With just one season to go before The Strain concludes next year, we figured that the show’s identity was more or less locked in. The showrunners had picked an approach and the result was the slightly goofy, sometimes entertaining survival drama that most viewers had seemingly embraced anyway. So, it’s a little curious baffling that — of all the times to make a bold decision one way or the other — the series made its season 3 finale, ‘The Fall’, its true turning point.

離《血族》結局就只有一季了，我們可以發現這部劇或多或少有些局限。制作人找到一個方法，結果顯得稍微有些愚蠢，有時令人喜歡的這些劇作，大部分的觀眾不管怎樣都能接受。因此，有些讓人費解——總是做出一些大膽的決定——《血族》第三季最終集名為“隕落”，確實改變了我們的觀點。

While the finale’s ending won’t be a shock to readers of the source novels, the abrupt tonal shift the series takes with a literal flick of a switch is felt immediately. We can’t be sure of what’s to come in season 4, but after seeing New York City — a city our survivors fought so hard to protect — leveled in an instant by a nuclear blast, it’s hard to imagine The Strain going for a fun or campy vibe any longer.

盡管結尾對原小說觀眾來講不會讓人驚嘆，這突然增高的一個調子立馬就將文字的輕彈轉變成一種直觀感覺。我們不能確信第四季會發生什么，但是在看過紐約——我們這些救援者那么努力去保護——在一場核爆炸中變為平地，很難想象《血族》將會有怎么的樂趣或者裝模作樣的氛圍。

The Strain season 4 will premiere on FX in 2017.

《血族》第四季將于2017年在FX首播。