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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Netflix Pick of the Week

The Following is a TV show that debuted on FOX earlier this year.  Season two starts sometime next year and they've just added season one on Netflix.  I really got into this show and was really impressed with the first season. 

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The Following follows FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) as he tries to capture serial killer, Joe Carroll, after he escapes from prison.  Carroll's mannerisms and personality remind me a little bit like Hannibal Lector, except he doesn't eat people (I don't think).  But before Carroll escaped, he slowly built up and groomed a large network of serial killers to do his bidding and cling to every word he says.

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Carroll has a major beef with Hardy with the endgame of kidnapping his son and murdering his Hardy's ex-wife (who Hardy stole from Carroll).  The show is pretty intense and can get pretty dark at times, especially for network TV.  I tried to get Mary to watch it but she only lasted until someone got stabbed in the eyeball with a screwdriver, just a few minutes into the first episode.

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This would have been a great one-season show but I'm interested to see how season two turns out.  Hopefully it doesn't go in a hundred different directions and die an ugly death like so many other shows do.

  

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