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*** Not to mention how ''fast'' the little buggers move. You thought the full grown vamps were scary? Oh, just you wait. At least one review website has called them "The Creepiest Things On TV".
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*** Not to mention how ''fast'' the little buggers move. You thought the full grown vamps were scary? Oh, just you wait. At least one review website has called them "The Creepiest Things On TV".TV", and the characters themselfs getting unnerved when they find the "Spider-Kids" for the first time.
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* While this doesn't apply to the show, the Dark Horse graphic novel adaptation does display what happens around the world during "Illumination Day".
## Eph himself mentions in his diary that after all of the Stoneheart Nuclear Power Plants (instead of nuclear briefcases in the show) went into meltdown and exploded, "civilization literally collapsed".
## Due to paranoia manifesting in the American government, they launched a nuclear strike against a Middle Eastern nation, kickstarting the [[DisasterDominoes dominoes that would result in the world's end]].
## Pakistan and Iran launched their own nuclear weapons at Israel, who in turn retaliated back (think of the [[DespairEventHorizon Samson]] [[TakingYouWithMe Option]]), with India siding with them by attacking Pakistan and Iran with their own nukes.
## North Korea sends their troops to the 38th parallel, presumably to launch an invasion against South Korea. China themselves saught conflict in every direction, citing security reasons, and a belief that they should be the dominant world power.
## Russia themselves had "other ideas", and there were rumours that they too used their nuclear weapons. But by the time they're reported, retrieving factual information became impossible.
## In the end, due to the nuclear war, the entire world is blanketed in smoke, ash, and fallout. And this gives the strigoi a perfect opportunity to claim the world as their own, driving the humans into hiding.
** Since the episode ends with New York's fall and the strigoi swarming the streets, [[NothingIsScarier we do not know what happens beyond that point]].
## Eph himself mentions in his diary that after all of the Stoneheart Nuclear Power Plants (instead of nuclear briefcases in the show) went into meltdown and exploded, "civilization literally collapsed".
## Due to paranoia manifesting in the American government, they launched a nuclear strike against a Middle Eastern nation, kickstarting the [[DisasterDominoes dominoes that would result in the world's end]].
## Pakistan and Iran launched their own nuclear weapons at Israel, who in turn retaliated back (think of the [[DespairEventHorizon Samson]] [[TakingYouWithMe Option]]), with India siding with them by attacking Pakistan and Iran with their own nukes.
## North Korea sends their troops to the 38th parallel, presumably to launch an invasion against South Korea. China themselves saught conflict in every direction, citing security reasons, and a belief that they should be the dominant world power.
## Russia themselves had "other ideas", and there were rumours that they too used their nuclear weapons. But by the time they're reported, retrieving factual information became impossible.
## In the end, due to the nuclear war, the entire world is blanketed in smoke, ash, and fallout. And this gives the strigoi a perfect opportunity to claim the world as their own, driving the humans into hiding.
** Since the episode ends with New York's fall and the strigoi swarming the streets, [[NothingIsScarier we do not know what happens beyond that point]].
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* The CrapsackWorld Earth becomes by the time of Season 4. In the aftermath of the crushing defeat in New York, the strigoi swarm the world and form a OneWorldOrder, "[[ANaziByAnyOtherName The Partnership]]". The scenery is now draped in Holocaust and Nazi-esque imagery, with the implications that the Partnership is some sort of FourthReich. People are gradually trained to live with fewer and fewer rights and comforts until they are reduced to caged livestock and drained in industrial quantities, while the number of collaborators temporarily benefiting from the system are gradually fed into it, step by step.
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* The Strigoi might be one of the more horrific depictions of vampires in recent memory. They're a race of ancient EldritchAbomination creatures with vampire-esque biology and functions and act like mindless beasts, viewing living creatures as nothing more than food and a source to spread [[TheVirus an infection that turns the victim into one of them]]. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Master]] is the leader of all strigoi, acts like the main brain to a HiveMind, and can use another strigoi's eyes to see what they seem and speak through them like a puppet.
* How the virus works in general. Instead of a bacterial or viral pathogen, it's a parasitic-based infection. The "horsehair worms" are the vectors, and rewrite the human body as a parasitic mechanism to both feed and live. In fact, if one of them gets under your skin, their explosive breeding means that ''[[YouAreAlreadyDead you cannot be saved]]''.
** There are two methods of potential infection. One, you are stung by the strigoi "stinger" and endure a slow, painful transformation. Two, a worm burrows under your skin and once that happens, [[YouAreToolate it's too late and you'll become a strigoi]], [[AndIMustScream aware that you're changing against your will, and will become a vessel for infecting those you love]].
* Any time UV light and someone infected is put together. Not only do we get all the {{Squick}} of seeing a worm crawling under their skin, but there are almost always dozens.
* The CrapsackWorld Earth becomes by the time of Season 4. In the aftermath of the crushing defeat in New York, the strigoi swarm the world and form a OneWorldOrder, "[[ANaziByAnyOtherName The Partnership]]". The scenery is now draped in Holocaust and Nazi-esque imagery, with theimplications implication that the Partnership is some sort of FourthReich. People are gradually trained to live with fewer and fewer rights and comforts until they are reduced to caged livestock and drained in industrial quantities, while the number of collaborators temporarily benefiting from the system are gradually fed into it, step by step.
* How the virus works in general. Instead of a bacterial or viral pathogen, it's a parasitic-based infection. The "horsehair worms" are the vectors, and rewrite the human body as a parasitic mechanism to both feed and live. In fact, if one of them gets under your skin, their explosive breeding means that ''[[YouAreAlreadyDead you cannot be saved]]''.
** There are two methods of potential infection. One, you are stung by the strigoi "stinger" and endure a slow, painful transformation. Two, a worm burrows under your skin and once that happens, [[YouAreToolate it's too late and you'll become a strigoi]], [[AndIMustScream aware that you're changing against your will, and will become a vessel for infecting those you love]].
* Any time UV light and someone infected is put together. Not only do we get all the {{Squick}} of seeing a worm crawling under their skin, but there are almost always dozens.
* The CrapsackWorld Earth becomes by the time of Season 4. In the aftermath of the crushing defeat in New York, the strigoi swarm the world and form a OneWorldOrder, "[[ANaziByAnyOtherName The Partnership]]". The scenery is now draped in Holocaust and Nazi-esque imagery, with the
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* Gertie's dead body, and Ansel [[FightingFromTheInside pleading with Ann Marie to stay away from him as far as possible]]. Gertie was eaten by Ansel out of impulse, and he chains himself up in the shed. [[AndIMustScream He knows something is horribly wrong with him, but can't do anything but chain himself up to protect his family]]. Counts as a {{Tearjerker}} since he and Doyle are the most tragic of the survivors.
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* Gertie's dead body, and Ansel [[FightingFromTheInside pleading with Ann Marie to stay away from him as far as possible]]. Gertie was eaten by Ansel out of impulse, and he chains himself up in the shed. [[AndIMustScream He knows something is horribly wrong with him, but can't do anything but chain himself up to protect his family]]. Counts as a {{Tearjerker}} TearJerker since he and Doyle are the most tragic of the survivors.
* Since Eichorst is out in public most of the time, and is intelligent unlike the other strigoi, his [[NothingIsScarier method of feeding is unknown]]. But after the title card, we see what it is. Whenever he needs to nourish himself with blood, he goes to a padded cell with an imprisoned man. When he enters the room, the prisoner panics and asks the strigoi to [[DeathSeeker kill him]]. Eichorst's response?
