Previously on The Strain.
You've grown old, A230385.
It has been many years. You look exactly the same.
We are organizing you all for assignments to quarters and jobs.
- Skills? - We are carpenters.
This scourge we are now witnessing has existed for millennia.
Ravages what is human and instills a raging thirst.
Are you saying this epidemic was intentional, that somebody planned this?
- Is that what you're saying? - I don't know! They paid me a little...
to do them a favor, and then the favors kept getting bigger.
- You waited till now to tell us? - You might not understand this, Eph...
but I would do anything to keep my wife alive.
Gusto! He's got one of those things! Help!
What is that shit, bro? Get it out!
Those we hold dear, if they are turned...
they come back home and destroy those they love the most.
Where are we going?
Mama needs some rest, so we are going on an adventure.
You are both ready. Good.
I have a new plan.
- Would you like me to carry it for you, Mr. Luss? - No.
- There should be somebody here. I got it, thanks. - Yeah.
Communications companies across the country...
have been unable to reverse the dramatic failure...
of cell phone and Internet communications which began late yesterday.
The fringe hacker group the Citizens for Liberty claims responsibility for the slowdown...
which has paralyzed some of Wall Street's major financial institutions.
The tragedy has already generated a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Attorney Joan Luss told reporters at a press conference...
that 173 of the Regis passenger families had joined in the legal action.
Over 200 people were killed on that flight.
And Regis Air and the CEO bears a...
Go get 'em, girl.
- Neeva? - Merci. I reach you.
It was 25 times I call you before I get through.
You must come home. Your wife isn't well.
There is something very wrong with her and she doesn't even know it.
- I... - Whoa, whoa, just slow down. What?
- I took the children. - Took them where?
- My home. - I'm on my way from the airport.
I'll be at the house in 20 minutes. Just bring the kids back there.
- No, I cannot. - Neeva.
I've been on a plane for 19 hours.
I'm not making a side trip to Yonkers tonight.
They are already asleep.
Fine, in the morning.
First thing in the morning, bring 'em to the house.
Call Joan Luss, home.
Cell service unavailable. Connect to the Internet.
Neighborhood's a little deserted.
- Any idea what's going on? - They say it is from eclipse.
- How's that? - $8.30.
Credit machine not working tonight.
Cash only.
Gotta run inside and get cash. I'll be right back.
Man.
Franco?
What the...
Go, go, go! Just start the car!
Go! Go! Drive!
- Lock the doors! Drive the car! - What are you doing?
Drive the car! Jesus Christ!
- Drive the car! - What is this, man?
Drive the goddamn car! Go! Watch out!
- Holy shit. - What is this, man?
Go, go, go! Oh, Jesus!
What are you doing?
- What are you doing? - What the shit!
Joan!
Joan, you gotta call the cops!
Joan, honey, where are you?
Joan!
Come on. Come on. Oh, thank God.
Services have been suspended for this area.
- We have to... - We value you as a customer...
- and hope to reestablish service as soon as possible. -
- This is a recording. - Oh, my God.
Transportation authorities just announced the Brooklyn Bridge...
- has been closed... - Silver bullets?
They are susceptible to silver. It burns them.
- I cast these bullets myself. - Okay.
I learned the legend of this creature from my bubbe...
my grandmother, when I was eight years old.
She's the one who told me silver could harm them.
I have since verified this many times.
Silver is known to interfere with sulfur bonds in bacteria.
- I suggest you fill up a gun. - Look, before we do any more killing...
and especially because I think it's pretty clear we can't stop this thing one by one...
I've got a better idea. We've got video. We've got ample proof to show people.
Let's get this in front of the public.
- Let's get it in front of everybody. - That will not work.
Whoever is behind this has eliminated that option...
with much calculation and at great expense.
Oh, but your theory that you pitched yesterday...
that we kill the leader of these vampires...
that's far more logical.
It's far more likely to work.
We kill the Master, and his spawn will die. I promise you.
Okay, for convenience sake, and strictly as a semantic term...
we'll refer to him as "the Master."
You're saying we kill the Master...
and that's somehow gonna stop this plague.
Yes.
That makes no biological sense.
You destroy one creature and somehow all the other ones die? How does that work?
I have verified the observations of these authors with my own experience.
Those that are inaccurate, I have discarded.
That is your scientific method, no?
If you wish to defeat this evil, you must trust me.
I understand this. You do not.
Aliens have infiltrated the highest levels of our government...
Thanks, Howard.
At every turn, everything I have said has proven to be correct.
- Is that not true? - Yes, but...
This is no different.
