The Strain (FX) [** Spoilers **]

Dyr

I Just realized that the guy who plays Quinlan is the lead from Whitechapel...jaysus hes unrecognizable

lazybones32

A skipable episode...except I reckon it won't be long until Dutch finds a new jockey in Quinlan.

flangemeistro

Ok that was the first episode of all three seasons that was completely filler, nothing at all actually happened.
Like seriously are you telling me that in the immediate 24 hours after the plane incident they didn't take the information from the black box?
And are we actually to believe that FETs grandfather was a Jew killer alongside Eichhorst.
Come on, if this is the best season 3 can come up with I don't think I'm going to waste my time with season 4.
Oh and it's obviously Efs wife who is the new master, when's the last time we saw her.

lazybones32

flangemeistro wrote: »

And are we actually to believe that FETs grandfather was a Jew killer alongside Eichhorst...

I'm sure Nazi camp commanders gave their sidearm to prisoners...it sounds legit. :pac:

lazybones32

Good ep (flashback aside :mad:) but I'd like to have seen the boys in action for longer than a few seconds. Certain parts of the plot feel rushed yet other aspects are painfully drawn out - I'd happily have more screen time devoted to the masters rather than the kid but can that happen now...

Bambi wrote: »

I Just realized that the guy who plays Quinlan is the lead from Whitechapel...jaysus hes unrecognizable

It only clicked this weekend that Setrakian = Walda "...firm tits and a tight fit" Frey.

Dyr

lazybones32 wrote: »

A skipable episode...except I reckon it won't be long until Dutch finds a new jockey in Quinlan.

Don't go backing any horses

lazybones32

Bambi wrote: »

Don't go backing any horses

What has happened to all the women that Eph rode? Wife - dead; Nora - dead; Blonde chick in D.C. - dead....if they kill off Dutch before that skidmark of a kid, I don't think I could watch anymore

Dyr

lazybones32 wrote: »

What has happened to all the women that Eph rode? Wife - dead; Nora - dead; Blonde chick in D.C. - dead....if they kill off Dutch before that skidmark of a kid, I don't think I could watch anymore

Is the kid still in it really? Maybe I've just gotten so adept at skipping past bits with that little pox and his ma to get to the Steptoe and Son: Vampire hunters bit that I don't even notice when I do it.

ohnonotgmail

Bambi wrote: »

Is the kid still in it really? Maybe I've just gotten so adept at skipping past bits with that little pox and his ma to get to the Steptoe and Son: Vampire hunters bit that I don't even notice when I do it.

the kid hasnt appeared for a couple of episodes. long may that continue

lazybones32

Bambi wrote: »

Is the kid still in it really? Maybe I've just gotten so adept at skipping past bits with that little pox and his ma to get to the Steptoe and Son: Vampire hunters bit that I don't even notice when I do it.

Yeah, he's still there but hasn't been seen for the last 2 or 3 eps. I've started ffwding whenever there's a flashback or eph/dutch getting emotional.

krustydoyle

That was a bit of a clear out episode

Mr E

Sure was. Great stuff.

Finale next week.

ohnonotgmail

I thought palmer had those UV lights in his office? Why didnt he use them?

lazybones32

Knew there was something hidden under yer man's blanket at the end but thought it'd be the nuke detonator. Eich is starting to annoy me with how his super-speed always saves his a$$. Why let him go? The master is hardly gonna play nice now, whether eich is alive or not, so why let him go?
The scene on the bridge with the cops was predictable with a cheesy send-off...all that was missing was a one-liner before ignition.

TerrorFirmer

It was a bit groan-inducing towards the end, personally I would have liked Eichorst to have pulled open the elevator door in desperation only to have one of Palmer's guys waiting in the lift to casually blow his head open with a shotgun. The character has reached his limit, there's only so many times you can take his superman-speed saving the day. With just one more season left, there's no real reason to hang onto so many characters. Still a pretty OK episode though and nice to see a bit of spring cleaning done.

ohnonotgmail

lazybones32 wrote: »

Knew there was something hidden under yer man's blanket at the end but thought it'd be the nuke detonator. Eich is starting to annoy me with how his super-speed always saves his a$$. Why let him go? The master is hardly gonna play nice now, whether eich is alive or not, so why let him go?
The scene on the bridge with the cops was predictable with a cheesy send-off...all that was missing was a one-liner before ignition.

