Official "The Following" thread

[tajz90]

that was pretty intense! Going to be watching next week.

Only thing I don't like is the heart thing - what is the point if it is going to continually bother him - but we know he is going to survive every week...

I wasn't crazy about the heart issue either. Could have left that out of the script.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Loved the shows.... I will be following!

I was also wondering if the agent who is in charge of the cults is a follower or if she is messing with him/trying to gain his trust(make him think that she is on his side) by giving him to Poe book. I guess it could go either way and we will have to wait and see....

I watched both this show and The Americans this week and like this one much better... I may give the Americans another try, but this show has me and DH hooked!

I wonder about this as well.

I think the "gay" couple had a different car in episode 2. But either of them would have had OnStar. Interesting they weren't tracked.

Also wonder why the missing guard's face wasn't all over the news since they knew he was in on it.

 

[Imzadi]

I was surprised at how easy it was for Kevin to find the killer once he kidnapped the doctor girl. It seems almost as if he wanted to be recaptured. He definitely could have done things differently to at least prolong how long he was out in the free world. At least long enough to see his son or possibly kill his ex wife.

It really wasn't a surprise. It was what the killer wanted. He is the puppet master pulling the strings. He can still pull them from prison. He would never have been able to hide out being free, he would have been tracked down and killed. He knew Kevin would find him, and left the breadcrumbs for him to find, and he knew the feds would be right behind him. Did you hear him yell I surrender? He wants to be safe in jail to mess with their heads.

He has already laid out his plans to his followers to follow. Now he gets to watch..

He wanted to be caught so he could mess with Bacon face to face, knowing he's still in charge pulling the strings with his followers. It's all a mind game to him. Remember, he was a professor.

I wasn't crazy about the heart issue either. Could have left that out of the script.

I think that was added in so that Bacon isn't really fully back on the force and can therefore break the rules now and again, where he couldn't if he was a full agent again. It's not like he has to worried about being fired after this one case is over with. He can go back to retirement and his heart disability.

 

[MinnieFanatic]

I am also wondering about the FBI head with the Poe book. Dh thinks she is 100 percent a follower and hes usually right. I thought that would be TOO obvious but I did think maybe thats part of why she blew KB off when he wanted a gun...made him a easy target at the abandoned lighthouse etc....look forward to tomorrow!!

 

[foreUT]

DH and I are watching. The first episode had almost too much going on but hooked us. Second episode added to it. looking forward to the remaining 12.

Question - is the new FBI agent a Follower? Why did she give Joe the Poe book?

I am also wondering about the FBI head with the Poe book. Dh thinks she is 100 percent a follower and hes usually right. I thought that would be TOO obvious but I did think maybe thats part of why she blew KB off when he wanted a gun...made him a easy target at the abandoned lighthouse etc....look forward to tomorrow!!

Kevin Bacon's character acted a bit suspicious of her, too. I agree it seems obvious, though. Like the ambivalence.

If no one has mentioned this: there are "clues" about the "friends" at http://welcometothefollowing.tumblr.com

 

[ronandannette]

A new federal agent (Parker), also a female was brought in since the last one let Hardy (Kevin Bacon) speak to the killer Joe Carroll and he broke three of his fingers... Anyway she is very suspicious and appears to be a follower because she has a background in cult/religious extremists and runs the FBI's task force on cults. At the end of the episode she brought Carroll a large Edgar Allen Poe book since he mentioned in one of his interviews that he misses having something to read.

The security guard killed 3 girls at the sorority house.. Several others got away. He then went after Carroll's ex-wife and Hardy figured it out and saved her and was able to catch the security guard without killing him which is what the serial killer was not expecting.. maybe they can flip him and find out where the boy is but not likely since he was not the "follower" that runs the show on the outside. It appears that the babysitter is the one running things and she is involved with one of the boys that were the neighbors of the last victim of the Carroll. They showed flashbacks to when he enlisted her and how he was able to read her very quickly that she hated her mother and so he set her up with one of the boys and the 2 of them killed her mother. The house where the followers were hiding out for years was her house she grew up in, it turns out she signed in to visit Carroll in prison using her real name during her very first visit.. They found creepy masks and another follower at the house and he got away but confirmed that Hardy will die but just not that day.

They also showed flashbacks to how Hardy and the ex-wife got together. It was after she got a divorce and during the trial. They were together for 2 months but Hardy seemed to be the one who broke it off. The husband found out and wrote her a letter questioning this and when the son was taken, she went to speak with him and she confirmed that she had a relationship with Hardy. Since she is the one true love of the serial killer's life, he is hell bent on making Hardy suffer.

The very end showed a guy on a city street, wearing one of the creepy masks, lighting someone on fire at a vendor kiosk.

That's what I remember from the episode.

Excellent, concise report. I'm all ready to go for tonight now. Thanks so much!

 

[Dee77]

So based on last night's episode, it seems like they are trying to make Parker look less like a follower. I am now thinking that the young agent, the one who is the second newest in the BAU may be a follower. The look on his face when the other agent was dead, the blood on his hands just did not seem right.. I don't know, I am so confused which just makes the show that much more interesting and addictive.

