2013 - 2015
The Following centers on former FBI agent Ryan Hardy who is called back to help recapture serial killer Joe Carroll after his escape from death row. Carroll, a charismatic English professor obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe, had murdered 14 women before his imprisonment. While incarcerated, he spent years gathering a cult-like following of devoted killers who execute his commands. Starring Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy, the series follows Hardy and the FBI as they battle Carroll's ever-growing web of murder and mayhem. The thriller explores themes of obsession, manipulation, and the psychological warfare between hunter and hunted.