Somewhat predictable but i thought the mayor wan would make it

lazybones32

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Somewhat predictable but i thought the mayor wan would make it

Yeah, thought so too...you knew the expendables weren't going to be in it next week, but the 2 higher profile characters were a surprise. Now that I think of it, if the City is lost and the cops have fled/died, it's fitting to tie that end up.

lazybones32

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

It was a bit groan-inducing towards the end, personally I would have liked Eichorst to have pulled open the elevator door in desperation only to have one of Palmer's guys waiting in the lift to casually blow his head open with a shotgun. The character has reached his limit, there's only so many times you can take his superman-speed saving the day. With just one more season left, there's no real reason to hang onto so many characters. Still a pretty OK episode though and nice to see a bit of spring cleaning done.

I thought there would be someone in the elevator too...you'd think all exit routes would be covered.

Dyr

Am I the only one who laughed out loud at eldritch busting out the shotgun? he might as well have hit him a spinning kick

TerrorFirmer

Bambi wrote: »

Am I the only one who laughed out loud at eldritch busting out the shotgun? he might as well have hit him a spinning kick

Aha, no. I couldn't help myself, a dry chuckle escaped my lips before I even know it was happening, just so ridiculous and cliche.

Spon Farmer

I can't remember if this has been explained but why hasn't Setrakian or any of his group told Feraldo about Palmer's involvement with the Master?

Surely they see that taking him off the battlefield hinders the Master's plans and even if they don't know that there are more shenanigans afoot that the guy needs to be locked up for what he done.

I'm only on episode 3 of season 3 (so no spoilers for what is to come please) but even if the gang can't prove it, Feraldo seems to trust both Goodweather and Fet enough that if they told her what they know that she'd at least send the cops to bring Palmer in.

And "three weeks ago" has been mentioned a few times. Is that really only long it has been since the plane landed?

Dyr

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Aha, no. I couldn't help myself, a dry chuckle escaped my lips before I even know it was happening, just so ridiculous and cliche.

He could only have topped it by growling "Suprise mother****a" when he threw the blanket off

ohnonotgmail

Spon Farmer wrote: »

I can't remember if this has been explained but why hasn't Setrakian or any of his group told Feraldo about Palmer's involvement with the Master?

Surely they see that taking him off the battlefield hinders the Master's plans and even if they don't know that there are more shenanigans afoot that the guy needs to be locked up for what he done.

I'm only on episode 3 of season 3 (so no spoilers for what is to come please) but even if the gang can't prove it, Feraldo seems to trust both Goodweather and Fet enough that if they told her what they know that she'd at least send the cops to bring Palmer in.

And "three weeks ago" has been mentioned a few times. Is that really only long it has been since the plane landed?

in the prologue for season 3 it does mention that it has only been a few weeks. this season takes place over about a week i think.

Agent Coulson

That was a great ending to the season.

A black heart is right.


Looking forward to the final season now.

+1.

Going to a 10 episode a season format appears to work well for this. Keeps it moving along. Hopefully knowing it's the last season and it won't be till next Summer, the show can end well (by that I don't just mean a 'happy' ending..).

Dyr

Lads, it was a pile of sh**te. The whole season was.

lazybones32

Yeah, that was good. A bit puzzled by the big firework - where it was rather than why it was set off.
Was actually thinking that the box should have been chained up when they were walking it to the marina.

Maybe someone can explain to me why certain strig are immune to daylight and moving water?

PirateShampoo

lazybones32 wrote: »

Yeah, that was good. A bit puzzled by the big firework - where it was rather than why it was set off.
Was actually thinking that the box should have been chained up when they were walking it to the marina.

Maybe someone can explain to me why certain strig are immune to daylight and moving water?

It was foggy and overcast which is why they where out in day time, and they cant move over water by their own means, they need a human to transport them.

I'm assuming the nuke was placed in a Nuclear Power Plant and set off a chain reaction.

Book Spoiler about the Nuke

In the book, the master has Palmer build nuclear plants on the birth grounds of the other boss Strigoi, which are spread all over the world, he then overloads them, killing them and plunging the earth into the "Eternal Night"

Ben Gadot

That kid....seriously.