-->'''Eichorst:''' "[[SoftSpokenSadist That is what I am doing]]."
** There is a mechanism near the door that brings the chains closer to a chopping block, and when it's snug, the man is powerless to move, and Eichorst stings him, but only the fangs touch him to ensure he doesn't become a strigoi.
** Even creepier? Eichorst strokes the man's forehead while he feeds on him. Yeesh...
-->'''Eichorst:''' "[[SoftSpokenSadist That is what I am doing]]."
** There is a mechanism near the door that brings the chains closer to a chopping block, and when it's snug, the man is powerless to move, and Eichorst stings him, but only the fangs touch him to ensure he doesn't become a strigoi.
** Even creepier? Eichorst strokes the man's forehead while he feeds on him. Yeesh...
* We learn why Kelly disappeared in the last episode, and the answer isn't pretty. She returns home, but is confronted by Strigoi!Matt. He attacks her, but she is able to fend him off, but while using a blender blade, one of the worms lands on her face. Before she can react, [[EyeScream the worm burrows into her tear duct]]. And when she escapes, she sees the red ring around her iris, and [[TearJerker breaks down when she realizes that she's infected]].
** Seeing her gradual deterioration from human to strigoi as she looks for Zack. First, she spits out the water she drinks, and fidgets while texting a friend. She goes to Francis Academy looking for Zack, but Diane already picked him up. Then she witnesses a strigoi feasting on an unfortunate bypasser and grows hungry.
*** Seeing Diane and her son being feasted by Kelly for their blood is a horrific spectacle. DeathOfAChild is played straight, and on-screen.
** Seeing her gradual deterioration from human to strigoi as she looks for Zack. First, she spits out the water she drinks, and fidgets while texting a friend. She goes to Francis Academy looking for Zack, but Diane already picked him up. Then she witnesses a strigoi feasting on an unfortunate bypasser and grows hungry.
*** Seeing Diane and her son being feasted by Kelly for their blood is a horrific spectacle. DeathOfAChild is played straight, and on-screen.
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* Special mentions should go to the virus itself and how it works. Basically, you can become a vampire two ways: You either are attacked and bitten by a vampire, which results in a potentially painful, slow transformation, or you are come into contact with one of the lovely little parasitic worms that transmit the virus. The worm will quickly and painfully bite its way through your skin, and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. In either case, there is absolutely nothing you can do to cure yourself or anyone else of the virus once they are infected.
* The autopsy of the vampirized [[spoiler:Captain Doyle Redfern]] combines this with NauseaFuel.
* Eichhorst's method of feeding. He keeps a guy chained up in a room, and when he wants a snack... He just winches the chain in (while his victim is ''screaming, moaning and pleading'' to "Just ''kill'' me already!") until the guy's head is basically on a chopping block, then drinks his blood while stroking the guy's forehead. Brr.
* The autopsy of the vampirized [[spoiler:Captain Doyle Redfern]] combines this with NauseaFuel.
* Eichhorst's method of feeding. He keeps a guy chained up in a room, and when he wants a snack... He just winches the chain in (while his victim is ''screaming, moaning and pleading'' to "Just ''kill'' me already!") until the guy's head is basically on a chopping block, then drinks his blood while stroking the guy's forehead. Brr.
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* How [[spoiler:Kelly]] is turned. EyeScream and {{Squick}} aplenty. [[spoiler:In the middle of fighting off an infected Matt - with the blades from a blender, no less, she's attacked by one of his worms which wriggles into her eye. We're next treated to a lovely lingering shot of the worm making itself at home. After turning, she promptly goes and eats her friend and her friend's young son.]]
** The scene where [[spoiler:she meets a fellow vampire in the alley]] is supremely creepy, mainly because of the inhuman movements the other chap makes while turning his head.
** The scene where [[spoiler:she meets a fellow vampire in the alley]] is supremely creepy, mainly because of the inhuman movements the other chap makes while turning his head.
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* Any time UV light and someone infected are put together. Not only do we get all the {{Squick}} of seeing a worm crawling under their skin, but there's almost always dozens.
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* Eichorst's [[VillainOpeningScene "makeup" session in the introduction]]. Eichorst is in his bedroom, resembling [[LooksLikeOrlok Count Orlok]], which is the final stage of infection. You get to see the methods he uses to look human, including makeup, prosthetics, a wig, fake teeth and contact lenses. By the time he's done, [[TheyLookLikeEveryoneElse there is nothing off-kilter about him]], and ventures outside no worse for wear. [[ParanoiaFuel The idea that a face in the crowd is an intelligent infectee is nothing short of horrific]].
* Just like what he did with Gus, Eichorst manipulates Jim with {{Blackmail}} using his wife's deteriorating health as a means to keep him associated with Stoneheart. The company even finances an experimental cancer treatment, and Eichorst can revoke her attendance if Jim doesn't comply. The manipulation works and shows how effective Eichorst is when it comes to keeping associates with Stoneheart in check.
* Eph's investigation in the Arnot household is a distressing sequence. While nothing bad happens to Eph, he definitely gets the idea that something bad happened. The door is unlocked, no one is home and notices the bathtub water tainted with blood and loose hair. It's a call from Nora that diverts him away from the house, likely saving him. But not before it's revealed Emma's been spying on him and a familiar song plays.
-->"This... Old... Man..."
* Ansel drinking the blood from the steak, quenching his hunger. But you see the proboscis tendril consume the blood, with Ann Marie witnessing the entire ordeal.
* Doyle's condition [[FromBadToWorse worsens]], and the reveal that there are more worms slithering under his skin. It looks like with the amount present, they're all covering his body.
* Gabriel's genitals decompose to the point when it falls off his body and into the toilet when he urinates. And he flushes without a second thought.
* Eph, Nora and Jim's encounter with a fully turned Redfern, with the FaceMonsterTurn being quite the sight to behold. While no one gets hurt in the ensuing scuffle, seeing him attack them with vicious intent is harrowing.
* Just like what he did with Gus, Eichorst manipulates Jim with {{Blackmail}} using his wife's deteriorating health as a means to keep him associated with Stoneheart. The company even finances an experimental cancer treatment, and Eichorst can revoke her attendance if Jim doesn't comply. The manipulation works and shows how effective Eichorst is when it comes to keeping associates with Stoneheart in check.
* Eph's investigation in the Arnot household is a distressing sequence. While nothing bad happens to Eph, he definitely gets the idea that something bad happened. The door is unlocked, no one is home and notices the bathtub water tainted with blood and loose hair. It's a call from Nora that diverts him away from the house, likely saving him. But not before it's revealed Emma's been spying on him and a familiar song plays.
-->"This... Old... Man..."
* Ansel drinking the blood from the steak, quenching his hunger. But you see the proboscis tendril consume the blood, with Ann Marie witnessing the entire ordeal.
* Doyle's condition [[FromBadToWorse worsens]], and the reveal that there are more worms slithering under his skin. It looks like with the amount present, they're all covering his body.
* Gabriel's genitals decompose to the point when it falls off his body and into the toilet when he urinates. And he flushes without a second thought.
* Eph, Nora and Jim's encounter with a fully turned Redfern, with the FaceMonsterTurn being quite the sight to behold. While no one gets hurt in the ensuing scuffle, seeing him attack them with vicious intent is harrowing.
