"Forgive" is the fifteenth and final episode of the second season of the psychological thriller television series The Following, which premiered on April 28, 2014, on the network Fox.
They wake up at a table where Mark and Luke interrogate Ryan and Joe, threatening to kill Claire if they don't cooperate.
The episode and season ends with Mark, carrying Luke's body, being picked up by a truck with an unknown driver.
[2] Also, including DVR viewership, the episode was watched by a total of 7.28 million viewers and attained an 18-49 rating of 2.5.
It attempted to get deep during the dinner scene, where Ryan had to admit (again) that he was a bad person, but that stuff always winds up sliding off the back of this series like a rainwater.
"[6] He then commented on James Purefoy's role in the finale and season, saying "After last week's church massacre, Joe has seemed to have purged his system of all future cult activity, satisfied that his name will probably now live forever.
Too many shock value killings, pointless mini-quests and plenty of characters making really bad decisions plagued those latter episodes.
Club gave a much more negative response to the episode, giving it a D grade, saying "The problem is that this show never really committed to what Joe Carroll was supposed to be.
It’s unfortunate to see the talents of Bacon, Ashmore, Purefoy, Underwood, and Stroup squandered on this semi-soap opera.