the strain season 2

In 1932, a young Abraham Setrakian's grandmother (Kathleen Chalfant) tells him the legend of Jusef Sardu, a kind-hearted nobleman afflicted with gigantism. Believing that the blood of a great wolf will cure him, Sardu's brother and cousins take him on a hunting trip. Seeing a strange creature in the woods, they leave Sardu to investigate. When they fail to return, he follows the party to a nearby cave and finds them slaughtered, with the creature feeding on his brother's blood. Sardu attempts to kill the vampire, but it overpowers him and possesses his body by infesting it with parasitic worms, as the creature's former body dies. Sardu returns to the town and begins feeding on the local children. In present day New York, Setrakian goes to Bolivar's theater to learn where the Master went. He follows a trail of vampire blood and encounters Vaun and his strigoi team. They abduct Setrakian and take him to meet the Ancients. The Ancients, Vaun, and Setrakian strike a deal that once Setrakian finds the Master that he will report his location to them. Setrakian, who keeps his deal with the Ancients a secret, later asks Eph, Nora, and Fet to help him retrieve some items from a storage warehouse. While searching the facility, the group discover a married couple hiding out in a locker. The group eventually find Setrakian's items, but are ambushed by vampires. They fight their way out, but the man and woman are infected. Fet wants to euthanize them before they turn, but Eph wants to study their infected bodies to help him and Nora devise a biological weapon against the strigoi. Meanwhile, the Master, whose body is dying after exposure to sunlight, orders Eichhorst to retrieve a group of blind children who are converted into a new type of vampire called Feelers. By the Master and Eichhorst's command, the Feelers are given to Kelly, whose memory has been restored. She is tasked with finding her son, Zach, and with leading the Master to Setrakian.