The gang's all here! #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC pic.twitter.com/iN78jKwgKL
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014#thefollowing panel is getting a first ever look at last season's alternative ending. Obviously it didn't make the cut! #FOXSDCC #SDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014There will be a time jump in storyline when S3 #thefollowing starts! Ryan starts happy but can he hold onto it? #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014Sam comes back in unexpected way and we meet bigger, badder villain. "More Hitchcock-ian" says #thefollowing EP Jen Johnson #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014.@MSiega: You just won't know WHO is bad or good in S3. #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014Sam comes back in unexpected way and we meet bigger, badder villain. "More Hitchcock-ian" says #thefollowing EP Jen Johnson #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014#SDCC - @kevinbacon on stage for @TheFollowingFOX
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— Nerd Fu (@TheNerdFu) July 27, 2014.@ShawnRAshmore: We jump ahead a year, Mike & Max are still together but their relationship won't be easy. #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014Ryan will be studying past cases to find traces of Joe and his followers. But NYC threat happens to kick off S3 #thefollowing #sdcc #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014Who is that man in the car? Reactions on social media were incredible. @kevwilliamson says it's someone we haven't met yet! #thefollowing
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014"We're going to get back into the psychological roots of the show and see the anatomy of a follower...how someone turns into a follower"
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014.@samunderwood is excited to work with other characters -- not just talking to himself! #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014The decision to kill Emma was hard for @kevwilliamson but he knew it was her time. #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014New love for Ryan in S3! They're happy together. She's a doctor, has daughter, lives w/Ryan. Domesticity! #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014.@kevinbacon shot a film on his cell w/ the Hall H crowd so they now all have 1 degree of separation! #Thefollowing pic.twitter.com/vvN01YhZPb
— Damian Holbrook (@TVGMDamian) July 27, 2014"He's increasing his capacity to live and to insist on happiness" @kevwilliamson on Ryan in S3. #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014Ryan had taken Mike down a dark path in past, but he learns to break that pattern says EP Jennifer Johnson. #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014"We're getting back to the soap this season. We'll go home with these characters often..." EP Jen Johnson #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014Ryan and Mike have been away from each other for 4mos, but the two couples are in new love relationships. #SDCC #FOXSDCC #thefollowing
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014.@MSiega: Urban paranoia, real life serial killers - will be reflected in NYC setting S3. #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014.@kevwilliamson loves @24fox & @RealKiefer, used that show as inspiration. And @kevinbacon thinks Ryan would be big 24 fan! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014.@TheFollowingFOX stopped by the #WBSDCC booth to sign (+ recruit?!). Here's the gallery!: http://t.co/AiNDERqJ0s pic.twitter.com/mUJQQj3Fke
— Warner Bros. TV (@warnerbrostv) July 27, 2014.@ShawnRAshmore: Mike doesn't blame Ryan for sending him down a dark path. #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014.@kevinbacon: The final ep of S2 was his favorite. @kevwilliamson agrees, and loved the dinner scene. #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014"I like the emotional aspects of horror. That's why I live in it because I want to feel it." - @kevwilliamson #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014.@ShawnRAshmore's fav scene was killing Lily! Fans satisfied too. @JessicaLStroup loved shooting the twin. #thefollowing #sdcc #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014"We really chose some extremists to base the cult on." @kevwilliamson #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014@TheFollowingFOX @ShawnRAshmore @kevinbacon best people I know pic.twitter.com/dYts1Oecog
— Monica Gleberman (@Monica1236) July 27, 2014Fan asks about Mike's tears w/his dad. @ShawnRAshmore actually shot it with green screen & not the other actor #thefollowing #SDCC #FOXSDCC
— The Following (@TheFollowingFOX) July 27, 2014#SDCC #TheFollowing these people are all 1 Degree ! Thanks for a great panel https://t.co/eWHpQYpI9Z
— Kevin Bacon (@kevinbacon) July 27, 2014Where is Mark when the series returns? "In the most unexpected place," Johnson says. "Keep your eyes peeled in the first half of the premiere. He's hiding in plain sight." Luke's death will definitely affect Mark in deep ways, Sam Underwood teases.
So where will Ryan be professionally when Season 3 begins? "When Season 3 picks up one year later, Ryan Hardy will have been looking at every case out there to make sure they're not Joe Carroll-related or Joe Carroll follower-related," Johnson reveals. "Mike will be working alongside Ryan. In the first episode, a brand new threat will hit New York and the entire city will go on lockdown. Mike will go to Mendez and ask to form a task force to address this new threat."
The audience at Comic-Con 2014 got to see the different, never-before-seen alternate ending, which actually ended with Mark sharp-shooting Joe before he can get taken off to jail. The final scene? Ryan holding Joe's hands as he takes his last breath, and his last word was, "Ryan."
