The Strain - Creatures Of The Night - Advanced Preview

Previously on The Strain
Eph, Nora, Setrakian and Jim try to corner and capture Eichorst. Part of Setrakian's history, and connection to Eichorst and The Master, is revealed.

One of the most popular series of the Summer season is The Strain and each episode gets better and better. Last week we learned a little history about Setrakian and how he came to know Eichorst. Eichorst was his warden in a World War II Concentration Camp as he made Setrakian carve the coffin The Master uses to travel and sleep in. It was one of the better episodes of the season as it was full of action and rich with story and answers to some of our questions.

This Sunday's episode of The Strain is filled with action sequences from beginning to end and we get quite a few answers to the mythology, which is always welcome. Episode 8 has some of the best action scenes to date. As the episode picks right up where we left last week, our team of vampire hunters get right in to it, looking for ways to get the upper hand. I think some fans of the series will enjoy this episode as more characters are introduced and brought into the mix.

'Creatures Of The Night' reminded me a lot of early 'The Walking Dead' episodes from season 1 and season 2. The strigoi seem to be very similar to the walkers except, of course, the whole 'can't walk in the sunlight thing'...plus a few other characteristics. Some scenes from this Sunday's episode made me think of 'The Walking Dead', which I think is a good thing. The Strain is definitely unique with it's mythology and backstory.



Scenes to Notice

- There are several scenes where we learn different ways the team can kill the strigoi to look out for.

- Vasily Fet is in quite a few scenes and he is one of my favorites. He always has the comedic relief lines so keep an eye out for that.

- Setrakian and Eph argue with each other quite a bit and are fitting into 'Man of Science, Man of Faith' roles very well.

Tagline Game

I have been writing for SpoilerTV for almost a full year now. Occasionally, we get episodes in advance of the airing and we write/post an article about it. The Strain is one of the first shows I have had the opportunity to write an 'Advanced Preview' for and all my fellow writers seem to have some signature section that they include in theirs that made me think I should have one as well. So, I decided to come up with this 'Tagline Game'. A tagline is optional for us to add to our Review/Post titles that describes in a few words what the particular episode was about. I thought it would be fun to include in my Advanced Previews five potential taglines that would include three I was thinking of using (that I would eventually choose one of) and add two to throw you off. (This idea sounded a lot better in my head) It is kind of like that game "Two Truths and a Lie"...except this would be called "Three Taglines and Two...False...Taglines" or something like that. Let's just stick with Tagline Game. So here we go, if you all don't like this game let me know and I'll think of some other brilliant idea.

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I hope everyone enjoys the episode on Sunday! Have a great weekend everyone! And if you have any questions or would like to discuss The Strain further please comment below!

About the Author - Geo N

My name is George and I am from Detroit, MI. My favorite shows are The Blacklist, Hell On Wheels, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, LOST, Sons Of Anarchy, Sleepy Hollow and countless other shows. When I'm not watching tons of TV, I enjoy reading, playing hockey, comic books, weightlifting, and writing. Thanks for checking out my post.

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