We’re introduced to Quinlan in yet another lore-building flashback. We could fill a book of The Strain’s footnotes when this season is done and over with. In this sequence, we learn that Quinlan was a…
TV Review: The Strain 2×06 “Identity”
This week’s episode of The Strain successfully proves just how deep and adaptable the corruption of The Master has become and makes these sentient strigoi characters more than just villainous effects.…
TV Review: The Strain 2×05 “Quick and Painless”
Eph takes a trip to the strip club around the corner to prepare for his journey to Washington, to get a new identity of course. Eph assumes he’s taking his new family with him to DC, but Zack is insis…
The Strain – Q&A with Miguel Gomez
After the airing of “The Silver Angel,” we got to have a talk with one of The Strain‘s series regulars, Miguel Gomez, about his character Gus: the ex-con who was the catalyst of The Master’s rei…
The Strain Q&A: Samantha Mathis on NYC, Politicians, and Del Toro Effects
Last week Samantha Mathis took part in a roundtable Q&A session to talk a bit more in depth about the debut of her character on FX’s The Strain, Councilwoman Justine Faraldo. The following intervi…
TV Review: The Strain 2×04 “The Silver Angel”
The episode’s opener is one of the most unique sequences that I’ve seen thus far on the show: a feature presentation of an old vampire film on tape starring a new character for the series who once wen…
The Strain 2×03 “Fort Defense”
Eichorst brings Gabriel Bolivar back into the fold as a real character, who has been nothing but a cameo since he lost his dongle at the beginning of Season One. He gives us a mildly eerie episode ope…