* [[AlienAutopsy The entire autopsy scene]], [[NauseaFuel top natch]]. Not only do we get to see what [[BizarreAlienBiology happens to the human body when fully infected]], but we also see new developments, including a new circulatory system, the cloaca, and seeing the components of the tendril, or "stinger". And the kicker? These worms are actively changing human biology to fit with the parasitic nature of the infected.
* Gertie's dead body, and Ansel [[FightingFromTheInside pleading with Ann Marie to stay away from him as far as possible]]. Gertie was eaten by Ansel out of impulse, and he chains himself up in the shed. [[AndIMustScream He knows something is horribly wrong with him, but can't do anything but chain himself up to protect his family]]. Counts as a {{Tearjerker}} since he and Doyle are the most tragic of the survivors.
* AssholeVictim he is, Trip's death, [[SoundOnlyDeath from what we hear]], does ''not'' sound pretty. Being torn apart by a monster, unable to escape, is a ghastly fate.
* When Eph and Nora return to the Arnot household. They are guided to the basement by "[[SoundtrackDissonance This Old Man]]", and find Emma. But when Eph calls for her, she attacks them both. [[BigDamnHeroes But Setrakian arrives in time and decapitates her with his sword, and does the same to Gary when he arrives]]. It's a harrowing experience, and if it weren't for Setrakian's interference, who knows what would have happened?
* Gertie's dead body, and Ansel [[FightingFromTheInside pleading with Ann Marie to stay away from him as far as possible]]. Gertie was eaten by Ansel out of impulse, and he chains himself up in the shed. [[AndIMustScream He knows something is horribly wrong with him, but can't do anything but chain himself up to protect his family]]. Counts as a {{Tearjerker}} since he and Doyle are the most tragic of the survivors.
* AssholeVictim he is, Trip's death, [[SoundOnlyDeath from what we hear]], does ''not'' sound pretty. Being torn apart by a monster, unable to escape, is a ghastly fate.
* When Eph and Nora return to the Arnot household. They are guided to the basement by "[[SoundtrackDissonance This Old Man]]", and find Emma. But when Eph calls for her, she attacks them both. [[BigDamnHeroes But Setrakian arrives in time and decapitates her with his sword, and does the same to Gary when he arrives]]. It's a harrowing experience, and if it weren't for Setrakian's interference, who knows what would have happened?
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* Eichhorst's [[LooksLikeOrlok true face]] is immensely disturbing.
** The Master's face is even worse than Eichhorst's (for [[BrokenBase some anyway]]).
* Gabriel Bolivar's [[spoiler:genitalia falling off]].
** The Master's face is even worse than Eichhorst's (for [[BrokenBase some anyway]]).
* Gabriel Bolivar's [[spoiler:genitalia falling off]].
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Having to deal with a vampiric plague is dire, but [[FromBadToWorse it is significantly worse when it reaches epidemic levels]]. As the infection grows in areas and parts of New York become war zones, the team must be at their best if they want to end the evolved horrors of the virus.
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Tick tock, the clock is ticking. As all of New York becomes a ''complete'' war zone, the group is down to their last trump card in hopes of ending the Master and his reign of terror once and for all. It's do or die. AllOrNothing.
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No one will forget the horrors of Illumination Day. The end of civilization as we know it. In the aftermath of nuclear war, a new world is born like a phoenix from the ashes. With humanity in a very dire situation, resistance is going to be difficult. Good luck everyone, you're gonna need it.
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* Zach killing the tiger certainly has an eerie feel to it. The Master is letting the boy tap into his dark potential and intends to let him be some sort of sick successor.
** The hallucinations of Kelly are pretty worrying. When Zach admits that he feels bad killing the tiger, "Kelly" tells him not to let his father "do the talking" and encourages him to grow up to be a monster like the Master.
** The hallucinations of Kelly are pretty worrying. When Zach admits that he feels bad killing the tiger, "Kelly" tells him not to let his father "do the talking" and encourages him to grow up to be a monster like the Master.
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* The narrator's discussion about hunger in the opening scenes, saying it can be quelled. But there is one type of hunger that cannot be sustained no matter what.
* The very idea that something in the cargo holding is ''alive'' and moving.
** When the hatch is opened, [[CatScare it's nothing]], [[SubvertedTrope but then it bangs again]]. Then it breaks out, and judging by the few frames it appears in, '''it is certainly not human, and looks ancient'''.
* When the plane is sitting there near the airport, all the lights are dead, the metal is deathly cold, and all the windows are closed (except for one where an eerie blue glow is inside). It's a haunting sight.
* The introduction of Setrakian in his pawn shop. When two thieves try to rob him while he checks on false silver, he suddenly grabs one by the arm and puts a knife on a crucial artery. He even points out what's going to happen if he pursues the robbery. While it is an awesome moment, it does demonstrate that this man is certainly still in his prime when it comes to fighting.
** When he overhears the plane came from Berlin, he goes into a small state of shock and goes downstairs to pick up a ''sword made of silver with a snake'', with its sheathe acting as a cane. With the array of weapons Setrakian has, he has certainly been through a lot of horrific fights in his life.
** When he recomposes next to a jar with a heart, he can only mutter the words in disbelief, "[[WhamLine He's back]]." That line indicates that whatever is responsible for what happened on Regis Air, Setrakian knows who is behind it, and fought "him" before.
*** Whatever that heart is, when it beats, it's hungry. And Setrakian feeds it by cutting his hand and letting the blood drip into the liquid, and there are ''worms that eat the blood hungrily''.
* The investigation inside the plane is where things really get insane. Seeing all the passengers, motionless, pale, unharmed, with visible veins is horrific.
* During the investigation, the camera focuses on one of the passengers, and it pans to his hand, [[WhamShot which twitches to life]]. [[OhCrap Not all the passengers died]].
* The very idea that something in the cargo holding is ''alive'' and moving.
** When the hatch is opened, [[CatScare it's nothing]], [[SubvertedTrope but then it bangs again]]. Then it breaks out, and judging by the few frames it appears in, '''it is certainly not human, and looks ancient'''.
* When the plane is sitting there near the airport, all the lights are dead, the metal is deathly cold, and all the windows are closed (except for one where an eerie blue glow is inside). It's a haunting sight.
* The introduction of Setrakian in his pawn shop. When two thieves try to rob him while he checks on false silver, he suddenly grabs one by the arm and puts a knife on a crucial artery. He even points out what's going to happen if he pursues the robbery. While it is an awesome moment, it does demonstrate that this man is certainly still in his prime when it comes to fighting.
** When he overhears the plane came from Berlin, he goes into a small state of shock and goes downstairs to pick up a ''sword made of silver with a snake'', with its sheathe acting as a cane. With the array of weapons Setrakian has, he has certainly been through a lot of horrific fights in his life.
** When he recomposes next to a jar with a heart, he can only mutter the words in disbelief, "[[WhamLine He's back]]." That line indicates that whatever is responsible for what happened on Regis Air, Setrakian knows who is behind it, and fought "him" before.
*** Whatever that heart is, when it beats, it's hungry. And Setrakian feeds it by cutting his hand and letting the blood drip into the liquid, and there are ''worms that eat the blood hungrily''.
* The investigation inside the plane is where things really get insane. Seeing all the passengers, motionless, pale, unharmed, with visible veins is horrific.
* During the investigation, the camera focuses on one of the passengers, and it pans to his hand, [[WhamShot which twitches to life]]. [[OhCrap Not all the passengers died]].
