Furious Review: Mystery, Female Rage, and Emmy Rossum at Her Coldest

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Every once in a while, I watch something that makes me want to cancel the rest of my plans and keep watching. Hulu’s Furious was that show for me. Serious, mysterious, and hard to turn off, it pulled me in and gave me plenty to sit with afterward.

The series follows FBI agent Alice Black, played by Emmy Rossum, as she hunts a mysterious and calculating female serial killer, played by Lola Petticrew. As their lives intertwine, their pursuits of justice begin to blur the line between right and wrong. That premise caught my attention, but the emotional pull is what kept me watching.

Emmy Rossum does it again. Her performance is beautifully cold, yet magnetic. There’s something about Alice that makes you want to get closer, even when she feels difficult to reach. I wanted to understand her. What was she hiding? What was underneath that distance? Rossum gives you enough to stay curious while leaving you wanting more, and I loved that tension.

I’m always drawn to characters who make me feel something before I can fully explain why. Alice had that effect on me. Her guardedness became part of the mystery, and getting to know her felt just as compelling as following the investigation.

But what stayed with me most was the female rage.

There’s something comforting about watching a story give women room to be angry. To have complicated feelings. To carry hurt that hasn’t been neatly resolved or softened to make everyone else comfortable. Furious made me feel more comfortable with my own anger, and I appreciated how touching the story was alongside all that intensity.

Sometimes you want a show that understands that women have an entire emotional world beyond being pleasant, patient, and easy to understand. I felt connected to that part of this story. It gave me space to sit with those feelings and think about why they resonated.

The mystery kept me watching, but the characters made me care. I wanted answers, and I wanted to understand the women at the center of it all. That combination made Furious difficult to turn off.

This was an easy 10/10 for me. If you love a serious mystery with an emotional pull and a magnetic Emmy Rossum performance, put Furious on your watchlist. I loved it, and I’m still thinking about it.