The Following: Season 2

According to Mike Weston, Claire Matthews died from wounds inflicted by Molly's stabbing. During the attack, Ryan Hardy twists Molly's neck and kills her. A year later, Ryan has moved to New York City where he lives on his own and is teaching. On the first anniversary of Joe Carroll's death, a group of remaining cult members attack several passengers on a subway car. The FBI brings Ryan and Weston back on board to assist in gaining information on the identity and motives of the attackers. Ryan d

Joe is living with a former admirer of his, a prostitute, Judy, and her daughter, Mandy, under the alias "Uncle Daryl" (Judy's supposed brother who just returned home from war in Afghanistan). One of the men Judy sleeps with, a local reverend, comes by her house looking for Judy but finds she isn't home yet. After realizing Joe's true identity from a television news report, the reverend is killed by Joe with Mandy's help. The twins, Mark and Luke, break into the home of a couple with a young chi

Joe reveals to Judy and Mandy his plans to leave their home at night as Judy expresses her resentment for Joe murdering the reverend. She pulls a gun on Joe but he had previously taken out all of the bullets. He attempts to choke her to death but stops when Mandy begs for him to. Joe ties Judy up, setting up a crime scene implicating the reverend for when the police discover the home. Joe looks for his knife, but Mandy finds it and proceeds to stab her mother to death. Joe sets the home on fire

Joe and Mandy sneak into the house of a young mother with two children. The mother, Jana, is revealed to be a friend of Joe and provides him with a fake ID and cash. She tells Joe she has not been able to find his son, Joey. The FBI finds out that Lily was adopted by a billionaire and had inherited his money. There are no records of her giving birth but a former housekeeper had given birth to twin boys before her death. Meanwhile, Luke and Lily arrive at Lily's large country estate where they ar

Lily introduces Joe to everyone in the house. Emma expresses her bitter feelings towards Joe abandoning her; he apologizes repeatedly and asks for another chance. Luke and Jamel, another one of Lily's "sons", go to meet up with Gisele. However, Max and Ryan catch up with Gisele, bringing her to a local motel where they handcuff and question her. Gisele gives up the supposed location of Joe, which is really the warehouse she was supposed to meet Luke and Jamel. Ryan heads there and is confronted

After spending the night together, Joe and Lily discuss Lily's idea of moving everyone to another one of her homes in Venezuela, to which Joe hesitantly agrees. Ryan invites Weston to bring the FBI to Connecticut, where he and Max have been tracking Lily's group. Weston however comes alone; He, Ryan and Max capture Luke at a field near Lily's estate. Ryan proposes a trade with Lily, offering Luke in exchange for Joe. Lily agrees with the plan. Lily however drugs Joe unconscious, then accompanied

Joe, Emma, and Mandy arrive at a cult compound. Two authority figures in the cult, Robert and Julia, have them blindfolded and handcuffed before entering the trucks. Joe meets with Micah, the cult's leader, and offers his help with the cult in exchange for a place to stay. Julia gives Joe a lie detector test to ensure his intentions are genuine. He, Emma, and Mandy are taken to a ceremony which involves taking blood from a new member to wash away all of their sins, bringing them a step closer to

Ryan and Max attend the funeral for Weston's father. Afterwards, a journalist, Carrie Cooke, with an apparent history with Ryan shows up and unsuccessfully tries to get him to comment on Joe. Director Franklin of the FBI tells Ryan that he wants him working on the case and will supply him with whatever he needs to work off the books. Max and Ryan turn their focus to Joe's college professor, Dr. Arthur Strauss, who lives an hour away from the lighthouse where the events took place. Ryan goes to S

Max and Weston narrow their list of possible moles in the FBI, a list that includes Agent Mendez. Ryan doesn't believe she's guilty, but questions her outside of her apartment. Ryan and Weston then track Mendez as she travels to her ex lover Jana's house. Jana brings Mendez into the garage to talk, where Jana stabs her. Jana's friend lets Mike and Ryan in. They find Mendez and have an ambulance called before cornering Jana and questioning her about where Joe is. Jana proceeds to shoot herself in

A flashback shows Claire in the hospital, with Weston and Turner telling her the plan to put her into witness protection and not tell anyone that she is alive, including Ryan. In present day, Weston catches Claire up on everything and she expresses interest in helping find Joe instead of letting witness protection move her, but Weston insists she stays safe. At Korban, Robert introduces Joe to a group (Mallory, Lucas, Patrick, and Tilda) who have volunteered to be the next messengers. Tilda pick

Joe gathers a group of Korban followers and has a volunteer stab another Korban member, Carla, to kill her, thus "sending her home." Robert confronts Joe about his reason for choosing Carla, as she was close to Robert. Joe calms him down and asks Emma to follow him and ensure she's able to keep him close enough to stop worrying. Joe and Emma also discuss Mandy's lack of progress at Korban, with Emma feeling like she's a lost cause. Later, she looks up Mark's number online, and calls him after pa

Ryan remains in shock over seeing Claire alive. Claire suggests she can lure Joe out if he finds out she's alive, but Ryan disagrees. Carrie interviews tele-evangalist preacher Kingston Tanner who has recently criticized Joe. Joe watches, telling Emma how he wishes to give Kingston a "Holy War". He sends Lucas, Angela, Tilda and Robert to find Carrie; they assault her guards as Joe calls her forcing her to broadcast another message, less she and her love ones pay. Ryan receives the video from Ca

Having previously kidnapped Preston Tanner, Joe's followers return to Korban unaware that Ryan Hardy has followed them, however he doesn't have a phone and doesn't have backup. He kills a guard and disguises himself as a Korban member. During Joe's speech to everyone, Ryan takes a shot, but misses and narrowly escapes. Claire Matthews desperately wants to be interviewed live on the air for Joe to see, but Carrie, Max and Mike decide against it. Instead, Claire has a message delivered from Carrie

Mark and Luke escape after hearing of their mother's death, swearing vengeance on Mike, Ryan, and Joe. Max and Ryan lie to Clarke over Lily's death to ensure Mike doesn't face charges. Ryan later confronts Claire over her message to Joe and the two share a kiss. Joe sends his followers out to capture Kingston while having Robert and Emma track down Claire, admitting the message Carrie broadcast was a poem he and Claire made together that only they knew about. Angela arrives at Kingston's home an

The shot fired was aimed at Preston, which kills him. Ryan calls Claire, but Luke answers her phone and instructs Ryan to bring Joe, alive, to him or Claire will die. Ryan informs Joe of Luke's threat and helps Joe escape the church. With Joe in the back seat and Mike and Max following behind, Ryan drives to the address given by Luke while the FBI shut the lights inside the church and proceed to shoot and kill all of Joe's followers inside. Along the way, one of Joe's followers, Tim, crashes int