# The Strain; season 2 (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-2-open-spoilers/724993 "2015-07-13T00:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-2-open-spoilers/724993/1 "2015-07-13T00:35:24Z")
Season 2 starts tonight on FX with a 90 minute episode. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-2-open-spoilers/724993/2 "2015-07-13T23:46:26Z")
Iā€™m not exactly sure that I was thinking would happen to the blind children, but that was worse. Kelly becoming on the ā€œthe Chosenā€ wasnā€™t a surprise, but Setrakian allying with the other Ancients was. Except theyā€™re more co-belligerents, not allies. The feeding scene was a nice reminder of that. Has the epidemic managed to spread beyond Manhattan yet? šŸ˜• We know vampires canā€™t cross water under their own power, but at the same time infected people have anywhere from a few hours to a few days of being themselves. Surely some managed to make it back to their homes in the Outer Boroughs or NJ before the aversion to crossing water kicks in. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-2-open-spoilers/724993/3 "2015-07-14T00:24:13Z")
Iā€™m glad they are going away from the goofy ass looking main vampire and putting him into a different body. That almost ruined the show for me in season 1. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-2-open-spoilers/724993/4 "2015-07-20T03:42:16Z")
So apparently Setrakian and Palmer go way back. And it now that Ephraim is performing Mengele-esque experiments the Master as a Mengele of his own apparently. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-2-open-spoilers/724993/5 "2015-07-27T03:16:46Z")
At least Palmerā€™s not as naĆÆve as he seemed; he has a contingency plan for backing out of his deal with The Master. And we finally got an explanation as to why Setrakian is in such good health for his age. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-2-open-spoilers/724993/6 "2015-09-21T03:48:15Z")
Well it looks like [Eichhorst](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aSs-2SzvSU) has fallen out the Masterā€™s favor. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![PlumBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PlumBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlumBob)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-2-open-spoilers/724993/7 "2015-09-21T15:09:24Z")
That was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-2-open-spoilers/724993/8 "2015-11-05T18:29:08Z")
Just caught up now and four words: Zach. Has. To. Go. Otherwise, some really terrific developments, even if the logic or consistency is a little off. Some nice power plays and counter moves and Iā€™m looking forward to seeing what happens next. Will Eph grow his hair back now that his side gig in _Ant Man_ is done?