The Strain struggled throughout it’s second season. The sharp focus was left to finding a book, protecting a child from it’s vampire mother, and a really bad love triangle. There were some more things out there, but not much. At the end of the day I was left wanting more and feeling even less satisfied…
Eph and Nora said their goodbyes to everyone as they were taking the last train out of New York to get Zach to safety. I have to admit that I’m very glad that they are eliminating Zach as a problematic character on the show. He was a minor issue in the first season. However, the…
Justine is out there actually making a difference in this battle with the vampires. She’s doing work. She wants her officers to be compensated. it’s beyond reasonable. However, she’s being met with some fierce opposition. The mayor doesn’t like that people are being extorted or in the words of Justine taxed. Under normal circumstances that…
It has been a while since we really got a chance to catch up with Gus. Aside from Vasiliy he is probably my favorite character and I thoroughly enjoy seeing more of him whenever possible. Unfortunately he just hasn’t been given much to do. In fact, the show has been so focused on a couple…
Justine does not play. After the events of last wee she’s moving to expand further in the city. She plays it smart knowing that her people need supplies and is willing to offer the Upper East City as the next place to be cleared, but only if the citizens will give up 1% of property…
With everything going on, I totally didn’t realize that the Strain came on last night. My bad. Either way, I quickly realized my mistake and watched the episode. Eichorst is still busy doing the Master’s bidding. The main thing is to continue to motivate Kelly. I still don’t understand why getting Zach is a priority.…
Watching Eichorst make up Kelly was was suitably creepy. Whereas Eichorst is well adjusted and doesn’t look like the disgusting abomination that Kelly is. He’s teaching her to speak to control her muscles. (Which by the way with all her twitching I’m surprised she gained enough control to drive a car. I don’t believe it.)…
The flashback that was presented this episode was extremely interesting. Seeing the vampire fighting in Roman times was fascinating. it’s a very different way to see the vampires in a way we haven’t dealt with so far. The way he lathered up and stayed in the shade to fight to the death was an engaging…
Eph is wasting no time going to work and I’m glad. If he was dallying and going for drinks rather than immediately going to work, I would have questioned his devotion to this cause. However, once Eph felt like he had everything int he bag he didn’t mind going out for drinks or hooking up…
We can finally find see how the police are handling clearing out the vampires that are cluttering the streets. Watching the sweep as the two cops went from apartment to apartment felt like proper horror. They moved from room to room, sometimes encountering nothing and other times running into children vampire. Though it was rather…
The episode opened with a very strange wrestling fight when appeared to be luchadores. One of the luchadores was the titular Silver Angel and he was attacked by his wrestling foe. Overall, it was a strange little segment, but rather amusing to watching. The hammy acting was perfect for what one would expect from a…
I didn’t expect to see the return of our Rocker vampire. He was a nice welcome because while the other vampires are plenty terrifying, seeing the sentience that we get from Gabriel. There’s just something more threatening when you are facing a beast that can think and maybe even outsmart you. Ephraim and Nora are…
Kelly may be a vampire, with only a prey instinct, but she seems to have lingering memories of her connection to her son. That is exactly what the master is trying to use against his enemy. That said, it’s rather disturbing watching her do whatever vampire behavior was going on with the newly turned blind…
It’s back. It’s back. The Strain and the strigoi are back. You can’t begin to understand how excited for this. Yes, the first season was not perfect. it certainly had it’s flaws, but I found that I absolutely loved the show. Now we are back for a second season. Thankfully, the return episode was completely…
The Strain started it’s season alright. It was just alright, nothing special, but very early on it was clear there were something there that could make the show special. Unfortunately, The Strain often struggled to show everyone else that it deserved to be watched. There was a very long stint particularly in the early part…
So, I pondered... 