The Strain is an amazing new show on FX which gives a new spin on the classic vampire genre. At the time of this review I had seen the first 6 episodes of the series, and I can not stress enough how much I am loving it.
The series starts with an airplane that has landed with absolutely no contact to the airport, and has not moved since landing. With no contact with the people in the plane the authorities are called. Everyone you would think of seems to show up and fight over the jurisdiction of the plane. The CDC wins out and gets to be the first to investigate finding nearly everyone on the plane dead.
One of the biggest changes with this is that they are avoiding the term vampire for the most part, and its being treated more as an outbreak of a disease.
This show is giving us a much needed change to the vampire crap out there now. The vampires in this show are more like rabid creatures, and the change from human to vampire is displayed more like a sickness that gradually changes them.
According to Entertainment Weekly The series has been picked up for season 2 by The FX Network, and if it is half as good as the current season is so far then we will have a Vampire show that guys can watch without having to hide the fact that they are watching it, or using the ruse that they only watch it because their girlfriend or wife watch it.
My rating out of 5:
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