The Strain Season 2 Episode 4: “The Silver Angel”
Directed by J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro
Written by Chuck Hogan
Created by Chuck Hogan, Guillermo del Toro
Starring Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Mia Maestro, Kevin Durand, Richard Sammel, Jonathan Hyde, Miguel Gomez, Natalie Brown, Rita Gedmintas, Jack Kesy, Ben Hyland, Robin Atkin Downes, Robert Maillet FX
Air Date: Sunday August 2nd, 2015, 10pm
The Strain 2.4 “The Silver Angel” review: An unexpected start leads into some new characters. “Angel” used to act in vampire wrestling movies. Gus comes to his restaurant and the pretty Aanya looks happy to see him. Poor Gus is so alone though. He visits his vampire mommy, and recognizes old Angel from the black and white movies. He just doesn’t understand why Angel is so cranky. I can’t wait to see how Angel fits into the vampire fighting.
A 1966 flashback reveals Palmer and Eichorst (Richard Sammel) meeting, and how Setrakian loses Palmer to the dark side in a nunnery. I enjoyed Setrakian killing vamps in the tunnels. But what happened to the boy?
Eph, Nora, and Vasiliy Fet (Kevin Durand) set their “Patient Zero” vampire free, but he is acting strangely. Fet flat-leaves them to go “Boom Boom” in the subway. Yes. He is still my favorite character. That’s why I’m so worried about what happens to him next in this martial law city they live in. Nora keeps bringing up rights, but seriously, protection first, Nora!
Meanwhile… it’s working!! They find dead vamps with pustules of globbedy-gook on their faces, and vamps start killing themselves at The Master’s hive mind behest. Eph laughs in glee and makes us feel like, “Yes!!” right along with him. There’s still an entire city at the mercy of vampires, but yes!!!
Dutch (Rita Gedmintas) and Setrakian track down Fitzwilliam in Staten Island, to get him on the team.
Eph tries to bond with Zach by taking him to the batting cages, but the memories of his happy mom wreck him even more. Kelly (Natalie Brown) and her vamp children sniff up the helmets there, some time later. Closer and closer they come.
Palmer sets up all the financial bigwigs, and then lets Bolivar and the other vamps have a smorgasbord. It is a vicious, exciting scene, and it is televised. Palmer’s plan is coming out quite nicely – for him.
Great episode. It is one of those ones that make you wish next week was already here.
The Strain airs Sunday nights at 10pm Et on FX.
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