The Following [Fox - Spoilers]

JP Liz V1

http://www.digitalspy.ie/ustv/news/a376889/kevin-bacons-fox-serial-killer-pilot-gets-title.html

Kevin Williamson's new Fox pilot will be known as Mastermind.
The drama will star Kevin Bacon as Ryan Hardy, a retired FBI profiler who returns to active duty.
John Carter star James Purefoy will also star as Hardy's nemesis, serial killer Joe Carroll.
Other stars attached to Mastermind - the title revealed by Vulture - include Maggie Grace (Lost), Natalie Zea (Justified) and Shawn Ashmore (X-Men).
The pilot is thought to be in strong contention for a series pick-up, having impressed network executives at early screenings.

Finally got a name, sounds like one of more promising pilots for the new season, would kinda prefer if isnt wasnt on Fox though

JP Liz V1

The Following is an edge-of-your-seat thriller, in which an incarcerated, though still diabolical serial killer (James Purefoy) taunts the damaged FBI profiler (Kevin Bacon) who captured him by recruiting an army of deluded followers. Natalie Zea, Nico Tortorella, Jeananne Goossen, Shawn Ashmore, Adan Canto, Billy Brown, Kyle Catlett and Valorie Curry will also star. Kevin Williamson wrote the pilot and will executive-produce.

Picked up to series by Fox

DeWitt

I'll watch anything with James Purefoy & Natalie Zea.

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8H4ewQzKFM

JohnK

Looks good

quickbeam

New vid posted.

Would like to see this, if only for Purefoy's involvement.

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_c3PNs1eV8

The Following will make its debut on Monday, January 21, 2013 at 9pm ET on Fox

JP Liz V1

Starts on Sky Atlantic on Tuesday 22nd of January at 10pm

Dr. Nick

Might give it a try.....recommended in ST Culture mag yesterday,

Melion

This is starting next week on Sky Atlantic over here. We'll have it the day after the US which is great.

It looks absolutely excellent, its the first time in a long time ive been genuinely excited about a new show.

Richard Dower

Starts tonight....bit of controversy about it too, apparently it has some ultra realistic voilence. Kevin Bacon reason enough to tune in.....

Basq

This is probably the drama I was most anticipating in the entire 2012/2013 season..

.. hope it doesn't disappoint!

TwoShedsJackson

Kevin Bacon is very reliable, and James Purefoy is usually good when hamming it up so this should be good. This starts tomorrow night on Sky Atlantic doesn't it? Will save the bother of alternative sourcing anyway.

JP Liz V1

Richard Dower wrote: »

Starts tonight....bit of controversy about it too, apparently it has some ultra realistic voilence. Kevin Bacon reason enough to tune in.....

I worry now as it is on Fox

Mr E

Ah don't. They ran with Fringe until the end. I don't think they're as bad as they used to be.

JP Liz V1

Mr E wrote: »

Ah don't. They ran with Fringe until the end. I don't think they're as bad as they used to be.

Lets hope it gets a big following

Mr E

Badum Tish.

Basq

Critics have not been kind unfortunately..

TwoShedsJackson

Won't see it until tonight but pilots can frequently be a bit rocky, will likely give it at least a couple more episodes to settle down if the pilot isn't great.

Richard Dower

awaiting the ratings.......

Richard Dower

Mr E wrote: »

Ah don't. They ran with Fringe until the end. I don't think they're as bad as they used to be.

alcatraz, terra nova, the chicago code......nuff said.

jester77

Basq wrote: »

Critics have not been kind unfortunately..

Reading the comments afterwards it seems that the author is biased and takes a lot of those snippets out of context.

Mixed reviews on Metacritic with 62% average at the moment.

Doesn't sound too promising which is a shame, I was looking forward to this.

Basq

Richard Dower wrote: »

alcatraz, terra nova, the chicago code......nuff said.

Yeah.. but they've also given some shows with horrible ratings plenty of chances including Breaking In, Lie To Me & Human Target. Sure, they're all cancelled now but they all lasted at least one season with middling to horrible ratings.

Richard Dower

Just sayin'....star power won't save a show....only ratings. Bacon might be a big name but he won't save the show if it flops.

Mr E

Richard Dower wrote: »

Bacon might be a big name but he won't save the show if it flops.

You mean he won't save the show's bacon?

Looking forward to checking this out tonight. I love the premise.

Fruitgum

Can't wait to watch this..there's been alot of hype about it which sometimes is not a good thing.

Playboy

It was solid enough. Wasn't perfect but built the premise of the show well. It is an intriguing idea and everybody loves serial killer movies/shows so I'm sure it will do well. Bacon is an excellent actor and that always adds another dimension to a show like this.. Just as Johnny Lee Miller did with Elementary

Galwayguy35

Looking forward to this as well, hopefully it will be good.

I never give critics views much heed before I have had a chance to see what a series is like for myself.

Basq

Decent ratings for the opener (3.1/7 in the much coveted 18-49 group, or 10.38M viewers).

