The Strain

2014 • FX
4.6
6.26K reviews
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Season 3 episodes (11)

1 New York Strong
8/28/16
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
101 Season 3 FIRST LOOK
8/14/16
Humanity is losing. No one is safe. Can the strigoi be contained? Get a FIRST LOOK at The Strain Season 3 with the cast. Premieres 8/28 on FX.

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
6.26K reviews
Philip Sechler
September 24, 2014
So far it's above avg for story, suspense, breaking the current vampire theme in movies and TV. These worm infested maniacs are a really demented premise. The dialogue has kinda been a problem but it's getting much better as of ep 5. I was looking for perfection originally with del Toro behind it. Now and then something really stupid gets thrown in, but less now a days. I think a lot of the char development is tapering down, the disease is spreading and things are about to go off the deep end.
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Eric Hall
June 3, 2018
It's not a bad show, well its not good either. Kind of find myself watching it when I have absolutely nothing else to do or watch. It is amusing, interesting...the dialogue though sometimes just doesn't make any rational sense to a rational person. You'll get past it and get a glimmer of hope...then (Usually the chubby assistant) just says something that reverts you right back to your original opinion. Almost as if they wrote it on a plane flying to the set. Half way into the first season and I already want some 'main' characters to just go away already. It really doesn't leave you with anything, but it's worth checking out a few episodes anyway.
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Mark
September 8, 2014
This show is is great, the concept is better than I thought it would be. The writing in some scenes could have been better, but overall it's something I'll keep coming back to. I was very pleased to see it wasn't going the way of True Blood or one of the teen vampire lines. Well done and I hope it gets more seasons.
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