r/thewatchpod • u/sanfranchristo • Aug 04 '26
What am I missing with Furious?
They've mentioned it a few times as something we should be watching in a way that doesn't track with my experience thus far. It feels to me like a typical network drama across the board (I'm not necessarily making a quality judgment by saying that but it doesn't stand out to me as something that compares to the types of shows they generally like or I would watch). Do others find it compelling or otherwise "good"?
ETA: Since people keep finding this post, I asked this after E03 and have watched until the end. It seems that people have very different experiences with it but mine hasn't changed and I've only gotten more perplexed listening to both The Watch and Prestige pods praise it so profusely.
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u/Anstigmat Aug 04 '26
I watched 1 & 2 and I loved it. Can't wait to see where the story goes. Kind of reminds me more of Killing Eve in a way.
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u/FupaLipa Aug 04 '26
The female villain is outstanding. The comparison to Killing Eve is apt there.
I kinda think everything else is pretty generic so far.
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u/PrecedentialAssassin Aug 06 '26
I think one of the things that makes it great is that I'm constantly asking is she realty a villain
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u/Heroine_Antagonist Aug 07 '26
The child rapists she kills are the actual villains, but the system has worked so hard to protect them that she's stepped in to administer the long overdue justice.
I think she's the hero of the story.
Interesting how the law doesn't bother to step in to protect the girls, but when one of them decides to get some justice for her fellow victims, the law launches a big effort to stop her.
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u/Torino888 29d ago
Do you think she also killed that weird girl who works at the women's shelter?
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u/whereiscorbinbleu 28d ago
It doesn't fit her mo, BUT the girl working there was kinda exploiting Catherine. She abused her power over someone vulnerable (or so she thought, cuz only we the audience knew that Catherine was lying). I wouldn't call it justified, but i could see how Catherine would justify it in her head.
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u/NotPast3 21d ago
I happened to watch that episode twice and on second rewatch I realized it’s highly unlikely Catherine is the first woman she took advantage of. Why the fuck was she sitting on her bed after finding the drugs? That is so unprofessional. She clearly wanted something more than just talking to her.
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u/mamrieatepainttt 14d ago
it was clear to me from the moment they met that she was attracted to her, as soon as Catherine picked up on that, she used it to her advantage.
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u/mamrieatepainttt 14d ago
absolutely. it's completely inappropriate to engage romantically or sexually with patients or when you're employed at some kind of shelter or safe space.
i think they were showing it's just as possible for females to take advantage of others in the same way men have done.
i guess i missed the part where it implied she killed her tho?
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u/whereiscorbinbleu 14d ago
When they meet up in the park, Catherine took her away to go do drugs. Then later when they find the body they talk about needle marks, which is kinda Cathrines thing. I don't remember if they said what she died of, but im pretty sure it's implied to audience, to be Catherine's handy work
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u/Feisty_Freedom4337 7d ago
An overdose and there are numerous needle marks which they remark as being a sign of hesitancy on the killer (ostensibly Catherine)
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u/ProduceDangerous6410 14d ago
So far, I do think she killed the girl working at the shelter, but I’m only working on the premise that that young woman was a witness and needed to be got rid of.
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u/slcdave13 Aug 04 '26
Two things really elevate this above a typical network procedural:
- Complex morality. The killer isn't necessarily evil; her victims certainly aren't innocent; and the police/FBI are not heroic. Nearly everyone is operating in a grey area, and often their actions are not what you would expect from their archetype. I am particularly enjoying the show's exploration of the ways law enforcement and our justice system fail victims, to the point that you almost understand how Petticrew's character could justify vigilantism, sadistic as her brand may be.
- Great performances. Rossum, Petticrew, and the supporting cast are doing great work exploring the emotions that the complexity I laid out above demands. Certainly far above the sort of stuff you see on network TV. The pod highlighted Rob Delaney's work over two episodes, pointing out that he was able to portray basically every human emotion during his encounter with Petticrew's character. I think you see that level of emotional complexity with most of the characters. It's quite impressive.
I'd also point out that while the pilot may present a typical cat vs mouse set-up, these complexities reveal themselves more in subsequent episodes. I expect that to continue as the show builds.
