7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Strain (2014)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.4
Overview
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Judaism: Positive
Overview
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The series leans left by primarily critiquing unchecked corporate power and government failure as catalysts for a global catastrophe, with a diverse group of individuals forming an anti-authoritarian resistance against an oppressive, ancient evil.
The movie features visible diversity in its cast, including prominent minority characters, without explicitly recasting traditionally white roles. The narrative does not critique traditional identities, focusing instead on a global horror plot where villainy is tied to ambition and monstrous nature rather than social identity.
Secondary
The Strain features LGBTQ+ characters like Angel Guzman Hurtado (gay) and Dutch Velders (bisexual) whose identities are depicted respectfully and as integral parts of their complex personalities. Their sexualities are neither central to the main plot nor a source of mockery or negative stereotypes, contributing to a normalized and incidental portrayal within the apocalyptic narrative.
The series portrays Judaism through Abraham Setrakian, a Holocaust survivor whose Jewish heritage and historical understanding are central to his righteous fight against the strigoi. The narrative affirms his perspective as crucial to understanding and combating the ancient evil.
The television series 'The Strain' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore related themes. Its narrative is entirely focused on a global vampiric pandemic and the efforts to combat it, rendering the category of transsexual portrayal inapplicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The television series "The Strain" adapts its characters directly from the source novel trilogy. All major characters, including Ephraim Goodweather, Nora Martinez, Abraham Setrakian, and Vasily Fet, maintain their established genders from the books in the on-screen adaptation.
Based on a review of the source material and the show's casting, no major characters in "The Strain" were canonically established as one race and then portrayed as a different race in the series.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.5
Critic Ratings
7.9
7.0
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