Hoping to recreate the magic that was 24 with Kiefer Sutherland, FOX turned to fellow movie star Kevin Bacon for a short-run series, each season clocking in at 15 episodes, to air on Monday nights.  Bacon, in his first starring television role, played FBI agent Ryan Hardy, renowned for dealing with serial killer Joe Carroll.  Throughout the series, Hardy hunts down Carroll and his apprentices, eventually becoming obsessed with him.

Sadly for FOX, The Following never became the hit that 24 was.  It managed to stick around for 3 seasons before being axed earlier this spring.  As of this writing, the remaining 2 episodes are sitting on the DVR waiting to be watched.  I’m sure the ending will be just as unsatisfying as the rest of the series.