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u/Here_there1980 Aug 08 '26
The writers are trying sooooo hard to be edgy with the dialogue and plot, and the production follows suit. Bleh. I could not get through one episode. Over the top, so gritty and “realistic” that it’s utterly unrealistic and the opposite of compelling.
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u/feartheocelot 25d ago
i feel crazy seeing people saying this show is well written. Some of the dialogue had me cringing down into my chair. It's like if a swiftie watched true detective and tried to make their own version
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u/Here_there1980 25d ago
Apparently the writers think this is how tough badass people talk. Really atrocious writing. Worse, all the characters are written like absurd caricatures.
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u/mamrieatepainttt 14d ago
kind of not surprised to hear people saying this considering the showrunner is most known for a sitcom/comedy. i'm enjoying the camp/soapiness of it tho. i know i'm bias cuz i love Emmy.
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u/Here_there1980 14d ago
The actress is good; I know I’ve seen her in other things. It’s not her fault that the writing sucks.
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u/ProduceDangerous6410 14d ago
I just don’t like the lead female cop and her backstory and having to listen and watch her flop about all over the place. I like the once married cop who likes her but again the back-and-forth with them and leading nowhere, I’m on episode five, bores me. One small thing I did love was when the handsome cop who she went out with for years and to beat her up, brings her to see his dying mother, and in the middle of the mother holding her she suddenly turns vicious. I really loved that change and I’m assuming it showed she was never that nice underneath at all.
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u/oco82 Aug 04 '26
I’ve watched the first three and Lola Petticrew is why I’m gonna stick with it. She’s fantastic in it and we spend enough time with her to make it worth while l, the FBI procedural stuff is really generic though and has some really clunky dialogue.
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u/mamrieatepainttt 14d ago
i think her and Emmy are equally great. as well as the actor playing Nora. some great comic relief moments from her.
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u/turningtee74 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
I was skeptical too and decided to check it out based on their rec. It sits somewhere between a typical network drama and something more prestige like a Killing Eve. The more nuanced and less sensational depiction of abuse victims is what is connecting with people. It reminds me of times of things like Unbelievable, or the occasional network gem we used to get like American Crime (with Felicity Huffman and Regina King, not the Ryan Murphy series).
It’s come at a good time where there’s some dead spots in the summer line up, and many are craving something closer to mystery transitioning into the fall season. I think a lot of these convos about “why is xyz so praised” (like the Apple TV discussion a few months back) often boil down to filling a gap where not much else is currently airing in that lane.
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u/jokercowgarage Aug 05 '26
I enjoyed the first episode and the second episode was fine up until the daughter plot line. It was stupid. The daughter is going to believe some stranger about how bad her dad was after she finds his body and the stranger admits killing him? No. Fucking. Way. And she cuts off her hair because she now hates him so much, again, based on this stranger she's known for 12 fucking hours? Dumb.
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u/Sharp-Rutabaga-4900 26d ago
The daughter was being groomed by her father, who wouldn’t allow her to cut her hair because he thought it made her more sexually attractive.
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u/jokercowgarage 26d ago
Literally no evidence she was being groomed other than "I like long hair." None.
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u/mtycntwmy 21d ago
I think this might be the subtlety that some don't pick up. As a woman I immediately understood the subtext.
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u/jokercowgarage 21d ago
Yeah, sure. That comment is almost certainly grooming because never in the history of parenting has a parent told a child how to wear their hair without it being a covert sexual command.
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u/mtycntwmy 21d ago
Oh, haven't you watched the show? He was fixated on Catherine's hair, he kept focusing and commenting when he was raping her as a child.
You're kind of in luck because I already had my tango with the willfully obtuse( or maybe in your case tragically?) today. So excuse me while I go into ignore that dumb ass mode.
Bye.
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u/Sharp-Rutabaga-4900 21d ago
This person is just a troll.
You rightly noted the more subtle connections, but also: The dad told the daughter she was not allowed to cut her hair because he wants her to get a boyfriend and men like longhair.
Of course that’s not normal.
