Hulu’s New Mystery Thriller Debuts With a Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score — Your Next Must-Watch Is Here

Serial killer dramas have become something of a crowded genre on streaming, with nearly every platform chasing its own version of the moody, cat-and-mouse thriller built around a brilliant investigator and an even more brilliant killer. Most of these shows lean heavily on a familiar formula, one that has started to feel predictable even to genre loyalists.

That makes it notable when a new entry manages to stand apart before it has even premiered. Hulu has been quietly building buzz around its upcoming series ‘Furious,’ a project that reworks a decades-old thriller premise into something that reviewers are already calling one of the more thoughtful entries in the genre this year.

That reputation is backed up by the numbers. Ahead of its debut, ‘Furious’ is currently sitting at a perfect 100 percent average Tomatometer score, an extremely rare feat for any new television series regardless of platform or genre. The show is set to premiere on Hulu on July 27, arriving as a single season spanning eight episodes across the mystery, thriller, crime, and drama categories.

‘Furious’ follows FBI agent Alice Black, played by Emmy Rossum, as she hunts down a mysterious and calculating female serial killer. As their paths begin to intertwine, the line separating right from wrong starts to blur, complicating what initially looks like a straightforward pursuit of justice.

The series is loosely inspired by the 1987 film ‘Black Widow,’ which starred Debra Winger and Theresa Russell as a Justice Department investigator and the woman she pursues for marrying and killing wealthy men. According to reporting on the adaptation, showrunner Elizabeth Meriwether takes the story in a very different direction almost immediately, using the source material as a jumping off point rather than a strict blueprint.

In this version, Rossum’s character Alice is a former NYPD homicide detective now working as a probationary agent at the bottom rung of the FBI, a demotion tied to a past relationship with an abusive superior played by Jake Lacy. Lola Petticrew stars opposite her as Catherine, a serial killer described as calm, chameleonic, and terrifyingly deliberate, someone who operates almost entirely through manufactured intimacy rather than overt violence.

Critics have praised both lead performances, with reviewers noting that Rossum brings a haunting, dead-eyed quality to Alice while Petticrew renders Catherine as a disturbing byproduct of a culture that sexualizes young women. The show’s supporting cast includes Scoot McNairy as an NYPD detective and longtime friend of Alice, along with Quincy Tyler Bernstine as a veteran FBI agent who becomes something of a mentor figure throughout the investigation.

Reviews have also highlighted the series’ willingness to slow down and explore its themes rather than rushing toward procedural resolution, with one review describing the show as an examination of female rage and the ways women are wronged or pushed toward violence before ever picking up a weapon themselves. That thematic depth has been cited as part of why the show manages to justify stretching its premise across a full season rather than the tighter runtime of its film predecessor.

‘Furious’ will roll out with its first three episodes available at launch, followed by new episodes releasing weekly through a finale expected on August 31. With reviews already this strong and a premise built around morally complicated leads, the series looks positioned to become one of the more talked-about thrillers of the summer.

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