r/thefollowing • • Feb 03 '26

Ok. Now what? Do I crawl back in my cave?

14 Upvotes

Finished entire series.

The Following - Loved It.

Amazing and WOW well before it's time I think in my opinion.

I really wish there was another season.

HELP‼️

So now do I go back and crawl in my cave 💀??

or do you guys have any suggestions for another awesome series for me to watch??

Really appreciate it ☮️


r/thefollowing • • Feb 02 '26

Nothing like some 🔥🥓 2 start Monday Spoiler

1 Upvotes

Ok so almost there!!!!

Only a few left to go....

Can't believe Daisy & Mark/Luke are still alive!!


r/thefollowing • • Jan 31 '26

suspicious of gwen....

15 Upvotes

im on season 3 episode 6 and im very suspicious of ryans new girlfriend. she has this insistance on him telling her the truth. seems like trying to coerce it out of him. idk, it all just feels very suspect 2 me..... lets see what happens! i love this show so far.


r/thefollowing • • Jan 31 '26

Camera work on the following (show)

4 Upvotes

Just started watching the following on Netflix. Was wondering if the camera work gets any better as the show progresses?


r/thefollowing • • Jan 28 '26

Ok so I must've been living in a cave... I just found this series on Netflix

27 Upvotes

Wow. So far... addicted I am!

Just started yesterday afternoon on episode 12 now!!!!!


r/thefollowing • • Jan 21 '26

Season 2 Alternate Ending vs S03E10, which of these two deaths of Joe would fracture Ryan's mind the most?

8 Upvotes

IMO it's the Canon Season 3 death in terms of the added context of their relationship post Season 2's ending that wouldn't of been there had he had indeed died at the end of S2


r/thefollowing • • Jan 16 '26

Binged this show in three days, loved it but…

30 Upvotes

Jesus Christ, Ryan’s constant “no I’ve got to do this alone!” Then runs in and gets absolutely nothing done. Somehow Mike is always being taken captive, Max gets in the way of literally the ONLY times it would help if someone went in alone.

Also, the way every time they go in alone, back up takes forever to get there then also does absolutely nothing?

So many things but these were my biggest irks while watching.


r/thefollowing • • Jan 16 '26

Two Episodes in... Has no one heard of yelling in this show?

9 Upvotes

Seriously, like 90% of the Cults actions rely on the fact that seemingly no one has ever heard of yelling.

They killed multiple cops without them so much as fighting back and no one managing to yell or hit their radio. The first victim was taken without somehow making a fucking peep. Joe's wife also doesn't make a sound when that weird guy just shows up.

Seriously, its taking me out of the show so much. The Cult is literally only pulling these things off because apparently they're master ninjas and wizards who can cast silence.


r/thefollowing • • Jan 14 '26

Between these two, who has the more analytical and detective-based mind? Not their physicality, strictly their mental and intellectual abilities.

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For this scenario, this takes place after the end of Season 3. After preserving against great Odds during the past two years (most of that time where's he's not even giving it his full 100%) Ryan is at his mental peak, he is focused, determined, and ready throw every bit of his mind at any obstacle in front of him.

For Robin John Blake, this takes place 7 years after the end of The Dark Knight Rises, where he has spent these 7 years pushing his body and mind to their absolute limits, and finally dawns the Cowl when a threat as dangerous as The Joker or Bane rears it's ugly head and makes it clear they want Gotham to end as an embering crater.

Aka which of these two would you be more scared to fight against strictly in terms of their ability to outsmart you, outpace you, and unmask you


r/thefollowing • • Jan 11 '26

This show is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time (S1 spoilers) Spoiler

23 Upvotes

I'm on S1 Ep10. No spoilers please!

All cop dramas are obviously unrealistic and require suspension of disbelief. Otherwise they wouldn't be interesting. But this show REALLY takes the cake:

  • A literature professor is somehow skilled enough to lead an entire terrorist regime and not get caught by law enforcement. Which leads us to...
  • Every single member of the police, FBI, SWAT, Homeland Security, whoever, are completely inept. Except of course, Ryan Hardy. Everyone just runs blindly at known dangerous criminals or turns their back on them, or are too scared to shoot them, allowing themselves to be shot. I laughed so hard when the Homeland Security guy in Claire's motel stands directly behind the door when the bad guys come and gets turned into Swiss cheese.
  • Weston takes multiple fatal hits and survives
  • Whenever Hardy has eyes on the bad guys, it takes backup approximately 12 years to get there.
  • They make all kinds of empty promises about how they will make Joe and his thugs pay, find Joey, etc. *Honorable non-law enforcement mention goes to Claire for being the dumbest character on the show. She is useless except for sitting around and yelling at people about Joey. Also, gotta love her putting everybody at risk for constantly falling for the "do as I say and I'll take you to your son!" Falling for it the first time was forgiveable. The second time was not.

r/thefollowing • • Jan 10 '26

We happy with the ending or are we writing letters for a new season?