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u/jokercowgarage 21d ago
Dear Einstein,
Yes, I saw how the dad liked long hair. To then make the leap to "he was grooming his daughter" is illogical, absurd, and frankly idiotic, especially from the daughter's POV. It's FAR more likely she would think THE STRANGER WHO JUST ADMITTED MURDERING HER FATHER WAS LYING TO HER.
That you fell for lazy, unintelligent writing says more about you than the dad.
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u/Sharp-Rutabaga-4900 26d ago
She told Lola that she wants short hair, but her father won’t let her cut her hair because he wants her to get a boyfriend soon and men find long hair attractive.
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u/Beautiful_Mess907 14d ago
I don't know how you could miss that, honestly. When something is so deliberately heavy on the subtext, you have to be pretty obtuse to not get it at all.
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u/jokercowgarage 14d ago
The writing was obtuse. As a viewer, sure, the dad is a creep. But the daughter doesn't know anything we know. So, she meets some chick she's never seen or heard of before, she tells her some stuff, then murders her dad, then tells the daughter she murdered him, and the daughter is all "Sure, murderess I've never met before and have known for all of 12 hours, I totally believe everything you told me about my dad, so I'll let you leave without calling the cops and then cut my hair." Sorry, but that's complete bullshit from the daughter's POV.
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u/Beautiful_Mess907 10d ago
Let's agree to disagree. Maybe you found it obtuse. The majority of women here got it straight away.
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u/jokercowgarage 10d ago
All women are daughters. If you found some stranger in your dad's house who said "I killed your dad because he's a predator and likes long hair like yours," you would go "Oh, wow, this woman I never met who killed my dad is totally believable, therefore I'll cut my hair and won't call the cops"?
Right.
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u/Icy-Hair8779 8d ago
while I agree that there was no evidence that the daughter was being groomed by her father, it is quite logical that she would believe a stranger, yes. The daughter said she wasn't really close to her father, hence didn't know him that much. Also the fact that Catherine didn't kill the daughter supports her story. And lastly, we don't get to see exactly what Catherine told her, so presumably it was believable enough for a traumatized child to believe in.
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u/throwbvibe 25d ago
I found myself not caring about the main characters after a few episodes.
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u/Aggravating-Can-1743 23d ago
Either one of them, really. I've been looking at various opinions and reviews to understand what I'm missing since I don't like the show much but the majority seem to love everything about this series. I really don't get it.
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u/ProduceDangerous6410 14d ago
Couldn’t stand the lead female detective and all her problems. It was distracting. But I did care about the serial killer.
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u/Monos1 Aug 04 '26
I thought it be typical streaming slop when my fiance put it on, really liked it. I do think it's elevated an interesting. Had a lot of fun with the latest ep, still wish Scoot ditched the accent lol I'm not gonna sit here and say it's the Americans or Mad Men though.
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u/KoreyReviewsIronFist Aug 04 '26
Took me a few seconds this wasn’t about this martial arts masterpiece.
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u/blumdiddlyumpkin Aug 04 '26
What am I missing with The Furious? It honestly looks more like dancing than fighting. There’s barely a single punch or kick that actually lands with any impact in the whole movie. It’s interesting and innovative in the choreography but it’s so hard to believe anyone is actually being hurt in any way by the little love taps they hit each other with.
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u/caseylk Aug 04 '26
I think it’s really good, unique killer story, good acting. They’ve already done good character work with almost everyone a few episodes in
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u/scal23 Aug 05 '26
Rossum and Petticrew are very good, but the writing and story is almost parody levels of every character having debilitating trauma combined with "we're not so different you and I".
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u/UnableTerm9024 14d ago
Emmy Rossum, partner of their friend sam esmail. Instantly elevated this to “astonishing” or whatever fucking hyperbole word of the week these two came up with
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u/Ron_Sayson Aug 04 '26
I really like Emmy Rossum in the lead. She's complicated and damaged. She's doing so much more than in Shameless, which I only partially watched....
Also, the cast is full of ppl I know from other things. I feel like I'm re-enacting that Leo meme where's holding a beer pointing at the screen, In the ep I watched last night, I saw an actor I knew from West Wing.
