"The Strain" Recap: "The Silver Angel"

Written by Scotty

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If you do not have a way to find out what has happened in the past, you may never know what the future will hold.  With so many strange things happening these days, you are left to question what might actually happen if one of these things gets to biblical proportions.  No matter what your plan may be when it all hits the fan, you will find that there was one point in history that mimics your exact situation, but are you or were the people that lived through it prepared?  You can learn a lot from the past and even though you should not live in it, you can definitely learn plenty from it and possibly find new outcomes before things start going downhill.

Eph, Nora and Fet are transporting their infected vampire down to the most populated area in Red Hook to see if their virus will actually work.  Dropping off the test subject, the group waits and watches as the vampire does not go below ground, but finds his way back to where he worked.  Following the host into a mental institution, the group sees that there are plenty more test subjects and they will need to check them out after nightfall to make sure that the virus will actually work.  The group decides to break up during the day as Eph needs to find a way to connect with his son once again, Nora needs to relax and Fet is planning to blow the subway line out of Red Hook to keep the vampires from spreading.

Dutch has hung back with Abraham to bounce some ideas off of the old professor. Finding out that the Palmer’s old assistant is no longer at the millionaire’s side, she looks to locate the right hand man that allowed her to live a couple weeks ago.  Finding out that Reggie Fitzwilliam has a brother that is stationed out on the infection free Staten Island, she and Abraham make an outing to talk to the former assistant.  While Reggie does not believe that he can turn on his former employer, he knows how serious the problem is around the city after seeing a vampire blitz that has taken out all of New York’s top money men with the exception of Palmer.  Taking Abraham’s card, Reggie is going to have to look deep into his soul and find out what kind of man he really is.

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Gus is on his own after the band of vampire hunters he was running with have been destroyed.  Looking to clear his head, he tries out a new restaurant and finds out that the staff is not too bad to talk to, with the exception of the over protective busser. With a full stomach, Gus returns to his home to find his mother has fully changed into the threat he has been trained so well to kill.  Not wanting to fight, much less kill her, Gus is able to avoid several strikes from her stinger, but then she falls dormant for a second and the Master takes control of her body.  Talking to the only remaining hunter, the Master knows that he will not be any trouble without help from the ancients and since Gus is now alone, there will no reinforcements to protect him.  Leaving the house, Gus stumbles back into the restaurant for another meal, but the older busser Angel is not too happy to see the former convict return.  Gus believes that he knows the older man, but has to be sure so he hangs around the back ally to confront him and in a way, his dreams come true.

Abraham is still trying to find the book that he and Palmer were looking for when together in their youth.  Back in 1966 and Abraham was still a young and able hunter, his research pointed to a vampire next to a monastery that held a great library.  When arriving, the two see that it has been torn to shreds and the young boy that they found hiding out said that his mother burned it before their arrival.  With only one living person in the building, Abraham continues his hunt into the catacombs but Palmer is visited by Thomas Eichorst who brings good tidings and the secret of immortality.  Upon his return to the main floor, Abraham is shocked that Palmer has given up on the hunt for the book, along with wanting to eradicating the vampire threat.  Although Abraham has not lost his determination, he is fight a losing battle, especially when losing his only money stream.

Finally, an episode where I liked all of the characters that played a role, even Zach.  Bonding time between Eph and his son was a good idea, but taking him to a place where the family used to go may not have been the wisest decision as Kelly is still on the hunt for her boy with the ‘feelers’ who has a fantastic sense of smell.  Abraham was not as snarky towards his crew and for good reason, they are able to bring him the information that he has been longing for.  Nora and Eph are working together pretty well and when they find out that their infection is working, they see that the Master knows it as well and commands his minions to kill themselves before any further damage can be done.  Knowing that they can win this, Eph wants to get ahold of Washington to get the drug mass produced, but Nora is having second thoughts about it since it was only one test and she does not know if it will be as promising the second time around.  Then Fet got to blow up the subway, but was taken in by the peace keepers, even though he is trying to help.  I can see a huge blowup between the council woman who has taken control of Red Hook and Fet coming up since he will take matters into his own hands and not ask anyone for their permission.  I cannot wait for the next episode and I hope the characters continue on the up and up and this week you even get to meet the old wrestling legend, The Silver Angel!  Stay Scared.

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