The Following
Posted: April 15th, 2013, 3:06 pm
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Is anyone else watching this exceptional show on WFLD, following Bones on Monday nights? You don't see a whole lot of Kevin Bacon or his wife, the lovely Closer, Kyra Sedgewick, but when they DO choose a show, they sure know how to pick them ! ! ! I loved The Closer during it's run and sorry when it went off. And while Kyra was working steadily, Kevin did just a couple of movies now and then, usually for Clint Eastwood. Now, however, he has this freaky The Following. It's about a serial killer of 14 girls, who escapes, and because Kevin and the killer's wife got very, very, close during the search for him, he is making Kevin's life as miserable as possible, with the cult following he started while in prison. The cult members do all the dirty work while he stays in this mansion, housing all the members. BTW, he has also kidnapped his own son from his wife, and last week, she was finally kidnapped also. This is a quick synopsis which barely touches all the surprises, not to mention how the members are normal seeming people who go about their daily business, without stirring up any suspicions about themselves. That's how well planned their weekly hi-jinks are. The killer (Joe Carroll), is played by a guy named James Purefoy, who is great at being menacing and terrifying, as he charms his cult members or talks to his victims.
I've liked Kevin Bacon ever since he lost his mind dancing to Footloose (which I understand still embarrasses him today), and the next time I saw him was in Murder in the First as a prison inmate who had been in solitary for so long most prison officials forgot about him. But that's another story.
There are only three episodes left, but for a good, suspenseful weekend, you might want to consider renting this one season show. I've seen Bacon on a couple of different talk shows and I'm pretty sure this 15 episode series is all there will be, but what do I know?
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Is anyone else watching this exceptional show on WFLD, following Bones on Monday nights? You don't see a whole lot of Kevin Bacon or his wife, the lovely Closer, Kyra Sedgewick, but when they DO choose a show, they sure know how to pick them ! ! ! I loved The Closer during it's run and sorry when it went off. And while Kyra was working steadily, Kevin did just a couple of movies now and then, usually for Clint Eastwood. Now, however, he has this freaky The Following. It's about a serial killer of 14 girls, who escapes, and because Kevin and the killer's wife got very, very, close during the search for him, he is making Kevin's life as miserable as possible, with the cult following he started while in prison. The cult members do all the dirty work while he stays in this mansion, housing all the members. BTW, he has also kidnapped his own son from his wife, and last week, she was finally kidnapped also. This is a quick synopsis which barely touches all the surprises, not to mention how the members are normal seeming people who go about their daily business, without stirring up any suspicions about themselves. That's how well planned their weekly hi-jinks are. The killer (Joe Carroll), is played by a guy named James Purefoy, who is great at being menacing and terrifying, as he charms his cult members or talks to his victims.
I've liked Kevin Bacon ever since he lost his mind dancing to Footloose (which I understand still embarrasses him today), and the next time I saw him was in Murder in the First as a prison inmate who had been in solitary for so long most prison officials forgot about him. But that's another story.
There are only three episodes left, but for a good, suspenseful weekend, you might want to consider renting this one season show. I've seen Bacon on a couple of different talk shows and I'm pretty sure this 15 episode series is all there will be, but what do I know?
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