The 4 seasons · right after S2

The Strain

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New York is under quarantine, and Eph races to build a bioweapon against the strigoi

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Do you need to watch it?

Yes. It's part of the chronological order leading up to the end of the saga.

Where it falls in the order

Chronological3 of 4

BeforeThe Strain · S2

AfterThe Strain · S4

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Quick recap

Kelly holds Zach and wants the Occido Lumen in exchange for the boy. Fet fights the strigoi alongside Navy SEALs, and Eph works on a bioweapon against them. Palmer, dying, bargains with Setrakian for the white essence. A nuclear bomb smuggled from Russia turns up aboard the Aurora Cutlass. In the end, the Master ambushes Palmer and takes his body. The team traps the Master in a silver-lined sarcophagus. Kelly attacks Eph, who kills her in self-defense. Enraged, Zach sets off the bomb. The Master breaks free, fallout blocks the sun and the strigoi can now walk in daylight. Eichhorst takes Zach, and Eph heads into the chaos to find him.

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Behind the scenesShorter and faster
S3 dropped from 13 to 10 episodes. Chuck Hogan said the story would move faster without changing the tone.
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ReferenceA finale named after a book
The season finale is called "The Fall," like the trilogy's second novel, and Carlton Cuse directed it himself.
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Behind the scenesA side series
The 10-part web series The Strain: Under Siege ran alongside S3.
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