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Kevin Bacon’s 'The Following' New Episode Update: X-Men’s Iceman, Shawn Ashmore Talks Second Season

The hit Fox series The Following, starring Kevin Bacon, may be starting to slip in the ratings, but the show is not ready to roll over and die just yet. X-Men Days of Future Past star Shawn Ashmore recently opened up about the changes that are in store for the new season. The Iceman returns next week in an all new episode.

The plot synopsis for next week’s all new episode of Fox’s The Following, titled “Fly Away,” reads:

“Ryan and Max contact the FBI for backup, leading to a standoff. Elsewhere, Joe finds himself in uncharted territory in his new relationship, and Luke ends up in a difficult situation.”

One of the show’s many stars, Shawn Ashmore, who plays FBI agent Mike Weston, recently opened up about his character to reporters at the Brooklyn Sound Stage:

“Things basically drive Mike to the brink.You can’t imagine worse things happening to anybody...Mike was put through the meat grinder really, emotionally, physically, psychologically, through the first season and continuing into the second. so it’s fun for me to explore and go down the rabbit hole emotionally with Mike.”

Meanwhile, the show’s creator, Kevin Williamson, recently opened up about the series' graphic violence on the recent Winter TV Tour:

“I don’t shy away from violence. But I also never, ever just want to be gore for the sake of gore. It’s always to shock and push the story forward and make you gasp, and also make you truly be afraid and truly be scared of these characters and the situation. And so it really is just what the situation, what the story line, calls for. I don’t really see that it’s gory. I guess it’s subjective. I’m sorry I don’t have a better answer. But I like a little violence, sorry.”

The Following airs Monday at 9. p.m.

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