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Sunday, 23 August 2015

The Strain: "The Born" Review

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Warning: full episode spoilers follow.

In some ways it doesn't feel like The Strain's second season really got underway until Quinlan made his long-awaited debut this week. This immortal human/vampire hybrid is the final piece of the puzzle in the war between humanity and the strigoi, and "The Born" wasted no time in placing him front and center in the conflict. Even with some weak elements this week, the Quinlan-heavy focus was more than enough to keep the excitement level high.

This episode delivered not one, but two historical flashbacks to Quinlan's younger days. The first was a neat, Spartacus-style sequence set in ancient Rome as Quinlan proved himself master of the gladiatorial arena. That sequence illustrated several important traits about the character right away - his devastating strength and fighting skills, his ability to walk in sunlight and his fascination with/disdain for humanity and its bloodthirsty ways. The former two qualities are nothing new in vampire fiction. We've seen countless human/vampire hybrid characters with the "all of their strengths, none of their weaknesses" qualification. But that latter quality might be Quinlan's most distinguishing characteristic. He's a character caught between two worlds, and he doesn't seem to hold either in very high regard.

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