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* The narrator's discussion about hunger in What was supposed to be a safe flight from Berlin to New York becomes a nightmare when it lands at JFK Airport due to a mysterious event killing ''all'' the opening scenes, saying it can be quelled. But there is one type of hunger that cannot be sustained no matter what.
*passengers.
** The very idea that something inthe a plane's cargo holding is ''alive'' and moving.
''alive''.
** When the hatch is opened, [[CatScare it'snothing]], nothing and it is closed]], [[SubvertedTrope but then it bangs again]]. Then it Whatever this thing is breaks out, and judging by the few frames it appears in, '''it is certainly not human, and looks ancient'''.
*When the plane is sitting In Setrakian's basement, there near the airport, all the lights are dead, the metal is deathly cold, and all the windows are closed (except for one where an eerie blue glow is inside). It's a haunting sight.
* The introduction of Setrakian in his pawn shop. When two thieves try to rob him while he checks on false silver, he suddenly grabs one by the arm and puts a knife on a crucial artery. He even points out what's going to happen if he pursues the robbery. While it is an awesome moment, it does demonstrate that this man is certainly still in his prime when it comes to fighting.
** When he overhears the plane came from Berlin, he goes into a small state of shock and goes downstairs to pick up a ''sword made of silver with a snake'', with its sheathe acting as a cane. With the array of weapons Setrakian has, he has certainly been through a lot of horrific fights in his life.
** When he recomposes next to a jar with a heart, he can only mutter the words in disbelief, "[[WhamLine He's back]]." That line indicates that whatever is responsible for what happened on Regis Air, Setrakian knows who is behind it, and fought "him" before.
*** Whatever thatmalformed heart is, when in a jar. When it beats, it's hungry. And Setrakian feeds it by cutting his hand and letting the blood drip into the liquid, and there are ''worms that eat the blood hungrily''.
* The investigation inside the plane is where things really get insane. Seeing all the passengers, motionless, pale, unharmed, with visible veins ishorrific.
* Duringhorrific. And during the investigation, the camera focuses on one of the passengers, and it pans to his hand, [[WhamShot which twitches to life]]. [[OhCrap Not all the passengers died]].life]].
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** The very idea that something in
** When the hatch is opened, [[CatScare it's
*
* The introduction of Setrakian in his pawn shop. When two thieves try to rob him while he checks on false silver, he suddenly grabs one by the arm and puts a knife on a crucial artery. He even points out what's going to happen if he pursues the robbery. While it is an awesome moment, it does demonstrate that this man is certainly still in his prime when it comes to fighting.
** When he overhears the plane came from Berlin, he goes into a small state of shock and goes downstairs to pick up a ''sword made of silver with a snake'', with its sheathe acting as a cane. With the array of weapons Setrakian has, he has certainly been through a lot of horrific fights in his life.
** When he recomposes next to a jar with a heart, he can only mutter the words in disbelief, "[[WhamLine He's back]]." That line indicates that whatever is responsible for what happened on Regis Air, Setrakian knows who is behind it, and fought "him" before.
*** Whatever that
* The investigation inside the plane is where things really get insane. Seeing all the passengers, motionless, pale, unharmed, with visible veins is
* During
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* Eichhorst ascends the elevator of the Stoneheart building, and he blinks his eyes, [[OhCrap with a nictitating membrane]]. He looks human but certainly isn't one.
** The reveal that he and Palmer know about the cargo, and that they knew ahead of time there would be four survivors. How meticulously was this planned in advance?
* That coffin in the cargo? It's ''towering''. Seeing it filled with soil is confusing at first, but then it makes more sense later down the line. Seeing the amount of detail put into that coffin certainly invokes an uncertain feeling.
** The reveal that he and Palmer know about the cargo, and that they knew ahead of time there would be four survivors. How meticulously was this planned in advance?
* That coffin in the cargo? It's ''towering''. Seeing it filled with soil is confusing at first, but then it makes more sense later down the line. Seeing the amount of detail put into that coffin certainly invokes an uncertain feeling.
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* Eichhorst ascends the elevator of the Stoneheart building, and he blinks his eyes, [[OhCrap with a nictitating membrane]]. He looks human but certainly isn't one.
**The reveal that he Eichhorst and Eldritch Palmer know about the cargo, cargo and that they knew ahead of time there would be four survivors. How meticulously was this planned in advance?
* That undocumented coffin in the cargo? It's ''towering''. Seeing it filled with soil is confusing at first, but then it makes more sense later down the line. Seeing the amount of detail put into that coffin certainly invokes an uncertain feeling.
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* During the autopsies, there is a cut with such precision that it's humanly impossible, and the fact that instead of human blood, a thick white substance instead is present. It's both [[NauseaFuel gross]] and terrifying what this agent is doing to the affected.
* One worm got left behind on the plane, and it's searching for a host. It looks like a horsehair worm, but then we learn that it's the ''carrier'' of this mysterious illness. Then they find a [[OhCrap patch of soil, and the coffin is gone]].
** In CCTV footage, the coffin is there, then a small blip in the video grabs it and takes off in a split second. The Master has the strength to carry a coffin of that weight.
* Despite the order to not let any vehicles through the security zone big enough to carry the coffin, the truck leading it out of the city is allowed since it's of special access.
* One worm got left behind on the plane, and it's searching for a host. It looks like a horsehair worm, but then we learn that it's the ''carrier'' of this mysterious illness. Then they find a [[OhCrap patch of soil, and the coffin is gone]].
** In CCTV footage, the coffin is there, then a small blip in the video grabs it and takes off in a split second. The Master has the strength to carry a coffin of that weight.
* Despite the order to not let any vehicles through the security zone big enough to carry the coffin, the truck leading it out of the city is allowed since it's of special access.
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** To make it even worse, Bennett’s then spotted later [[spoiler: during the eclipse attempting to pull a woman out of her car before he kills and infects the two FBI agents escorting a detained Ephraim, after which he wanders into an alley, chases a couple of young women and then attacks Gus and Felix, managing to infect the latter before the former puts him down by smashing his skull in with a pipe.]]
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** To make it even worse, Bennett’s then spotted later [[spoiler: during the eclipse attempting to pull a woman out of her car before he kills and infects the two FBI agents escorting a detained Ephraim, after which he wanders into an alley, chases a couple of young women and then attacks Gus and Felix, managing to infect the latter before the former puts him down by smashing his skull in with a pipe.]] pipe.
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* Eichorst meets with Setrakian while the latter is detained in a holding prison. While nothing bad happens and a thick pane of glass separates them, their interaction provides an uneasy feeling for the viewer, knowing that these two have a ''very long'' history. And with Eichorst referring to Abraham as "the Jew", and the code on his arm "A230385", their history likely begins in Nazi Germany.
* Seeing that [[GrossUpCloseUp close-up of the worm Eph and Nora use]] to test their theory regarding their attraction to human blood, and might remind people of what some fauna look like up close on a microscope.
* Gabriel already proved himself as a weird fellow in the pilot, but here is where his infection is progressing slowly, but surely. The red rings around his irises expand, and while he has some fun with some female fans, he ''bites'' down hard on a girl's neck near a blood vessel, '''drawing blood'''. Even when the three flee, he laps up the blood on the floor like a dog, all while a HeartbeatSoundtrack plays, growing in intensity as time progresses.
* The [[WhamShot reveal that there are worms slithering under Doyle's skin when using UV light]]. The whole 'bugs-under-your-skin' thing is enough to make one shiver, but seeing those worms slither around him like that, it's just... ugh...
