Tuesday, May 05, 2015

The Following S3 E11 Demons

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Ryan is getting quite boring and predictable... Drink and be haunted by Joe.  As always, don't read on if you don't want to see spoilers.

Ryan's drinking, being dumped (hm.. this seems familiar, Claire comes to mind) and the whole mirror killer thing wasn't too interesting except when the guy went straight to try to machete them in the face.  That was exciting for those few minutes but so glad they didn't try to drag it out for multiple episodes.

The episode had some interesting developments in terms of bringing a little more depth to Mark although not as much as they devoted to Emma in previous seasons.  This is really unfortunate since Mark is much more likeable, overlooking the highly exaggerated personalities of Luke/Mark last season.  This season Mark has been much more gritty, real and truly sad despite his Two-Face like switches between the twins in one body.

Max's obsessed boy toy killing off the FBI agent at the end of the episode was quite a nice turn plotwise but also makes the guys seem like the most desperate boyfriend and worst SWAT officer I could imagine.  Aren't they supposed to be professionals with guns?  I would really hope that real FBI and SWAT officers don't accidentally discharge weapons on each other, accidentally shoot while in darkness chasing a baddie I could see but just up close while trying to stop someone from shooting is another matter.  Plus, isn't the natural reaction to have your hands up and say I can explain rather than charge up to the person and try to grab the gun?

The Following
I am half in love with Theo, he is just so cool and smooth.  He also opened the storyline up to an entire evil killer organization that could be just as slick as he is.  I just hope they don't ruin it by having the evil org become ridiculous like Lilly and her random orphans.  Where Joe Carroll was so charismatic from his banter and smooth speech, Theo plays on the pragmatic and mysterious.  He speaks more by not expressing himself and that just makes me want to see and understand him more.  The fact that blood relatives (his children included) really mean nothing to him also makes me curious what is it about his annoying sister that makes him care at all?

I'm just biding time until Ryan's ex Gwen gets killed while pregnant and he goes full serial killer.  Theo is the only thing making this wait less excruciating.