Get ready for Kevin Bacon's 'The Following' (or gird yourself)

"The Following" -- starring Kevin Bacon and the man who could have been Bond, James Purefoy — arrives Monday, and no time like the present to read my review — below. But prepare yourself for the series: It's grim and grisly, though (interestingly) not quite as grim/grisly in later episodes. The show has attracted an enormous amount of attention, not all of it favorable (too violent) while critics went after it during the recent press tour in Pasadena. But there has been plenty of advance buzz on this show and it could well attract a crowd when it begins Monday.