The Following Recap: Anoint This
On this episode, we learn more about where our characters came from and how they came to be.
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On this episode, we learn more about where our characters came from and how they came to be.
The Following returned to its literary roots this week with a cameo by Housing Works Bookstore.
We totally understand why Joe fails to take Micah seriously.
Isn't Joe just the most smug person ever?
Up until last night’s episode, it didn’t seem like we were supposed to be on Joe’s side at all.
So if Joe’s previous literary muse was Edgar Allan Poe, it appears that his new one is going to be E.L. James.
The most ridiculous part of this show is the assertion that murder is just an activity that some people like to do in their free time, like any other hobby.
One of the things that The Following has going for it is the way its concept allows for constant surprises.
You can't hide under that beard, Joe.
And The Following returns with an extremely disturbing murder scene.
We can't close out a season without Hardy being late one last time!
Poe comes back in a big way this week.
The FBI does something competent for once.
Apparently Hardy’s been getting to crime scenes a little too late and not stopping bad guys from getting away since he was a boy!
Code red, everyone. Code red.
Ryan tries to protect Claire from her ex-husband, and he proves extremely competent. Just kidding!
This time, Ryan's on time ... but someone still gets stabbed.
So much stabbing.
Late again, Ryan Hardy!
Seriously, though, that's what it seems like.
Our main character is always one step behind, isn't he?
Carroll keeps telling Hardy that he’s just getting started, but the show’s premise seems already to be running out of steam.
This show can’t even keep its own made-up character motivations straight.
Okay, so we jumped at precisely one moment during this episode. Everything else, though ...
Who doesn't love Edgar Allan Poe?
Bad news for cops who are mean and also Kevin Bacon.
And Footloose.
New Girl and The Following will also be back.
And there have been many.
The Following was a bloody hit, but it wasn't enough to make up for American Idol's downward ratings spiral.
Raising Hope, New Girl, and The Mindy Project are all coming back.
"These programs are seen all over the world and it’s only in this country that these kind of things are happening with such alarming regularity."
Streaming and VOD numbers are shedding new light on shows that at first seem to have underperformed.