The Strain: Season 3

2016 · 10 episodes · ★ 7.0

What Season 3 of The Strain

New York City is a battleground as humans fight for survival against the vampire apocalypse in season three. Though our heroes achieve small victories, they are not winning the war. Beset by personal conflicts – betrayal, disappointment, paranoia – the group splinters as the Master closes in on executing an irreversible transformation of the world.

10episodes

Aug 28, 2016premiered

Oct 30, 2016final episode

7.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 New York Strong
Aug 28, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 7.0
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.
Directing: J. Miles Dale · Starring: Ted Charette, Tim Cody, Dustin Faith, Cam Fergus
3x02 Bad White
Sep 4, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 5.8
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.
Director: J. Miles Dale · Starring: America Olivo, Taso Alexander, Ben Carlson, Zarrin Darnell-Martin
3x03 First Born
Sep 11, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 6.8
The Occido Lumen is gone. Stolen. Setrakian and Fet race to recover it. Gus and Angel try to hide a secret houseguest while avoiding a police sweep, and Quinlan's thirst for vengeance is revealed.
Directing: Ken Girotti · Starring: Deanna Dunagan, Jack Kesy, Aaron Lazar, Paul Aspland
3x04 Gone But Not Forgotten
Sep 18, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 6.8
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.
Director: Ken Girotti · Starring: Jeananne Goossen, Meghan Allen, Jarrett Downey-Shaw, Jessica Embro
3x05 Madness
Sep 25, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 6.3
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.
Directing: Deran Sarafian · Starring: Nigel Bennett, Daniel Matmor, Erin Noble, Elizabeth Saunders
3x06 The Battle of Central Park
Oct 2, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
Fet strikes hard at the heart of the strigoi army while Justine embarks upon a risky mission to drive the strigoi out of Manhattan once and for all. Gus and Angel fight for their lives and their freedom but are faced with a moral dilemma.
Directing: Deran Sarafian · Starring: Meghan Allen, Allison Wilson-Forbes, Dalton Derek, Paul Ebejer
3x07 Collaborators
Oct 9, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
Setrakian offers hope in a new plan to trap the Master while Eph and Dutch seek out the Master's “voice.” Palmer needs Setrakian's access to the white to hold up his end of their bargain.
Director: T.J. Scott · Starring: Mike Dopud, Costa Ronin, Damir Andrei, Makenna Lyn Beatty
3x08 White Light
Oct 16, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: T.J. Scott · Starring: Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, Michelle Arvizu, Adriana Barraza, Thomas L. Colford
3x09 Do or Die
Oct 23, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Vincenzo Natali · Starring: Natasha Bromfield, Samantha Mathis, Paulino Nunes, Joaquín Cosío
3x10 The Fall Season Finale
Oct 30, 2016 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
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.
Director: Carlton Cuse · Starring: Joe Delfin, Jeff Kassel, Dwain Murphy, Hannan Younis