Season six of Cinemax’s action thriller Strike Back continues with five new one-hour episodes airing in February 2019. The new episodes star Warren Brown (Luther, The Dark Knight Rises) as Thomas “Mac” McAllister, Daniel MacPherson (A Wrinkle in Time) as Samuel Wyatt, and Alin Sumarwata (Neighbours, Burning Man) as Gracie Novin.
Additional season six cast members include Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica, Monday Mornings) as Col. Alexander Coltrane and Yasemin Allen (Water and Fire) as Katrina Zarkova. The series is executive produced by Andy Harries, Sharon Hughff, Jack Lothian, and Richard Burrell. Nuala O’Leary served as a producer.
Strike Back February 2019 Episodes:
- Season 6, episode 2
Debut date: FRIDAY, FEB. 1 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Section 20 forges an uneasy alliance with Zarkova (Yasemin Allen) in hopes of tracking down a stolen nuclear warhead in Kuala Lumpur. The group is frustrated when Police Inspector Amy Leong (Ann Truong), who has connections to triad leader Godfather Kim (Lim Teik Leong) and his henchman Laoshu (Tom Wu), pulls them off the job after a false alarm. High Commander McKitterick (Adrian Edmondson) finds himself in an untenable dilemma, while Novin (Alin Sumarwata) defies Coltrane’s (Jamie Bamber) orders to settle a score.
Written by Jack Lothian; directed by Bill Eagles. - Season 6, episode 3
Debut date: FRIDAY, FEB. 8 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Section 20’s search for the missing nuclear warhead leads them to Goa, India, where three scientists have been kidnapped by Gopan (Rudi Dharmalingam), a militant under orders from a mysterious “kingfisher.” When one of the scientists escapes, the team catches up to him and his daughter (Pallavi Sharda), gaining valuable intel on Anjali Vartak (Shivani Ghai), a rich Hindu with a personal vendetta against Muslims. S20 infiltrates a suspicious fundraiser as Coltrane (Jamie Bamber) and new S20 computer whiz Olivia Chetri (Varada Sethu) deal with a breach in security.
Written by Jack Lothian; directed by Paul Wilmhurst. - Season 6, episode 4
Debut date: FRIDAY, FEB. 15 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
As Wyatt (Daniel MacPherson) is tortured by Vartak’s (Shivani Ghai) henchmen, Mac (Warren Brown) presses her corrupt lawyer to hand over an encrypted hard drive that might hold clues to the whereabouts of a pair of “nuclear suitcases.” After being sorely tested in a deadly hostage standoff at an office building, the team is forced to lean on Zarkova (Yasemin Allen) to commandeer high-end Russian technology, crack the encryption code and make a final foray to a secret hideout, where Vartak, Gopan (Rudi Dharmalingam) and the nuclear packages await.
Written by Jack Lothian; directed by Paul Wilmhurst. - Season 6, episode 5
Debut date: FRIDAY, FEB. 22 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Following a high-speed jungle ambush in Myanmar, the suitcase nukes end up in the hands of Jean-Baptiste Zaza (Chris Obi), a brutal Rwandan drug lord with a jealous streak. Even as they continue to suspect Zarkova’s motives, Section 20 journeys to the Punchan Province and connects with Lauren Gillespie (Victoria Smurfit), a DEA agent with inside intel on Zaza and Dagon (Fish Chaar), his second in command. With the suitcase on the verge of being sold to a jihadist, Coltrane (Jamie Bamber) tasks Novin (Alin Sumarwata) with impersonating the buyer in order to ascertain the WMD’s location. Meanwhile, Colonel Beshnov (Marek Vasut), the Russian Alpha Group leader, surprises Pavel (Alec Newman) with a revelation about Zarkova (Yasemin Allen).
Written by Jack Lothian; directed by Steve Shill.
The Season 6 Plot:
When a Russian bomber crashes in the South China Sea, the covert special-ops soldiers of Section 20 — Thomas “Mac” McAllister (Brown), Samuel Wyatt (MacPherson) and Gracie Novin (Sumarwata) — are sent to investigate. There, they cross paths with Katrina Zarkova (Allen), a rogue Russian operative with questionable loyalties.
Under orders of the new commanding officer, Col. Alexander Coltrane (Bamber), Section 20 pursues stolen contents of the Russian jet across Southeast Asia. They will work alongside the Malaysian police to shut down a Triad gang in Kuala Lumpur, uncover a corrupt plot by a wealthy Indian businesswoman running for Parliament and plunge into the jungles of the Golden Triangle in Myanmar, facing off against mercenary drug agents and terrifying warlords as they uncover a conspiracy that threatens to push the world to the brink of global conflict.
