TV Review: The Strain 2×08 “Intruders”

In this week’s episode of The Strain, Eph opens up to Nora about his troubles in DC, Setrakian tracks the ancient book, and Gus is encountered by more sentient vampires. Eichorst opens up this chapter for us by tutorial-izing Kelly’s…

TV Review: The Strain 2×07 “The Born”

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 half-breed creation of both human…

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. Corey Stoll gets to play the “wining and dining”…

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 insistent…

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 reign on Manhattan. Gomez can…

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 interview took place before the airing of 2×04…

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 went by the…