The Following

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Television series
German title The Following
Original title The Following
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Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2013-2015
Production
company		 Outerbanks Entertainment ,
Warner Bros. Television
length 42-45 minutes
Episodes 45 in 3 seasons ( list )
genre Thriller , drama
idea Kevin Williamson
production Kevin Williamson ,
Marcos Siega
music John Frizzell
First broadcast January 21, 2013 (USA) on Fox
German-language
first broadcast		 June 6, 2013 on RTL Crime
occupation
synchronization

The Following is an American thriller series starring Kevin Bacon and aired on Fox TV from January 21, 2013 to May 18, 2015 . It consists of 3 seasons with 15 episodes each. In May 2015, Fox announced the cancellation after three seasons.

The series tells the story of convicted serial killer Joe Carroll and former FBI agent Ryan Hardy. Carroll romanticizes death and, before being arrested by Hardy, killed female students attending his literature classes. The inspiration for his murders came from the works of the famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe . However, after Carroll succeeds in breaking out of prison, but is caught again very quickly, the investigators come across a cult that he has built up out of prison via the Internet and the activities of his followers who commit crimes in his name.

The idea for the series comes from screenwriter Kevin Williamson , who has worked for films like Scream! ' I know what you did last summer or did shows like Dawson's Creek and Vampire Diaries .

action

Edgar Allan Poe inspires Joe Carroll in his murders.

season 1

At the beginning of the series, convicted serial killer Joe Carroll breaks out of Virginia jail to complete the work he has begun. The only survivor of his streak of murders of female students, Sarah Fuller, is placed under police protection after the escape is announced and the former FBI agent Ryan Hardy is confronted with his past as Hardy was actively involved in the case almost ten years ago and a book about it published the series of murders at the time. Claire, Carroll's ex-wife and mother of his son Joey, is now also placed under police protection. Hardy and FBI agents Mike Weston and Jennifer Mason must find out that a prison guard helped Carroll escape and is apparently being trained as a murderer. When a young woman in full public suicide commits Hardy begins to make the assumption that Carroll the Internet that help could have used to gather a following, he can carry out his plans. It turns out that quite a few followers of the cult stand ready as sleepers on certain triggers, such as For example, poems read to the press by attorney Carrols to carry out pre-determined plans.

Sarah is kidnapped by two followers she believed to be gay neighbors, and finally brutally tortured and murdered by Carroll. Hardy is too late to save her, but Carroll allows him to arrest and interrogate him, where he tells him that this is just the beginning. At the same time, another supporter of Carrolls, who pretended to be a nanny for his ex-wife, kidnapped his son and meets with Sarah's supposedly gay neighbors in order to find a hiding place with them in a house away from the city.

Special Agent Debra Parker, an expert on alternative religions, is involved in finding Carroll's son and bringing him back to his mother while Jordy, Carroll's escapist in prison, commits his first murder by bringing three female students into their fraternity house kills them and cuts out their eyes, just like Carroll once did his victims. Claire decides to face her ex-husband in a conversation to find out where her son is, but the conversation gets out of hand when Carroll attacks his wife and chokes her. Meanwhile, Emma Hill, who pretended to be Joey's nanny, drives Joey and the gay neighbors to a remote house and tells Joey that his mother asked her to go there and not call her. It turns out that Emma has a relationship with one of the men, Jacob, and the relationship of the other of the two men is viewed with displeasure. Hardy and Weston find Emma Hill and her old address during their investigation. When the two go to the house, Hardy is attacked inside by someone wearing an Edgar Allan Poe mask. The man escapes and finally sets fire to a citizen on the street in public who later turns out to be a critic who wrote a bad review of Carroll's book. Hardy and his team come across Rick Kester, another Carroll supporter, and his wife, Maggie, who comes to the station and tearfully testifies that Rick has already attacked them. When Maggie is due to be escorted home and monitored by Troy Riley, Jordy's testimony tells Agent Parker that Maggie is another follower. Parker is too late to warn Riley, however, and Riley is killed by Maggie. Jordy outed Maggie as a follower because Parker promised him he could see Carroll. However, when Jordy realizes that won't be the case, he commits suicide by swallowing his bandage and eventually suffocating. At the same time, Claire receives an email from Emma, ​​Paul and Jacob containing a video. The video shows how Emma and Jacob trick Joey into killing a mouse and beetle.

