The WORST seasons of Strike

Every season of Strike ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst seasons of Strike!

Cormoran Strike, a war veteran turned private detective operating out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street, is wounded both physically and psychologically. His unique insight and his background as an SIB Investigator prove crucial in solving three complex cases, which have eluded the police.

Last Updated: 12/15/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing
The Silkworm
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7.31
84 votes

#1 - The Silkworm

First Aired 9/10/2017

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.

Career of Evil
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7.46
76 votes

#2 - Career of Evil

First Aired 2/25/2018

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...

Lethal White
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7.50
76 votes

#3 - Lethal White

First Aired 8/30/2020

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.

The Cuckoo's Calling
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7.65
119 votes

#4 - The Cuckoo's Calling

First Aired 8/27/2017

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

Troubled Blood
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7.91
69 votes

#5 - Troubled Blood

First Aired 12/11/2022

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.