The Following, Episode 4: "Mad Love"
Hoo boy. The Following just keeps getting better and better. It's crazy that the aspect of the show that is most engaging is the twisted relationship between Emma, Jacob, and Paul. We picked up where we left off last week. In the basement of their hideout, with the terrified girl that Paul kidnapped tied to a chair. Emma is over it. She tells the former lovers to take care of it. Jacob and Paul have a moment where Paul calls Jacob a liar. You think that he is talking about their dalliance while they lived next door to Sarah. Wrong. Turns out, Jacob has never killed anyone before. In flashback, he tells a pretty convincing story to the other followers, but it's all made up. Joe knows that Jacob has not killed anyone, but he is oddly OK with it. Letting him know that he still has plans for him. I'm curious what those plans are. Paul and Emma decided it was time for Jacob to take the plunge, but he couldn't do it. He let her go. Paul and Emma corner her and Jacob finds her again in the basement, waiting for him. Paul and Emma meet up in the bathroom and come to an understanding. Jacob finds them both in the shower, still clothed, and they invite him in. They are willing to work with him, but how long will this tenuous alliance last?
If there is a problem with The Following, it is that the members of Joe's serial killer cult are more interesting than Ryan and Joe. When the show is focused on the cult members, you get this feeling in the pit of your stomach. You're queasy, and a little excited. You are getting a window into a world that you don't normally get a window into. It is definitely hyper real, but it is still really interesting. This new revelation about Jacob is awesome. Is Jacob really into this whole killing thing or is he just lost and looking for a place to belong? Is he confused, just in life? I'm hoping for some flashbacks to his pre-cult life to get some answers to these questions.
The other parts of the episode dealt with the tying up of the loose end that is Maggie Kester. She decided to go off script since Ryan killed her husband. She decides to kidnap Ryan's sister, Jenny. Ryan attempts to do the lone wolf thing, but instead Weston follows him. Weston attempts to bond with Ryan, but is rebuffed at every turn. There are some flashbacks to Ryan taking Claire to go meet Jenny. Jenny really likes Claire, but seeing the two of them get along, and dropping some personal info to Claire post-coitus, causes Ryan to freak and end things. Ryan's reasoning actually made a lot of sense. He was worried that him being around Claire made her think of Carroll and was afraid that he was holding her back. Um... maybe he should have said that too her. It is obvious that Claire and Ryan still love each other, but Ryan won't even have some breakfast with her.
Ryan and Weston end up saving Maggie, after she uses his pacemaker against him. That is another thing. I get that Ryan's pacemaker is his Kryptonite, but they have stop using it as a plot crutch. There are other ways to incapacitate him I'm sure. Weston ends up shooting Maggie, killing their only lead to Joey's whereabouts. Luckily, they recover her cell phone and are able to narrow down Joey's location to upstate New York.
So, there you have it. Are you like me? Do you think that the followers are more interesting than the good guys? This ep was a little Carroll light, did you miss him? Is Ryan too cliche? Let me know in the comments.
If there is a problem with The Following, it is that the members of Joe's serial killer cult are more interesting than Ryan and Joe. When the show is focused on the cult members, you get this feeling in the pit of your stomach. You're queasy, and a little excited. You are getting a window into a world that you don't normally get a window into. It is definitely hyper real, but it is still really interesting. This new revelation about Jacob is awesome. Is Jacob really into this whole killing thing or is he just lost and looking for a place to belong? Is he confused, just in life? I'm hoping for some flashbacks to his pre-cult life to get some answers to these questions.
The other parts of the episode dealt with the tying up of the loose end that is Maggie Kester. She decided to go off script since Ryan killed her husband. She decides to kidnap Ryan's sister, Jenny. Ryan attempts to do the lone wolf thing, but instead Weston follows him. Weston attempts to bond with Ryan, but is rebuffed at every turn. There are some flashbacks to Ryan taking Claire to go meet Jenny. Jenny really likes Claire, but seeing the two of them get along, and dropping some personal info to Claire post-coitus, causes Ryan to freak and end things. Ryan's reasoning actually made a lot of sense. He was worried that him being around Claire made her think of Carroll and was afraid that he was holding her back. Um... maybe he should have said that too her. It is obvious that Claire and Ryan still love each other, but Ryan won't even have some breakfast with her.
Ryan and Weston end up saving Maggie, after she uses his pacemaker against him. That is another thing. I get that Ryan's pacemaker is his Kryptonite, but they have stop using it as a plot crutch. There are other ways to incapacitate him I'm sure. Weston ends up shooting Maggie, killing their only lead to Joey's whereabouts. Luckily, they recover her cell phone and are able to narrow down Joey's location to upstate New York.
So, there you have it. Are you like me? Do you think that the followers are more interesting than the good guys? This ep was a little Carroll light, did you miss him? Is Ryan too cliche? Let me know in the comments.
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