Hulu’s New Twisted 8-Part Crime Drama Is Quietly Becoming One of 2026’s Best

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Published Jul 31, 2026, 1:28 PM EDT

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Carolyn Jenkins is a voracious consumer of film and television. She graduated from Long Island University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Producing where she learned the art of character, plot, and structure. The best teacher is absorbing media and she spends her time reading about different worlds from teen angst to the universe of Stephen King.

Killing Eve may have sensationalized the cat-and-mouse game between two women on opposite sides of the law, but it hasn’t monopolized it. This year, Hulu released a new twisted crime series with a similar setup that could not be more different. Furious stars Emmy Rossum as FBI agent Alice Black, a rookie who gets entangled in a case that hits a little too close to home. Partnering with an old cop acquaintance, Danny Kelly (Scoot McNairy), the FBI and NYPD come to understand that a rash of murder victims died at the hands of a female serial killer.

Furious stands out not because it is like its flashy predecessor, but quite the opposite. The series is a grounded portrayal of how women are treated on the force as well as those who fall between the cracks of the system. Alice became a social pariah on the Brooklyn police force, with only her friend Danny believing her. While nursing her emotional wounds, she transferred to the FBI and eventually comes to believe that this serial killer is at work. This young woman seems to be targeting men who had a hand in trafficking the killer when she was a teenager. Furious covers all sides of abuse against women in a crime series unlike any other.

‘Furious’ Tackles the Serious Topic of Violence Against Women

Crimes against women take all shapes and sizes, something one character notes in an early episode of Furious. Many women have been wronged and don’t turn to murder. Even so, Alice understands wholeheartedly the impulses of an anonymous woman who is taking out elite men who paid to have sex with underage girls. Alice’s drive to find out the truth of this case is what makes her more motivated than any of her male counterparts.

Furious is a series motivated by women in a story that is specifically from a female perspective. Alice herself was a survivor of domestic abuse, a fact that forced her to quit her police job. Her ex continues to be a police officer even after abusing her, and most of her colleagues never believed her. This makes her uniquely suited to empathize with a mysterious female killer who was a victim of sex trafficking.

The series puts Alice in male-dominated rooms where they underestimate her, especially when she is forced to team up with her former boyfriend, Marshall, who put her in the hospital. He is played by everyone's favorite villainous character actor, Jake Lacy, who seems to have an impressive if terrifying talent at playing predators. While these men appear to have more experience, Alice's instincts are beyond question as she understands the motivations that the serial killer has and how she moves about in the world.

Furious is such a complex and specific story that it is sometimes difficult to take too close a look at it. The realities of sex trafficking and domestic abuse are harrowing, and the motivations of the quote-unquote villain are heartbreaking. This twisted crime story shines a light on domestic abuse statistics prevalent in male police officers and how often women are dismissed in the same vocation.

This isn’t a network crime procedural that puts a shiny veneer on a will-they-won’t-they dynamic between police officers. Furious shows how valid and often terrifying female rage is when it isn’t answered. The Hulu series should not fly under the radar because it tells a compelling story wrapped up in a fascinating thriller.