The third kidnapper, Paul, is slowly but surely feeling passed over and betrayed by Jacob, as their pretended relationship has taken on new dimensions over the years. He kidnaps a supermarket employee named Megan. When Emma finds out, she tells Jacob to kill her, but he lets her escape instead. However, their escape fails and Paul and Emma take them prisoner again. After Maggie is outed by Parker as a supporter of Carroll and Hardy kills her husband while trying to escape, she plans her revenge. She kidnaps Hardy's sister and tells him to go see her. Maggie wants Hardy's sister to suffer by killing her brother in front of her eyes. But Mike Weston can stop this and save Hardy and his sister by shooting Maggie.

Shortly afterwards, Joey manages to get to a phone while Emma, ​​Paul and Jacob are three in bed. He gives his mother some vital information before Paul can pull him off the phone. Almost at the same time, Olivia Warren, Carroll's attorney, is seen in the department, who then visits Claire and gives her some instructions from Carroll, which she should follow if she wants to see Joey again. However, he escapes from the house and is followed by Emma up to a few neighbors. The neighbors call the police even before Paul kills them. Hardy can use the information to locate the house. At the same time, Hank Flynn appears at Emma and Co. to bring the three and Joey out of the house. However, Hank is shot dead by Hardy and is then threatened with a gun by Paul.

season 2

A year after Joe Carroll's death, Ryan Hardy remains obsessed with him and the cult he was able to build from prison. When a series of murders begins on Carrol's anniversary, Hardy has to devote himself again to the sect and face it.

The Carroll Cult

Various people from the most diverse origins belong to the cult, from computer technicians to ex-military. What they all have in common is that they have had a difficult past. Emma, ​​for example, was dominated for a long time by her mother, who eventually kills her on Caroll's initiative. She converts her house into a kind of shrine in which Poe and Carroll are worshiped. Common to all cult supporters is their fanatical devotion to Carroll, one of them committing suicide in prison. Since he is handcuffed, he loosens his bandage with his mouth and eats it, eventually suffocating.

All follow plans that Carroll made in prison. In order not to arouse suspicion, they live with false identities for years in order to get into a position to do their part in the plan.

Production method and characteristics

Conception

Kevin Williamson presented the first drafts for the series to his home broadcaster of his favorite series 24 . He compared Hardy to Jack Bauer. He told journalist Maerz that he sometimes lay awake at night and cried because of Jack Bauer and that there was some of Jack Bauer in his character of Ryan Hardy. Even then, Williamson was certain that the series would be controversial. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Joe Earley, chairman of Fox Broadcasting, replied that the station is proud to bring a large, intense series to the general public. He promised even then that the series would be great and full of tension.

Casting

Williamson told his agent a desire to have an actor like Kevin Bacon play as Ryan Hardy. His agent suggested Kevin Bacon directly and sent Bacon the script. Bacon had been looking for a television engagement for four years that he would like to do. Jeananne Goossen was eventually cast in the role of FBI agent Jennifer Mason. However, the role was replaced by Annie Parisse as Debra Parker after the pilot episode .

Narrative style

The content of the individual episodes builds on one another. In each episode, different storylines are told continuously. One storyline tells the story of Ryan Hardy, while another focuses on three followers of Joe Carroll. Each episode contains flashbacks of individual characters in certain situations, which can be easily assigned to a certain time by the display of the year.

Cast and dubbing

Kevin Bacon plays Ryan Hardy.

The German synchronization is created for a dialogue book of Holger Twellmann and the dialogue director of timmo niesner by the synchronous company Arena synchronous GmbH in Berlin .

Main cast

Role name Actress Main role Supporting role Voice actor
Ryan Hardy Kevin Bacon 1.01-3.15 Viktor Neumann
Dr. Joe Carroll James Purefoy 1.01-3.13 Michael Lott
Dr. Claire Matthews Natalie Zea 1.01-1.15 2.01, 2.09-2.15 Gundi Eberhard
Mike Weston Shawn Ashmore 1.01-3.15 Jan Makino
Jacob Wells / Will Wilson Nico Tortorella 1.01-1.14 Marius Clarén
Emma Hill / Denise Harris Valorie Curry 1.01-2.14 Nicole Hannak
Paul Torres / Billy Thomas Adan Canto 1.01–1.09 1.10 Marcel Collé
Debra Parker Annie Parisse 1.02-1.15 Natascha Geisler
Dr. Sarah Fuller Maggie Grace 1.01 Magdalena Turba
Jennifer Mason Jeananne Goossen 1.01 Julia Kaufmann
Max Hardy Jessica Stroup 2.01-3.15 Julia Kaufmann
Mandy Lang Tiffany Boone 2.01-2.12 Friedel Morgenstern
hatch Sam Underwood 2.01-2.15 Leonhard Mahlich
mark 2.01-3.13
Lily Gray Connie Nielsen 2.01-2.13 Katrin Fröhlich
Dr. Arthur Strauss Gregg Henry 3.01-3.06 2.08, 2.10 Bernd Rumpf