TwoShedsJackson

Richard Dower wrote: »

alcatraz, terra nova, the chicago code......nuff said.

The Chicago Code was the only one of those shows that wasn't god awful.

Mr E

I liked it. It was completely and utterly implausible, but it was entertaining. Expect a couple of heel turns by some of the good guys before the season is out....

Basq

Liked it too... plenty of clichés but some nice twists, plus James Purefoy was great.

Will definitely keep watching.

JP Liz V1

Richard Dower wrote: »

alcatraz, terra nova, the chicago code......nuff said.

I still havent forgiven Fox for cancelling Firefly

Mr E

Let it go, Liz. Let.... it..... go.

FortuneChip

I was surprised to see Valerie Curry and Kevin Bacon cast in this, would have thought that was a recipe for disaster!

Ridiculous concept, but Purefoy and Bacon are both entertaining to watch. The ending scenes were good.
It was a well paced episode as well, the flashbacks were snappy, didn't interrupt play much.

Hopefully it doesn't get bogged down in a "Follower of the Week" format. Otherwise, Purefoy is just a more dangerous variation of Rick Castle or Neal Caffrey etc

Jax Teller

Seemed a lot like Law abiding citizen to me ,still enjoyed it though. Will definitely keep watching .

WealthyB

Well that's one hour of my life I'm never getting back..

TwoShedsJackson

WealthyB wrote: »

Well that's one hour of my life I'm never getting back..

As indeed is the hour you spent previous to that post.

Richard Dower

Basq wrote: »

Decent ratings for the opener (3.1/7 in the much coveted 18-49 group, or 10.38M viewers).

Got adjusted up to a 3.2, second highest rated new show behind Revolution. But premieres usually premiere big and drop week to week. Lets see the numbers for episode 3-5 first before calling it.

TwoShedsJackson

Richard Dower wrote: »

Lets see the numbers for episode 3-5 first before calling it.

Alternatively we could watch and enjoy (or not) the show and if it gets cancelled, so be it, instead of worrying about whether enough Americans in some poxy demographic are watching it or not.

expectationlost

hmm serial killer films or tv, the serial killer is always leaving clues that only his pursuer will get.

i dunno if the makes them actually more plausible then shows where a clue leaps from nowhere, or not

CastorTroy

I liked it. Wasn't the greatest, but I'll keep watching.

Was surprised when Maggie Grace's fate was shown since her name was just before James Purefoy in the opening credits. Unless she pops up in flashbacks/Bacon's version of Harry. Please say nothing if you know.

What was said over the end credits? I watched on Sky and the Sky voiceover came on over the end credits and when she shut up, there was a voice whispering something like "You can stop the killer but you can't stop the killing" Wondering if that was from the credits or from the promo vid that was playing.

Degag

Liked it, will definately keep watching.

giftgrub

Jax Teller wrote: »

Seemed a lot like Law abiding citizen to me ,still enjoyed it though. Will definitely keep watching .

THATS the movie i was thinking of....

I liked it, but

when he went off to the old Lighthouse B and B to search for the killer by himself i was thinking "ah come on now, you never never go into the old scary building at night by yourself with no gun, thats a RULE"

It is all a bit implausible but thats part of the fun, plus its good to see that Kevin Bacon still keeps a bit of his swagger...

I also agree with a previous about it turning into a "Killer of the week" show

CastorTroy

giftgrub wrote: »

THATS the movie i was thinking of....

I liked it, but

when he went off to the old Lighthouse B and B to search for the killer by himself i was thinking "ah come on now, you never never go into the old scary building at night by yourself with no gun, thats a RULE"

With regards your spoiler, I don't think he survived the original Friday the 13th long enough to learn that rule.

Lovely Bloke

Thought it was decent enough, ludicrous of course, a few jumpy bits, and tense enough.

Going to keep watching.

missingtime

Was ok. Lots of over acting though. That female FBI agent was awful. Will give it a shot though.

Skerries

missingtime wrote: »

Was ok. Lots of over acting though. That female FBI agent was awful. Will give it a shot though.

she was in Alcatraz before it got cancelled, nuff said

sReq | uTeK

Have to say thought that was bloody awful, every FBI agent was annoying as hell, bacon was over acting and the premise was just ridiculous.

squonk

I have a soft spot for Kevin Bacon so I watched the pilot on that basis. It's not too bad. Definitely worth sticking with for another few episodes. I'm getting the same feeling about this show as I did with a Christian Slater show called the Forgotten from a few years back. I just feel that the show mightn't be long for this world. I think the Forgotten lasted a season and they wrapped quickly over the last two episodes. Let's see.

Stevecw

Caught this on Atlantic last night. Was fairly ok, not as bad as some earlier here made it out to be.
Way over acting by some, but overall it was a slasher horror movie with a twist. Serial killer with "followers" ...i liked it, and will keep watching. Great shock ending to 1st episode that I never saw coming anyway.