Strike Back, Season 2

Season Two Premiere. Scott is ordered to the Kenyan desert to secure the transfer of Keemal, a Libyan functionary seeking asylum, to British Embassy officials. Instead, Scott ends up in the midst of a kidnapping plot that takes him and three hostages to war-ravaged Mogadishu--and into the clutches of a brutal local warlord named Huseyin Waabri. As his friend risks life and limb in Africa, Stonebridge is back in the United Kingdom training Section 20 recruits--a job that takes a perilous twist when an unstable soldier named Jake Hanson, whose brother Craig once served with Stonebridge, cracks.

Surprised to discover that a Waabri hostage named Rachel Dalton is in fact a top-ranking military intelligence operative, Scott, now accompanied by Stonebridge and Richmond, staves off a hostile onslaught in Mogadishu by Waabri and his sexy associate Asmara, who are hoping to start a new life by selling four nuclear triggers to a mysterious buyer in South Africa. When the team returns to London, Section 20 gets a new leader to replace Colonel Grant, and Stonebridge reconciles with Kerry, albeit briefly.

A shaken Stonebridge joins Scott in Niger to track down Axmali, a radical Muslim cleric now in possession of the triggers, but they are hindered by a suspicious CIA air strike and local hostility. The trail heats up again in Niamey, where a courier named Othmani, triggers in tow, is making his way to Algeria. Scott and Stonebridge ally with Markunda, the sultry leader of a nomadic Tuareg tribe, to land Othmani, whom Section 20 learns has blood ties to El Soldat, a top Al Qaeda leader. But a desert ambush ends up putting the entire mission in jeopardy...again.

Holed up with Markunda and a wounded Othmani in a remote Algerian farmhouse, Scott and Stonebridge prepare for an inevitable assault by the forces of El Soldat, who seeks to take possession of the triggers and his half brother. At the Section 20 crib, Sinclair queries Dalton about her relationship with Othmani; the Major in turn calls Othmani to question his blind allegiance to a duplicitous scoundrel. A bloody firefight breaks out as dawn arrives, but the victory--and the nuclear triggers--end up in unexpected hands.

On the trail of the missing triggers, Section 20 relocates to Cape Town, where Knox's henchmen hope to force an expatriate nuclear expert, Peter Evans, to cooperate by kidnapping his daughter and her son. Looking to break a stalemate when Evans is taken into custody by Stonebridge and Dalton, Scott attempts to turn a Knox insider: former Delta Force mate Curtis Roe. A soccer-stadium set-up morphs into a mad pursuit through Cape Town--with Stonebridge detoured by a familiar face.

With Evans conscripted to work for Knox, Stonebridge sees an opportunity to locate the facility by connecting with Knox's idealistic daughter Ava. Scott tries to convince a Mossad assassin to follow her conscience and disappear, while Hanson parlays his unique skills into a new job. After Scott, Richmond and Baxter foil a weapons diversion scheme, police respond by trying to shut down Section 20.

After Walter Lutulu, leader of the Party for a Democratic Zimbabwe, is freed from prison, Scott and Stonebridge track Lutulu's activist daughter Lilian in an attempt to get closer to their nemesis, Knox. Instead, the Section 20 crib is raided by Dreyer, with deadly consequences. Meanwhile, Lutulu's allegiance wavers when he learns about his liberator's real motives.

As Stonebridge attempts to protect an assassin from an angry mob, Scott, trying to convince Lilian of Knox's intentions, fends off a Hanson attack. When Stonebridge is taken hostage by Matlock, Section 20 is forced to arrange a prisoner exchange. Encouraged by Knox to lead her party, Lilian delivers a press-conference bombshell that leaves Knox fuming--and Section 20 on the doorstep of the triggers.

Now a wanted man, Knox (Charles Dance) hatches a plan for the nuclear bombs that involves several African nations plagued by political unrest and unstable militia factions. When the transport for one of the nukes is recognized at the scene of a crime, Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) and Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) mount a dangerous pursuit. Dalton (Rhona Mitra) confronts Christy Bryant (Stephanie Vogt) about the CIA's dealings in Africa. Matlock (Vincent Regan) reveals his true motives behind joining Knox to Hanson (Shane Taylor), who continues to be a major distraction for Stonebridge.

Season Two Finale. Scott questions Bryant about her role in Knox's plan and appeals to her for help, but Scott's dark past may dictate his course of action. Stonebridge attempts to focus on the mission, but is consumed by thoughts of revenge. South African police team up with Section 20 to find the nukes and Knox before he can carry out his plan.