Drama The Following

[superintelligentone]

I watched the Premiere of The Following. It looks pretty good.

The Following is an American television drama series starring Kevin Bacon and created by Kevin Williamson. It premiered January 21, 2013 on FOX.

The series is produced by Outerbanks Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television. It also stars James Purefoy and Natalie Zea.

Premise

The series follows an FBI agent who finds himself in the middle of a network of serial killers, when a diabolical serial killer uses special technology to create it. In Entertainment Weekly, features TV writer Melissa Maerz wrote in a preview article, "Purefoy plays Joe Carroll, a former college professor who taught the works of Poe and killed young women in the gothic hero's honor—until he got caught. Since then he's been spending hours on a computer in the prison library, building a social network of copycat killers who hang on his every command. When the series begins, he's just escaped from death row with help from those followers, and the FBI calls in former agent Ryan Hardy (Bacon)—who brought down Joe the first time—to consult on the case".

Cast

- Kevin Bacon as Ryan Hardy, a former FBI agent who retires on disability after catching Joe Carroll. Hardy is called back to service when Carroll escapes from prison.
- James Purefoy as Joe Carroll, a professor of English literature and a serial killer. While in prison, Carroll forms a cult of followers online, before escaping from prison to execute a plan of revenge focused on Hardy.
- Natalie Zea as Claire Matthews, Joe Carroll's ex-wife, who also had a relationship with Ryan Hardy.
- Shawn Ashmore as Mike Weston, a young FBI agent whose hero is Ryan Hardy. Weston makes a study of Joe Carroll while in training, and is the team's expert on the case.
- Maggie Grace as Dr. Sarah Fuller, the only survivor of an attack by Joe Carroll, when she is rescued by Ryan Hardy.
- Nico Tortorella as Jacob Wells/Will Wilson
- Jeananne Goossen as FBI agent Jennifer Mason
- Valorie Curry as Emma/Denise
- Adan Canto as Paul Torres/Billy Thomas
- Kyle Catlett as Joey Matthews
- Annie Parisse as Debra Parker, an FBI specialist on cult behavior, called in to head the investigation of Carroll and his cult.

"Pilot" - January 21, 2013 Viewers: 10.38

Infamous serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) escapes from prison and Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon), a retired F.B.I. agent responsible for capturing Carroll is pulled back into the field to assist the manhunt. The police secure both Claire Matthews (Natalie Zea), Carroll's ex-wife (and mother of his son Joey) with whom Hardy had an affair, and Sarah Fuller (Maggie Grace), the only one of Carroll's victims to survive. Assisted by FBI agents Mike Weston (Shawn Ashmore) and Jennifer Mason (Jeananne Goossen), Hardy attempts to track down a prison guard who helped Carroll escape and is now being taught how to be a serial killer. When a young woman commits suicide in front of Hardy at Carroll's request, Hardy begins to suspect that Carroll has used the internet to create a following of disciples he uses to carry out his plans. Sarah is kidnapped by two such followers (men posing as her gay neighbors) and is tortured and killed by Carroll. Hardy is too late to save her, but Carroll allows himself to be taken back into custody, where he tells Hardy that this is only the beginning. Another of Carroll's followers, pretending to be a babysitter for Claire, kidnaps Joey and hands him over to the two men who kidnapped Sarah.

 

[Aliascharmed]

The Following did great to get you hooked. Now the problem maybe it is on FOX so we'll see if it get's cancelled.

 

[Azhria Lilu]

The Following did great to get you hooked. Now the problem maybe it is on FOX so we'll see if it get's cancelled.

It's already been confirmed for a second series. Not sure how they'll do it but they've confirmed both the gorgeous Purefoy and Bacon will be in it.

 

[Azhria Lilu]

Azhria Lilu submitted a new Showcase Item:

The Following

The Following centers on former FBI agent Ryan Hardy and his attempts to recapture serial killer Joe Carroll following the latter's escape from prison. Hardy soon discovers that the charismatic Carroll has surrounded himself with a group of like-minded individuals (which he met while teaching and while in prison), and turned them into a cult of fanatical killers. When Carroll's son Joey is abducted by his father's followers, the FBI discovers that it is the first step in a wider plan for Carroll to escape custody, humiliate Hardy, and murder Carroll's ex-wife Claire.

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