‘The Strain’ Recap: S3E6 ‘The Battle of Central Park’

The “Volunteers” Are Free

For the past few episodes, Gus and Angel have been held captive by the New York Police Department. Because they were arrested and there no longer is a penal system, all criminals have been deputized to be cannon fodder for the police and go into dangerous places to fight the Strigoi, and they aren’t even allowed guns.

This episode they finally “earn” their freedom the only way you can in the vampire apocalypse: they take it. After two cowardly police officers take them down into the tunnels to clean out Strigoi, they seize their moment and jack them for their guns. In doing so they finally rid themselves of being under the boot of the NYPD and are able to do what they want going forward. Gus, Angel, and a new female prisoner (whose crime was that she violated curfew for food) are remaining when they run into Fet and Captain Rogers. Fet is horrified that they were used this way and promised them they are free, but he needs their help. Gus agrees to help but tells Angel to let the fellow prisoner escape because she doesn’t need to be down there.

Speaking of Fet….