* While he only appears under a brown cloak in ''Night Zero'', we get more scenes of the Master appearing here. He's ''towering'', his sickly appearance and Creator/RobinAtkinDownes' vocal delivery is nothing short of terrifying.
* The [[DownerEnding entire ending]]. Gary is killed by his daughter when she fully succumbs to infection and uses a proboscis tendril (of similar structure to the Master) to drain him of his blood. The [[HellIsThatNoise pig-like squeals]] are pretty terrifying as Gary dies in shock, and Emma drinks his blood for nourishment.
** And good luck trying ''not'' to think of this scene when you hear "[[SoundtrackDissonance This Old Man]]".
* Seeing that [[GrossUpCloseUp close-up of the worm Eph and Nora use]] to test their theory regarding their attraction to human blood, and might remind people of what some fauna look like up close on a microscope.
* Gabriel already proved himself as a weird fellow in the pilot, but here is where his infection is progressing slowly, but surely. The red rings around his irises expand, and while he has some fun with some female fans, he ''bites'' down hard on a girl's neck near a blood vessel, '''drawing blood'''. Even when the three flee, he laps up the blood on the floor like a dog, all while a HeartbeatSoundtrack plays, growing in intensity as time progresses.
* The [[WhamShot reveal that there are worms slithering under Doyle's skin when using UV light]]. The whole 'bugs-under-your-skin' thing is enough to make one shiver, but seeing those worms slither around him like that, it's just... ugh...
* While he only appears under a brown cloak in ''Night Zero'', we get more scenes of the Master appearing here. He's ''towering'', his sickly appearance and Creator/RobinAtkinDownes' vocal delivery is nothing short of terrifying.
* The [[DownerEnding entire ending]]. Gary is killed by his daughter when she fully succumbs to infection and uses a proboscis tendril (of similar structure to the Master) to drain him of his blood. The [[HellIsThatNoise pig-like squeals]] are pretty terrifying as Gary dies in shock, and Emma drinks his blood for nourishment.
** And good luck trying ''not'' to think of this scene when you hear "[[SoundtrackDissonance This Old Man]]".
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* Season 4 is full of chilling Holocaust and Nazi-esque imagery. People are gradually trained to live with fewer and fewer rights and comforts until they are reduced to caged livestock and drained in industrial quantities, while the number of collaborators temporarily benefiting from the system are gradually fed into it, step by step.
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Oh how Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and the Center for Disease Control Canary Team didn't know what hit them when a plane from Berlin arrives at JFK, unleashing a vile pathogen unto an unsuspecting world...
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** To make it even worse, Bennett’s then spotted later [[spoiler: during the eclipse attempting to pull a woman out of her car before he kills and infects the two FBI agents escorting a detained Ephraim, after which he wanders into an alley, chases a couple of young women and then attacks Gus and Felix, managing to infect the latter before the former puts him down by smashing his skull in with a pipe.]]
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** To make it even worse, Bennett’s then spotted later [[spoiler: during the eclipse attempting to pull a woman out of her car before he kills and infects the two FBI agents escorting a detained Ephraim, after which he wanders into an alley, chases a couple of young women and then attacks Gus and Felix, managing to infect the latter before the former puts him down by smashing his skull in with a pipe.]]
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* When Peter Bishop investigates a high-pitched hum and whispering, he investigates. Then he notices something draped in brown cloth. When he tries to get close, the figure jumps at him, uses a proboscis-like tendril to suck him dry of blood, snaps his neck, [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill then smashes his head in]]. Then he runs away from the scene at inhumane speeds. Ladies and gentlemen, that's "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Master]]".
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* When Peter Bishop investigates a high-pitched hum and whispering, he investigates. Then he notices something draped in brown cloth. When he tries to get close, the figure jumps at him, uses a proboscis-like tendril to suck him dry of blood, snaps his neck, [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill then smashes his head in]]. Then he runs away from the scene at inhumane speeds. Ladies and gentlemen, that's "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Master]]".Master]]" demonstrating his inhumane strength.
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* The death of Ephraim's mortician friend, Dr. Bennett. While performing autopsies on the airline passengers and noting all the abnormalities in their bodies, he notices one of their hearts begins beating... while outside of its chest. He inspects closer and is attacked by worms inside the heart, one of them succeeding in burrowing under his skin. He manages to get it out [[CruelAndUnusualDeath only to immediately be EatenAlive by the revived, dissected airline passengers]]. All the while [[SoundtrackDissonance "Sweet Caroline" plays in the background]].
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* The death of Ephraim's mortician friend, Dr. Bennett. While performing autopsies on the airline passengers and noting all the abnormalities in their bodies, he notices one of their hearts begins beating... while outside of its chest. He inspects closer and is attacked by worms inside the heart, one of them succeeding in burrowing under his skin. He manages to get it out [[CruelAndUnusualDeath only to immediately be EatenAlive swarmed by the revived, dissected airline passengers]]. All the while [[SoundtrackDissonance "Sweet Caroline" plays in the background]].background]].
** And while he tries to get the worm out? You see the corpses approaching him, with incredible effects of the dissections.
* The whole idea of "love guides back to their loved ones" for the infected. The one thing they'll remember is the love they have for a person or people, and they'll come back to them, doing god knows what...
* Emma (the little girl on the plane) returns to her father, and her father warmly embraces her, happy for his daughter's safe return. But then [[WhamShot she blinks her nictitating membrane and her eyes have a red ring across the irises]].
** And while he tries to get the worm out? You see the corpses approaching him, with incredible effects of the dissections.
* The whole idea of "love guides back to their loved ones" for the infected. The one thing they'll remember is the love they have for a person or people, and they'll come back to them, doing god knows what...
* Emma (the little girl on the plane) returns to her father, and her father warmly embraces her, happy for his daughter's safe return. But then [[WhamShot she blinks her nictitating membrane and her eyes have a red ring across the irises]].
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** When he overhears the plane came from Berlin, he goes into a small state of shock, and goes downstairs to pick up a ''sword made of silver with a snake'', with its sheathe acting as a cane. With the array of weapons Setrakian has, he has certainly been through a lot of horrific fights in his life.
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** When he overhears the plane came from Berlin, he goes into a small state of shock, shock and goes downstairs to pick up a ''sword made of silver with a snake'', with its sheathe acting as a cane. With the array of weapons Setrakian has, he has certainly been through a lot of horrific fights in his life.
** The survivors are Joan Luss (a lawyer), Gabriel Bolivar (a rockstar), Ansel Barbour (a husband), and Doyle Redfern (the captain). They may be survivors, but they probably wished they weren't when more of the infection is revealed.
* That coffin in the cargo? It's ''towering''. Seeing it filled with soil is confusing at first, but then it makes more sense later down the line. Seeing the amount of detail put into that coffin certainly invokes an uncertain feeling.
* When Peter Bishop investigates a high-pitched hum and whispering, he investigates. Then he notices something draped in brown cloth. When he tries to get close, the figure jumps at him, uses a proboscis-like tendril to suck him dry of blood, snaps his neck, [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill then smashes his head in]]. Then he runs away from the scene at inhumane speeds. Ladies and gentlemen, that's "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Master]]".
** The next episode opens up with the discovery of his body and a lingering shot of the wreckage of brain and blood that was his skull.
* During the autopsies, there is a cut with such precision that it's humanly impossible, and the fact that instead of human blood, a thick white substance instead is present. It's both [[NauseaFuel gross]] and terrifying what this agent is doing to the affected.
