# The Strain; season 3 (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-3-open-spoilers/764359 "2016-08-29T00:11:35Z")\ **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:** [August 29, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-3-open-spoilers/764359/1 "2016-08-29T00:11:35Z")
Season 3 starts tonight on FX. ---
**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 5, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-3-open-spoilers/764359/2 "2016-09-05T04:09:42Z")
So anybody else watching? I think this is probably the best thing on Sunday nights (at the very least it has the worldbuilding lacking in a certain show on another network). I’m glad they keep reminding of the timeline too; it’s easy to forget it’s been less than a month since the Master arrived in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-3-open-spoilers/764359/3 "2016-09-05T12:44:33Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > So anybody else watching? I think this is probably the best thing on Sunday nights (at the very least it has the worldbuilding lacking in a certain show on another network). I’m glad they keep reminding of the timeline too; it’s easy to forget it’s been less than a month since the Master arrived in NYC. I haven’t but (Netflix? Hulu? One of the streaming services) keeps recommending it to me. Want to tell us who don’t know it a bit about it? ---
**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 18, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-3-open-spoilers/764359/4 "2016-09-18T22:24:25Z")
[It’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strain_(TV_series)) based on a novel trilogy by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan. The vampires are very different from most fictional vampires (definitely no erotic aspect ;)), but it does a very good job of showing society’s slow collapse. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-3-open-spoilers/764359/5 "2016-10-18T03:39:16Z")
So apparently Palmer is building about 100 human abattoirs all over North America. :eek: There’s obviously a lot more human collaborators than just him & his lieutenants; I with that would get explored a little more. Only 2 more episodes left this season. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-3-open-spoilers/764359/6 "2016-11-01T01:45:24Z")
Well Zack might need to die. I know he’s just a child and his undead mother brainwashed him, but if you’re old enough to detonate a nuclear & betray humanity to the vampires you’re old enough to hang for war crimes. I kinda with I hadn’t found out it was renewed for a 4th & final season since it meant I knew going in that the Master would survive. Speaking of, Master Eldritch was pretty entertaining. I’d like to see more of him next season, but I don’t see the Master bothering with the makeup so there’s not much point. It doesn’t seem like there are any human authorities left he’d need to deal with as Eldritch. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-3-open-spoilers/764359/7 "2016-11-14T14:07:02Z")
Yeah, most narratives have kids who are unbearable because they’re annoying characters or irritating plot distractions. But Zach is far far worse now. He’s gotta go. Sent from my SCH-I435 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strain-season-3-open-spoilers/764359/8 "2016-11-14T14:37:35Z")
I didn’t post here because I was always a few weeks behind on this show but I really liked Season 3. It was cheezy fun and I was shocked they had the nerve to end it the way they did.