Palmer is such an idiot - The Strain (2014) Discussion

[–] scockery 8 years ago

Yeah, what up dat? Not even a silver loaded shotgun, either. Maybe Eichorst made him have the lights removed after the Ancients' goons attacked.

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[–] SBL84 8 years ago

What makes it worse is that Eichorst was standing on that circle in the center of the floor that drops down and fries vampires to a crisp.

He set the perfect trap and then half-assed the execution.

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[–] Hardline_Pro 8 years ago

Blame the writers for giving Eichorst so much plot armor. He's only alive because he's a fun character and the "face" of the bad guys since The Master barely ever shows up.

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[–] SBL84 8 years ago

Blame the writers for giving Eichorst so much plot armor.

They could write a whole episode just about a fight between Fet and Eichorst and they'd both walk away from it.

He's only alive because he's a fun character and the "face" of the bad guys since The Master barely ever shows up.

The writers really seem to not know how to write for The Master at all. He was a red worm 6 episodes ago and we haven't seen him since. The same thing happened when he got fried by the sun escaping during the day and took a half-season dirt nap until he finally decided to transfer bodies.

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[–] JJett131313 8 years ago

it was GREAT to see Eichorst get his smug ass kicked! Palmer was a badass this ep!

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[–] omerion12322 8 years ago

Yeah, I was eagerly awaiting this as well.

I remember Eichhorst talking with Palmer about this "installation" and perhaps he removed it? After all, Eichhorst might not have attended Palmer anymore to begin with.

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[–] sicgtp454 8 years ago

Yeah, it was nice seeing Eichorst getting whipped for once.

The shotgun surprised me. I thought Palmer had something planned like the UV lights are some trap but that shot gun in the lap was great. Love how he was playing sick too. lol

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[–] tb-sch 8 years ago

It is kind of funny. Vampires are so fragile when they are alone. Silver curtains coming down at the doors or even just a silver coating would have kept Eichhorst from getting away. Someone just cutting off his way to retreat. And even in this limited setting the characters are to stupid to get him killed.

And the worst thing is, that he does not even outwit them with an ability they did not expect which he would have kept in store for such situations, nope, pure plot armour. It is amazing what lengths this show goes to achieve nothing.

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[–] MisterFranks 8 years ago

Agree.

It was a lot of build-up for nothing.

Palmer should have had some kind of nifty new vamp silver bomb, and Eichorst should have been wearing his special batman pajamas that protect against silver and bullets. It should have been a lot more exciting than just shotgun to the chest.

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[–] tb-sch 8 years ago

Indeed, and that would have established his batman pyjama as a new superpower, which then would have been interesting in encounters with the other survivors, who don't know about it yet and still would try classic silver grenades. It is so heavy-handed how the show deals with such situations, without any creativity, just cashing in on something looking cool for the second it happens, but in total ignorance of the universe they created.

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[–] MisterFranks 8 years ago

Considering that Eichorst could never get shot by anyone, because he has Flash super-speed, it seemed like in the most recent episode he could have dodged most of the shotgun blast, and then taken out Palmer's henchmen.

That would have forced Palmer to show his ace of spades, if he had one. Then it would have been a question of whether Palmer's ace trick could defeat Eichorst.

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[–] khaoesmith27 8 years ago

Eichorst could have got him with his stinger and "drunk" Palmer while he was leaned over talking all up in Palmer's face....but NOOOOO...he'd rather walk around threatening Palmer, telling him what he's gonna do to him...all the while Palmer has the heat under the blanket like "M#f you just don't know do you"

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[–] MisterFranks 8 years ago

Eichorst has pre-ejaculation syndrome. He shot his load to quick with Dutch, and had nothing left to suck her off.

Now the same thing with Palmer. Eichhorst gets too excited bragging, and then has nothing left when it counts.

That is also what happened with the Jewish girl he loved in World War II flashback. He cannot pull the trigger when he gets excited.

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