch from a clue, Luke digs up Otto's grave and finds money. The team hunts through his files, finding a lead to Salzburg where Otto may still be alive and running for office under the alias, Kurt Schmidt. Meanwhile, Grenier has escaped protective custody. Joseph goes after Grenier with a gun, forcing the team to kill Joseph. They find Otto, and Nikki poses as his daughter to blackmail him, thus tipping his hand.

"When can I expect delivery?" Amman asks Bouchareb, referring to NATO's top-secret Thanos missile targeting system. As they discuss business, Bouchareb's wife Jeanne tries to flee with their two daughters to meet Nikki, but they are stopped. Amman takes the children to ensure delivery. Bouchareb tells Jeanne she can be the wife, or the late wife, of the new Prime Minister of Souadieh^[ae] after the coup. Nikki poses as a saleswoman to contact Jeanne, not realizing the house is bugged; Amman sends men to gun her down. Peter visits his friend Philippe Evran, a French Police Inspector who was suspended after unfounded allegations of bribery, and now runs a bar whose waitress Marie^[af] hits on Peter. With his connections within the department, Philippe, Peter and Nikki narrow down the inside man to three suspects, of which Henri Duvall is the most likely. Wearing masks, Nikki and Luke "kidnap" Jeanne to free her from her husband, and find out who has her children. Peter enlists Andre to copy the device. The team uses Duvall's gambling addiction to isolate him to deny Thanos to Bouchareb, and recover the children from Amman.

At Chateau de Coeur, masked men infiltrate the building. Alexander prepares to address Prime Minister Mohammed Haddad's symposium for industrialist education in third-world nations. Their conversation is interrupted with demands by the terrorist group October Justice, who have captured the wives of world leaders at the chateau. Haddad, a reformer who values women's rights, is Akmed's target. Peter has Luke infiltrate the building, while Nikki poses as Sophie, one of the wives. The terrorists place Mohammed's wife on a pressure plate attached to a bomb demanding they turn over Mohammed within four hours. The team goes up against seven machine-gun wielding terrorists, as the bomb timer counts down to zero.

The alarm sounds, police arrive, and one of the bank robbers is shot while the other two escape. Veronique

classifieds. Rene tests Nikki by tasking her to slay the American honeymooners Mike^[ah] and Sandy^[ai]

whose houseboat they've occupied. Nikki convinces them that killing innocent civilians is not what the SLF stands for; instead she picks Alexander as the target so she can fake the assassination. As Rene tries to help Georges escape, the team closes in on the killers.

From their Toronto home, Alexander and Chantal Addington

Picasso forgery. Now possessing two-million counterfeit francs, Peter blackmails her into joining. Nikki, posing as Luke's wife, arranges his Mexican jailbreak. They setup Paris headquarters. Suzanne quits Sorbonne University to design their computers. Kruger calls with instructions, Suzanne traces it, and Captain Johnson flies to Brandenburg. As Kruger's ex-lover, Nikki knows the location. Arrested, Kruger says Chantal is "in the bottom of Lake Ontario." Alexander believes Kruger lied. Susan says oil magnate Chisolm was jailed in Sumatra

for high treason. Alexander yells, "Bennet! Get me Peter Sinclair..."

Zoe secures the baby in the car and tells Manny

illegal adoption

ring. Peter and Nikki pose as adoptive parents to trap Laurence.

"There! The limp...that wound obviously still pains him."^[am] The Double replies, "I got it," lifting a cigarette. Amanda,^[an] that's a "habit you'll have to lose...now. The conference is only three weeks away." Double, "I'm ready." Doctor, "There may be...involuntary twitching of the facial muscles." Amanda, "one thing more..." The double shoots the doctor. Alexander briefs the team about the assassination of Greek Parliament member George Stenopolis, involved in the ban of chemical weapons, and a key member of the Alliance of International Chemical Producers. There was a witness; 12 year-old American Gypsy, Gregory. In New York, Alexander greets his former executive assistant, Amanda. The team poses as tourists to attract pick pockets. As the tour guide^[ao] talks, Luke catches a boy knows Gregory. A Gypsy woman leads Nikki to Gregory. The double-switch is made in the limo. They plan to kill Alexander after the reversing his anti-chemical speech. In Paris, Susanne and Bennett watch the televised conference, and become concerned at "Alexander's" behavior. They advise the team. Peter becomes alarmed when Amanda resumes her role as Addington's assistant. Luke plants a tracker on Gregory that leads him to Alexander. They rush to the conference to give Alexander's speech.