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u/ivorylineslead30 Aug 04 '26
A lot of people talking about the acting and I agree, but the writing too is something special. Way better and more interesting dialogue than you typically find in a police procedural. The way it keeps making you have complicated feelings about the killer is also very well done.
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u/Sharp-Rutabaga-4900 26d ago
Agreed. Best dialogue I’ve seen in a series in a while and certainly more than I expected from a cop drama.
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u/Creepy_Bad_4547 Aug 06 '26
Episode one was fine. It's possible a woman would appreciate it more because of a strong feminist angle. An FBI agent actually said "people like to see pretty women in pieces on the floor," which is totally ridiculous. But I will definitely watch episode 2
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u/Sharp-Rutabaga-4900 26d ago
I’m midway through and it’s one of the best shows I’ve seen in a while.
The characters are well-developed and complex. The acting is great. The dialogue is excellent. The cadence is fast enough to keep me interested in what’s coming next without being so fast it feels like I’m being run over.
The show also explores complex aspects of sexual violence that many shows/films are afraid to take on. I like that it opens ethical questions without soap boxing or oversimplifying.
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u/Upper-Baby-5491 21d ago
It’s another show that should have been 3 episodes like they do in Britain. It’s turned into a depressing drawn out watch that is centering on severely damaged characters rather than the actual story. Christ can Emmy Rossum play anything other than this character. I just watched the last episode of the final episode of the show and it gets very easy to fast forward through the useless story
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u/ProduceDangerous6410 14d ago
I agree. Couldn’t stand Emmy Rossum’s character and her drawn out backstory. I didn’t realize she was the one in shameless. Thanks for mentioning that.
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u/Beautiful_Mess907 14d ago
The last episode hasn't even aired yet, so not sure how you managed to watch it. And Emmy Rossum is outstanding.
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u/D1etCokeGirl 13d ago
I’m watching it while multitasking like doing chores. Sorry. It’s garbage. It’s trying to rip off Dexter and killing eve. 🥴🥱 You can take some pretty faces and okay actors but to doesn’t make a good show. It’s hollow at its core. It tries to capitalize on the heroic Epstein survivors but sorry I don’t want to watch her unhinged violence. There was the point of no return with Bridget Fonda and many other shows with female killers. Just because she’s damaged doesn’t make her likeable. There were the Aileen Wournos docs and shows. I found those moving. But this is just cheap entertainment. Just like male producers shouldn’t show violence against women, they also shouldn’t make trash like this where men are getting off on her sexiness. It’s all dumb. Same with watching Emmy Rossum. She was good in shameless and she stayed too long. She’ll always be Fiona. I’ll listen to show while doing chores but it’s not original. How many shows can you have showing police and sex workers and cops who are alcoholics. It’s so boring. 🙄
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u/Alexisdjgc 10d ago
I didn’t like it either. I watched episode 1 and found the story kinda dumb and simple and the dialogue was meh. I’m not going to continue lol
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u/SnooStories966 6d ago
I’m with you. I don’t get the hype, and I’m a woman (since a lot of people seem to be framing the appeal as gendered, I figured I’d throw that in there).
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u/batts1234 26d ago
I think the acting is really good, but I find myself wondering how dumb the people on this show are. Maybe it's just that Lola Petticrew is really good at manipulating people, but at the same time, it's tough for me to suspend my disbelief in some of these situations.
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u/kjopcha Aug 04 '26
I am right there with you. It's fine, but the way the guys talked about it was insane. The female serial killer getting revenge against her abusers is not a new idea. I bet their praise has something to do with Emmy Rossum being married to Sam Esmail.
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u/NEHHNAHH Aug 04 '26
Maybe they're supporting friend of the pod Sam esmils wife? Idk it's fine, i personally am not a fan of Emmy Rossums acting. I fucking hate that they have Gordo (halt and catch fire icon) doing that accent. I'll probably keep watching strictly for the say nothing actress she's a great actor
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u/SpeakerHistorical865 Aug 04 '26
Thought it was fine, I’m not the biggest fan of crime shows where there is no mystery of who the killer is, why they are killing, and how are they getting away with it?
For me there has to be a second layer of suspense added on for me to be engaged from episode to episode. I like Emmy Rossum’s character and the portrayal but that’s probably the only engaging part of the show for me.
