Counterstrike - Season 1 - Eps 14: The Beginning
A terrorist group intercepts Addington's car en route to a party and kidnaps Chantel Addington. The Toronto police quickly sets up office at the Addington Toronto townhouse to track and monitor any ransom demand phone calls that might come in. When Peter Sinclair shows up at the Addington residence, Alexander has evidently telephoned the British Home Secretary asking for Scotland Yard's best agent in anti-terrorism. As expected, the terrorists did telephone Alexander at his residence with a ransom demand for weapons to be air-dropped into Angola. The police tracks the call to a rural farmhouse and plans a hostage rescue mission. After the botched raid that killed a couple of terrorists, it becomes apparent that this may be another cold case as the police packs up their gear at the Addington townhouse. While Alexander and Peter comtemplate on future actions against the terrorists, Alexander proposes that Peter leaves Scotland Yard temporarily and assemble a private task force to h
About Counterstrike
Title: Counterstrike
First Air Date: 1990-07-01
Last Air Date: 1993-05-09
Status: Ended
Rating: 7/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 66
Network: CTV
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United States on cable channel USA Network, premiering on July 1, 1990. The series ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Counterstrike has since aired in reruns in Canada on Showcase and TVtropolis.
Cast
Simon MacCorkindale
Peter Sinclair
Christopher Plummer
Alexander Addington
Patricia Cartier
Helene Previn
Tom Kneebone
Bennett
Andre Mayers
J.J.
Sophie Michaud
Gabrielle Germont
James Purcell
Hector Stone