Dyr

Ben Gadot wrote: »

That kid....seriously.

The problem is that him and that dose of a father have to be the least believable characters in recent memory, even for B movie doozie like this.

How many times can you have people who aren't actually retarded act like complete retards before the audience loses interest?

Given the way the books end the next series is going to be a right pain in the hole with both being rehabilitated.

Agent Coulson

Bambi wrote: »

The problem is that him and that dose of a father have to be the least believable characters in recent memory, even for B movie doozie like this.

How many times can you have people who aren't actually retarded act like complete retards before the audience loses interest?

Given the way the books end the next series is going to be a right pain in the hole with both being rehabilitated.

FFS spoilers please some of us haven't read the books.

Dyr

Agent Coulson wrote: »

FFS spoilers please some of us haven't read the books.

Spoiler alert: two characters that survived this season will be in the next season too.

Ben Gadot

Bambi wrote: »

The problem is that him and that dose of a father have to be the least believable characters in recent memory, even for B movie doozie like this.

How many times can you have people who aren't actually retarded act like complete retards before the audience loses interest?

Given the way the books end the next series is going to be a right pain in the hole with both being rehabilitated.

I've no real problem with it from a story point of view as long as they follow through. Eph and Zach's story can only end one way and that's in tragedy even in the face of triumph. The kid is too far gone and will never grasp the reality of his situation, that's what they've established. If they renege on that in some way after nuking a mother ****ing city then it will indeed be a farce.

lazybones32

Ben Gadot wrote: »

I've no real problem with it from a story point of view as long as they follow through. Eph and Zach's story can only end one way and that's in tragedy even in the face of triumph. The kid is too far gone and will never grasp the reality of his situation, that's what they've established. If they renege on that in some way after nuking a mother ****ing city then it will indeed be a farce.

Yeah...did the boy even know the nuke was moved? I thought he was setting it off with the intention of toasting himself and the man he couldn't stop asking about - even in that episode he wanted his dad.
If they try to redeem him after nuking NYC, because he was sulking, that won't sit well with just about anyone. I'd allow for reconciliation between father and son if the boy eventually gets hanged for High Treason but dammit, I want to see it happen!

lazybones32

PirateShampoo wrote: »

It was foggy and overcast which is why they where out in day time, and they cant move over water by their own means, they need a human to transport them.

I'm assuming the nuke was placed in a Nuclear Power Plant and set off a chain reaction.

Book Spoiler about the Nuke

In the book, the master has Palmer build nuclear plants on the birth grounds of the other boss Strigoi, which are spread all over the world, he then overloads them, killing them and plunging the earth into the "Eternal Night"

Meh...foggy and overcast limits UV rays but a few vamps were able to move freely in light - 'cos the writers said so. But maybe I'm taking it too seriously
The bomb went off at the statue of liberty, one of the worst places to do it for the required effect but the book-version sounds a lot better and more catastrophic. The TV scenario would only cause darkness for a few hours.

Mr E

I read the synopses of the book trilogy out of curiosity - looks like the TV show is going in a different direction. Also, some characters who survived the TV show are gone in the books (and vice versa). It's hard to know how much of the last book they will adapt.

The finale of this season was pretty great, though. The last season is going to be a TV highlight for me next summer.

Mc Love

They're fvcked now like! Are they going to live in the sewers? Sure they'll be strigoi in no time down there!

PirateShampoo

Mc Love wrote: »

They're fvcked now like! Are they going to live in the sewers? Sure they'll be strigoi in no time down there!

Strigoi have no need to live down there now, they are the NWO.

Keplar240B

the effect of the nuke has been greatly exaggerated.

Suitcase nuke has a yield of just 2 kilotons

Air blast radius (5 psi): 0.58 km (1.05 km²)

The blast wave won't get no where near manhattan

Simulation of blast here 2 kiloton ground burst at statue of liberty with a 15mph wind blowing towards manhattan
shows fallout as well. A dose of under 100 rad will typically produce no immediate symptoms other than blood changes. 100 to 200 rad delivered to the entire body in less than a day may cause acute radiation syndrome, (ARS) but is usually not fatal. Doses of 200 to 1,000 rad delivered in a few hours will cause serious illness with poor outlook at the upper end of the range
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&airburst=0&casualties=1&fallout=1&fallout_rad_doses=1,10,100,150&linked=1&kt=2&lat=40.6919486&lng=-74.0455485&hob_ft=0&fatalities=5&injuries=100&psi_1=382&rad_doses=1,10,100,150&zm=14

lazybones32

Keplar240B wrote: »

the effect of the nuke has been greatly exaggerated.