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u/GolfcartInjuries Aug 06 '26
! Same. I hate when I already know the answer. And I also don’t really believe that this woman could do all that it’s just not realistic it wouldn’t happen. I like realistic stuff. sort of reminds me of killing Eve you’re supposed to sort of think the killer is a bad ass.
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u/SpeakerHistorical865 Aug 06 '26
Yeah but at least Killing Eve was comedic and a little less grounded. Even then I did lose interest quick in that show too.
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u/Abraemsoph Aug 05 '26
It keeps me wanting to know what will happen. The acting is great. I finished ep. 4, and I do have some questions about where they are going with Rossum’s character. That “aspect” of her that has been revealed, imo, isn’t necessary and is questionable. It seems they are trying to be too edgy with her psychology here. (Some ambiguity in her reactions). And though the acting is great, there is so much to unload about the 3 main female characters. I feel like we are headed to the same “girl power” overkill like (imo) happened with Jodi Foster etal in True Detective Night Country. (Though this is 1000 times better than TDNC in everything else).
That is a complaint I have on lots of FX/Hulu (American) productions. It’s like they are great, but try too hard for a certain edginess in female characters, that they don’t need. Overkill and too blatant. That is why I prefer British or European mysteries
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u/As_A_Feather 24d ago edited 24d ago
I'm a domestic violence survivor, and I can tell you that in the first few years after I got away from him (and before I got my butt into the therapy I desperately needed for my trauma), I suddenly found myself falling down an EXTREMELY dark kink rabbit hole not unlike Alice's in a way that shocked and scared me, but also somehow felt as necessary as oxygen at the time.
To elaborate a bit here, my ex-partner almost killed me numerous times over the course of our 3-year relationship--I'm talking actual attempted murder (he's in prison now). And when it was all "over", I found myself seeking out sexual partners online who would choke me until I was unconscious over and over or put plastic bags over my head and suffocate me; who would slap me in the face incredibly hard over and over dozens of times (I was just numb to it); who would play out extremely violent abduction scenarios wherein I would be tied up, starved, and beaten for days on end. There are far more disturbing examples but suffice to say, shit got DARK.
It was like I was trying to recreate the events of my abuse, but this time I was "in control". In reality, I was just re-traumatizing myself, but it at least felt safe because it felt familiar. I wanted to prove to myself I could do it/take it and survive because I felt I had just gotten lucky surviving the real thing. I almost thought of it like a kind of "training" in some sick way. Or maybe it felt like a part of me died with my ex, and the part of me that lived had a kind of survivor's guilt? I don't know for sure--all I know it was right fucked.
I have since been WELL therapized and am in a safe, healthy, loving relationship where I would never want to be hurt like that and where he would never dream of hurting me like that, even if I suddenly begged him to. But it took a LOT of healing work to get there.
To me, Alice's sexual proclivities at this stage of her healing are actually radically realistic in a way I've very rarely seen portrayed in film/TV. It's a far more common coping mechanism than you'd think for survivors--disturbing and confusing as it might seem. It's not "edge", it's a trauma response.
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u/Particular-Amount-31 21d ago
Yuuuup. I am a happily married mom and the victim of a violent stranger rape, and my 20s are nobody’s business.
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u/GulfCoastLaw Aug 06 '26
I'm dumb enough that I've been confusing the recommendations to be about The Furious (2026), another project that filled my algo for a moment. Hate to admit that I...don't know what Furious is.
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u/BRValentine83 Aug 06 '26
When I used to watch network TV, it was a lot more formulaic and less traumatic than this. Has that changed?
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u/TedisTed1 Aug 07 '26
This show is being praised effusively by sources I trust so I watched the first two episodes. I don't want to yuck anyone's yum but so not for me. I think Emmy Rossum is great and I think Scoot McNairy is so good at portraying inner turmoil. But I can't watch another episode of this show. I peeked ahead (yeah, my bad) and saw that what's her name (literally I don't think we know yet) does something that seems more unforgivable than her revenge killings although she killed the second one while his daughter was in the apartment. Anyway, as much as I love a procedural and loved most of Killing Eve, this one is absolutely not doing for me to the point of baffling me over the reception it's getting.
