Warning: Full spoilers for the Strike Back series finale follow...
Admittedly, I haven't been exactly over-the-moon about Strike Back's final season. There've been some good moments, but teenagers and germaphobe codebreakers have worked to tug the shirt out out of the slacks a bit. With the former presumedly inserted into the first half of the season in order to help cover up star Sullivan Stapleton's on-set injury. But the fact that the main villain arc, for the first time, got wrapped up last week in Episode 9 meant that this final episode (which aired tonight in the States, but months ago in the UK) was free to be exactly what it needed to be. A tight, stripped away "last stand" focused solely on Stonebridge and Scott attempting to survive in the woods while being tracked by mercenaries.
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"It's not a white flag situation!"
Admittedly, I haven't been exactly over-the-moon about Strike Back's final season. There've been some good moments, but teenagers and germaphobe codebreakers have worked to tug the shirt out out of the slacks a bit. With the former presumedly inserted into the first half of the season in order to help cover up star Sullivan Stapleton's on-set injury. But the fact that the main villain arc, for the first time, got wrapped up last week in Episode 9 meant that this final episode (which aired tonight in the States, but months ago in the UK) was free to be exactly what it needed to be. A tight, stripped away "last stand" focused solely on Stonebridge and Scott attempting to survive in the woods while being tracked by mercenaries.
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