 

[elgerber]

So based on last night's episode, it seems like they are trying to make Parker look less like a follower. I am now thinking that the young agent, the one who is the second newest in the BAU may be a follower. The look on his face when the other agent was dead, the blood on his hands just did not seem right.. I don't know, I am so confused which just makes the show that much more interesting and addictive.

I still don't think either of them are. I think she and Ryan are going to turn out to be very similar people. I like her.
And I think he was just freaked out, there was so much blood, and he couldn't do anything to stop it. I liked that agent too, I wasn't pleased they killed him.
I can't wait for the flashback, where they finally show us the exact moment when Ryan realized that Joe is the killer!
The nanny is actually creepier than Joe, I don't like her at all, she gives me the heebie jeebies.

 

[Imzadi]

So based on last night's episode, it seems like they are trying to make Parker look less like a follower. I am now thinking that the young agent, the one who is the second newest in the BAU may be a follower. The look on his face when the other agent was dead, the blood on his hands just did not seem right.. I don't know, I am so confused which just makes the show that much more interesting and addictive.

I think the young agent had never had a guy die in his hands before. I don't think the BAU is really like Criminal Minds, with the Behavioral Analysists breaking down doors all the time and really being in the front lines. When I think of the real life people who created the real BAU or worked in that department: Robert Ressler, Brad Garrett, (expert consultant now on ABC & CNN news) and Pat Brown, who does the talk show rounds also as an expert consultant, they all look more book learned/desk jockey types than the "going through the door" Derek Morgan types. They probably hung out by the police vans wile the main teams went in, waiting to be consulted on the next step to take.

This show is definitely a psychological mind game between Bacon & Carroll. Some stuff is predictable. But, other parts keep us guessing.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Argg...I missed last night! It's such a new show to me that I don't know the schedule yet. I have my Chicago Fire down but this one I totally forgot about! LOL

 

[MinnieFanatic]

Argg...I missed last night! It's such a new show to me that I don't know the schedule yet. I have my Chicago Fire down but this one I totally forgot about! LOL

Same here! I was soooo tired from sunday (bday party and superbowl together did me in) that i fell asleep.... Off to look for the recap!!

 

[foreUT]

Re: the clues on The Following's tumblr site: did they find Emma's diary under the stairs? (I missed it, if they did.)

http://welcometothefollowing.tumblr.com/post/40012338468

Also, I thought Emma killed her mother, but was she alive when she was placed in the wall?

Something else that might point to Parker being a "Friend":

http://welcometothefollowing.tumblr.com/post/40519856770

Interesting that the injury to Ryan became Joe's tribute to The Tell-Tale Heart.

 

[Imzadi]

New episode tonight.

 

[foreUT]

Darn, I missed it tonight. I wish there was still a re-play on Friday.

 

[mmouse37]

omg....last night they filmed in our town!!! How cool and why did I have to work and miss it

My DD and hubby went to take a look and saw Kevin Bacon sitting in the front seat of a car. Didn't see much else and of course they would not let people close.

MJ

 

[elgerber]

omg....last night they filmed in our town!!! How cool and why did I have to work and miss it

My DD and hubby went to take a look and saw Kevin Bacon sitting in the front seat of a car. Didn't see much else and of course they would not let people close.

MJ

How exciting!!!!!!! I'd be on cloud 9 to see Kevin Bacon anywhere!

 

[foreUT]

I think the young agent had never had a guy die in his hands before. I don't think the BAU is really like Criminal Minds, with the Behavioral Analysists breaking down doors all the time and really being in the front lines. When I think of the real life people who created the real BAU or worked in that department: Robert Ressler, Brad Garrett, (expert consultant now on ABC & CNN news) and Pat Brown, who does the talk show rounds also as an expert consultant, they all look more book learned/desk jockey types than the "going through the door" Derek Morgan types. They probably hung out by the police vans wile the main teams went in, waiting to be consulted on the next step to take.

This show is definitely a psychological mind game between Bacon & Carroll. Some stuff is predictable. But, other parts keep us guessing.

I think the young agent, Mike Weston, is "Nevermore" who lost a loved one, Sophia, Victim #11. IMO, the way he looks at the victim photo-boards reveals that he felt he let her down by not stopping it. According to the clues left on fox.com's The Following site, the Friends know that Nevermore is searching for them and was doing so before Joe escaped. Lots of backstory on fox's site.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

WOW! A great episode that I didn't want to end!!

 

[trip]

I think this show is dropping out of my tv watching rotation. Just too many things that are driving me crazy. The FBI seems so slow -only sent 2 cars looking for the house??? Didn't do any background check on the attorney. They should have known she was sending a message. Who wouldn't notice her hand and wonder about that. The agent that fell for the "I'm just going to the bathroom" ploy. It all just seems sooo sloppy. I love Kevin Bacon but I'll just have to wait for his next show.

 

[foreUT]

WOW! A great episode that I didn't want to end!!

I am looking forward to next week, too. There should be some new clues up at:

http://welcometothefollowing.tumblr.com/tagged/PROLOGUE