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"The Following creator Kevin Williamson has asked viewers to &amp;quot;see beyond&amp;quot; the show&amp;#039;s violent scenes. The Kevin Bacon drama has attracted controversy due to its levels of on-screen bloodshed, with Fox chief Kevin Reilly dismissing claims that the show glorifies violence.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a thriller, of course, but [some people seem] to be very much focused on the violence,&amp;quot; Williamson admitted to Assignment X. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d love for people to be able to see beyond that. I don&amp;#039;t write the show for the violence, so... I would be sad if that&amp;#039;s all people got from it.&amp;quot; Williamson also hinted at the show&amp;#039;s future, explaining that serial killer Joe Carroll&amp;#039;s master plan would continue into a potential second season. &amp;quot;Joe Carroll has got a plan,&amp;quot; said the writer/producer. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s building to something that he very, very much wants and needs, and whether or not Ryan (Kevin Bacon) can stop it or not remains to be seen. &amp;quot;It involves Ryan and it also launches us into our second season.&amp;quot;  Both Bacon and his co-star James Purefoy - who plays Joe Carroll - have spoken out to defend The Following from criticism. The Following airs on Fox in the US and on Sky Atlantic in the UK. &amp;gt; The Following episode two review: &amp;quot;A marked improvement&amp;quot; Watch James Purefoy talk to Digital Spy about The Following below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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