Supporting cast

Role name Actress Supporting role Voice actor
Joey Matthews Kyle Catlett 1.01-1.15 Maurice Scharf
Troy Riley Billy Brown 1.01–1.03 Tobias Kluckert
Jordy Raines Steve Monroe 1.01–1.03 Gerrit Schmidt-Foss
Olivia Warren Renée Elise Goldsberry 1.05–1.07 Julia digit
Louise Sinclair Annika Boras 1.07–1.09 Cathlen Gawlich
Charlie Tom Lipinski 1.05-1.08 Nico Sablik
Nick Donovan Mike Colter 1.08-1.13 Sascha Rotermund
Tim "Roderick" Nelson Warren Kole 1.08-1.13 Norman Matt
Julia Jacinda Barrett 2.07-2.09 Schaukje Könning

Charisma

United States

The United States began broadcasting on Fox every Monday on January 21, 2013 . The episodes were repeated on Fridays that same week. The first pilot episode was seen by over 10.4 million viewers, resulting in a target audience rating of 3.2. Since then, the ratings have fallen, so that the fourth episode only achieved 7.8 million viewers and a rating of 2.4. The first season finale was broadcast on April 29, 2013 and recorded over 7.8 million and a rating of 2.7, an increase in ratings compared to the last episode broadcast. The 15-part second season aired from January 19 to April 28, 2014. Following a football game, the season premiere achieved the series' highest audience rating to date with 11.18 million viewers and a rating of 4.4.

Germany

In Germany, the RTL Group secured the broadcasting rights in June 2012. A year later, on June 6, 2013, the pay TV channel RTL Crime began broadcasting the series. The finale of the first season ran there on September 12, 2013. The station showed the second season from October 6, 2014. The third season was broadcast from November 19, 2015.

On RTL , the free TV broadcast of the first season ran from September 17 to October 15, 2013. Season 2 went to RTL NITRO, where the series was broadcast from July 8, 2015. The free TV premiere of season three followed there from January 6, 2016.

criticism

The series was mostly positively received. The first episode on Metacritic has a Metascore of 62/100 based on 34 reviews.

“The much anticipated series restart with Kevin Bacon lives up to all expectations. "The Following" tells a gripping character drama of two opponents. "

- Jan Schlüter, Oddsmeter.de

Awards and nominations

Critics' Choice Television Awards
Saturn Awards

Publications

The series was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in various countries .

Germany
  • Season 1 was released on February 7, 2014
  • Season 2 was released on March 26, 2015
United States
  • Season 1 was released on January 7, 2014
  • Season 2 was released on October 7, 2014
Great Britain
  • Season 1 was released on December 2, 2013
  • Season 2 was released on September 29, 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Mario Giglio: The Following: FOX brings serial killer series around the corner . Serienjunkies.de , May 8, 2015, accessed November 7, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c Melissa Maerz: 9 Hot New Shows: The Following . In: Time Inc. (Ed.): Entertainment Weekly . , New York13. January 2013, pp. 54–55.
  4. ↑ Joe Flint: [la-et-ct-foxearley-20120829 Fox Broadcasting names Joe Earley COO] . In: The Los Angeles Times , Eddy Hartenstein , August 29, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Marisa Guthrie: Can a Fox Audience Love a Serial Killer? The Network Can't put Ads near Schools as it Courts a Cable Crowd for The Following . In: The Hollywood Reporter , Lynne Segall, November 23, 2012, p. 24. Retrieved March 5, 2013. 
  6. ↑ 'Alcatraz' star Jeananne Goossen departs Fox drama 'The Following' . Retrieved October 21, 2013.
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  8. ^ Sara Bible: Monday Final Ratings: 'Hawaii Five-0' Adjusted Up . In: TV by the Numbers . January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ Sara Bibles: Monday Final Ratings: 'The Voice', 'The Following', 'Dancing With The Stars', '2 Broke Girls', 'Rules of Engagement', 'Mike & Molly' & '90210' Adjusted Up; 'Revolution' Adjusted Down . In: TV by the Numbers . April 30, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  10. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Final Ratings: No Adjustments to 'Revenge', 'The Following' or 'Betrayal' & Final NFC Championship Numbers . In: TVbytheNumbers.com . January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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  14. ↑ The Following: Season 2 . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  15. ↑ RTL Crime continues “The Following” in November . September 24, 2015. Accessed September 24, 2015.
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  18. ↑ Bernd Krannich: "The Following": RTL Nitro shows the third season at a late hour . In: Wishlist.de . November 24, 2015. Accessed November 24, 2015.
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