The Strain

PinkCouture · August 25, 2014

The Strain is an American vampire horror–drama television series that premiered on FX on July 13, 2014. It was created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, based on their novel trilogy of the same name. Del Toro and Hogan wrote the pilot episode, "Night Zero", which del Toro directed. A thirteen-episode first season was ordered on November 19, 2013. The pilot episode premiered at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, in early June 2014. The third episode, "Gone Smooth", had its debut at the 2014 SDCC on July 25.

Premise
A plane lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport with the lights off and doors sealed. Epidemiologist Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) and his team are sent to investigate. On board they find 206 corpses and four survivors. The situation deteriorates when all the bodies disappear from the morgue. Goodweather and a small group of helpers find themselves battling to protect not only their own loved ones, but the entire city, from an ancient threat to humanity.

Cast:
Corey Stoll as Dr. Ephraim Goodweather
David Bradley as Professor Abraham Setrakian
Mía Maestro as Dr. Nora Martinez,
Kevin Durand as Vasiliy Fet
Jonathan Hyde as Eldritch Palmer
Richard Sammel as Thomas Eichhorst
Sean Astin as Jim Kent
Jack Kesy as Gabriel Bolivar
Natalie Brown as Kelly Goodweather
Miguel Gomez as Augustin "Gus" Elizalde
Ben Hyland as Zach Goodweather
Robert Maillet as the Master (*The character is voiced by Robin Atkin Downes)

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Prettyphile · August 25, 2014

I adore this show!

ILUVAdrianaLima · August 25, 2014

Ah sweet nice to see this show have its own topic. I caught the first 3 episode and was quickly hooked. I need to get all caught up though before I fall too behind :pinch:

Cult Icon · August 25, 2014

The Strain is based on 3 x novels. I don't plan on watching the series, but I 'speed- read' the official graphic novel a while ago and it's pretty good story- both shocking and sickening. There are lot of cliches' and tropes used that many would catch but it's good entertainment. The story is very easily translated to TV show form due to the numerous cliffhangers and it conveys a feeling of escalation & increasing hopelessness throughout. The endings (3 of them) will not disappoint.

The vampires are a lot like the ones in "Blade II" which came from the same source, Del Toro.

Joe > Average · September 27, 2014

Hmmm, I need to get caught up .

PinkCouture · September 27, 2014

Preview to tomorrow's episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7tYfGoaFxM

Next week is the season finale. The show has been renewed for a second season, airing sometime next summer. The filming for season 2 is scheduled for November

PinkCouture · February 23, 2015

Season 2 Trailer

Diabolo Fraise · February 23, 2015

I love the trailer for the season 2. I can't wait! It's too hard :idk:

PinkCouture · May 18, 2015

According to IMDB season 2 is set to premiere on Sunday, July 12

I hope Mr. Quinlan will get a bigger role this season (Y)

ILUVAdrianaLima · May 19, 2015

^ I'm almost all caught up with last season so I can't wait for this one to start! :chicken:

PinkCouture · September 8, 2015

:ddr: :ddr: :ddr:

"The Strain" Renewed For Season 3 By FX

Four weeks into The Strain‘s sophomore season, the FX horror drama has been picked up for a third, to air next summer. A breakout when it launched last summer, The Strain has been down in the ratings in Season 2 but continues to be strong in the adults 18-49 demo and to deliver solid DVR gains. The second episode posted 2.6 million viewers in Live+3 and 1.5 million adults 18-49.

The thriller, from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse, is based on the best-selling The Strain Trilogy by del Toro and Chuck Hogan. “Guillermo and Carlton have delivered two thrilling seasons of The Strain that are captivating and visually arresting, doing justice to the original novel trilogy and meeting fans’ high expectations in the process,” said FX’s Eric Schrier.

In the current second season, New York City is rapidly falling to an evil epidemic, and no one is coming to its rescue. Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) and his unlikely allies tried to take down the embodiment of this evil — the Master — and failed. Now Eph and Dr. Nora Martinez (Mia Maestro) concentrate on creating a biological weapon to wipe out the creatures, while Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) searches for an ancient book he hopes will reveal the strigoi’s entire history…and possibly a way to kill them.

The Strain hails from showrunner/executive producer/writer Carlton Cuse, along with co-creators/executive producers/writers Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. Gary Ungar, J. Miles Dale, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle and Regina Corrado serve as executive producers. FX Productions is the studio.

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Hopefully Quinlan will get more screen time in season 3. And I miss Vaugn!!! He was gone too soon. Maybe the Ancients will resurrect him or something

frenchkiki · November 12, 2015

I wish the stoopid kid dies. Not turned by his creepy mama but dies painfully.

PinkCouture · November 12, 2015

^ As much as I don't want to admit it I do want Zach to be killed off :ninja: He is just super annoying and for a child his age he doesn't seem to be very bright :nicole:

At least they killed off Coco (at least I hope they did). She was also super annoying and the actress who plays her isn't very good

Prettyphile · November 12, 2015

I want the entire cast to be killed off except Eichorst & Gus (mainly because I find Gus to be the only likable character and frankly he's cute as fuck!). I've honestly never disliked an entire cast of a show as much as I hate the Strains cast.