Grab your silver swords, grenades and other vampire-slaying weapons. The Strain: The Complete Second Season is here.

After last episodes free fall, out comes the parachute! "Dead End" loses velocity, runs into a brick wall (literally) and tries to piece itself back together.

Keeping momentum going from last episode, tension is rising and "The Assassin" delivers.

As the finale slowly approaches, The Strain is back on track, though the show can ease up on the melodramatics.

"Intruders" is a low point in Season 2, but there is much worse to watch on television.

As Eph returns to New York City, "The Born" has arrived and the hunt for the Master is on.

Halfway through season two, Giuseppe is really sinking his teeth into The Strain and enjoying the taste.

This episode gets down to the nitty gritty of what makes The Strain bad-ass.

Giuseppe feels the pace picking up on episode four of The Strain. Warning! This recap contains spoilers!

The week's episode slows down in pace, but "Fort Defiance" still holds up.

Giuseppe recaps the second episode of season two, as The Strain gets things done "By Any Means".

The second season of The Strain has kicked off, and Giuseppe brings you a recap of the first episode, "BK, NY".

What's more cool than a vampire book that doesn't have any glitter? It's written by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. Violence ensues!