The Following Season 1

The Following Season 1 has quietly become one of the more dependable crime dramas currently available on and . The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 598 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Kevin Bacon leads a cast that carries the story without ever feeling mechanical. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

The Following Season 1 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The plotting gives The Following Season 1 its backbone, but it is the characters you come back for. Season one drags Ryan back into a world of horror, when the FBI reaches out to him in the wake of serial killer Joe Carroll’s escape from death row. Challenged with an ever-growing web of murders, Ryan and the FBI soon discovered they were up against not one killer, but a cult of killers directed by Joe. Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2013. The Following Season 1 is at its best in the quiet scenes between the plot beats, where the character work actually happens. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If you cannot walk away from a good mystery, The Following Season 1 will keep you hooked. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Kevin Bacon's performance is the kind that shows up on best-of lists years later. If you have been looking for something to fill the gap left by a recently finished story, this is a reliable answer.