* One worm got left behind on the plane, and it's searching for a host. It looks like a horsehair worm, but then we learn that it's the ''carrier'' of this mysterious illness. Then they find a [[OhCrap patch of soil, and the coffin is gone]].
** In CCTV footage, the coffin is there, then a small blip in the video grabs it and takes off in a split second. The Master has the strength to carry a coffin of that weight.
* Despite the order to not let any vehicles through the security zone big enough to carry the coffin, the truck leading it out of the city is allowed since it's of special access.
* The death of Ephraim's mortician friend, Dr. Bennett. While performing autopsies on the airline passengers and noting all the abnormalities in their bodies, he notices one of their hearts begins beating... while outside of its chest. He inspects closer and is attacked by worms inside the heart, one of them succeeding in burrowing under his skin. He manages to get it out [[CruelAndUnusualDeath only to immediately be EatenAlive by the revived, dissected airline passengers]]. All the while [[SoundtrackDissonance "Sweet Caroline" plays in the background]].
* When Peter Bishop investigates a high-pitched hum and whispering, he investigates. Then he notices something draped in brown cloth. When he tries to get close, the figure jumps at him, uses a proboscis-like tendril to suck him dry of blood, snaps his neck, [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill then smashes his head in]]. Then he runs away from the scene at inhumane speeds. Ladies and gentlemen, that's "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Master]]".
** The next episode opens up with the discovery of his body and a lingering shot of the wreckage of brain and blood that was his skull.
* During the autopsies, there is a cut with such precision that it's humanly impossible, and the fact that instead of human blood, a thick white substance instead is present. It's both [[NauseaFuel gross]] and terrifying what this agent is doing to the affected.
* One worm got left behind on the plane, and it's searching for a host. It looks like a horsehair worm, but then we learn that it's the ''carrier'' of this mysterious illness. Then they find a [[OhCrap patch of soil, and the coffin is gone]].
** In CCTV footage, the coffin is there, then a small blip in the video grabs it and takes off in a split second. The Master has the strength to carry a coffin of that weight.
* Despite the order to not let any vehicles through the security zone big enough to carry the coffin, the truck leading it out of the city is allowed since it's of special access.
* The death of Ephraim's mortician friend, Dr. Bennett. While performing autopsies on the airline passengers and noting all the abnormalities in their bodies, he notices one of their hearts begins beating... while outside of its chest. He inspects closer and is attacked by worms inside the heart, one of them succeeding in burrowing under his skin. He manages to get it out [[CruelAndUnusualDeath only to immediately be EatenAlive by the revived, dissected airline passengers]]. All the while [[SoundtrackDissonance "Sweet Caroline" plays in the background]].
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* Compared to [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga more]] [[Series/TheVampireDiaries romanticized]] [[Series/TrueBlood depictions]] of vampires in fiction, the vampires in this show are portrayed more on the lines of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s with their proboscis-like appendages they use to kill their victims and copious amounts of BodyHorror.
* Special regard to [[BigBad the Master]] himself, who is strong enough to crush a man's skull in a single blow and speaks in a [[EvilSoundsDeep truly demonic voice]], all the while keeping his face hidden under a cloak.
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* The brutal death of Peter Bishop in the first episode at the hands of the Master. He gets the blood drained out of him, his neck snapped, and then has his head literally smashed in by the Master with just a few slams of his palm. The next episode opens up with the discovery of his body and a lingering shot of the wreckage of brain and blood that was his skull.
* The death of Ephraim's mortician friend, Dr. Bennett. While performing autopsies on the [[spoiler:seemingly]] dead airline passengers and noting all the abnormalities in their bodies, he notices one of their hearts begins beating... while outside of its chest. He inspects closer and is attacked by worms inside the heart, one of them succeeding in burrowing under his skin. He manages to get it out [[spoiler:only to immediately be EatenAlive by the revived, dissected airline passengers]]. All the while [[SoundtrackDissonance "Sweet Caroline" plays in the background]].
* The death of Ephraim's mortician friend, Dr. Bennett. While performing autopsies on the [[spoiler:seemingly]] dead airline passengers and noting all the abnormalities in their bodies, he notices one of their hearts begins beating... while outside of its chest. He inspects closer and is attacked by worms inside the heart, one of them succeeding in burrowing under his skin. He manages to get it out [[spoiler:only to immediately be EatenAlive by the revived, dissected airline passengers]]. All the while [[SoundtrackDissonance "Sweet Caroline" plays in the background]].
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* When the plane is sitting there near the airport, all the lights are dead, the metal is deathly cold, and all the windows are closed (except for one where an eerie blue glow is inside). It's a very haunting sight and gives the idea that something terribly wrong happened.
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* When the plane is sitting there near the airport, all the lights are dead, the metal is deathly cold, and all the windows are closed (except for one where an eerie blue glow is inside). It's a very haunting sight sight.
* The introduction of Setrakian in his pawn shop. When two thieves try to rob him while he checks on false silver, he suddenly grabs one by the arm andgives puts a knife on a crucial artery. He even points out what's going to happen if he pursues the idea robbery. While it is an awesome moment, it does demonstrate that something terribly wrong happened.this man is certainly still in his prime when it comes to fighting.
** When he overhears the plane came from Berlin, he goes into a small state of shock, and goes downstairs to pick up a ''sword made of silver with a snake'', with its sheathe acting as a cane. With the array of weapons Setrakian has, he has certainly been through a lot of horrific fights in his life.
** When he recomposes next to a jar with a heart, he can only mutter the words in disbelief, "[[WhamLine He's back]]." That line indicates that whatever is responsible for what happened on Regis Air, Setrakian knows who is behind it, and fought "him" before.
*** Whatever that heart is, when it beats, it's hungry. And Setrakian feeds it by cutting his hand and letting the blood drip into the liquid, and there are ''worms that eat the blood hungrily''.
* The investigation inside the plane is where things really get insane. Seeing all the passengers, motionless, pale, unharmed, with visible veins is horrific.
* During the investigation, the camera focuses on one of the passengers, and it pans to his hand, [[WhamShot which twitches to life]]. [[OhCrap Not all the passengers died]].
* Despite the warnings, Nora presses on in the cockpit, and while trying to get samples of the ammonia, [[JumpScare one of the pilots violently awake when she tries to look inside his mouth]]. Then two other survivors, the rock star and a woman, approach Nora. The man we saw earlier? Eph encounters him and pleads "Help me..."
* Eichhorst ascends the elevator of the Stoneheart building, and he blinks his eyes, [[OhCrap with a nictitating membrane]]. He looks human but certainly isn't one.
** The reveal that he and Palmer know about the cargo, and that they knew ahead of time there would be four survivors. How meticulously was this planned in advance?
* The introduction of Setrakian in his pawn shop. When two thieves try to rob him while he checks on false silver, he suddenly grabs one by the arm and
** When he overhears the plane came from Berlin, he goes into a small state of shock, and goes downstairs to pick up a ''sword made of silver with a snake'', with its sheathe acting as a cane. With the array of weapons Setrakian has, he has certainly been through a lot of horrific fights in his life.
** When he recomposes next to a jar with a heart, he can only mutter the words in disbelief, "[[WhamLine He's back]]." That line indicates that whatever is responsible for what happened on Regis Air, Setrakian knows who is behind it, and fought "him" before.
*** Whatever that heart is, when it beats, it's hungry. And Setrakian feeds it by cutting his hand and letting the blood drip into the liquid, and there are ''worms that eat the blood hungrily''.
