Anyone else watching The Following on Fox? I thought the first two episodes were outstanding. A mix of Silence of the Lambs and Charles Manson.
http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/?sh=the-following
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Following
I read this on the Wiki after I wrote my above comment:
“Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly stated: "The weakest part of The Following is the idea that Carroll was a college professor who held his classes spellbound with lectures about Thoreau, Emerson, and, most crucially, Edgar Allan Poe." He added: "The drama's strongest elements override this flaw. Both Bacon and Purefoy are so intensely earnest, The Following quickly supersedes its patent Silence of the Lambs setup. The moments that focus on Carroll's criminal cult give the series its real power, and the modern-day variations on Charlie Manson's kill-crazy crew are genuinely spooky."
http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/?sh=the-following
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Following
I read this on the Wiki after I wrote my above comment:
“Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly stated: "The weakest part of The Following is the idea that Carroll was a college professor who held his classes spellbound with lectures about Thoreau, Emerson, and, most crucially, Edgar Allan Poe." He added: "The drama's strongest elements override this flaw. Both Bacon and Purefoy are so intensely earnest, The Following quickly supersedes its patent Silence of the Lambs setup. The moments that focus on Carroll's criminal cult give the series its real power, and the modern-day variations on Charlie Manson's kill-crazy crew are genuinely spooky."