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Her name is Nadia Bowers.

It was in the FRONT of the van. SO MUCH WORSE!

That was a guess from me but according to the show wiki the character is British and the actress herself is from Buckinghamshire, England. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruta_Gedmintas I'm not an expert on British accents but she's definitely not from Australia or New Zealand.

A heads-up in case you missed it. The Strain is the lead topic of discussion on this week's "Extra Hot Great" podcast. (I was the guest and as always, it was tons of fun.)

It probably got too confusing.

She's in next week's episode and looks to be a major figure on the show (unless they kill her off; I have no idea what's in store for that character).

Now you are feeling my pain.

He's still doing live shows, so optimistic that maybe an animated reboot could still be possible.

Sleepy Hollow orgy's biggest problem: headless.

It would probably break my heart if I found out it was a stunt dick.

It was a choppy episode in general. I went back and watched last week's and I really had a hard time figuring out visually what was going on in that warehouse or in the revolving door. Others have pointed this out, but the show definitely suffers when it's trying to juggle too many disparate characters/storylines at the same time, but then that's also when the plot moves forward most expediently. That's the curse/blessing of having them all together in the same town instead of separated.

One thing I noticed from doing all the screen capping last night was how many of the shots in the episode had a huge shadow or a blob of black obscuring a big chunk of the frame. You can see it in the recap in the casserole image and later on in the image of Pete being told to "Keep walking." Interesting directorial choice - lots of doors and characters in the foreground blocking out a significant part of the frame in darkness. Is this meant to signal an increasingly large shadow over Alexandria or that our heroes are bringing the darkness with everything they do? I hadn't noticed it on previous episodes as much as this one to this extent. (Though the show, in general, always has lots of shadows and a muted color palette.)

Me too. It comes really early in the comics and I'm surprised they went back to that.

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At least Judith never talked to imaginary people. I mean, at least not yet.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Gimple has written some of the show's strongest episodes (and obviously he has a soft spot for Morgan, having written "Clear.") He's a smart guy and has a good handle on the characters and I think Nicotero has proven to be great at keeping the show moving as a director. Like I said in the Particles piece, they crammed an awful lot of story into one episode. I thought the bulk of this season was going to be mired in Terminus stuff.

This is a weird thread and you all owe Jeff an apologgggggfafaaaaarrrrrrrttttt. Ha. Got you guys with a fart.

Well, it's based on a trilogy of books, so yeah, they pretty much have a lot more story ready to go.

The FX app (which is also an app on Apple TV) might have them all. You'll have to sign in with your cable provider info, though.

Alonso Creem, as referenced in this post: http://previously.tv/the-strain/sometimes-they-come-back/

They did a version in 2005 but it didn't do well. There's rumors of a movie version in the works with Johnny Depp attached, but who knows if that's true.

Wait, I bet it's Zach. That kid gets around.

There's no way this visitor can be as special as Fet was.

Total blatant self-pimping, but I got to interview Guillermo del Toro for this Rolling Stone piece and he was a very cool, generous interview subject. Lots of discussion about the gore/effects on "The Strain": http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/the-rise-of-grossout-tv-20140918