Suitcase nuke has a yield of just 2 kilotons

Air blast radius (5 psi): 0.58 km (1.05 km²)

The blast wave won't get no where near manhattan

Simulation of blast here 2 kiloton ground burst at statue of liberty with a 15mph wind blowing towards manhattan
shows fallout as well. A dose of under 100 rad will typically produce no immediate symptoms other than blood changes. 100 to 200 rad delivered to the entire body in less than a day may cause acute radiation syndrome, (ARS) but is usually not fatal. Doses of 200 to 1,000 rad delivered in a few hours will cause serious illness with poor outlook at the upper end of the range
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&airburst=0&casualties=1&fallout=1&fallout_rad_doses=1,10,100,150&linked=1&kt=2&lat=40.6919486&lng=-74.0455485&hob_ft=0&fatalities=5&injuries=100&psi_1=382&rad_doses=1,10,100,150&zm=14

Uh, we're also led to believe that an alcoholic can just shake off his addiction when it suits him; that sometimes daylight kills strigoi and sometimes it doesn't (as the story requires) and that the boy who detonated the implausible nuke, did so because he was angry with his father for killing his vampire mother who tried to kill both him and his father within 5 minutes...suspension of reality is necessary for this otherwise enjoyable show.

Also forgot that this same boy, only a few days/weeks ago, watched his mother drink Nora...

Dyr

lazybones32 wrote: »

Uh, we're also led to believe that an alcoholic can just shake off his addiction when it suits him; that sometimes daylight kills strigoi and sometimes it doesn't (as the story requires) and that the boy who detonated the implausible nuke, did so because he was angry with his father for killing his vampire mother who tried to kill both him and his father within 5 minutes...suspension of reality is necessary for this otherwise enjoyable show.

I'd completely forgot that eph was a dipso, maybe losing the wig had a transformative effect

lazybones32

Nah, he got drunk sans hair too...he can control his addiction, I guess! Why don't all other alco's?

TerrorFirmer

To be fair, not all alco's are drunken idiots stumbling around the place - some are just people who need to be constantly drinking or topping up, or just drinking regularly, rather than being battered at every opportunity. It does show him drinking in the show quite a lot.

conorhal

Ben Gadot wrote: »

That kid....seriously.

I've seen some foot stamping temper tantrums in my time, but one that nukes a city wins first prize!
How many millennia on the naughty step do you get for that exactly?
Still it was so utterly WTF? bonkers, like the rest of the show, you kind of have to let it go an laugh. The Strain is one of my guilty pleasure watches that affords me a few entertaining eye rolls, best watched with wine, lots of wine.

cumulonimbus

Yes that kid has been an annoying little sh*t since day 1 and I would say the only reason he wasn't turned already is the Master cant stand him either!

This show is my guilty pleasure also. I really liked the gung-ho attitude of Fet, Angel and Gus. And I enjoyed being grossed out by the worms. I keep saying to myself this is the last one I am gonna watch, then the next episode shows up in Showbox and I find myself downloading it.

At least there is only one more season left.:cool:

JReacher84

cumulonimbus wrote: »

Yes that kid has been an annoying little sh*t since day 1 and I would say the only reason he wasn't turned already is the Master cant stand him either!

This show is my guilty pleasure also. I really liked the gung-ho attitude of Fet, Angel and Gus. And I enjoyed being grossed out by the worms. I keep saying to myself this is the last one I am gonna watch, then the next episode shows up in Showbox and I find myself downloading it.

At least there is only one more season left.:cool:

Ah man that kid is beyond annoying, I think for the show, it would have been better had his mother hit the switch as eph is killing her. Or fallen on it, anything is better than seeing that little **** have a tantrum!

Agent Coulson

Teaser

Agent Coulson

Season 4 starts Sunday, July 16th in the States.

Agent Coulson

Teaser.

cumulonimbus

What was it??? July 16 now seems a long way away.