THE STRAIN on FX -- from Guillermo Del Toro -- Sunday, July 13 at 10pm

[hand2handking]

^
It was convenient that it was on Jim's face and they shined a light on it. If it was under his eyeball i wonder if the would've cut his eye out.

right? 

and everytime someone gets bit you're going to stop and do surgery?

 

[calypso chanta]

y'know......i watch this show because i'm a sucker for situational conflict shows with this plot:

•  ____________  is trying to survive  ____________ . 

So in that regard, I am entertained. As far as looking at this show in the 'is it actually good' lens? Nah. 

 

 

[losalmighty]

Maaaaaaaaan I've caught an episode or scene here and there
And this show ain't doing the books justice
Kinda sucks since the books are

they are definitely taking liberties with the storyline, but overall it is not that bad.

 

[bradnsu]

I wanna know who was the COBRA COMMANDER looking cats that popped up at the crib of the last woman that was on the plane...

 

[rell826]

Anyone found any similarities since Guillermo del Toro also worked on Blade 2?

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The Bloodpack
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the Strain's vampires


The anti-Strain coalition
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[Deleted member 87369]

I wonder how long it's gonna take those who turned to be able to control themselves and their powers like the old man and all black crew. Seems like humans will have no chance once that happens.

 

[rell826]

I wonder how long it's gonna take those who turned to be able to control themselves and their powers like the old man and all black crew. Seems like humans will have no chance once that happens.

They can't. The recent infected are of a different strain and order.

 

[clarkchaz1988]

Thanks man, I couldn't place him at all. I knew he was the bloated version of someone

I'm about to give in and buy the books, I really wanna know how it goes down.

I think dude was in 187 too.

Anyone found any similarities since Guillermo del Toro also worked on Blade 2?



The Bloodpack


vs

the Strain's vampires


The anti-Strain coalition

So who are those dudes in the last pic? I thought they would pop up again this ep. Are they like some ancient coalition that specializes in killing these things. Have they been waiting for the plague to return again? 

 

[shogun]

Del Toro did direct Blade 2.

 

[ishnaga]

soo when they were pulling the one worm out i coulda swore i saw another one under his skin but whatever.  

 when jim started saying oh **** after he lifted his jacket and heard all the gasps.  Eph talkin bout were gonna get you help

..i wouldnt of said another word after seeing all those wormies in his spine...it woulda been 2 right to the back of the skull followed by some short prayer and kept it movin.  I like that boss man finally showed pain and has a injury.  The british chick can def get the biz..the way she was sitting by the toilet and putting that 40 back 

 dunno how eph  didnt seize the opprtunity.  Cant wait to see this new episode, i am worried about my latinos.

 

[bandit country]

Vasily is that dude. Clearly raised in Ukraine. He threw those cocktails like a girl. Soccer background

 

[kvsm23vs24]

So is this show worth watching?

 

[Platinum State]

So is this show worth watching?

Nah. Totally avoidable. You aint missing much

 

[Mister Meaner]

Bump.

That intro

 

[wrightone86]

That is one person you know he had no issues doing that too

 

[rell826]

:x the Master

 

[ishnaga]

I couldn't stop giggling when he took his hoodie down..
All that butt meat in Niea she's a keeper
And Diane would get some nasty things done to her. :-( at Gordo Latino dude...wonder how many more eps?

 

[hand2handking]

eph smashed nora with the force of 100 men and in his missing wife's bed 

 

[spidermachine916]

this ep had me laughing
eff "my wifes missing!"
*goes and smashes girl on her bed*

 

[hand2handking]

saw this on av club, ill put it in a spoiler cuz i dont know if this is really jus a prediction:

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 
Azrael the Cat  •  25 minutes ago

The trouble with the Gus plotline is that it's all necessary busywork. There's good reason to have it there: without spoiling too much, it's to set up what's happening in the 'outside world' while the CDC characters are planning their attack on the Master (i.e. the street gangs are regrouping under a vampire-slaying leader and holding their own against the onslaught...and when the various other factions, vampire and otherwise, arise in the aftermath of the immediate slaughter, Gus and his lieutenants might not see the CDC - reps of the government that left them to die - as allies).

But this kind of exposition isn't something that The Strain does well. Contrast with GoT, which effortlessly spends up to half of its running time on such busywork, while keeping it lively and entertaining (yeah, the 'sexposition' tactic of using naked pretty people everytime they want you to listen to important expository dialogue is VERY hackneyed, but it works). The Strain would probably have been better served just leaving Gus and his backstory out completely until the second season - bring him in once the street gangs v vampires turf war is already underway, and characterise him on the fly. Not my preferred way (I'm liking the Strain's pre-2000s sense of pacing), but it would better match the show's strengths.

I'm guessing his plot arc for this season will end with him first taking the reins of his unified army of former street hoods and homeless, his lieutenants set up beside him, and their first victory against the Master's minions. It's a natural end-point for a first season arc, and I can see why they seem to be aiming for that. But would we really have missed much if they just skipped it all, and introduced him with his leadership already in place in season 2? It might even make for a better thematic fit. The idea that the dispossed aren't going to see themselves as part of the same faction as the former CDC and their allies, and the pent-up class rage that erupts once the lid of society has been removed, would be an excellent theme for a second season.

 

[Master Zik]

The Master look like one of them ghouls out of Gosebumps :x

Also what was up with that sex scene? Bad editing or what? One min, they on the floor then standing, Eph's jacket got taken off with the quickness. Nora's booty though

Somebody needs to put something in the ex-wivfe's friend's mouth. Feel like a sassy NYC character from a sitcom that's completely out of place in this show

This ep could've done with some of those black op vamps instead of no weight brought to the reveal about girl shutting down the internet or at least really play up the old man teaching Eph's son.

Back story was the best part about this ep. Gotta say I expected more to the climax of that though, I figured there'd be some showdown/culmination of the Master turning the German or dude getting a stab in and escaping.

 

[DPancakes]

I need a gif of that butt jiggle by Nora. SRS.

 

[ishnaga]

Nah the hacker chick is crucial cus she's gonna lead them to where the German is, without her they wouldn't be able to find him
And ya Nora's boooty meat looked lovley!! Id wife real quick!

 

[losalmighty]

the hacker chick is pointless. she isn't needed in the show at all.

 

[wrightone86]

The hacker chic isn't needed.....yet

Gave no dambs about smashing the GF in his ex-wife's old house/room

Nora was nice

Curious to see what Gus ends up doing now and where does he go.

Curious as to where Eph's wife is as well.

I like how they have tied in and shown us the past and their interactions.

I wonder what adventures Vasiliy is about to get into since he went back to his house on his own to get some things? I wonder if he is going to be the one to bump in to Gus and recruit him to their crew.

It is getting annoying how Eph is still trying to classify this as some disease that can be contained and "cured". You would think with it being so close to his family now he would've changed his tune. Soon though. He chopped that head off and burned it with the quickness.