It’s crazy how disappointed we here at Bloody Disgusting has been with the opening episodes of FX’s second season of “The Strain.”
While I loved the debut episode, the following two episodes started to become more of the same, leaving me bored. Jess Hicks also called it lackluster, while Trace hopes it fix a lot of the problems with the Guillermo del Toro-produced first season.
Even with the monotony running wild, FX is happy enough to continue forth, infecting viewers for a third season next summer.
As the second season unfolds, the transformation has begun. It can no longer be denied — New York City is rapidly falling to an evil epidemic, and no one is coming to its rescue. Its citizens must fight or die. Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) and his unlikely allies tried to take down the embodiment of this evil — the Master — and failed.
Now Eph and Dr. Nora Martinez (Mia Maestro) concentrate on creating a biological weapon to wipe out the creatures, while Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) searches for an ancient book he hopes will reveal the strigoi’s entire history… and possibly a way to kill them. Meanwhile, the Master is out for revenge, unleashing new and even more terrifying breeds of bloodthirsty creatures after our team. Our team must find a way to defeat him before the infection spreads too far and becomes irreparable… before they become monsters themselves.