Boris^[ap] presents Major Zukova^[aq] the candidates; Brenner, Luke. Born 1960, Fair Lake, Minnesota. American Army 1978-80, Action; Nicaragua, Namibia, Middle East. Zukova, "Get me complete dossier." At the bar, Luke chats up Annette Weston...who spikes his drink. Late for the flight, Peter and Nikki begin to worry. Dr. Bruegei briefs Zukova on the Mindbender process. J.J. tells Peter where Luke might've gone. Programming complete after a test fire, Luke returns to the team, but Nikki senses something is off. Suzanne says there were storms in The Bahamas where Luke claimed to have vacationed. She also traces a call Luke makes to a restricted line for the Russian Delegation of the United Nations. As Peter and Nikki talk to Dr. W. Burns^[ar] at the State Street Clinic, Luke eavesdrops; fearing psychiatric commitment, Luke flees the clinic. Suzanne learns the call was made to GRU Major Zukova of Russian Military Intelligence. Boris gets Luke to a phone where he is triggered and kills someone to escape the hospital. Nikki poses as a Russian lesbian to plant a bug on Zukova. Peter listens to their plans; the assassination of President Mikhail Gorbachev,^[as] which the team must now prevent.

After Suzanne and Professor Robert Williams^[at] debug a computer, Robert is kidnapped. His wife Yvonne^[au] calls Suzanne to report him missing. Peter investigates. Baganda^[spelling?] explains they are from a Burkina Faso tribe whose King Mabundi is near death, and Robert has a regal connection; he is heir to the throne. Their daughter Lisa saw the abduction and provides Nikki clues. Van Gelder^[av] and two other military men, interested in the tribal lands' gold and mineral wealth, kidnap Luke and torture him for Robert's location. Luke calls Peter, ostensibly to arrange an exchange, but really to alert him to the greater threat. J.J. doubles for Robert, while Nikki sets a surprise for Van Gelder's men. They get Luke back, and eventually Peter and Suzanne narrow down Robert's location to the docks. Baganda's and Van Gelder's men battle each other on the docks and aboard the ship. The team joins the fray, unaware that one of Baganda's aides has betrayed him.

In his Niagra on the Lake home, Executive Producer Michael Marlowe^[aw] and Diane Wilson toast to "buckets of Hollywood money, and to literature, and to..." Murder! Drowned in the bathtub and dumped in the lake to look like a fishing boat accident, but as a fan of Marlowe's intrigue novels, Alexander isn't buying it. Suzanne confirms, Marlowe was a U.S. Olympic swimmer. Peter finds absolutely zero fingerprints in the bathroom; not even Marlowe's. Nikki poses as a Weekly Review reporter and talks to Michael's agent, Scott Wagner^[ax] and Wagner's assistant Diane. Scott and Marlowe's widow Samantha Marlowe née Sims argue. Someone tries to kill Samantha too. Luke recognizes an Army buddy, Sandy^[ay] who is now a stuntman for Buffalo Blues, a film from a screenplay credited to Marlowe, but largely written by Wagner. Luke, Sandy and Nikki talk to an actress portraying a cop^[az] who witnessed Michael and Scott arguing. Meanwhile, Scott asks Vince why Samantha isn't dead yet. The team's investigation eventually lead to a cargo ship ordered for the production; Vince and his men are using it to smuggle drugs. Nikki is captured onboard. Peter, Luke, and J.J. must stop the drugs and rescue Nikki.

