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The Strain Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
New York Strong
Sun, Aug 28, 201643 mins
The strigoi are evolving, becoming faster. Smarter. Eph struggles to improve his failing bioweapon while trying to work through the emotional fallout of the abduction of his son, Zack. As Setrakian and Quinlan attempt to crack the Lumen's deepest-held secrets, Fet helps a Navy SEAL team in a deadly mission: search for the Master through the underground tunnels of New York.
Episode 2
Bad White
Sun, Sep 4, 201645 mins
The Master's offer to return Zack plagues Eph as he considers taking the deal. Dutch reunites with an old group of friends but begins to question if her safety is better with them or with Fet, Eph and Setrakian. Palmer strives for answers to Setrakian's secret strigoi blood treatments and discovers he may have a way to acquire it.
Episode 3
First Born
Sun, Sep 11, 201643 mins
Setrakian and Fet track down the Occido Lumen while Eph and Quinlan head to the spot where they are supposed to swap Zach per the book with The Master. Meanwhile, Quinlan's origins and hate for The Master is disclosed in flashbacks. When Eph and Quinlan arrive to the place, Kelly brings a kid with a hood covering the face. Is the kid Zach?
Episode 4
Gone But Not Forgotten
Sun, Sep 18, 201643 mins
Things have changed. The infection enters a new phase. Fet wants to celebrate, but Setrakian and Eph are worried there's more work to be done. Justine conscripts a new, unwilling army in the fight while Eichhorst angrily lashes out with a plan to strike back.
Episode 5
Madness
Sun, Sep 25, 201642 mins
New information from the Lumen forces Setrakian to seek help from his lifelong nemesis, Eldritch Palmer. Eph's new experiments to understand strigoi communication seemingly take him to the brink of madness while Fet is on a mission to discover strigoi movements across New York City.
Episode 6
The Battle of Central Park
Sun, Oct 2, 201645 mins
Justine has a meeting with the police officers at the command center and decides to get rid of the vampires in the underground of the Central Park. Fet discloses that he will destroy the vampire nest with light bombs. Fet teams up with Captain Kate Nelson and her team but first he goes home to get the explosives where he meets Dutch and Eph. Kelly and Thomas Eichhorst assign a feeler to protect Zach that befriends the feeler as a pet. Out of the blue, Kelly and Eichhorst ask him to pack what he needs since the place is compromised and Zach leaves a book with a message. Gus and Angel are clearing out a tunnel with a small group and after a couple of incidents, they stumble upon Fet and Kate that have lost the police officers. Gus decides to join and help them while Angel leaves the tunnels with the prisoner called Carmen. Fet blow up the nest and when Justine is celebrating, she discovers that a horde of vampires is attacking her men in the Central Park.
Episode 7
Collaborators
Sun, Oct 9, 201642 mins
Setrakian offers hope in a new plan to trap the Master while Eph and Dutch seek out the Master's "voice." Palmer, frail and close to death, needs Setrakian's access to the white to hold up his end of their bargain. Fet suffers a devastating personal loss revealing a long-hidden family secret.
Episode 8
White Light
Sun, Oct 16, 201646 mins
The Master's voice proves to be more powerful and potentially fatal than Eph or Dutch anticipated. Fet and Setrakian track down the cargo from the Egyptian vessel and realize they may be in over their heads. Quinlan strikes a deal with the Ancients, but a last minute betrayal proves deadly.
Episode 9
Do or Die
Sun, Oct 23, 201644 mins
NYC is falling. Eph and Dutch frantically race to finish their new device to stop the Master before the city is overrun. Justine, Gus, and Angel fight in one last stand to stop the spreading virus. Palmer extracts vengeance for past wrongs but may have crossed the line.
Episode 10
The Fall
Sun, Oct 30, 201645 mins
Humanity teeters on the edge of destruction. The Master finally reveals himself, initiating the end game of a battle in which there can be only one winner. Eph, Fet, Setrakian, and Dutch must overcome their personal differences in a last-ditch effort to vanquish the strain.
