The cast and creators of Fox’s ‘The Following’ sat down with us at the San Diego Comic-Con. Listen in to hear about the time jump, what James Purefoy thinks Joe Carroll needs to change and just how wonderful Valorie Curry is.

The first season of The Following was one hell of a roller coaster ride. If The Vampire Diaries‘ Julie Plec is the queen of killing of characters indiscriminately, then her partner-in-crime Kevin Williamson is the king. Chasing Joe Carroll cost the FBI — and the cast — several recurring characters in the first season, and that’s not even counting the civilians, family members and countless other collateral damage caught up in the wake of his “following.”

They couldn’t reveal very much — something that became a running joke as we spoke — but they did share a couple of interesting nuggets. I was particularly impressed with Valorie Curry’s take on Emma Hill, one of the more interesting characters on television. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little excited to see where Ryan Hardy finds himself one year later, but a little apprehensive about what might happen to that calm when he gets dragged back into Carroll’s world.

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