The Strain

About The Strain

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.

FX's The Strain is a mystery, science fiction, and fantasy series. Its themes are virus, biting, disease, and outbreak.

It ran for 4 seasons and 46 episodes between July 2014 and September 2017. Seasons run to about 12 episodes.

Corey Stoll leads the cast as Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, Kevin Durand as Vasiliy Fet, Miguel Gómez as Augustin 'Gus' Elizalde, and David Bradley as Professor Abraham Setrakian. The series began as a novel. Produced by Double Dare You.

American members can watch it on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel. Resident Evil, Helix, and American Horror Story make useful companions to The Strain, all filed under horror and survival. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 2,078 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.