The Following, Episode 8: "Welcome Home"
So, I can't be the only one that is excited that Joe Carroll is finally out of prison. That means he can wreak even more havoc on Ryan and the FBI. This episode contined the upward trend the shows been on since the farmhouse episode. It contained some great moments like the introduction of Roderick, the return of Ryan's badassery and the introduction of Weston's. It also had some not so great moments like the FBI's contined ineptitude. So, here we go with the good and not so good moments from "Welcome Home."
The Good
Joe is free. This is great. It is awesome to see him interact with the other followers, especially Emma. He still is carrying a torch for Claire though and mission one is finding her and getting her to join him at the manse. He is able to gently rebuff Emma when she offers to take care of his every need because of his supposed devotion to his ex wife. Alas, Joe is only human and after he stabs Charlie aka Claire's follower, when Charlie gives himself to Joe as punishment for not being able to locate Claire, Joe gives in to all his animal urges. He takes Emma right there. Great idea, Joe. Since, Emma is all mentally stable and everything. There was also a scene between Joe and Joey at the beginning of the episode that, dare I say, humanized Joe a little bit. Neither father nor son know how to react to each other after their period of forced estrangement and it was odd to sort of sympathize with Joe a little bit. Shudder.
Roderick. We also met Joe's number two, the elusive Roderick. It turns out Roderick is a sheriff in the county where the followers' lair is located. He seems to be Joe's first follower as well. It turns out that Roderick killed two of the girls that Joe took the rap for. Joe did show him how though. Roderick was also present when the followers were trying to torture Claire's whereabouts out of Weston (more on that later). Roderick is definitely just as insane as Joe and he seems to be just as devious. It seems to me that Roderick liked becing in charge and I think it will only be a matter of time before he starts challenging Joe as the head of this happy little band. We also witnessed him having hate sex with another follower right after he almost choked her to death. Sexy.
Weston. Weston lived. That is the most important thing. After being sent back to his hotel, after helping Ryan against the express orders of the new douchey FBI agent who is head of the investigation, Weston is kidnapped by some followers. They think that Weston knows Claire's location, even though he says he doesn't. There is some bare knuckle boxing with Charlie, some pipe beatings by blonde follower. He gets stabbed right before Ryan shows up to save the day. Weston pulls through and Agent Parker informs Ryan that he knew Claire's location the whole time. I love Weston and I'm glad he didn't die. I know the show is dark and not shy about killing off main characters, but I'm not sure I would have been able to handle Weston kicking the bucket.
Ryan. Finally, Badass Ryan rejoined the show. He was flippant when he was dealing with the new head of the investigation. He showed him up at every turn. Then, he was Super Ryan when he saved Weston, shooting like three of the followers without breaking a sweat. Seriously. I'm a fan of this Ryan, but the switches back and forth are too much, as I've said before.
The not so good
The FBI. Seriously. Could these guys be more inept? We were introduced to the new FBI agent heading up the investigation, Nick Donovan. Donovan is laughably terrible at his job. He ignores Ryan, sends Weston to get kidnapped and is made to look like a fool after Ryan saves the day. I understand what they are trying to do, but if the FBI was this terrible they would have shut their doors years ago.
So, are you guys excited that Joe is out and about? Do you think that we are heading towards a Joe/Roderick season ending showdown? How soon until Claire is found and kidnapped? Hit me up in the comments with your theories.
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