Logic is not the issue here. It's your desire to always be in control.
All right. All right.
If we were to do this, how do we find this master?
Well, that is our first problem.
His nesting place will be well hidden.
We need to locate his human helpers.
What about Jim?
Those people hired Jim to smuggle the coffin out of the airport.
- Jim? Who's Jim? - He's the guy who betrayed me.
- I'm not going back there. - Well, we're running out of other options.
Please.
Ephraim, trust me.
We will prevail.
Achtung! In line! Now!
Ah.
Gentlemen.
While you have been contributing so diligently to the war effort...
we conducted an inspection of your barracks and made a surprising discovery.
A Jewish talisman.
I believe you people refer to it as "the hand of Miriam."
We found it secured beneath one of your bunks.
It appears to have been carved from the very oak you work with in this shop.
Oak that is property of the Third Reich.
Now, who is responsible for this fine piece of craftsmanship?
No one wishes to claim credit?
Very well.
I will shoot you one at a time until the perpetrator steps forward.
I made it.
- Where did you learn to carve like this? - My father.
Show me your hands.
Yes.
A230385.
Please, come with me.
If I recall correctly...
this totem is named after the sister of Moses and Aaron...
and it's supposed to offer protection from evil.
I have a special project for you.
Lots of detail work...
but that shouldn't be difficult for you.
You're excused from regular duties.
This will be your sole focus.
Any contraband between your toes?
Let me see. Wiggle 'em for me.
- Hear what I'm saying, bro? - I'm not your bro.
- It was self-defense. - Other foot, please.
Up. Toes?
You didn't see that fat dude's body?
Do I look like a coroner to you? Arms up.
He had a six-foot frog tongue!
He bled white! He had worms in his blood!
Sir, you need to chill out.
Get that light outta my face, man.
In a couple of hours, you'll come down off of whatever shit you took.
But in the meantime, you need to follow my instructions.
Now bend forward and expose your buttocks.
I didn't take nothin'. I don't do drugs.
You better tell your bosses there's some weird shit goin' down out there.
This is New York City. Weird shit goes down out there all the time.
- Okay, what did I forget? - Your phone charger.
All right, well, we better get going.
Our flight doesn't leave for four hours.
Yeah, well, with everything that's going on, traffic's gonna be a nightmare.
- Something wrong? - You tell me.
You can't sit still. You keep looking out the window.
- I don't want to miss the flight. - Why?
You say this is the most deadly outbreak ever...
and suddenly you want to run off to Palo Alto with me?
- That's not you. - This is different.
All right? This is about your health.
- It's about us. - I know when you're lying to me.
You always fiddle with your glasses.
- Can we just talk about this when we get there? - No.
We're talking about it now.
- Why did Barnes sideline you? - He sidelined all of us.
He doesn't want to acknowledge what's going on.
- Eph. - No, it's...
You helped him do whatever got him into trouble.
It's not Eph's fault. It's me.
- I don't understand. - I know.
Jim, it's Eph!
- I thought the FBI had you. - They did. Let us in.
- Sylvia, please. - Come on, let 'em through.
What don't you understand, Sylvia?
Your husband accepted bribes...
and because of that, an epidemic is now tearing its way through the city.
Sylvia, I was involved in a major way.
- Look... - No.
You're not actually thinking of doing this.
I cannot believe that you are gonna let this self-righteous prick...
manipulate you with crazy talk about vampires.
No, I... I saw one.
- It attacked me. - Okay, I'm not listening to any more of this.
You need to decide what you're going to do...
and who matters to you.
I have to help them.
Okay. Great.
- Where are you going? - To call a cab. I'm leaving.
You do what you want! I will too!
Jim, I need you to describe the German.
He was about 45, blond hair, graying.
May have been a toupee.
Really waxy skin.
And, uh, his eyes were intense.
He was well dressed.
Thomas Eichhorst.
Give me a minute.
Let him talk to her.
What's your history with this German?
It's long. Complicated.
He's a strigoi.
But when I first met him, many years ago, he was still human...
yet...
just as monstrous.
A230385?
- How is it progressing? - Very well, Herr Standartenführer.
Your father taught you well.
Does it bring you enjoyment?
It takes my mind off this place.
In that sense, I suppose it's...
pleasurable.
I've never been good with my hands.
Cannot draw or sculpt, or carve anything.
Want to know how pathetic I am?
In middle-school woodworking, I had to steal another boy's project to pass the class.
How sad is that?
We all have different talents.
I'm sure you did not rise to your...
position...
through sheer luck.
Quite right.
Managing people... that's my talent.