At Amnoxo Pharmaceuticals, Research Division, Tom stealthily prints a report. At the Hilton, Suzanne chats with Alexander...and Tom, who says "meet me at Union Station." Tom is shot while giving her a briefcase. Suzanne runs, hides the briefcase in a locker, calls her father, and gives the key to a transient named Clara, but Craver^[ba] captures Suzanne. In Chicago, Peter is...occupied, so Alexander calls Nikki. Craver tells Wylie what happened. Clara eventually finds the locker, but the briefcase is locked. Detective Larwin tells Peter that Tom is dead. Susanne tells Craver that Peter Sinclair is her uncle and he has the report. Cynthia, in personnel at the Addington Group, calls Peter relaying the information, and Peter gives her his hotel room number. Hit-man Nick Samuels arrives to coerce the report from Peter, but he is saved by Luke posing as room service. Nikki poses as a reporter to interview Wylie about drug fraud, while Luke tracks down Clara and the briefcase. Peter goes directly to Wylie to negotiate the exchange, but Craver realizes he can get more money ransoming Alexander's daughter, so he shoots Wylie. The team must rescue Suzanne and stop Craver before anyone else dies.

In Cleveland, Jason^[bb] sneaks into Nikki's room, surprising her. Nikki, "What do you want?" Jason, "What I've always wanted." Nikki, "Money!" Jason, "No. You...and Money." But that was "another life." Jason shows her $500,000 in loot he stole from Bernard Millerton. She clears a leave of absence with Alexander to handle it. Peter, worried, investigates. After a drive-by, she insists on returning it to Millerton! Peter plants a tracker on the bag, and poses as a detective to Millerton. A manufacturer of toy aircraft models, he pretends he wasn't robbed. But J.J. suggests he's getting inside information based on an advanced stealth design that isn't yet on the market. Peter and Alexander begin to suspect industrial espionage. Peter confronts Millerton. By mistake, he received the full plans for the Alpha 9 ballistic missile, which was amongst his safe contents. Millerton is shot by a sniper. Jason takes only the jewels, ditching the bag...and plans. Nikki and Jason are captured. Peter calls Nikki, sets a meeting with Porzan, and Jemal^[bc] escorts Nikki at gunpoint. The exchange is made, Nikki for the bag...which still has the tracker. The team follows them to rescue Jason.

Peter wakes sweating after nightmarish flashbacks of six years of violence. Bank robberies in prepare to strike against Crisp and O'Brian. Nikki, about go after Luke, is stopped by Peter who carries Luke out, and they leave as Nathan's raid begins. They take Luke to the hospital, in critical condition. Alexander asks, "What went wrong...?" Peter, "I think we lost our center." Alexander apologizes.

Luke relives being shot, waking in the hospital. Luke and Peter argue. The IRA gives hit-man Mallick

boonies. Both Peter and Mallick try to find them. Someone leads Peter into a pit trap. Díez and Recon link up with Ernie and Luke; it's "Time to Rock & Roll!" They capture Mallick. Wounded, Mallick draws Luke in and purposefully sets off a Claymore mine

, killing them both.

Sheldon Blake^[bj] asks Alexander to protect Saul while he writes his next explosive exposé book. Hélène Previn interviews as Alexander's next executive assistant and eventually lands it. A motorcyclist in black trails Peter. Peter has his contact find safe houses, and "pros" currently in town. He asks Sam to "babysit" ...dressed in "full gear," and asks Jeremy^[bk] to guard Saul. Peter finds someone is in his apartment...in his bathtub...naked. It's Gabrielle Germont, the journalist, there to interview him, or else. When he refuses, she previews Sheldon's "Hidden Assets" memorandum. Peter realizes she's already been tracking a "vigilante group" for some time...a whole year, as it turns out. She publishes the story: "Ex-Scotland Yard Whiz Kid Protecting Best-Selling Author." The two hit-men prepare; one for Sinclair, one for Germont. While moving to another safe house, the gunmen attack. They mow down Saul, critically wounding both Sam and Jeremy. Germont continues photographing, but she's in tears when the newswoman reveals Saul's death. Peter confronts her...not every story should be told. She turns over all her research to Alexander, who asks if she wants a job, just as a surprise guest arrives.

