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AUDIENCE SCORE
Critic Consensus: While The Following still engineers effective thrills -- and hasn't let up on the gore -- a creeping predictability has set in, reducing the number of chilling surprises.
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Cast
as Ryan Hardy
as Joe Carroll
as Agent Mike Weston
as Emma
as Lily Gray
as Luke/Mark
as Max Hardy
as Mandy Lang
as Robert
as Carrie Cooke
as Agent Gina Mendez
as Agent Clarke
as Claire Matthews
as Tilda
as Giselle
as Preston
as Captain Turner
as Debra Parker
as Jason
as Kingston
as Micah
as Sami
as Julia
as Barry
as David
as Carlos
as Agent Phillips
as Lucas
as Angela
as Jacob
as Judy
as Paul
as Kurt
as Rev. Glenn
as Mallory
as Bella
as Decklan
as Melissa
as Jana Murphy
as Patrick
as Hannah
as Serena
as Serena
as Dr. Strauss
as Young Joe
as Courtney
as Roman
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Critic Reviews for The Following: Season 2
All Critics (15) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (8)
This season instantly ratchets up the sadism with the aforementioned treatment of a comely corpse as a living doll. Unlike the first time around, that's pretty much doused my interest in playing along any further.
It's truly been an interesting change from the premise of last season.
I'm sure that Bacon knows that his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, would have solved all this in two episodes of The Closer.
Together, [Mark and Luke] make an incredible one-two punch of creepiness.
If this start is any indication of what's to come, I'm excited to watch this chilling thriller soaked in the dark and mysterious terror.
It should be a pleasure to watch Mr. Bacon in his first starring TV role, but his character is no more three-dimensional than any of the others.
Audience Reviews for The Following: Season 2
Super Reviewer
Praise Joe! The gritty and intense crime drama The Following continues to get darker in its second season. After being drawn out of hiding, convicted serial killer Joe Carroll seeks refuge with a religious cult and begins to manipulate them into doing his will; meanwhile former FBI agent Ryan Hardy works secretly to find and kill Carroll. The season is oddly structured as the transitions between the story threats are a little stark and uneven. However, the show does an interesting job at exploring themes of religion and family, and how they can be abused and perverted. There are some rough spots throughout the episodes and some failed subplots, but Season 2 of The Following is still fresh and exciting.
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