Lies, Betrayals And A Bold, Masterful Trap In The Strain “The Traitor”
Before beginning, let’s first put some things into perspective. It’s been over 9 months since the nuke went off in Manhattan and close to a year since that fateful night at JFK with the landing of Flight 753 from Berlin. ...Read More »
Heads Roll As [SPOILER] Makes His Final Stand In The Strain “Ouroboros”
As we’re going into the 7th episode of the final season of The Strain tonight and looking back on the season thus far, I think the perfect metaphor would be a raging rollercoaster. Episodes 1-4 were more of a build-up, kind of ...Read More »
Love Is Our Grace, Love Is Our Downfall In The Strain “Tainted Love”
For those who are die-hard fans of the series, I’m sure you remember this quote, as it was the very ominous voice-over of Abraham Setrakian in the opening scene of the Pilot. At the time, it was taken to mean ...Read More »
Humanity, Compassion, And Love Through The Eyes Of the Monster In The Strain “Belly Of The Beast”
Truth be told, after last week’s episode “New Horizons,” I wasn’t exactly jumping for joy with how the season was going, particularly the pace. Our group was fractured, there were too many storylines going at once, and just the general ...Read More »
Snake Eyes For Our Missile Hunters And Rat Poison Cocktails In The Strain “One Shot”
In last week’s episode, we checked in with Dutch at the strigoi B+ IVF clinic and also with Gus, who we learned had fallen back to his old ways of working with Alonso Creem, jacking shit and basically just making ...Read More »
Finding Hope In The Face Of Defeat In The Strain “The Worm Turns”
Global extermination of a class or race has been a common theme with The Strain since day one. It began back in season 1 with the reveal that Thomas Eichhorst (Richard Sammel) had been an officer in a Nazi concentration camp and with ...Read More »
Heroes, Villains, And That Grey Area In Between In Fear The Walking Dead “The Unveiling/Children Of Wrath”
Whenever there’s a conflict in a television series, most of the time it’s pretty clear who the good guys and who the bad guys are. Case in point, Negan from The Walking Dead. While the backstory of the brutal leader of the ...Read More »
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Troy Scorned And FTWD’s Rick Grimes Revealed In Fear The Walking Dead “Red Dirt”
So, in last week’s episode, the curtain was pulled back, and the man responsible for shooting down the helicopter and killing Travis was revealed. The man’s name is Qaletaqa Walker (Michael Greyeyes), and at first blush, especially with the horrific way ...Read More »
Karma’s A Bitch Courtesy Of The Indians In Fear The Walking Dead “Burning In Water, Drowning In Flame”
First, and foremost, we are less than a month away from San Diego Comic-Con 2017, and I couldn’t have been more thrilled to see AMC confirm on Twitter yesterday that, indeed, both The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead will be returning this ...Read More »
Fear The Walking Dead Most-Talked About Scene: [SPOILER] Makes A Big Return In “Teotwawki”
Warning: Major spoilers for those who haven’t seen episode 3.03 “Teotwawki” First things first. For those who were hoping for another Lazarus effect on Fear The Walking Dead and find out this week that Travis is, indeed, Iron Man and survived those ...Read More »