Picking the right person for the right job.
Just as I did with you on this project.
And, God, I was right.
Look at that craftsmanship.
Wish I had more like you.
Bonjour, Audrey.
- Sleep well? - No.
Neeva, can we please go home?
That's a good question, Mom.
You told their father you'd have them back by now.
Go get your brother and we talk about it, huh?
What do you mean "talk about it"?
Christ, Mother. You are their employee, not part of their family.
There is danger in that house.
- Audrey! Keene! Get your coats on. - No! You can't!
Don't argue with me about it.
Okay, we're taking them back.
Okay.
But if it is as I say... if she is sick...
we will take the children away from there.
I'm a nurse, Mom. If Mrs. Luss is sick, I'll know what to do.
Kids, get your coats on.
Dr. Moise said one of the side effects of corticosteroids is weight gain.
In your case, that could be a good thing.
Did he happen to comment on the elephant in the room?
Now, what happens if his drug cocktail fails and my body rejects the liver?
Sir, I don't think it's productive for you to think about that.
In a few days, I'm sure we'll look back on this...
as a small bump in the road to your recovery.
I am most gratified to hear that.
We're all terribly fond of Eldritch.
Herr Eichhorst...
I'm not aware that we're on a first-name basis.
I'll be right outside.
Your manservant has developed misgivings about our relationship.
He's a keen judge of character.
And very protective.
Understandably. He's been with me since his birth.
His parents worked for my mother and father.
It's disappointing that is no longer a common practice.
I assume you've informed your master...
that the plan I've constructed is unfolding perfectly.
Everyone is focused on the Citizens for Liberty cyber-attacks.
And only a small wrinkle.
I've just received a disturbing voice mail.
This is Jim Kent.
Look, I didn't destroy Redfern's body.
I want you to have the German...
bring $100,000 cash to Grand Central at 3:30 this afternoon.
The Vanderbilt entrance.
I get the money, you get Redfern's body...
and I'm never to be heard from again.
- You assured me that you had this fellow under control. - It's a bluff.
Kent would never have the courage to try this on his own.
The Jew is behind it.
I thought you were going to deal with him.
He has more tenacity than I thought.
Well... I hope it won't be a problem.
No problem.
- I'll take care of it. - Wunderbar.
Felix.
Make room.
You all right?
I got you. Let's go.
I got you.
Watch out. Yo, make room.
First come, first serve.
Put him back on the floor where he belongs.
Get your bitch ass off the bench.
Come on. Felix, relax, all right?
Breathe easy.
I'm being punished for what we did.
Stop talking crazy, man.
- Rest easy, okay? I'm gonna get us some help. - Uh-huh.
We're gonna get out of this. All right?
Just relax.
You're gonna be all right.
Yo, CO!
CO!
My friend needs some help, man. He's sick.
A paramedic will come see him.
When?
When he has time.
Now shut up, or you'll be needing him too.
- Look, Sylvia, I'm... - No. Don't bother.
Look, I'm sorry I lied.
All right? I was only trying to protect you.
Let's go.
Goddamn it.
- She'll come around. - Will she?
Look, I'm all in with you guys.
Let's hope this works and the German guy shows up.
He has too much hubris. Once challenged, he will show.
You'll need this.
I was sort of hoping for something in the gun family.
Silver is more effective.
You must pick up the pace...
A230385.
I'm assuming the urgency is from that Russian artillery?
It will get finished.
I admire your work ethic.
Where I grew up, everyone worked hard. We knew no other way.
Where do you come from?
- I was born in Armenia. - Hmm.
After the Great War, my family settled in a little town in Romania.
- Vârsolt. - Vârsolt.
Of course.
I traveled through there...
summer... '41.
It has a beautifully preserved Roman castra.
Oh...
Went through the hands of many great empires.
The Romans...
Mongols, Habsburgs, the Turks...
So, tell me...
A230385.
Do you think we Germans will outlast our predecessors?
Please, speak freely.
I think the Third Reich is in its death throes.
Very likely.
But suppose a new Reich rose from the ashes of this one...
led by a new führer...
who was able to deliver everything Hitler promised and more.
I think that would be a very sad day for humanity.
Quite the opposite, my friend. It's what humanity craves.
- A strong leader, a visionary. - Visionary?
- Hitler is a megalomaniac who declared himself dictator. - Wrong!
Hitler was elected democratically!
He went before the Reichstag.
He asked the elected representatives of the people to grant him extraordinary powers.
And they did, by an overwhelming majority.
- Because they were terrified. - Yes. Terrified of democracy!
