S4.E7

Ouroboros

Episode aired Aug 27, 2017
TV-MA
48m

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His health failing, Setrakian ignores Eph's warnings, pushing himself to the limit in his quest for victory and revenge. Fet and Quinlan race back to Manhattan, while the Master seals off th... Read allHis health failing, Setrakian ignores Eph's warnings, pushing himself to the limit in his quest for victory and revenge. Fet and Quinlan race back to Manhattan, while the Master seals off the city and prepares to eliminate them all.His health failing, Setrakian ignores Eph's warnings, pushing himself to the limit in his quest for victory and revenge. Fet and Quinlan race back to Manhattan, while the Master seals off the city and prepares to eliminate them all.

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9.0/10

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Trivia
Ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a serpent, or a dragon, eating it's own tail and was used as a symbol of the infinite cycle of natures endless creation and destruction, of life and death.

Goofs
When The Master takes over a new host, he absorbs the hosts consciousness and controls the body completely. This was previously demonstrated in the way Bolivar acts before and after he becomes The Master's host. However, during Eichhorst and The Master's confrontation, The Master's physicality is very reminiscent of Palmer's movements. His body language was very large as opposed to how he was always very still.

Quotes
Thomas Eichorst: [holding Setrakian aloft] Admit it, A230385: you've always been curious about what's on the other side.
Abraham Setrakian: Are you going to stand there flapping your lips all day, or finish this?
[Eichhorst extends his stinger and "bites" Setrakian's neck]
Augustin 'Gus' Elizalde: No! No!
[Setrakian drops an empty pill bottle - blood thinners. Sensing something wrong, Eichhorst withdraws his stinger and drops Setrakian, then falls to his knees, dry-heaving. Taking advantage of his captor's distraction, Gus breaks free and stabs him to death. Setrakian slowly picks up his sword and faces the convulsing Eichhorst]
Abraham Setrakian: Like rats, you cannot vomit the blood thinner. An anatomical curiosity, but very significant too, don't you think? You *are* vermin. Look at me. I want your Master to see this. Can you hear me? I have something to say to you. You are the hunger, the strain that feeds on us since time immemorial. But make no mistake, you're still a parasite, and we will flush you out and burn you. It will not be me, it will not be now, but it will happen, no matter how long it takes. In another face, another eyes, you will see me as you die. And as for you, Herr Eichhorst, my name is Abraham Setrakian. And you should know, I'm not a number anymore.
[He raises his sword...]
Abraham Setrakian: [in ancient language] My sword sings of silver!
[... and decapitates Eichhorst]

Soundtracks
Paint it Black
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones

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Featured review

10/10

So Far the Best Episode

Fet, QuInlan and Roman land in Long Island and are received by a group of vampires. They defeat the attackers and use their van. Sanjay blows up all the bridges to Manhattan to protect The Master. Setrakian and Dutch are in the museum and the weakened professor is tearing pages from the Lumen and putting them up on the wall trying to solve a riddle. Out of the blue, they overhear footsteps but they find that it is Eph and Alex. Eph examines Setrakian and believes he has a stroke. Eph and Dutch see Gus and he offers medicine to treat Setrakian under the protest of Alonso Creem. Meanwhile The Master is disappointed with Eichhorst and provokes him to hunt down Setrakian. Gus, his cousin, Eph and Dutch return to the museum but they are followed by Creem that learns their whereabouts. Eph gives blood thinner to Setrakian and tells that an excessive dose would be lethal for him since they poisoned the vampires in Philadelphia using the medicine. Then he looks for Sanjay expecting to be rewarded and he takes Creem to The Master and Eichhorst. However The Master does not accept the offer and sucks Creem, and Eichhorst heads with Creem to the hideout. Out of the blue, Setrakian is surprised by Eichhorst and Creem. What will happen to him?

"Ouroboros" is so far the best episode of "The Strain" despite the death of well-liked characters. But the absence of Zach in the show and the end of Eichhorst are great enough to guarantee the statement. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Ouroboros"