An incredibly tense, violent, and utterly brilliant series that will rivet you for every single minute. Kevin Bacon is superb in a role he was born to play and it's his best work in years, with the exception of the television film, Taking Chance. James Purefoy is amazing as the sinister, merciless serial killer mastermind and deserves an Emmy for his performance. I was surprised to see Aaron Ashmore starring in this show at the same time he was on Warehouse 13 and it took a while to realize the actor on this series is Shawn Ashmore, Aaron's twin brother. Thank goodness for the Internet Movie Database! Anyway, he is excellent as a character that serves as Bacon's conscience. Sadly, I have just learned the show has been cancelled in a ghastly act of brutality by Fox that is equal to any of the bloody, shocking crimes depicted on the program itself. It is disappointing in the extreme to see one of the few intelligent and original crime dramas taken off the air on a whim because the demographics are not strong. An outrage of the worst kind.
Review of The Following
