The showrunner said that the idea of having a very wealthy person or small group as the show’s big bad appealed to them.
He added that the concept of having an extremely rich serial killer, which he also described as an uber-rich serial killer, appealed to them in order for “The Following” to break away from the identity of the murderer.
Hawley said that the uber-rich were never identified and captured as serial killers, referring to alleged murderer and “Jinx” subject Robert Durst. He said that could not possibly be a result of genetics because they usually do not have such proclivities.
Along with a rumored villain, there were talks revealing that Ryan Hardy was set to take on a vigilante role in “The Following” Season 4.
Hawley teased that it had been Hardy answering the question he had been asking for the first three seasons, which were about having a life and becoming happy outside his obsessions. He said that the answer to those queries was no but it had felt that viewers had really needed to answer it.
But now that “The Following” is canceled for good, only time will tell if the questions left during its Season 3 cliffhanger will ever be answered in whatever way possible.