* The investigation inside the plane is where things really get insane. Seeing all the passengers, motionless, pale, unharmed, with visible veins is horrific.
* During the investigation, the camera focuses on one of the passengers, and it pans to his hand, [[WhamShot which twitches to life]]. [[OhCrap Not all the passengers died]].
* Despite the warnings, Nora presses on in the cockpit, and while trying to get samples of the ammonia, [[JumpScare one of the pilots violently awake when she tries to look inside his mouth]]. Then two other survivors, the rock star and a woman, approach Nora. The man we saw earlier? Eph encounters him and pleads "Help me..."
* Eichhorst ascends the elevator of the Stoneheart building, and he blinks his eyes, [[OhCrap with a nictitating membrane]]. He looks human but certainly isn't one.
** The reveal that he and Palmer know about the cargo, and that they knew ahead of time there would be four survivors. How meticulously was this planned in advance?
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With its movie-length format, Guillermo and Chuck certainly had a lot of time to establish their world of ''The Strain''.
* The narrator's discussion about hunger in the opening scenes, saying it can be quelled. But there is one type of hunger that cannot be sustained no matter what.
* The very idea that something in the cargo holding is ''alive'' and moving.
** When the hatch is opened, [[CatScare it's nothing]], [[SubvertedTrope but then it bangs again]]. Then it breaks out, and judging by the few frames it appears in, '''it is certainly not human, and looks ancient'''.
* When the plane is sitting there near the airport, all the lights are dead, the metal is deathly cold, and all the windows are closed (except for one where an eerie blue glow is inside). It's a very haunting sight and gives the idea that something terribly wrong happened.
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With its movie-length format, Guillermo and Chuck certainly had a lot of time to establish their world of ''The Strain''.
* The narrator's discussion about hunger in the opening scenes, saying it can be quelled. But there is one type of hunger that cannot be sustained no matter what.
* The very idea that something in the cargo holding is ''alive'' and moving.
** When the hatch is opened, [[CatScare it's nothing]], [[SubvertedTrope but then it bangs again]]. Then it breaks out, and judging by the few frames it appears in, '''it is certainly not human, and looks ancient'''.
* When the plane is sitting there near the airport, all the lights are dead, the metal is deathly cold, and all the windows are closed (except for one where an eerie blue glow is inside). It's a very haunting sight and gives the idea that something terribly wrong happened.
!!![[AC:03x02: The Box]]
!!![[AC:03x03: Gone Smooth]]
!!![[AC:03x04: It's Not for Everyone]]
!!![[AC:03x05: Runaways]]
!!![[AC:03x06: Occulation]]
!!![[AC:03x07: For Services Rendered]]
!!![[AC:03x08: Creautres of the Night]]
!!![[AC:03x09: The Disappeared]]
!!![[AC:03x10: Loved Ones]]
!!![[AC:03x11: The Third Rail]]
!!![[AC:03x12: Last Rites]]
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* The episode's title, "''The Fall''", is enough to give one pause because that's the second book's title, which is the bleakest one in the trilogy.
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* The episode's title, "''The Fall''", is enough to give one pause because that's the second book's title, which is the bleakest one in the original trilogy.
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* The description itself has [[FridgeHorror horrific implications]]. "Out of the ashes of humanity's ''nuclear war'', Night Eternal has begun;" Not only does this imply that the nuke in New York was the beginning of a bad nuclear war, but also the nuclear winter spreads worldwide. The Master has certainly established his OneWorldOrder between the events of Illumination Day (''The Fall'') and this episode, which is 9 months.
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* The description itself has [[FridgeHorror horrific implications]]. "Out of the ashes of humanity's ''nuclear war'', Night Eternal has begun;" Not only does this imply that the nuke in New York was just the beginning of a really bad nuclear war, but also the nuclear winter spreads has spread worldwide. The Master has certainly established his OneWorldOrder between the events of Illumination Day (''The Fall'') and this episode, which is 9 months.episode.
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* The episode's title, "''The Fall''", is enough to give one pause because that's the second book's title, which is the bleakest one in the trilogy.
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* After Kelly's death, Zach goes numb. But before Ephraim can try to reason with him, Zach holds his hand out ''with the nuclear trigger''. Zach removes the safety, and before Eph can approach his son to either reason with him or take the detonator, Zach proclaims one last declaration of hate for his father, and in pure malice, '''presses the trigger'''.
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* After Kelly's death, Zach goes numb. But before Ephraim can try to reason with him, Zach holds his hand out ''with the nuclear trigger''.detonator''. Zach removes the safety, and before Eph can approach his son to either reason with him or take the detonator, Zach proclaims one last declaration of hate for his father, and in pure malice, '''presses the trigger'''.
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* The description itself has [[FridgeHorror horrific implications]]. "Out of the ashes of humanity's ''nuclear war'', Night Eternal has begun;" Not only does this imply that the nuke in New York was the beginning of a bad nuclear war, but also the nuclear winter spreads worldwide. The Master has certainly established his OneWorldOrder between the events of Illumination Day (''The Fall'') and this episode, which is 9 months.
* The reveal of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName ''The Partnership'']]. This group was formed to reestablish order in the world, and with its symbols of two arms holding hands and a drop of blood in the center, is worrying enough. But all members who give routine blood donations have to wear an arm badge on their shoulder. And the strigoi are allowed to be in public wherever they may be due to the nuclear winter.
* Zach killing the tiger certainly has an eerie feel to it. The Master is letting the boy tap into his dark potential and intends to let him be some sort of sick successor.
** The hallucinations of Kelly are pretty worrying. When Zach admits that he feels bad killing the tiger, "Kelly" tells him not to let his father "do the talking" and encourages him to grow up to be a monster like the Master.
* The reveal of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName ''The Partnership'']]. This group was formed to reestablish order in the world, and with its symbols of two arms holding hands and a drop of blood in the center, is worrying enough. But all members who give routine blood donations have to wear an arm badge on their shoulder. And the strigoi are allowed to be in public wherever they may be due to the nuclear winter.
* Zach killing the tiger certainly has an eerie feel to it. The Master is letting the boy tap into his dark potential and intends to let him be some sort of sick successor.
** The hallucinations of Kelly are pretty worrying. When Zach admits that he feels bad killing the tiger, "Kelly" tells him not to let his father "do the talking" and encourages him to grow up to be a monster like the Master.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[AtomicHate I]] ''[[FaceHeelTurn hate]]'' [[WhamLine you]]!" [[note]]This is a placeholder for now.[[/note]]]]
When you think of vampires in media, you're more than likely to come across a more romanticized depiction of them, whether it'd be TV shows like Series/TheVampireDiaries, Series/TrueBlood, or novels like Literature/TheTwilightSaga.
But ''Series/TheStrain'' is unique.
The Strigoi are what happens when you add vampires, mix it in with EldritchAbomination, add lots of BodyHorror, sprinkle in a unique [[TheVirus way of transmitting the infection]], and bake it in ZombieApocalypse, you're in for one hell of a ride in New York.
Remember, this is a {{Nightmare Fuel}} page for the TV series. The [[NightmareFuel/TheStrain NF page for the novel trilogy goes here]].
'''This page is a WIP, and going through a clean-up.'''
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!!General
* Season 4 is full of chilling Holocaust and Nazi-esque imagery. People are gradually trained to live with fewer and fewer rights and comforts until they are reduced to caged livestock and drained in industrial quantities, while the number of collaborators temporarily benefiting from the system are gradually fed into it, step by step.