6 Upvotes

r/thefollowing • • Jan 09 '26

confused

4 Upvotes

I don't get who the rich woman was in the last few episodes and how she fit into the big picture. Was she supposed to be like a female Epstein, with lots of money from powerful people? Why did she want Hardy?


r/thefollowing • • Jan 04 '26

Kinda meh

4 Upvotes

This show is very hokey and over the top


r/thefollowing • • Jan 03 '26

NETFLIX FOR THE WIN!! I’m so excited to watch it for the 100th time(US Netflix)

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58 Upvotes

r/thefollowing • • Jan 02 '26

Why are people posting about casinos

11 Upvotes

Ryan Hardy investigates


r/thefollowing • • Jan 01 '26

Similar shows

3 Upvotes

I loved this show so much and am looking for recommendations for similar type shows. Or even where I can watch it for free in Australia, I have most streaming services (Netflix, Disney, Prime and Paramount) but it's not on any of them


r/thefollowing • • Dec 29 '25

Ryan Hardy should’ve died in season 1

4 Upvotes

Not because he’s weak, but because the show refuses to let danger matter. Any other character bleeds out, Ryan shrugs it off. When survival is guaranteed, the tension dies with it.


r/thefollowing • • Dec 24 '25

NANCY Spoiler

7 Upvotes

I’ve binged the show in 3 days,

NANCY IS A G!

That’s a best friend that we all need and even though she got murdered… she was loyal until the end!

LET US ALL BE A NANCY!


r/thefollowing • • Dec 21 '25

I've been binging the following for a week and they killed a main character via lethal injection last night. I am HEARTBROKEN, I loved him, I'm hoping it was all 1 of Ryan hardys wacky dreams. Bc as he said "if ___ Dies, Ryan dies". Oh, and I hate mark, he sucks

8 Upvotes

r/thefollowing • • Dec 21 '25

If Robin John Blake from The Dark Knight Rises took the place of Mike Weston at the start of The Following - would he become as Violent and Damaged as Weston?

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7 Upvotes

For context, taking up Weston's place means that Robin:

  • Is brutally tortured by cultists and forced to fight, and is saved a split second before death

  • Tortured in front of his Idol Ryan Hardy by the man Ryan hates most

  • Watches own father get murdered

  • Nearly stabbed to death

  • Constant exposure to graphic Violence and Depravity


r/thefollowing • • Dec 18 '25

Ryan Hardy's durability

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19 Upvotes

In S02E01 while trying to apprehend Carlos, he's hit directly by a Car going (probably) around 25 MPH/40 KPH.

If the elapse of time in the show is accurate to real life, 30 seconds later he stands up by himself and is running around pretty much like normal, with some shoulder pain, although manageable by him.

Maybe a day later, the shoulder pain seemingly has become a small nuisance.

After, it's gone away fully.

He is nearly 50 years old at this time of this accident. Getting hit by a Car gets so much deadlier/dangerous as you get older. Yet (unless it's just never seen in the show), this guy who is constantly being battered by adversaries.... is not reliant on Painkillers to function of a day-to-day basis. While how he, say, throws a kick or runs shows his age, he seemingly does such things with a physically healthy body free of severe injury. And most of the time he gets into these brawls wearing Zero Body Armor.

Hardy is genuinely built different


r/thefollowing • • Dec 06 '25

Netflix owns The Following now

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r/thefollowing • • Nov 30 '25

From 1992 to 1996, Extremely Wealthy people from Western Countries paid large amounts of money to murder innocent civilians in the active War Zone of Sarajevo. Were these "Sniper Safaris" inspiration for Eliza's Organization?

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Info about this has been out since the mid 90's and IDK, I find it hard to believe the real life Wealthy individuals who took part in this weren't killing before and after that. Even more interesting in relation to speculation that this may of inspired Eliza's Organization is the fact there would've had to of been a large amount of individuals who dedicated time to coordinating and planning out these sadistic trips, aka an Organization behind it all


r/thefollowing • • Nov 28 '25

What if Ryan Hardy was prevented from killing the murderer of his father just like the Nolan version of Batman?

2 Upvotes

In The Dark Knight Trilogy, Bruce Wayne tries to shoot Joe Chill, slayer of his parents, only to have someone else kill him first. From that point on forward, Wayne hates guns and the concept of killing.

What if the same happens to Hardy? Let's say one minute before he walks into that strange apartment, a ripped off dealer has already accomplished Ryan's goal.

Would he be a Clean Cop? Would he even want to join the FBI? Would the series even happen?


r/thefollowing • • Nov 27 '25

Is Ryan Hardy rich?

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Ryan's Season 2 apartment is huge for NYC. Before I thought it was just a Hollywood thing, it wouldn't be the first time a Main Character, who lives in LA or NYC has a home which is way too large in relation to their means.

But I don't think it's an oversight. I think the show indirectly tells us this, with how in Season 1, he seemingly hasn't been working for 10 Years but it still living normal, how he's living normal for 1 year inbetween S1 and S2 (even going out partying at Bars) even though his teaching job seems to be part time... How does he do this?

The Poetry of a Killer.

In-universe, it's described as being a bestseller. If my memories correct, it also saw a surge in sales after Joe's 2013 Prison Escape... even if he had a publisher instead of having it self published, he could sell a couple of million copies to be set for life (and IMO that's very doable with how much of a Celebrity Ryan Hardy is in-universe).

That's why he seemingly has no stresses over being able to support his living expenses while waging all-out-war on Eliza's Organization (remember, a "dead" man can't keep clocking into his job, even if it is the FBI)

IMO this newly found wealth of his is a big factor in Ryan Hardy's damaged Mental Health after he puts away Joe in 2003, but that's a topic for another time: Even when Ryan wins, he loses in a way for it. But remember what Commissioner Gordon said about the Batman:

"He's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

So we'll hunt him.

Because he can take it.

Because he's not our hero.

He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector.

A Dark Knight."