They'd lived through the chaos of the Weimar Republic!
Governments gridlocked by partisan bickering!
They realized Plato was right.
A republic can only be led by a philosopher king...
with the wisdom...
to look after the needs of the many.
- Unless you are a Jew. - Ah.
You see, this is the problem.
You take all of this too personally.
After the murder of my family, I suppose I do.
Oh, the nobility of the victim.
I see.
You comfort yourself with the fantasy...
that you're morally superior to me.
But you're not.
First day you arrived, I asked if anyone was a carpenter...
and you eagerly threw up your hands!
And from that day on, you've labored here, working on behalf of the Third Reich!
- I had no choice. - Yes, you had!
But you're afraid of the choice.
The alternative.
Here.
Let me make it clearer to you.
If you're quick enough, you might grab my pistol.
You're going to die anyway, when the trains stop.
Why not go down fighting? Right here. Right now.
Don't you want to try?
It's much easier to do nothing, isn't it? Safer.
If that God you believe in really existed...
what do you suppose he would think of you?
See? Look. I told you.
Something evil happened here. Call the police.
No, no! Ke... Keene!
No, no! Wait!
- Come back here! - No!
Wait! Come back! Keene and Audrey!
Mommy, where are you?
Mama, are you home?
- Disgusting. - Mr. Luss?
- Miss Joan? - Someone's been sick.
Audrey?
Miss Joan?
You stay there!
Mr. Luss?
- Daddy? - No!
Sebastiane. We have to leave.
We can't. We have to take this man to a hospital.
- No, we must go now! Oh, God. - Mama?
- What is that thing? - Sebastiane!
Neeva!
The door!
Neeva! Neeva! Neeva!
Quick, help me with the table!
What's wrong with my mama?
An evil Loa has possessed her. He craves food.
What food?
Good morning, ma'am. Uh, right upstairs.
No luggage, Mr. Kent?
And no Sylvia.
Won't she be joining you on your train?
- Where's the money? - Where's the Jew?
- What Jew? - He's here somewhere.
I can smell him.
And he's managed to recruit you into his pathetic crusade.
You're now on the wrong side of history, Jim Kent.
It's not too late.
You and your wife could still be part of a glorious new order.
But make the wrong decision here...
and you condemn Sylvia to a painful and lingering death.
I'll ask you one more time.
- Where is the Jew? - Christ, I have no...
I could drink you right here.
Turn you.
If you do anything...
You see those cops over there?
They'll be all over you.
Well.
Then I guess you've made your decision.
Consider your wife dead.
Passengers, watch the gap between the train and the platform.
This is Grand Central, 42nd Street. Transfers...
This is an Eastchester-bound 5 express train.
The next stop is 51 st Street.
Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize...
for the unavoidable delay.
Eph.
Shit.
He lost us.
Jim.
- Did you see where Eichhorst went? - No.
Look, he knows it's a trap. He's looking for Setrakian.
- Did you warn him? - I didn't see him.
All right. We have to find Setrakian. Come on.
I saw him on the first level.
Seven train service between 74th Street and Broadway...
to 111th Street and Roosevelt Avenue...
has been reduced due to construction.
We apologize for the inconvenience this causes.
For further information, see the information desk...
Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for the unavoidable delay.
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
Stand clear of the closing doors.
Attention passengers, the last stop of the 6 train headed toward Pelham Bay Park...
is Third Avenue-138th Street.
A230385.
You really thought I would lead you to him?
I warned you to stay in jail.
Fitting that we should end our journey where it began... on a train platform.
But this time, I'm the one with the weapon.
Sardu's sword.
- The Master will be pleased to get it back. - Then come and take it.
And once again, you follow a false messiah...
who will prove as horrific as the last one.
I give you another day of life, Jew, for services rendered.
Are you all right?
We have a new cook.
Makes his own wurst. It's quite tasty.
Go on. Take it.
You earned it.
You've included every detail.
Oh.
It's magnificent.
They're back.
Oh, papa!
Mama...
Come to me.
Did they injure you?
Non. No.
Good.
Bring the young ones to me.
Ah. Come over here.
I want to have a look at you.
Make sure you're okay.
Did they, uh, scare you?
Hmm? I bet they did.
Good. You look okay.
Come here. How about you?
Did they, uh, hurt you?
No? Well, that's a good thing to know.
Hmm? Ah.
And how about you?
It's just a nick. I'll be okay.
Oh. May I see?
Mmm. Yeah. Good.
Good. Take the children. Go.
No. Wait a moment.
Wait.
No!
Be quiet.
Do not touch her.
She is corrupted.