!!Season 1
!!Season 2
!!Season 3
!!![[AC:03x10: The Fall]]
* The tension in the episode comes from the knowledge that there is one more nuclear bomb needed for the Master's plan to be complete. All it takes is one press of a button...
* After Kelly's death, Zach goes numb. But before Ephraim can try to reason with him, Zach holds his hand out ''with the nuclear trigger''. Zach removes the safety, and before Eph can approach his son to either reason with him or take the detonator, Zach proclaims one last declaration of hate for his father, and in pure malice, '''presses the trigger'''.
-->'''Zach:''' "[[AtomicHate I]] ''[[FaceHeelTurn hate]]'' [[WhamLine you]]!" ''(the detonator is pressed)''
* The DisasterDominoes that occur after detonation. The shockwave blast is enough to free the Master from the silver-lined sarcophagus, Zach leaves the building with Eichhorst, fully embracing his ties with the strigoi, and the debris cloud has blocked out the sun, allowing the ''strigoi to run amok in New York City''. Talk about a DownerEnding.
!!Season 4
!!![[AC:04x01: The Worm Turns]]
!!Unsorted
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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[AtomicHate I]] ''[[FaceHeelTurn hate]]'' [[WhamLine you]]!" [[note]]This is a placeholder for now.[[/note]]]]
When you think of vampires in media, you're more than likely to come across a more romanticized depiction of them, whether it'd be TV shows like Series/TheVampireDiaries, Series/TrueBlood, or novels like Literature/TheTwilightSaga.
But ''Series/TheStrain'' is unique.
The Strigoi are what happens when you add vampires, mix it in with EldritchAbomination, add lots of BodyHorror, sprinkle in a unique [[TheVirus way of transmitting the infection]], and bake it in ZombieApocalypse, you're in for one hell of a ride in New York.
Remember, this is a {{Nightmare Fuel}} page for the TV series. The [[NightmareFuel/TheStrain NF page for the novel trilogy goes here]].
'''This page is a WIP, and going through a clean-up.'''
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!!General
* Season 4 is full of chilling Holocaust and Nazi-esque imagery. People are gradually trained to live with fewer and fewer rights and comforts until they are reduced to caged livestock and drained in industrial quantities, while the number of collaborators temporarily benefiting from the system are gradually fed into it, step by step.
!!Season 1
!!Season 2
!!Season 3
!!![[AC:03x10: The Fall]]
* The tension in the episode comes from the knowledge that there is one more nuclear bomb needed for the Master's plan to be complete. All it takes is one press of a button...
* After Kelly's death, Zach goes numb. But before Ephraim can try to reason with him, Zach holds his hand out ''with the nuclear trigger''. Zach removes the safety, and before Eph can approach his son to either reason with him or take the detonator, Zach proclaims one last declaration of hate for his father, and in pure malice, '''presses the trigger'''.
-->'''Zach:''' "[[AtomicHate I]] ''[[FaceHeelTurn hate]]'' [[WhamLine you]]!" ''(the detonator is pressed)''
* The DisasterDominoes that occur after detonation. The shockwave blast is enough to free the Master from the silver-lined sarcophagus, Zach leaves the building with Eichhorst, fully embracing his ties with the strigoi, and the debris cloud has blocked out the sun, allowing the ''strigoi to run amok in New York City''. Talk about a DownerEnding.
!!Season 4
!!![[AC:04x01: The Worm Turns]]
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* The suicide bomber strigoi blowing themselves up and spreading their worms everywhere in 3x04.
* The Season 3 finale, "The Fall", ends with [[spoiler: the Master's nuke destroying the Statue of Liberty, the resulting cloud of dust and ash blocking out the sun. The last shot of the season is hordes of strigoi, now unhindered by the light, swarming the streets of the city. Even worse? [[FaceHeelTurn Zach]] was the one to detonate it ''out of spite at his father'']].
* Season 4 is full of chilling Holocaust imagery, people gradually trained to live with fewer and fewer rights and comforts, until they are reduced to caged lifestock and drained in industrial quantities, while the number of collaborators temporarily benefiting from the system are gradually fed into it, step by step.
* The Season 3 finale, "The Fall", ends with [[spoiler: the Master's nuke destroying the Statue of Liberty, the resulting cloud of dust and ash blocking out the sun. The last shot of the season is hordes of strigoi, now unhindered by the light, swarming the streets of the city. Even worse? [[FaceHeelTurn Zach]] was the one to detonate it ''out of spite at his father'']].
* Season 4 is full of chilling Holocaust imagery, people gradually trained to live with fewer and fewer rights and comforts, until they are reduced to caged lifestock and drained in industrial quantities, while the number of collaborators temporarily benefiting from the system are gradually fed into it, step by step.
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* The suicide bomber strigoi blowing themselves up and spreading their worms everywhere in 3x04.
* The Season 3 finale, "The Fall", ends with [[spoiler: the Master's nuke destroying the Statue of Liberty, the resulting cloud of dust and ash blocking out the sun. The last shot of the season is hordes of strigoi, now unhindered by the light, swarming the streets of the city. Even worse? [[FaceHeelTurn Zach]] was the one to detonate it ''out of spite at his father'']].
* Season 4 is full of chilling Holocaust imagery, people gradually trained to live with fewer and fewer rights and comforts, until they are reduced to caged lifestock and drained in industrial quantities, while the number of collaborators temporarily benefiting from the system are gradually fed into it, step by step.3x04.
* The Season 3 finale, "The Fall", ends with [[spoiler: the Master's nuke destroying the Statue of Liberty, the resulting cloud of dust and ash blocking out the sun. The last shot of the season is hordes of strigoi, now unhindered by the light, swarming the streets of the city. Even worse? [[FaceHeelTurn Zach]] was the one to detonate it ''out of spite at his father'']].
* Season 4 is full of chilling Holocaust imagery, people gradually trained to live with fewer and fewer rights and comforts, until they are reduced to caged lifestock and drained in industrial quantities, while the number of collaborators temporarily benefiting from the system are gradually fed into it, step by step.
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* Compared to [[Literature/{{Twilight}} more]] [[Series/TheVampireDiaries romanticized]] [[Series/TrueBlood depictions]] of vampires in fiction, the vampires in this show are portrayed more on the lines of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s with their proboscis-like appendages they use to kill their victims and copious amounts of BodyHorror.
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* Compared to [[Literature/{{Twilight}} [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga more]] [[Series/TheVampireDiaries romanticized]] [[Series/TrueBlood depictions]] of vampires in fiction, the vampires in this show are portrayed more on the lines of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s with their proboscis-like appendages they use to kill their victims and copious amounts of BodyHorror.
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** To make it even worse, Bennett’s then spotted later [[spoiler: during the eclipse attempting to pull a woman out of her car before he kills and infects the two FBI agents escorting a detained Ephraim, after which he wanders into an alley, chases a couple of young women and then attacks Gus and Felix, managing to infect the latter before the former puts him down by smashing his skull in with a pipe.]]
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* The Season 3 finale, "The Fall", ends with [[spoiler: the Master's nuke destroying the Statue of Liberty, the resulting cloud of dust and ash blocking out the sun. The last shot of the season is hordes of strigoi, now unhindered by the light, swarming the streets of the city.]] Even worse? [[FaceHeelTurn Zach]] was the one to detonate it ''out of spite at his father'']].
