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 The Strain (Season 1) 
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Post Re: The Strain (Season 1)
whoa whoa whoa. calm down. it's not even on the same level as The Walking Dead.

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It's a million times more entertaining. "Walking Dead" is boring.


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*blocked*

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Post Re: The Strain (Season 1)
I enjoy it a lot. It is a solidly creepy and involving horror procedural.

However, I highly doubt I will ever become invested in these characters the way I am with The Walking Dead's ensemble. They are fairly standard-issue types.

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The only guy I care about on this show is the old guy. Because he seems like a badass. And the rat guy seems cool.

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Kevin Durand's sarcastic exterminator is curiously my favorite character, even though he has not done much yet. I just dig his presence a lot.

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Your loss. It's pretty good. And it's very creepy. Kinda cheesy, but whatever.


There are certainly better shows I could be watching :P. I still haven't seen Breaking Bad or Orphan Black.


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There will always be better shows. And I'm assuming you watch far worse than this currently.

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The following episodes havent been as good as the first, I thought this was gonna make me feel what Coven did. It doesn't.

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I do not entirely understand the purpose of the brooding Latino thug with a heart of gold, but I continued to enjoy the vampire action in the latest episode, including the welcome, creepy, gooey autopsy scene.

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There will always be better shows. And I'm assuming you watch far worse than this currently.


True, but at least those shows are enjoyable. Something I didn't really find this to be.


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David wrote:
I do not entirely understand the purpose of the brooding Latino thug with a heart of gold, but I continued to enjoy the vampire action in the latest episode, including the welcome, creepy, gooey autopsy scene.


These are my exact thoughts. David and I are becoming one.

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Also, that dude who locked himself in the shed, good on him. Minus eating his dog. But his wife is CUCKOO.

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In my opinion, the most recent episode is the best yet. Very suspenseful.

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I have been really enjoying this. I hope shit starts to get really bad.

I can't remember what scene it was, but it was quiet and eerie... and then my puppy decided that was a perfect time to let out a quick bark. Scared the crap out of us.

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Post Re: The Strain (Season 1)
Were those vampires who happen to be vampire hunters at the end?


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That is what it looked like... And they were bad ass. That guy looks familiar...

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Post Re: The Strain (Season 1)
This show has such a shitty narrative. The most intriguing thing that happened so far were those vampire killers (who are vampires?). That was like 2 or 3 episodes ago. And they are yet to be seen again. Instead the show focuses on schmaltzy plots like "where's my mom/wife?".


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Last nights episode was kind of weak... but so far it's been aces. I'm assuming head vampire has some plan for momwife.

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Since Season 1 is coming to an end with just two episodes left I can honestly say that overall I had fun with this show. It's not anything revolutionary, but I like the mythology and the direction it's going in is pretty interesting.

Fet and Gus are easily my favorite characters and I can't wait to see what they do next season. Hopefully, the writing improves aswell.


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It's getting good! Very creepy and they've built the scenes up very well.

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I have enjoyed the season overall. It does have flaws (a pacing issue here, a frustrating character trait there), but it has a core of creepy excitement which has held my interest. And a few of the characters are blossoming into real gems, particularly Kevin Durand's exterminator.

I do wish we could see more of the squad of vampire-hunting vampires.

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Got another little tiny bit of the vampire-hunting vampires.

Though I'm very curious as to why they were SHIPPING VAMPIRES and WHERE THEY WERE GOING.

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Fine finale. Very interesting direction they're going with the vampire hunting vampires.

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Chippy wrote:
Got another little tiny bit of the vampire-hunting vampires.

Though I'm very curious as to why they were SHIPPING VAMPIRES and WHERE THEY WERE GOING.

And why is a mexican gangbanger the chosen one?


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