The Strain: "It's Not For Everyone" Review

Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.

Four episodes into its first season, The Strain is still a work in progress. Most of the characters we’re following aren’t interacting with one another, although they presumably will, and so the strength of a given hour depends largely on who is being featured. “It’s Not for Everyone” turns its focus to some folks who haven’t had much screen time—Gus and Palmer--and the results are mixed, making for a stop-and-start feeling to story.

But things certainly hit the ground running, picking up immediately after last week’s Canary team vs. Monster throw down and diving into a terrifically gross autopsy as they try to make sense of what’s going on. The breakup of the team feels is, in its own way, as purposefully messy as the physical fight that ended last week’s episode. The truth comes tumbling out of Jim to a livid Eph and Nora, and just when it looked like they’d storm off without the video evidence, Nora demands the phone. It’s a parting shot that lands much harder than any physical blow Eph could deliver and is an important sign that they’re keeping their eye on what matters.

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