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The Strain: Season 1

1x05 Runaways

The more I think about the organism and infection-and-transformation mechanics, the neater the concept feels. I also know things are going other, mythological places thanks to a YT video I partially watched which made me aware of this show's existence in the first place.

The action continues to feel thin and very 2010s FX network fare, and I've started micro-skipping through the flashback/filler scenes, and I've found myself laughing at some of the "serious" or gory bits, but the premise and where it will lead makes for a diverting trash-watch.

ps. unintentionally funny scene

At right about the 30-minute mark, where the lawyer mom is creepily sniffing her kids (agian! lol), it's hilarious how the cute daughter is just blithely not reacting at all to what's happening. The little boy was doing his best to look terrified and like he was trying to keep his cool, but like, the only acting that's going on on her part is that she's not giggling. Just a placidly smiling little girl being sniffed by her ferally predatory, red-eyed monster mom. She's like this the whole time. (Checks guest star list: Only acting credit is this.)

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TESTED POSITIVE FOR BEING ANOTHER FANTASTIC EPISODE. THE PLOT THICKENS, I LOVE IT.
NORA IS LETTING THE SIDE DOWN THOUGH, SHE'S THE WEAK LINK IN IT ALL.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE
THE RAT CATCHER
THOUGH.
10/10

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