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Strike

Since 2017 · 6 seasons, 19 episodes · still running

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Seasons and episodes Strike

Season scores: TMDB, out of 10.

Season 1

2017 · 3 episodes · about 3h · 7.7/10

Still: Episode 11. Episode 158 min · 7.7/10

Cormoran Strike, an injured war veteran turned PI, and secretary Robin Ellacott seek the truth surrounding the mysterious death of supermodel Lula Landry.

Still: Episode 22. Episode 258 min · 7.1/10

Strike makes a breakthrough. Robin is offered a permanent job in HR but is reluctant to take it.

Still: Episode 33. Episode 357 min · 8.2/10

Long-buried secrets are revealed, putting Strike and Robin in danger as they close in the killer.

Season summaries6 seasons, 19 episodes

Season 1

2017 · 3 episodes · about 3h · TMDB 7.7

Cormoran Strike, an injured war veteran turned PI, seeks the truth surrounding the mysterious death of supermodel Lula Landry alongside temp secretary, Robin Ellacott.

Season 2

2017 · 2 episodes · TMDB 7.9

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike thinking her husband has gone off by himself for a few days—as he has done before. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes.

Season 3

2018 · 2 episodes · TMDB 7.3

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them...

Season 4

2020 · 4 episodes · TMDB 8.1

A troubled young man named Billy comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child. Strike and Robin set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside.

Season 5

2022 · 4 episodes · TMDB 7.5

Private detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he’s approached by a woman, Anna Phipps asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough, who went missing under mysterious circumstances in 1974. Never tackling a cold case before, he’s intrigued and takes it on, adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner are currently working on. As Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted.

Season 6

2024 · 4 episodes · TMDB 6.1

When frantic, desperate Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie's true identity.

Episodes run about 58 min. Still running. No date for the next season yet.

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What is it about? Strike

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

Genres: crime, drama, mystery. Themes: london, england, private detective, suspenseful.

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Poster: Strike
First episode
August 27, 2017
Last episode
December 24, 2024
Status
still running
Network
BBC One
Countries
United Kingdom, United States
Original language
English
Rating
TV-MA
Studio
Brontë Film & TV

Frequently asked questions

How many seasons does Strike have?

6 seasons, 19 episodes. The last episode aired December 24, 2024.

Who’s in Strike?

Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Martin Shaw, Dorothy Atkinson, Caitlin Innes Edwards, David Avery, Monica Dolan, Ian Attard, and Killian Scott. Created by J.K. Rowling, Ben Richards, and Tom Edge.

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