"Sacrifice" is the seventh episode of the second season of the psychological thriller television series The Following, which premiered on March 4, 2014, on Fox.
As trucks pull up, a crew of men with guns surround the trio and two seemingly authority-like figures step out.
Despite Ryan trying to make him stay, Weston has his mind made up, as he feels too mentally unstable to continue working on the case after lashing out on Luke.
Max pulls into a parking garage and witnesses a father and son getting into a physical disagreement.
Mendez allows Ryan entry to speak to Luke, who is in custody and recovering from Weston's assault, to try to gain information on the man who kidnapped Max.
Luke identifies the man as Kurt, aka "the Huntsman," a serial killer known for killing women, usually prostitutes.
Micah explains that offering the blood of one of their cult members will wash away the group's sins and bring them a step closer to "going home."
Micah slits Emma's wrists as her blood drips into a funnel, ending in a cup.
Ryan receives a video from Lily; Mendez instructs they put it on a big screen in the FBI's office.
Club rated the episode a D+, stating "the usually talented Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy, are phoning it in so hard that I’d be surprised if they’ve even reading the scripts—they don’t even seem to know what’s happening in each scene.