The protagonists (including the lawyer) in this show are so fucking stupid it's incredible. I've been trying to give it a chance but this episode was just preposterous. Too many "just shoot her fucking leg"/ "just shoot the god damn tires"/ "just scope the area out with the fucking helicopter with OR without the thermal scope that all police helicopters have" moments that I had to just turn the TV off.

This'll get downvoted I know but I needed to vent to people who watch this show but all the people I know already dropped it.

Edit: Oh, and when that dumb bitch mom went to the thing without a wire, or a fake phone (so she could use her real one later). or ANYTHING. Even ignoring that, being held in captivity with like 15 guns litterally up on a pedestal 3 feet away... just ridiculous

Episode Synopsis: Former FBI agent Ryan Hardy is drawn out of retirement when serial killer Joe Carroll escapes from prison; the investigation reveals that Carroll has a cult following.

Episode Synopsis: Ryan, Agent Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker investigate the history of Carroll's psyche; Emma, Jacob and Paul hold Claire's son while they plan for their next move.

Ryan's Season 2 apartment is huge for NYC. Before I thought it was just a Hollywood thing, it wouldn't be the first time a Main Character, who lives in LA or NYC has a home which is way too large in relation to their means.

But I don't think it's an oversight. I think the show indirectly tells us this, with how in Season 1, he seemingly hasn't been working for 10 Years but it still living normal, how he's living normal for 1 year inbetween S1 and S2 (even going out partying at Bars) even though his teaching job seems to be part time... How does he do this?

The Poetry of a Killer.

In-universe, it's described as being a bestseller. If my memories correct, it also saw a surge in sales after Joe's 2013 Prison Escape... even if he had a publisher instead of having it self published, he could sell a couple of million copies to be set for life (and IMO that's very doable with how much of a Celebrity Ryan Hardy is in-universe).

That's why he seemingly has no stresses over being able to support his living expenses while waging all-out-war on Eliza's Organization (remember, a "dead" man can't keep clocking into his job, even if it is the FBI)

IMO this newly found wealth of his is a big factor in Ryan Hardy's damaged Mental Health after he puts away Joe in 2003, but that's a topic for another time: Even when Ryan wins, he loses in a way for it. But remember what Commissioner Gordon said about the Batman:

"He's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

So we'll hunt him.

Because he can take it.

Because he's not our hero.

He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector.

A Dark Knight."

Original Airdate: April 28, 2014

Episode Synopsis: Joe and Ryan are forced to work together to save the woman they love.

Original Airdate: May 18, 2015

Episode Synopsis: Maggie devises a plan to put an end to Hardy; Paul reveals a secret that Jacob has been hiding from Emma; Hardy and Claire's relationship is explored.

Original Airdate: April 27, 2015

Episode Synopsis: The world watches as a hostage situation forces Ryan to go in alone.

Original Airdate: March 2, 2015

Episode Synopsis: A series of brutally staged tableaus threatens to open old wounds for Ryan.