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- 2013
- TV-14
- FOX
- 2013
- TV-14
- FOX
- 2013
- TV-14
- FOX
- 2013
- TV-14
- FOX
The Following
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 21, 2013
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5.8
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
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47% Positive
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36% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
58
47% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
36% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
17% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Some plot twists seem implausible at best, others are overdone or gratuitous. But some implausibility comes with the horror/suspense genre, and there's no question Williamson has mastered it--just as there's no question that the match of wills between the wounded Bacon and malevolent Purefoy is exceedingly well played.
The Following is as graphically violent, gruesomely gory and generally horrifying as anything on network TV and most anything on basic cable. But as crafted by Kevin Williamson, 'The Following' is also riveting.
Though dazzlingly plotted and acted, the show is not easily watched.
The Following, compelling and frustrating from its opening credits, sets viewers up for a season-long, blood-soaked rematch between an evil intellectual and his law-enforcement nemesis.
Through the show's first four episodes, an unexpected love triangle develops among three of Carroll's devotees that's tinged with unexpected sexual politics and questions about sexual identity. It's the only aspect of 'The Following' that feels fresh. Too bad this plot only serves as a side dish; the main course is the same old reheated serial killer/crime solver hash.
A helpful lapse of time can’t fully right the ship or smooth over the plausibility-straining aspects of this serial-killer-and-his-adoring-acolytes conceit.
Despite its dour atmospherics and some attempts at higher-caliber acting from Kevin Bacon and a large ensemble cast, The Following is a trite, gratuitously violent exercise in still more stylishly imagined American horror stories. It is filled with melodramatic sleuthing that you've seen over and over. Enough is enough, isn't it?
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 550 User Ratings
5.8
53% Positive
289 Ratings
289 Ratings
17% Mixed
91 Ratings
91 Ratings
31% Negative
170 Ratings
170 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 550 User Ratings
5.8
53% Positive
289 Ratings
289 Ratings
17% Mixed
91 Ratings
91 Ratings
31% Negative
170 Ratings
170 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Bonanza Productions
- Outerbanks Entertainment
- Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Jan 21, 2013
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
TV Guide Awards
• 3 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 3 Nominations
