We bid farewell to a major character as The Strain races towards its intense conclusion.
This review ofThe Straincontains spoilers.
It is a moment of mixed emotions.
There is a sense of purpose and accomplishment, a feeling of a long life well lived.
Between the two, thats a loss of almost 200 years of sheer badassery.
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Now that Setrakian is gone, our heroes are emboldened.
This season ofThe Strainis quite streamlined, with no time for love triangles or that kind of thing.
They have to pinpoint the Master and then use the gadget.
With Eichhorst gone, Desai might be the Masters greatest sentient asset.
The season has done a really good job setting Desai up as a very easy to hate villain.
The early half of the season saw Desai overseeing the running of a baby factory and tormenting Dutch Vanders.
And boy, is Dutch happy to take the fight to the traitorous scumbag.
The episode features a raid on the very same facility that Dutch was held in.
And boy, does Dutch delight in beating the crap of the human turncoat.
Like Dutch, all the heroes seems like they are now past their damage.
Eph is fighting mad and not restrained by any complicated sexual relationships or his booze crutch.
Especially since the maniacal Eichhorst has been so satisfyingly dispatched.
Its all sorts of creepy.
As I said a few weeks back, after having Abby killed, Zach is now way beyond redemption.
This is why its a very bad thing that Zach and Eph have reunited.
Other than freeing the world from the strigoi, the only thing Eph desires is to help his son.
Will the memory of Setrakian be enough now that Zach is back in the picture?
Well find out in the next few weeks as we began the final farewell ofThe Strain.
Rating:
4 out of 5
