Sorry for the lateness of the post this week – again, grad school. It’s a hell of a thing. Well, this week they’re doing that neat thing where they flip society on its head. Now it’s Claire that has to earn the trust with Joe? Funny how the upper hand can influence things. Molly cares…

Sorry about last week, kids. As many of know from my constant complaining, I’m a grad student, and sometimes that’s quite the timesuck. So, Episode 10’s recap will be short and sweet. Guilt: I know why they called Episode 10 “Guilt”. It’s because of how guilty the FBI felt after they sent Ryan Hardy to be…

I think I’ve said this before, but perhaps not so succinctly: “The Following” is successful when it simultaneously embraces normalcy and chaos. The opening scene this week of Joe preaching is a perfect example of that. It seems so utterly natural for a man to be talking to a group of people, getting them jazzed,…

Bigggggg news this week, huh kids? Joe, escaping from prison. Whoa. Also, sad for the lawyer. Sucks to suck. Joe spends a lot of time strategizing. Nine whole years, as he points out in some monologging with Hardy. He’s built an entire web of Followers, and he’s not really met all of them yet. He orchestrated, somehow,…

“The Fall” is also the name of my ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIE. So I’m going to use this opportunity to plug it. Go see it.  So, are they gay or straight? Panamourous? Pansexual? Asexual? Who cares? OH YEAH. No one. No one cares. Fox. Stahp. I guess it’s alright to use the weirdness of the…

Try as you might, “The Following”, you shan’t resist the charms of the ‘procedural’ for long!  No! I won’t! I’ll never join you! You will. It’s in your script, your writing, your direction. You can’t fight your producers. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo- It’s too late. The transformation has been creeping up on you little by little. The rebellions…