Warning: full episode spoilers follow.
Things are heating up in The Strain's New York City. Even as our heroes and the city government make strides in the fight against the strigoi, the rivalry between the Master's faction and the Ancients shifted to full-blown hostility this week. All of this made for an enjoyable installment, though as usual, there were a couple weak points holding the show back.
Bucking the trend of recent episodes, "Fort Defiance" didn't offer up any flashback scenes. That was for the best. There was enough going on this week that any flashbacks, no matter how compelling, probably would have been momentum killers. Instead, the focus shifted back to Gus and Vaun as the two were given orders to kidnap Eldritch Palmer and take one of the Master's key players off the board. I've mentioned before that the show is really benefiting from this three-way conflict, and this episode reaffirmed as much. Rather than just being a tale of humans battling a vampire plague, it's nice that there are multiple factions of vampires with their own desires and goals.
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Things are heating up in The Strain's New York City. Even as our heroes and the city government make strides in the fight against the strigoi, the rivalry between the Master's faction and the Ancients shifted to full-blown hostility this week. All of this made for an enjoyable installment, though as usual, there were a couple weak points holding the show back.
Bucking the trend of recent episodes, "Fort Defiance" didn't offer up any flashback scenes. That was for the best. There was enough going on this week that any flashbacks, no matter how compelling, probably would have been momentum killers. Instead, the focus shifted back to Gus and Vaun as the two were given orders to kidnap Eldritch Palmer and take one of the Master's key players off the board. I've mentioned before that the show is really benefiting from this three-way conflict, and this episode reaffirmed as much. Rather than just being a tale of humans battling a vampire plague, it's nice that there are multiple factions of vampires with their own desires and goals.
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