The Strain - FX

[TeeJay1952]

Gus

 

[HumblePie]

Gus

book:

Spoiler

He plays a part, a bit more important part in the aftermath of the nuclear fall out, until the very end. He becomes less of a wiener later too although he is still somewhat of a dickhead, just not as much.

 

[BrokenVisage]

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Wow that ending. Right at the moment Eichorst has been waiting all this time for, then that happens to him. Glad to see Quinlan did in fact survive too, though I was 95% sure he was fine. Awesome episode overall, can't wait for the finale.

 

[Elixer]

Spoiler

Which weasel surviving are you referring to? Didn't watch the show and waiting really to binge watch the whole thing once the tv series is done.

Spoiler

Yeah, Augustin 'Gus' Elizalde.
He really hasn't done anything of value this season, just complain about everything, get more people killed (for trying to save his vamp-mom) and so on.

BTW, what is it with Dutch sleeping around with all the guys/gals anyway? Who is next, Abraham?
I am also glad that Zack wasn't seen the entire episode, I sure hope it stays that way for the next episode as well.

 

[John Connor]

Spoiler

Which weasel surviving are you referring to? Didn't watch the show and waiting really to binge watch the whole thing once the tv series is done.

Guss.

 

[John Connor]

Wow! That escalated rather quickly, wouldn't you agree? HAHAHA

 

[HumblePie]

Spoiler

Yeah, Augustin 'Gus' Elizalde.
He really hasn't done anything of value this season, just complain about everything, get more people killed (for trying to save his vamp-mom) and so on.

BTW, what is it with Dutch sleeping around with all the guys/gals anyway? Who is next, Abraham?
I am also glad that Zack wasn't seen the entire episode, I sure hope it stays that way for the next episode as well.

Book:

Spoiler

Well since Dutch isn't in the books, can't answer that one at all.

Gus in the books later on gets people killed trying to keep his mom alive as a vampire. He keeps her locked up in the basement of ruined library the "Resistance" is using as a base without letting anyone know his mother is down there. The resistance is the rest of the humans that are still humans after the nuclear fallout aftermath. Of which there end up being three types of humans. Sympathizers that help "run" various food processing places for the vamps, Humans in the resistance fighting meagerly against the vamps, and the last group which is just meat/slaves

Quinlan and Zack in the books are both alive until the very end as they both have a part to play. Father + Son against Father + Son symmetry crap.

 

[John Connor]

Okay, that little fucker needs to go, NOW!

 

[BrokenVisage]

OMFG! Is that how it happens in the book too? I would've tore my eyes out after reading him do that.

 

[XMan]

BrokenVisage - nope.

I've already seen people griping about "one nuclear bomb wouldn't cause a worldwide blackout" but that's something they can fix with a voiceover next year.

Pleasantly surprised that

Spoiler: Spoiler

Setrakian did not die, as he did at the end of book two.

 

[Elixer]

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That kid... I am at a loss of words on how idiotic he is.
Nuke goes off, Master escapes, the voice is back.
If the "jammer" worked, then why was it that it didn't phase Quinlan at all?
I also don't see the point of the nuke at the Statue of Liberty? Why a nuke, instead of regular explosives? I supposed it is meant to be symbolic, but it was pretty stupid as well. You would think the Master would use it to get rid of any other resistance.

Now to wait for next season to end this show.

 

[Pulsar]

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That kid... I am at a loss of words on how idiotic he is.
Nuke goes off, Master escapes, the voice is back.
If the "jammer" worked, then why was it that it didn't phase Quinlan at all?
I also don't see the point of the nuke at the Statue of Liberty? Why a nuke, instead of regular explosives? I supposed it is meant to be symbolic, but it was pretty stupid as well. You would think the Master would use it to get rid of any other resistance.

Now to wait for next season to end this show.

I do not know why writers feel the need to write someone into every show that is the live embodiment of Jar Jar Binks. That kid needed to have the shit kicked out of him them be padlocked in a holding cell. Instead, now we have him walking around with his incredibly good decision making skills and a killer Labrador retriever. "Hey Spot! Go fetch me that guys windpipe! Good dog...."

 

[RPD]

God seriously fuck that kid, talk about the ultimate emo "I HATE YOU" reaction. F-.

 

[Pulsar]

God seriously fuck that kid, talk about the ultimate emo "I HATE YOU" reaction. F-.

Yeah no kidding. The worst part is that it's totally unbelievable. That's what I hate most about the way these writers write. What total fucking imbecile would go along with his vamped out mom, Nazi SS officer, and a pet blood sucker. He's not just a conflicted kid... I mean I can't see ANY kid being that stupid. Then.... at the end there..... it just made no sense at all.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Yeah no kidding. The worst part is that it's totally unbelievable. That's what I hate most about the way these writers write. What total fucking imbecile would go along with his vamped out mom, Nazi SS officer, and a pet blood sucker. He's not just a conflicted kid... I mean I can't see ANY kid being that stupid. Then.... at the end there..... it just made no sense at all.

Bingo. I was happy to suspend logic and put aside thoughts that made sense when it comes to the strigoi and other things, but that whole scene with the kid including Eph staying back to stitch up a simple wound was just... lame, so very lame.

 

[Skel]

Yeah no kidding. The worst part is that it's totally unbelievable. That's what I hate most about the way these writers write. What total fucking imbecile would go along with his vamped out mom, Nazi SS officer, and a pet blood sucker. He's not just a conflicted kid... I mean I can't see ANY kid being that stupid. Then.... at the end there..... it just made no sense at all.

I'm not justifying the story as it's pretty weak... but I got the impression that all of them, the Master, his mother and Eichorst were programming him off camera. They did show a few scenes where the Mother was attempting to explain and teach Zack that they were the good guys and his father was the messed up one. I'm not saying they way they went about it wasn't stupid, but I got the feeling that the kid was already turned by this point (turned as in mentally, not a vamp) and Eph

Spoiler: Show Spoiler, but I'm sure happened in books

killing his mother

was the final straw to move him completely over to the Master's side, whom they said in the episode that was doing it because he enjoyed making them suffer.

 

[XMan]

The Master's white screwed with Zach's head in the books, IIRC.

 

[BrokenVisage]

The Master's white screwed with Zach's head in the books, IIRC.

I could accept this more than what went down at Stoneheart, they should have somehow played that angle more in the show.

 

[Leyawiin]

God what an insufferable brat.

 

[John Connor]

I honestly wouldn't give two shits if he was drained. That would be great to see in this show.

 

[John Connor]

One more day until the last episode of the season.

 

[XMan]

???

That was it, Sunday.

 

[Elixer]

Starts back up Sunday.

The Strain
FX Sun, 7/16, 10:00 PM 1 hr 5 min.

P.S, that kid... ARGH, he better not be still in one piece.

 

[PingviN]

At some point you have to send this kid to acting school. Or just kill him off. Probably best to kill him off, just to be sure.

 

[Elixer]

At some point you have to send this kid to acting school. Or just kill him off. Probably best to kill him off, just to be sure.

You said it.
How they could make this punk a main character is mind boggling.

I was so hoping the tiger would have killed him.