In D.C., Alexander meets Senator Fisk^[bl] who says there's new information about Noriega, and Hector Stone will need help. In Panama City, Hector roughs up Carlos to send a message to Colonel Reaz...Hector wants those papers. Reaz cleans his safe to retire to a ranch in Virginia after selling the papers. Victoria Condrade^[bm] tells her lover Hector that Reaz plans to kill him. Peter and Gabrielle search for Hector, with help from Wes. Carlos makes a side-deal with the "Agency." Stone confronts Carlos, but Peter must rescue him from gunfire; they leave for D.C.. Agents arrest Reaz in America; Vickie escapes. When Stone isn't at the contact phone, she finds the files herself. Stone bribes Panamanian Secretary Lopez^[bn] to locate Reaz, but he's already dead. So Stone pays instead for Vikie's whereabouts...after disabling comms to slip the team and rendezvous with Vickie. Expecting Hector, Vickie instead finds Carlos at the door. The team is too late to save her. Agents take the files and Carlos is "killed while escaping." Alexander is angry with Fisk, who never intended to disclose the papers. To Fisk's dismay, Vickie made copies before she died.

In Toronto, Professor Kistler

R&D

, Strand forces the team into "The game of a lifetime," a deadly maze that he devised. Strand shows Addington video of the team's progress. Helen finds the electric company, and Addington has power to the building cut off. J.J. regains control of the plane and the team escapes, but so do Stand and Anrea. Kistler missed a decimal point, sending him back to chalk board.

Mike and Mariam wonder when can stop looking over their back. As a cop, Mike is close to having enough evidence on psychopath Rik Allen^[br] for a bust. But Allen plants a car bomb that kills them both along with their daughter and son Terry.^[bs] Detective Larwin tells Peter the bad news, explaining, Allen fled to Brazil where there is no extradition treaty with America. Addington tells Peter to contact Vice Consul Trudy Grey in Rio de Janeiro. As Stone surveils him at an art gallery, Allen tells Costas he wants that visa, and how much? Peter and Larry squeeze Allen on both sides by convince Allen that the IRS froze his accounts. Gabrielle poses as a courier to delivery $20K of emergency funds. Grey is willing to help, but unofficially. Costas wants even more money for the visa. Allen gives him a down payment but it's not enough. He sends three guys after Allen, while he's on a "date" with Gabrielle. Hector doubts Gabrielle's professionalism when she expresses sympathy for Rik. They fake a fight to run a con on Allen involving counterfeit money as a means to arrest him on American "soil" ...in Brazil.

At Kahnekahtake,

Minister of Indian Affairs to withdraw troops. A sergeant heckles Elsie and calls her "squaw

." Elsie doesn't back down; unarmed, she walks forward and the sergeant takes aim. Secretly, Smith fires a handgun. In response, the sergeant shoots Elsie, and the two forces exchange rifle fire. Stone spies Smith returning by boat to sabotage the dam. Hawk decides to negotiate, Smith dissuades him. Stone tries to disable the bomb it before it's too late.

At Universal Consultants Ltd., a CIA front company, Frank Percy says "We've never put nuclear weapons into the hands of fanatics." Arms-dealer Kirk Gagosian replies, he and Jake Levy already had an agreement, and he's no fanatic, "just a businessman." Hector gets a message and tells Peter that Frank is a friend in trouble. Hector finds Frank dead, and . As a material that is closely monitored by international authorities, the team must stop the steel shipment before it leaves the country, and get justice for Frank's family.

The

Japanese

own Philly. Luca and his union boss conspire to dynamite the construction trailer...and Peter, with Hector pushing the button. When Hector won't comply, he's taken to Luca for torture...and Angie too. Peter and Gabrielle pressure Nick for Hector's location before it's too late.

"Monkeys" "ladies" and ". Gabrielle is caught hacking. The FBI commences their sting operation. Stone must collect enough evidence to incriminate Lance and Grant, and save Gabrielle and Peter from execution.

The Addington Electronics anti-missile technology deal is signed with master, Chaing.

Deputy Mayor Joseph Falcon brags about assuming a hostage situation, orders Clayton to release them. Helene calls the team. Clayton, not trusting police, negotiates with Sinclair to get his people medical care. While Stone infiltrates secretly, Gabrielle goes in with a phone, but she's intercepted by Nicky at gunpoint. Alexander switches places with her, and must make a life-or-death decision.