This week’s The Strain reinvents vampire horror again when it peers into its ugliest guise during the Holocaust.
Eric Northman and Bill Compton, thank you, but its time to root against the vampires again.
As reiterated in this weeks episode ofThe Strain, these vampires are true monsters, not sex fantasies.
How monstrous are they?
Well, take Eichhorst for example.
This week, we witnessed the earliest meetings between Eichhorst and Setrakian.
As we learned about Eichhorst and the man he was, we also learned about Setrakian.
He wasnt always the brave vampire killer we know and love from today.
He sold his soul for a liverwurst sandwich hand fed to him by a Nazi overseer.
Its very clear that the present day Setrakian is ashamed of every moment he did the Nazis bidding.
Thus, to lure Eichhorst to the fateful train platform, Jim had to step up.
But because of this, we finally got to see Eichhorst and Setrakian go one-on-one.
Eichhorst is now aware that Setrakian, Jim, Nora, and Eph have joined forces.
The Nazi knows his enemy, which can only mean dark days ahead of our fabulous vampire hunters.
Some of our other players got some time as well.
For instance, Gus found himself in prison caring for his infected tubby pal.
This week left Gus in a crowded holding cell with his friend who is about to go full vamp.
A newly born vampire in a cramped cell with dozens of potential meals?
Looks like soon, orange will be the new dead.
But the most intriguing subplot this week was what happened to Joan Lusk, the former lawyer turned vampire.
First, we learned that Joan was married to Chief fromBattlestar Galactica.
Poor Chief just never gets a happy ending, and he was vampire chow before the credits rolled.
Chief wasnt the only family members of Joans who returned home.
Yeah, Neevas daughter makes her mom return the kids.
Not only do they find the dead Chief (whos going to fix that loose gimble?)
they also find a fully transformed Joan who didnt see her kids anymore; she just saw a snack.
Neevas daughter gets slashed by Joans vamp tongue and a heart-stopping chase around the house follows.
Neeva and company are saved by a much unexpected group of heroes.
Its so surprising that its almost difficult to describe.
Now thats a fascinating new wrinkle, huh?
Eichhorst is fast becoming the vilest character on television and we really cant wait to see what happens next.
Hopefully, it will involve Setrakians sword in Eichhorsts black heart.
So farewell Eric, Sookie, Pam, Jessica, and Bill.
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Rating:
4 out of 5
