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The Strain

Name: The Strain
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2014-07-13
Rating: 7.463

★ 7,5 /10 (2,034 Votes)

2014 EN 4 Seasons

Overview

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

Stream

First air date

13/07/2014

Votes

2,034

Popularity

30.1

Genres

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama Mystery

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse

Networks

Language

Last air date

2017-09-17

Episodes

Episode runtime

44 min

Website

www.fxnetworks.com

Season 1

13 episodes • 2014 • ⭐ 7,2

Season one begins the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the CDC Canary Team in New York City. He and his tea…

Season 2

13 episodes • 2015 • ⭐ 6,7

The transformation has begun in season two. New York City is falling to an evil epidemic and no one is coming to its res…

Season 3

10 episodes • 2016 • ⭐ 6,9

New York City is a battleground as humans fight for survival against the vampire apocalypse in season three. Though our …

Season 4

10 episodes • 2017 • ⭐ 7,4

As the final season begins, nine months have passed. The world has fallen into darkness, and the strigoi are in control.…

Corey Stoll

Dr. Ephraim Goodweather

Kevin Durand

Vasiliy Fet

Miguel Gómez

Augustin 'Gus' Elizalde

David Bradley

Professor Abraham Setrakian

Jonathan Hyde

Eldritch Palmer

Richard Sammel

Thomas Eichorst

Max Charles

Zach Goodweather

Ruta Gedmintas

Dutch Velders

Rupert Penry-Jones

Mr. Quinlan

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This show got an early 7/10 from me. The start was hella strong but it progressively went downhill faster than that time Neil Gaiman took over American Gods (2017) because Gods forbid a black man offend white people over slavery in America! 6/10 is the best rating I can give to Season 1, because as "good" as the Season 1 was, it suffers from the stupidity that became more prevalent in Season 2. So prevalent in fact that I just couldn't anymore by mid Season 2. How The Strain (2014) manages to retain it's high praise and high regard for it to remain in Recommended lists is beyond my understa…

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