TV Review: The Strain 1×13, The Muppet – I mean, “The Master”

My opinion of your show doesn’t bode well if its season finale feels more like a pilot episode than the actual pilot episode. Maybe I’m so spoiled with high quality zombie/vampire lore in media that The Strain had no chance…

TV Review: The Strain 1×12, “Last Rites”

Character growth! Emotion! Backstory! “Penultimat-ion!” The Strain finally presents to us an episode that is worthwhile for reasons other than anticipation for effects sequences. Tragic and captivating are the words for our flashbacks to Abraham’s young adult life in “Last…

TV Review: The Strain 1×9, “The Disappeared”

This summer’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 is one of the worst offenders I’ve ever seen of plot convenience (as has been detailed over the internet since its Blu-ray release), but in terms of a plot-point-to-runtime ratio, this week’s episode of The…