Hulu's new eight-part crime thriller Furious is drawing comparisons to HBO's Mare of Easttown and Killing Eve for its gritty, female-led take on a murder investigation. The series follows FBI agent Alice Black, played by Emmy Rossum, as she pursues Catherine Grace, played by Lola Petticrew, a serial killer targeting abusive men who preyed on her when she was trafficked as a young woman. Rather than shying away from difficult subject matter, the show frames its story of trauma and vengeance as one of both female rage and empowerment, and it has already been renewed for a second season following a cliffhanger ending.

The drama traces parallel but contrasting paths taken by its two central women: Alice, whose ex-boyfriend Marshall Connelly (Jake Lacy) is an abusive NYPD detective, channels her anger into consensual encounters found via dating apps, while Catherine hunts down and kills her wealthy abusers one by one using lethal doses of fentanyl. As the pursuit unfolds, the boundaries between the two women's differing notions of justice blur, shaping their personal growth. The article notes the show balances its bleak themes with softer, more feminine details, such as Catherine storing her drugs in a decorated tin box, to underline the vulnerability beneath her rage.