The Strain

Previously on "The Strain"...

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- Welcome, children. - Is this the new school?

Your journey has indeed come to an end,

but your adventure is just beginning.

Rejoice, Kelly.

The Master's bestowed upon you

the blessing of a new family.

They have unique abilities

sight and perception beyond the physical spectrum.

Behold the Feelers.

Finding a cure or making a vaccine is nearly impossible,

but what we can do is take everything we know

about how to stop an epidemic and use that knowledge

- to start one. - Infect the infected.

Break the chain.

Don't shoot!

Ahh!

No, wait, wait! We need them.

Beautiful, is it not?

Each figure has a meaning of its own.

Together they form a larger meaning...

a glorious prophecy.

No.

I don't understand.

Our Master is about to undergo

a wondrous transformation.

Our enemies burned his flesh,

but soon he will select another vessel

and rise again.

Who will he choose?

That is for him to decide.

And when he does,

all his followers must embrace his wisdom

and continue to serve him faithfully.

Are you prepared to do that?

Of course.

Good.

- How's that? - That's better.

- I still feel kind of hot. - Yeah. You have a fever.

- What's that for? - You've been through quite a shock.

This will help.

When can we go home?

To your storage shed? Not anytime soon.

It's crawling with vampires.

We'll find a safer place for you when you feel better.

When are we gonna tell 'em?

In a couple of hours when they wake up.

You mean when they're too sick to put up a fight?

They're infected...

Does it matter?

...Scene of another bizarre murder

that claimed the lives of a young couple in Brooklyn

who were found in their basement...

- Morning, sunshine! - Come in.

Just checking in, you know.

It's almost noon and you hadn't come out and, uh...

You thought I dropped dead.

I figured there was a 20% chance.

Now look, Dutch and I, we're...

we're gonna go clear out some local munchers.

I just wanted to check in

and see if you need anything before I go.

No, nothing.

All right.

Well, don't forget to eat something, all right?

You want to remind me to go to the toilet, too?

Professor, I was...

wondering,

what do you hope to find in these books?

Something I overlooked. Of all the evils a man faces,

growing old is the one I cannot do anything about.

When I was young,

I could hold all this in my head,

and now it seems to be

slipping away from me.

Somewhere in here, there, there, there must be a clue.

- A clue to what? - An ancient book.

If I can find it...

it may tell me how to destroy the Master.

Workers discovered

these bodies while building a roadway in Gliwice, Poland.

They were buried almost a thousand years ago.

Notice how their heads have been severed and placed

beside their feet. Thus we can see the pagan myth

of vampires persists well into the Christian era.

Isn't it possible that these myths persist

because vampires are real?

Some still believe that.

Here is your homework assignment for Monday.

Remember, all quotes must be footnoted.

Professor Setrakian?

Eldritch Palmer would like to speak with you.

It is an honor to finally meet you, Professor Setrakian.

Well, I am a great admirer of yours.

- May we speak frankly? - By all means.

Well, I understand your caution.

If you were to publicly admit the truth,

then you'd lose your position at the university.

- And what truth is that? - You believe that vampires

have walked among us for thousands of years

- and are with us still. - Well, suppose I do?

Well, I share your conviction,

and I want to help.

Now, I'm willing to put my resources at your disposal.

That's a tempting offer, Mr. Palmer, but my work

is too dangerous, and I can't afford to be encumbered by...

An amateur?

I assure you that I am many things but that.

Have you heard of a Polish nobleman by the name

of Jusef Sardu?

According to legend, he was attacked by a vampire

while on a hunting trip in 1873.

Correct.

And he was said to have carried a cane.

With a wolf's head handle made of white gold. Silver blade.

It's been missing for decades,

but my sources tell me that it may have

recently resurfaced here in Vienna.

That is the first I've heard of this.

Well, is it true?

That's what I need you to find out.

I'll see what I can turn up.

Mr. and Mrs. McGeever, we need to talk.

- What's happening to us? - Would you both please

raise up your arms?

Oh, Mother of God!

What is that?!

You've both contracted the disease

that's broken out in New York.

The worms carry a very aggressive virus.

There's no cure.

You'll both die in 15 to 48 hours.

You knew this the moment those things wounded us.

We did, but you wouldn't believe it

- until you saw it for yourself. - Why did you bring us here?

- Because we need your help. - For over 200 years,

yellow fever ravaged American cities, killing

hundreds of thousands of people. The disease went unchecked,

until a group of US soldiers volunteered to be test subjects

for Dr. Walter Reed. They helped find a way

to eradicate that disease. We'd like you to help us

- do the same with this. - Forget it. Come on.

- Let's go. - That's your choice,

but let me be perfectly clear.

Untreated, you will both die slowly and painfully.

The virus will reanimate your corpses.

You will then seek out and infect anybody you love.

Is that what you want?

Oh God. Evan!

We could infect our son?

Count on it.

It's true, we can't save your lives.

But we can make you as comfortable as possible

- during the time you have left. - And you can strike a blow

against this disease, help stop it,

for your son.

We have to do this.

We don't really have a choice, do we?

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First of all, let me say mistakes were made.

No shit. Thanks for the newsflash.

Councilwoman Faraldo, Secretary Barnes here has been

- good enough to come up from Washington... - Good enough?

It's his job, which he has not been doing.

Have you seen what's going on out there?!

You mean, the people shooting six-foot snakes

out of their mouths and sucking their neighbors dry?

- You had a look, Mayor? - Of course I have!

I've been on the phone night and day

with the governor, with Senator Lang,

with Homeland Security trng to get us more help,

but everybody's been too busy pointing fingers

and covering their own asses.

And still, the press blames me. Here, look at this.

See? Canker sores. I haven't had these

since law school. My God, what have I done to deserve this?

- I'll make a list. - Look,

we're facing the most severe crisis in this city's history.

My predecessor failed to understand

the gravity of the situation, but we have corrected the course

and now have protocols in place to contain this epidemic.

- What protocols? - The CDC has established

quarantine stations in each borough.

Symptomatic individuals have been placed in isolation units

for a 24-hour incubation period

- to confirm they're carriers. - And if they are?

We're running down every person they've come

into contact with, and placing them in isolation

to determine if they've also been infected.

No, I meant the original people, the ones infected.

What are you doing with them? Well, for the moment...

we're confining them in secure facilities.

You're warehousing these things?!

These are vicious, evil predators.

- They need to be put down. - Put down?!

The United States government is not in the business

of euthanizing its citizens, no matter how sick they are.

I have over a thousand doctors working

- around the clock in labs... - Meanwhile these things,