The Strain (TV Series)

Ouroboros (2017)

David Bradley: Abraham Setrakian

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• Thomas Eichorst : [holding Setrakian aloft]  Admit it, A230385: you've always been curious about what's on the other side.

  Abraham Setrakian : Are you going to stand there flapping your lips all day, or finish this?

  [Eichhorst extends his stinger and "bites" Setrakian's neck] 

  Augustin 'Gus' Elizalde : No! No!

  [Setrakian drops an empty pill bottle - blood thinners. Sensing something wrong, Eichhorst withdraws his stinger and drops Setrakian, then falls to his knees, dry-heaving. Taking advantage of his captor's distraction, Gus breaks free and stabs him to death. Setrakian slowly picks up his sword and faces the convulsing Eichhorst] 

  Abraham Setrakian : Like rats, you cannot vomit the blood thinner. An anatomical curiosity, but very significant too, don't you think? You *are* vermin. Look at me. I want your Master to see this. Can you hear me? I have something to say to you. You are the hunger, the strain that feeds on us since time immemorial. But make no mistake, you're still a parasite, and we will flush you out and burn you. It will not be me, it will not be now, but it will happen, no matter how long it takes. In another face, another eyes, you will see me as you die. And as for you, Herr Eichhorst, my name is Abraham Setrakian. And you should know, I'm not a number anymore.

  [He raises his sword...] 

  Abraham Setrakian : [in ancient language]  My sword sings of silver!

  [... and decapitates Eichhorst] 

• Abraham Setrakian : There's an age, Miss Velders, where you meet an enemy you cannot run from. Time. When you reach it, you will experience your body's betrayal from within.

• Abraham Setrakian : I saw this in a dream. The ouroboros. The Egyptians thought it represented the never-ending cycle of creation and destruction, birth and death. Eternity!

• Dutch Velders : What the hell are you doing? Professor...

  Abraham Setrakian : I saw this in a dream. The ouroboros. The Egyptians thought it represented the never-ending cycle of creation and destruction, birth and death. Eternity!

  Dutch Velders : Right.But why... But why are you ripping out the pages after all we went through?

  Abraham Setrakian : I have to see the parts and their sum all at once. There are... there are patterns here. Connections. I... things I... I've overlooked.

  Dutch Velders : I... I thought you had this figured out. The "Face of God," the... the nuclear explosion.

  Abraham Setrakian : I was wrong. Slightly. I missed the significance of these images.

  Dutch Velders : All right. OK, hold on, hold on.

  Abraham Setrakian : I can't hold on! There's too much to do!

  Dutch Velders : Just take a minute.

  Abraham Setrakian : I... I'm running out of time!

• Abraham Setrakian : I was wrong. Slightly. I missed the significance of these images.

• Abraham Setrakian : I have to see the parts and their sum all at once. There are... there are patterns here. Connections. I... things I... I've overlooked.

• Augustin 'Gus' Elizalde : We need you fighting the good fight.

  Abraham Setrakian : And what would you know about the good fight, Mr. Elizalde? When you had the chance to stand with us, you... ran off. Throwing in with the likes of Alonso Creem.

  Augustin 'Gus' Elizalde : Hey... I'm just trying to get by like everybody else.

  Abraham Setrakian : That is exactly why the Master won... because people "try to get by."First with silence, then with comfort, then with... collaboration.

• Abraham Setrakian : That is exactly why the Master won... because people "try to get by."First with silence, then with comfort, then with... collaboration.