"The Strain" Recap: "Quick and Painless"

Written by Scotty

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It is difficult to get through to someone that is in a state of denial.  Not willing to believe what is happening right in front of their very eyes, there seems to be no way to convince them that anything else could be happening as well.  Without wanting to give in to what they have witnessed, you just have to keep at it to make sure that they are able to tell what is real and what is just in their mind.  This takes a lot of time and effort and may seem to be a waste of time when doing it, but in the end, they will thank you for taking the time to make sure that they understood what has happened.

When Dutch finds out that Fet has been arrested by the council woman’s extermination squads, she needs to get down to the station to get him out.  With Nora by her side, the two propose a trade of information when it comes to detecting the virus that will not require a quarantine.  Nora breaks out the ultraviolet light and shows the council woman what an infected person looks like up close and even though it is a fool proof way to detecting the outbreak, it may not be enough when she discovers that her nephew has been infected.  The council woman now has to come to a decision that she has been asking her people to go through with for the past couple of days and be okay with it, but everything changes when your family is involved.

After being freed, Fet is ready to show the extermination squad what can be done with their vampire hunting methods.  Since the squad has only being using their police issued weapons, they do not know what else can kill these creatures without just taking off their heads.  Wielding their silver weapons, Fet and Dutch arrive at the latest apartment complex that has not been fully cleaned and show the police what they are capable of.  Dropping the vampire threat like a bad habit, the commander sees what the effect of silver can be on these infected, but has seen a new threat in this building as well, the spider children that are quick as hell and are able to climb walls.  Without an answer for this new breed yet, Fet shows off his exterminator skills by finding a vampire hiding in the wall.  Knowing that they are getting smarter, the conventional hunting tactics by the police along with Fet and Dutch will need to be revamped and quickly.  

Eph has been able to secure a fake ID from one of Dutch’s friends and is looking to make his way to Washington to get the new virus mass produced to save the city.  When Nora declines to go along on the trip, along with Zach refusing to leave until he finds his mother again, Eph is left on his own.  Being able to board the train without any problems, Eph sees his former boss Dr. Barnes on his way to Washington as well.  Eph has to keep his head down to not be recognized before completing his mission and even with a new look, everyone seems to be having a moment of déjà vu when passing him in the walk ways.  Trying to get off of the train before being discovered by the security team, Eph meets up with Barnes and the two battle it out, leaving the head spot of the CDC vacant. 

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Abraham is in a race against time to find the vampire's book since Palmer is looking for it as well.  Stopping by another man’s warehouse that is an expert at procuring these types of items, Abraham puts everything he still has on the line to insure that it can be located.  Palmer is using his current community love to find out where the book could by hiding by using the church to locate it for him.  Either way, both men are searching for the same thing and one will have to give when it finally resurfaces, but how do they know that it is in the city itself?  Since both men know each other inside and out, there will have to be some sort of showdown between them as they will not allow one another to win at anything now.

Pretty good twists and turns as this episode played out.  With the ‘feelers’ being seen more often now, you are able to see as Kelly is searching for Zach and I have a feeling that she is going to find him very soon, especially while Eph is out of the city.  Eph is looking for anyone that will listen to him in Washington and will need to get his virus pumped out as quickly as possible, but even with the change in his appearance, (looking like Darren Cross from Ant-Man) everyone still knows his face and he will encounter more trouble than it is worth.  Nora is trying to help out the council woman while showing everything that she knows about the infection since she and Eph found the first stages of the infection.  

Zach is left on his own and it looks like his mother is getting closer to finding his location, so it will be a pretty easy feat to find him until the others make it back to the building.  Dutch and Fet are on their game, showing the new exterminators how to kill off the vampire threat with silver and hopefully give them some new pointers when hunting since the vampires are seeming to get smarter with their hiding places.  And now there is a new hunter that has shown up in town, welding his large sword and seems to have his own contacts that are able to bring him to any location he needs to be.  The next episode may tell us a little bit more about what the ancients plan to do when it comes to killing off the Master and with their new warrior arriving, it may be time for Gus and the Silver Angel to come back out of retirement and lay it all on the line.  Stay Scared!

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