The Strain

2014 • Channel W
4.6
326 reviews
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Season 3 episodes (10)

1 New York Strong
8/28/16
Season-only
The strigoi are evolving, becoming faster. Smarter. Eph’s bioweapon is failing. He struggles to improve it while trying to work through the emotional fallout of the abduction of his son, Zack. As Setrakian and Quinlan attempt to crack the Lumen’s deepest-held secrets, Fet helps a Navy SEAL team in a deadly mission: a search for the Master through the underground tunnels of New York.
2 Bad White
9/4/16
Season-only
The Master’s offer to return Zack plagues Eph as he considers taking it. Dutch reunites with an old group of friends but begins to question if her safety is better with them or with Fet, Eph and Setrakian. Palmer strives for answers to Setrakian’s secret strigoi blood treatments and discovers he may have a way to acquire it.
3 First Born
9/11/16
Season-only
The Occido Lumen is gone. Stolen. Setrakian and Fet race to recover it. Gus and Angel try to hide a secret houseguest while avoiding a police sweep, and Quinlan’s thirst for vengeance is revealed.
4 Gone but Not Forgotten
9/18/16
Season-only
Things have changed. The infection enters a new phase. Fet wants to celebrate, but Setrakian and Eph are worried there’s more work to be done. Justine conscripts a new, unwilling army in the fight while Eichhorst angrily lashes out with a plan to strike back.
5 Madness
9/25/16
Season-only
New information from the Lumen forces Setrakian to seek help from his lifelong nemesis, Eldritch Palmer. Eph’s new experiments to understand strigoi communication seemingly take him to the brink of madness while Fet is on a mission to discover strigoi movements across New York City.
6 The Battle of Central Park
10/2/16
Season-only
Fet strikes hard at the heart of the strigoi army while Justine embarks upon a risky mission to drive the strigoi out of Manhattan once and for all. Gus and Angel fight for their lives and their freedom but are faced with a moral dilemma.
7 Collaborators
10/9/16
Season-only
Setrakian offers hope in a new plan to trap the Master while Eph and Dutch seek out the Master’s “voice.” Palmer, frail and close to death, needs Setrakian’s access to the white to hold up his end of their bargain. Fet suffers a devastating personal loss revealing a long-hidden family secret.
8 White Light
10/16/16
Season-only
The Master’s voice proves to be more powerful and potentially fatal than Eph or Dutch anticipated. Fet and Setrakian track down the cargo from the Egyptian vessel and realize they may be in over their heads. Quinlan strikes a deal with the Ancients, but a last minute betrayal proves deadly.
9 Do or Die
10/23/16
Season-only
NYC is falling. Eph and Dutch frantically race to finish their new device to stop the Master before the city is overrun. Justine, Gus, and Angel fight in one last stand to stop the spreading virus. Palmer extracts vengeance for past wrongs but may have crossed the line.
10 The Fall
10/30/16
Season-only
Humanity teeters on the edge of destruction. The Master finally reveals himself, initiating the end game of a battle in which there can be only one winner. Eph, Fet, Setrakian, and Dutch must overcome their personal differences in a last-ditch effort to vanquish the strain.

About this show

The Strain is a high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the CDC Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph and his team wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
326 reviews
John John
September 12, 2015
As promised ive edited this review because episode three was released this morning, funnily enough its showing the date as the 8th of september when i know for a fact that it didnt get released to google play until the 12th of september. I loved the first season and the second season is shaping up very nicely. Its more than worth the asking price, assuming google can release the episodes on time. I highly recommend both seasons of the strain it would be five stars if i knew id be getting the episodes the day after broadcast.
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me him (pagger08)
November 17, 2016
It would have five stars from me but for the release delay! Every episode of season 3 ( paid for in full I might add) seems to be taking longer to come available. This tends to STRAIN my patients.
BestYiannis
October 20, 2015
Good concept, decent budget, decent effects and really gripping at times. What let's it down is the mundane filler scenes and the shallow dull characters... Thomas Eichhorst being the exception.