Strike Back: Vendetta

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Strike Back: Vendetta
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkSky One
Cinemax
Original release14 February (2020-02-14) –
28 April 2020 (2020-04-28)
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Strike Back: Vendetta (sometimes referred to as Strike Back: The Final Season) is a ten-part

British-American action television series, and serves as the eighth and final series of Strike Back.[1] The series features returning cast members Daniel MacPherson, Warren Brown, Alin Sumarwata, Jamie Bamber and Varada Sethu
. The series made its premiere on 14 February 2020.

Vendetta takes place some time after the events of Revolution. Section 20 are given a mission to stop two brothers from unleashing a series of terrorist attacks against the West, but gradually uncover a conspiracy between Western intelligence agencies.

Cast

Section 20

Law enforcement and government officials

Russian Military

  • John Albasiny as Lieutenant Colonel Lev Kogan, deputy director of the Combined Armed Centre for Electronic Warfare
  • Semir Krivić as Sebastian Levkin, Foreign Intelligence Service

Antagonists

Episodes

Main article: List of Strike Back episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byU.S. air date [2]U.S. viewers
(millions)		U.K. air dateU.K. viewers
(millions) [3]
671Episode 1Paul Wilmshurst & Bill EaglesJack Lothian14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)0.077[4]25 February 2020 (2020-02-25)0.441
Section 20 are sent to
Bosnia
who was behind the massacre of a village. Jovan denies this, but reveals Demachi is providing a virus sample to the buyers, who Chetri identifies as men representing someone named Zayef. Mac and Wyatt narrowly stop one releasing the sample in the city. Novin hesitates, allowing another to escape. Coltrane and Jovan are attacked in the hospital by Demachi hitmen, and Jovan later dies after confessing he is Branko.
682Episode 2Paul WilmshurstJack Lothian21 February 2020 (2020-02-21)0.059[5]3 March 2020 (2020-03-03)0.808
Edon Demachi reveals to Arianna that they are in $8 million of debt, but he will clear it when paid for the virus. Hoping to utilise Loric’s dislike of his father, Section 20 tracks him down to a
Bosnian Muslims seeking revenge against the west due to inaction of UN and NATO forces during the Bosnian War, in which they lost their family. The team intercept Mahir and Demachi making the deal on a train to Tirana
, but Zayef’s men ambush the train and kill Demachi’s men after they obtain the weapon. Mac kills an injured Demachi and obtains the weapon’s tracker. Section 20 attack the jihadis and incinerate the virus using explosives, but the brothers escape. Coltrane becomes concerned their decision to abandon the bioweapon means the brothers are pursuing something more dangerous. Arianna Demachi vows to hunt down Section 20 to avenge her husband’s death.
693Episode 3Bill EaglesJames Dormer & Jack Lothian28 February 2020 (2020-02-28)0.063[6]10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)0.69
Military scientist Lev Kogan steals a classified project named Imperiya from a facility in
property developer
hoping he can secure a buyer and receive a cut. Coltrane, Chetri and Novin infiltrate a party hosted by Haim to obtain Imperiya, and succeed with help from Zarkova. However, the venue is besieged by gangsters led by Danny, who comes to Topal's rescue after he is betrayed by Haim.
704Episode 4Bill EaglesJames Dormer & Jack Lothian6 March 2020 (2020-03-06)0.034[7]17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)0.553
Zayef and his men escape from the bus station, with Spiegel blaming Mac and Wyatt for the death of his men. Danny realises the lockbox has been taken, and the team exit the mansion whilst engaging in a firefight with his men, but Novin is captured and Topal kills Haim. Zarkova helps track Danny to a building in
Slovakian passport
to start a new life outside the military.
715Episode 5Jon JonesJack Lothian13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)0.093[8]24 March 2020 (2020-03-24)0.244
Having gone into hiding in
suicide vest. Mahir is caught by the team, telling them his brother is at a nearby apartment block and the conference attack was a ruse, but the device detonates before he can reveal who he was working for. Whilst Novin and Chetri triage
casualties, Mac pursues Zayef alone without comms and discovers him meeting with Arianna Demachi, but is wounded from a shot to the neck as the two escape.
726Episode 6Jon JonesJack Lothian20 March 2020 (2020-03-20)0.059[9]31 March 2020 (2020-03-31)0.61
Some time after the
enhanced interrogation
. However, his psychotherapist persuades him that he made a difference. The entire episode is then shown to have been an hallucination as Mac bleeds out in the corridor while Section 20 try to save him. The yellow car that has been haunting him is revealed to be a toy car lying beside him, and a drawing by his daughter the graffiti on the walls of the apartment block. Despite Wyatt and Novin's best efforts, Mac dies of his wounds, but is shown to be in peace in his fading hallucination.
737Episode 7John StricklandJack Lothian27 March 2020 (2020-03-27)0.100[10]7 April 2020 (2020-04-07)0.664
Section 20 coordinates a raid of a
gjakmarrja
, or revenge for her husband's death.
748Episode 8John StricklandJack Lothian3 April 2020 (2020-04-03)0.089[11]14 April 2020 (2020-04-14)0.647
Section 20 escapes the ambush and successfully board the ship containing Zayef and the weapons shipment on the
blacklist
, Chetri abandons the team with the hard drive as she does not want the conspiracy to be covered up. Meanwhile, Arianna kills her own son to assume the role of family matriarch, cementing her position of power. She is later revealed to be a deep cover Russian agent, and is congratulated by her handler on securing the Russian military's ties with the Albanian criminal underworld.
759Episode 9Bill EaglesJack Lothian10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)0.044[12]21 April 2020 (2020-04-21)0.643
After a minor firefight in
Russian military unit under Arianna's orders, who kill him and kidnap Chetri during a firefight with the team. Fortier and her staff are killed when hidden explosives detonate in the station. Retreating to a CIA safe house, Novin theorises the Russians want Hiraji's intel to gain power over the British and American governments. Coltrane reluctantly contacts Zarkova, who uncovers the lone survivor of the station attack, analyst Bruno Rodgers, is a Russian double agent, and also unveils Arianna Demarchi's identity as a Russian operative. Novin and Wyatt apprehend Rogers before he is repatriated, and learn Chetri is being taken to a black site in Crimea. Chetri is brutally interrogated by Arianna's men at the site, and she appears to capitulate and give them access to the cloud site where she stored Hiraji's intel. However, the code activates a virus that destroys the data when it is accessed. Novin, Coltrane and Wyatt parachute into the area to extract her, but are unable to penetrate the interrogation room, and are forced to watch Arianna execute Chetri and escape. Exiting the site, they agree to split up and meet across the border in two days. Four months later, Coltrane is shown to be interned in a Russian work camp in Siberia
.
7610Episode 10Bill EaglesJack Lothian17 April 2020 (2020-04-17)0.133[13]28 April 2020 (2020-04-28)0.744
Wyatt helps Coltrane escape from the prison camp after
Guanajuato, Mexico
. She is tracked down by Coltrane, who executes her. Coltrane is met by a fully healed Novin and Wyatt to discuss their future. Revealing they are no longer blacklisted, Coltrane attempts to convince the two to stay in Section 20, but they politely refuse and part ways.

References

  1. ^ "STRIKE BACK (CINEMAX)". The Futon Critic. February 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Strike Back – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  3. Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
    . Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  4. ^ UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.14.2020 | Showbuzz Daily
  5. ^ UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.21.2020 | Showbuzz Daily
  6. ^ UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.28.2020 | Showbuzz Daily
  7. ^ UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.6.2020 | Showbuzz Daily
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  13. ^ UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.17.2020
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