I think you're wholly too harsh on the show. It's understandable in that critics review A LOT, so something we civilians might only see on occasion you all see frequently.

Yeah, SJP is so fucking painful as the lead in this. I just think of her meeting last episode trying to get her bonus deferred and how damn weird she was. I thought it was going to end with them pulling the job after getting so creeped out.

I love The Strain, as always, I think Guillermo Del Toro does such and excellent job at building a world that it's very engrossing even as the narrative can lag. The show has been an excellent departure from the book but they gloss over some really surprising things sometimes.

For a serious version, I'd pick interestingly Lucifer in Supernatural. Mark Pellegrino (an evangelical christian) does such a great job of both being ruthless yet also humanizing. In a lot of ways he does the best portraying more than just a one-sided evil. He's the devil so he's obviously bad and trying to destroy…

I have to agree here. I totally see the help in disguises. Eye-witnesses are unreliable enough as it is, throw in a disguise however simple can make all those descriptions even worse (age, height, etc.) and wanted posters not so helpful.

I liked it. Read what you want out of the ending. Especially since in 1960, there's no possible way a propaganda film could have faked the war scenes of Berlin burning. The fact that the films appeared to show different realities to each person definitely shows this isn't just propaganda. Reality is subjective. Leaves…

I love seeing a show based around the apocalypse as it happens. EVERY zombie/apocalypse show or movie is focused on surviving the aftermath or immediately after. I'd be fine with a character focused drama too, just too many episodes are totally pointless. If it wasn't for the books, I'd have never made it this far.

I understand the decision to not really show that. Direction wise, it over complicates the message. Focusing rage at the oppressors rather than a more broad social message.

God I hate Paige. I totally have to give credit to Holly Taylor though, anyone who can make that strong of a feeling about a character is just plain good,

I liked Black Mirror, I appreciate everything it is and says for sure. I definitely buy the Twilight Zone analogy, it's the closest thing to it but not quite because the show does and excellent job of taking that concept and modernizing it.

He seemed to reconcile at the end! When Elizabeth apologizes for having not told him he seems to be cool with it.

Yeah, totally agree with everyone here. Some of their disguises are good enough that I didn't actually realize it was Phillip until later.