US: The Strain

Mak3R · 12 Sep 2014 at 12:02

Just caught up on the latest episode (9) and I am quite enjoying the show. Something different and entertaining. There are some moments of idiocy by the characters but seems to be the norm in shows these days.

I enjoyed the bit were Eph(Spelling?) and Nora were burning his ex-wifes boyfriend out the back. "Should we say a few words about him?".
"No."
Harsh but funny.

Mynight · 15 Sep 2014 at 12:36

Maybe my expectations are too high for this series but I feel the past 2/3 episodes are a bit of a flop

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I'm going to keep watching just because I want to know more about the anti vamp vamps.

twist3d0n3 · 15 Sep 2014 at 15:22

they really need to tone down the squelchy noises, totally over the top and spoils it a bit for me.

Kyo · 15 Sep 2014 at 15:28

Mynight said:
I'm going to keep watching just because I want to know more about the anti vamp vamps.

Me too and I like the name AVV

They are starting to stretch it out a bit what bugs me

is how the tentacle suckers are so accurate for some but against the main cast they sure miss a lot bring on the AVV pls

nicktay2605 · 15 Sep 2014 at 22:29

Considering the first book in the trilogy is nearly 500 pages I'm really surprised so little has happened, particularly when there are only 3 episodes left this series. My guess is that they are trying to do two tv series per book, which is making things drag out a bit and means there is some annoying filler stuff in there.

Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the show still, but some scenes feel really pointless, like Vasili and the hacker girl going to Palmer's offices in this episode. Eph's kid was able to get intermittent wifi at the pawn shop, so why couldn't they just use that? And the only real thing we got out of that whole scene at Palmers is that his security don't agree with what he's doing.

Kainz · 16 Sep 2014 at 08:33

Agree with the above. I liked the deaths in the last episode (mouthy stereotype friend of eps wife) but a lot of scenes just don't make sense. I am having to watch the entire episode again just to make sense of the bits involving Palmer's security guys.

doodah · 16 Sep 2014 at 08:43

I am still enjoying it but recent episodes are a little anti-climatic, nothing really seems to happen. The head vampire looked silly.

~>Dg<~ · 16 Sep 2014 at 08:47

yeah watched last ep is was more filler than meat.

Mak3R · 16 Sep 2014 at 11:44

At least security guard guy isn't OK with his old bosses involvement. I was a tad concerned that an assistant was fine with being a part of the potential apocalypse.

Mynight · 16 Sep 2014 at 20:34

nicktay2605 said:
Considering the first book in the trilogy is nearly 500 pages I'm really surprised so little has happened, particularly when there are only 3 episodes left this series. My guess is that they are trying to do two tv series per book, which is making things drag out a bit and means there is some annoying filler stuff in there.

I sincerely hope this isn't the case there have been bigger watched series that got cancelled

. I'd hate for this to get done in for being greedy.

Average of 2.1million watchers per episode.

NexusK · 16 Sep 2014 at 21:11

The sooner the vamp SAS make a proper appearance the better. Seeing them at the end of that episode got me all excited... then nothing since lol.

Mynight · 16 Sep 2014 at 21:14

This^^ it's bugging me so much

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I swear if they don't appear in the next episode I'll stop watching. Lol who am I kidding I'm not going to give up

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Kainz · 17 Sep 2014 at 08:47

I rewatched the last episode (10) last night and I am curious as to:

Why eps wife was attracted to the (call?) of the Master down in the bowels of that subway station and not other vamps.

Got so sick of some bits of the show that I actually bought the book last night to read on me iPad!

anything I don't mind · 17 Sep 2014 at 14:45

ep 10 was a bit slower than previous episodes imo and prefer the old man and exterminator as characters. That hacker girl is annoying.

I think the wife was attracted to the master because he knows that she is the wife of the CDC guy who is working with the old man to take him out. As was said in previous episode the master selects certain people to be in the upper classes of the infection which allows them to keep their human traits. I assume that she has been/will be selected for this purpose as a way to torment the CDC guy.

doodah · 17 Sep 2014 at 15:01

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about the vamp SWAT team. Typical of shows to dangle something like that and return to it for large parts of the season.

Mak3R · 17 Sep 2014 at 15:11

anything I don't mind said:
ep 10 was a bit slower than previous episodes imo and prefer the old man and exterminator as characters. That hacker girl is annoying.

I think the wife was attracted to the master because he knows that she is the wife of the CDC guy who is working with the old man to take him out. As was said in previous episode the master selects certain people to be in the upper classes of the infection which allows them to keep their human traits. I assume that she has been/will be selected for this purpose as a way to torment the CDC guy.

This was my assumption as well. She wasn't attracted any more or less than the other vamps but he was specifically calling her for his use.

Kainz · 17 Sep 2014 at 15:33

anything I don't mind said:
ep 10 was a bit slower than previous episodes imo and prefer the old man and exterminator as characters. That hacker girl is annoying.

I think the wife was attracted to the master because he knows that she is the wife of the CDC guy who is working with the old man to take him out. As was said in previous episode the master selects certain people to be in the upper classes of the infection which allows them to keep their human traits. I assume that she has been/will be selected for this purpose as a way to torment the CDC guy.

Yeah, that does make sense. Guess she will try and destablise the 'scooby gang' by messing around with Eph's emotions - knowing the idiot that he is it will work too.

NexusK · 17 Sep 2014 at 16:10

I'm sure we'll find out, next season

anything I don't mind · 17 Sep 2014 at 16:16

3 more episodes left i think?

mysticsniper · 21 Sep 2014 at 11:02

The missus and me have started watching this show. At first we were really getting into it and had a good story-line.

But 3 episodes in and it's seems a bit disappointing, the vamps are similar to the ones from Blade 2 and it is getting predictable.

Will keep watching to see if anything drastically changes and the story-line improves, but I'm not counting my chickens