The Following

[brenchill]

I believe this is on FOX in the U.S. and Sky Atlantic in the UK.

Caught the second episode last night, it's pretty cool. Anyone else been watching?

[E-C-Bub]

I've been watching. I'm hooked. You can definitely see how Kevin Williamson was going to use this whole idea for the plot for Scream 3.

[MalaCloudy Black]

The first episode was okay, miles better than episode two. The over-reliance on flashbacks is annoying, especially when you have like 3 characters having flashbacks in the span of a minute. Also, for as much as Joe Carroll's supposed to be this charismatic serial killer, it's just not.. there.

Also, episode 2 spoilers

.. I'm expected to believe that Ryan can walk into a room, investigate a shelf full of Poe masks and not know that one of them has a person in it? For real? And that fat police killer can slither around in AC units without being heard, drop down silently behind a cop, and take him out? I couldn't help at laugh at that part because it was so absurd. And the police are apparently so incompetent that they didn't have blueprints of the house, or check it thoroughly enough to know that those AC units were even there? What.

If that FBI alternative religions unit lady turns out to be some sort of mole for Carroll, I'm going to roll my eyes so very, very hard. I'm hoping it was just a really bad red herring, though.

[Maxx]

Finally got around to watching the first episode last night. I wish it was on FX instead, as the writing on FOX shows always seems pretty iffy. I enjoyed the first episode, though I hated the Marshall and the other FBI agents aside from Ashmore. I like the concept enough to keep watching, but I wouldn't say I'm hooked. Not happy Natalie Zea left Justified for this.

[brenchill]

Yeah, I agree on the flashbacks thing. There were that many flashbacks in the first episode that I ended up just giving up trying to track what was going on. I thought the second episode was much better on that front, though.

[Walker]

I think it is a grower. I like Kevin Bacon and I'm finding all the different characters that are showing up in this cult quite interesting. It depends were everything leads though. The cult leader guy is already looking a little forced though, he is quite generic in his portrayal.

[CobraKaiEnTai]

I like Kevin Bacon, but I don't know, kind of tired of the 'super-intelligent' serial killer on so many shows. Serial killers aren't supposed to be super intelligent, they don't use logic, they're psychotic. Just like a cop doesn't put down his gun because a criminal holds his gun to someone's head, but that's Hollywood for ya.

[LL!]

Finally got around to watching these two first episodes. Yeah, I'm a bit intrigued as to where things are going, but I have a lot of the same complaints as Cloudy. How bout this one...

Why the

FUCK would you let the guy in the Poe mask just run off after CLEARLY burning that guy? YOU ARE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND HIS WEAPON IS A LIGHTER.

[Baddar]

True that!

I have thoroughly enjoyed both episodes though and look forward to tonight's.

[MalaCloudy Black]

The twist was terrible. I felt like it was telegraphed from the very beginning.

Oh. How shocking. The guy's wife is also part of the cult.

The bit with the two guys turning out to have actually fallen for each other was pretty weak too. At least there were less flashbacks. Billy Brown dies though! Couldn't catch a break as Mike Anderson, couldn't catch a break here either. At least he's still alive on Sons of Anarchy.

[Summers]

The first episode was okay, miles better than episode two. The over-reliance on flashbacks is annoying, especially when you have like 3 characters having flashbacks in the span of a minute. Also, for as much as Joe Carroll's supposed to be this charismatic serial killer, it's just not.. there.

Also, episode 2 spoilers

.. I'm expected to believe that Ryan can walk into a room, investigate a shelf full of Poe masks and not know that one of them has a person in it? For real? And that fat police killer can slither around in AC units without being heard, drop down silently behind a cop, and take him out? I couldn't help at laugh at that part because it was so absurd. And the police are apparently so incompetent that they didn't have blueprints of the house, or check it thoroughly enough to know that those AC units were even there? What.

If that FBI alternative religions unit lady turns out to be some sort of mole for Carroll, I'm going to roll my eyes so very, very hard. I'm hoping it was just a really bad red herring, though.

He wasn't there at first. He snuck into the room while Bacon was looking around, then attacked him.

[brenchill]

Ep. 3 spoilers:

The two gay guys and the girl teaching the kid to kill was so creepy.

[Your Mom]

Ep. 3 spoilers:

The two gay guys and the girl teaching the kid to kill was so creepy.

Oh god yes. Such an uncomfortable scene to watch

[Baddar]

Also ep 3...

I found the choking on the bandage scene to be a bit fucked up too.

Definitely enjoying the show. I wasn't a huge fan of the flashbacks to begin with, but at least they meant something of note in that episode.

[Your Mom]

Innocent small town cop didnt have to die!

[King.]

I've never wanted to see a character die as much as I want Emma to have a slow, painful (physically and emotionally) death.. Such a fantastic villain.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I'm going to go ahead and predict that by the end of this show every single character - including Kevin Bacon - will be revealed to be a serial killer. My god, Kevin Bacon was a part of the cult all along and he didn't even know it (or something, probably)!

[LL!]

Seriously. With the amount of serial killers involved here, you'd think that town would already be almost completely depleted of people.

[King.]

I liked the revelation that...

Claire had her own follower. It opens up the door a lot for the series. Does Ryan Hardy have followers that he's unaware of?

Also, Shawn Ashmore is totally gonna be in on it.

[Your Mom]

This show is getting ridiculous. I don't know how much longer I'm going to put up with it