"The Strain" season 2 episode two titled "By Any Means" forgot about the vampires for a while and focused more on the human aspect of the show.
In most of the earlier episodes, the main characters were left with no choice but to face or runaway from the vampires. In the latest episode, some of them finally had the time to step away from hunting and show emotions other than rage or fear. Although the team are working apart from each other, audience still got to see the other side of their life before the spread of the infection.
One of the surprising development in the latest "The Strain" season 2 episode is the forming romance between Kevin Durand's Vasiliy Fet and Ruta Gedmintas's Dutch Velders.
The two are visiting buildings in the city to dispose vampires but ended up kissing each other when they visited a fitness facility. Vasiliy and Dutch showed compelling chemistry ever since they first had interaction. For Durand, it seems Vasiliy has finally found his match.
"I think it's the first time for him ... I think, leading up to Dutch, he's always been more of a one-night stand kind of guy because he's been so obsessed with obtaining knowledge and being the best at what he does," Durand told Wall Street Journal of the budding romance with Dutch in the latest "The Strain" season 2 episode.
"That obsession has driven him into being a type of recluse of source. Being in this world now, and looking into that woman's eyes and seeing this same kind of rebelliousness - she matches him in intelligence and in darkness; she matches him in so many ways that he's never experienced before - that it really throws him off. I think the biggest thing that he fears are his newfound emotions that are percolating and growing. I don't think he's ever been there before. I think that's why they're drawn to each other."
But of course, relationships are easily ruined. Eph (Corey Stoll) had to leave his wife who was infected. Dr. Nora (Mia Maestro) saw her own mother become vampire and be the one to pull the trigger on her. Is heartbreak waiting for Vasiliy. Can he keep his relationship with the computer genius? Find in the next "The Strain" season 2 episode which will air on July 26.