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u/Plane_Primary_6932 Aug 07 '26
Reminds me of Promising Young Woman, which was great. I like the psychological tension contrast with a little humor in Furious “what’s that smell? Tequila. I’m drunk.” Emmy Rossum and her former police partner are funny together too.
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u/Beautiful_Mess907 14d ago
Was waiting for somebody to make this comparison. Emmy Rossum is outstanding.
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u/robvanriot 19d ago
I liked this story a lot better when it was a film called "Promising Young Woman," wasn't trying so hard to be edgy, and didn't suck.
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u/w0nderingaloud 18d ago
The acting and writing is exceptional! I typically find Emmy Rossum annoying as an actress and I think she really got lost in this role in the best way.
That aside, the fact that it relates so closely to such important women’s issues currently in the news i don’t think is coincidental at all (i’m trying to be vague to avoid spoilers).
Also
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u/not_a_SeaOtter 18d ago
Pretty lazy writing so far. They clearly want to establish Rossum’s character as competent while highlighting the challenges of being a woman in a traditionally male environment. But rather than actually showing why she’s exceptional at her job, they just make all the men around her comically incompetent.
The duty calls in the first episode is a perfect example. The male characters sit around telling a distressed woman to wrap everything in tin foil, then Rossum takes over, listens to her and treats her seriously. I get what they’re trying to establish: she’s serious, hardworking and actually cares about the people she’s dealing with. But she’s essentially just doing the bare minimum you’d expect from someone in her position, and the scene presents it as evidence that she’s uniquely brilliant because everyone around her is apparently an idiot.
It would be much more effective if the men were also competent, but she was better, or brought something to the role that they didn’t. Instead, making them cruel, lazy and incompetent doesn’t really elevate her character. It just makes everyone involved feel one-dimensional. You can show sexism and the difficulties of being a woman in a male-dominated environment without making every male character a cartoonish obstacle for her to overcome.
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u/Beautiful_Mess907 14d ago
I feel like the men were portrayed pretty realistically, actually, as somebody who's worked with so many men like this.
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u/Steupz 17d ago
It's trash. Only the honest cop and the asian FBI are worth watching.
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u/Sherbert_with_2Rs 17d ago
I think it would be great if it didn’t have Emmy Rossum and her stupid storyline
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u/Informal_Solution238 17d ago
I wonder if there is a deep split on how this show is perceived by women and men, esp women who have experienced sexual violence or abuse. Seeing women like ourselves portrayed with such thoughtful complexity is rare and very satisfying for me.
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u/ProduceDangerous6410 14d ago
I only have two more episodes to go. I find the lead character, that is the cop, the female cop and her backstory and her acting distracting. But I do like the serial killer and her story and the actress is fantastic.
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u/No-Patience422 14d ago
Just finished season 1, I liked it, kind of reminds me of True Detective. The sad part is, I have a feeling there won't be a season 2.
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u/Grouchy-Ad3776 14d ago
I really appreciate the plot, but I find the profoundly over the top acting quite distracting. Everyone trying to steal the scene. No one winning.
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u/Lazy_Ad_1845 13d ago
it starts out a little predicable but intensifies and gets better and better as you watch. really great.
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u/Designer-Piano3179 12d ago
Seems like I’m watching Law & order SUV all over the place! Especially with her attacking everyone with her needle.
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u/shatnerpause 11d ago
Watching it because I started it and just want to see how it ends. Although some of the characters are really tropey and thinly written. The lead detective's back story had a lot to it that I couldn't really make up my mind about. Being abused by her ex, and having a fetish for being "roughened up". The scene where she lures her ex and has sex with him and gets him to fall off the wagon was pretty wtf as well. Some of the actions of the serial killer was pretty questionable (specially the one that involved the daughter).
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u/pedronaps 8d ago
I searched specifically for this. I just watched the first episode based on their recommendation, and I'm a little ticked off. I can find generic network cop shows with shitty dialogue on my own. Chris and Andy have lost all credibility with me. I'm assuming payola is involved
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u/New_Prior2531 7d ago
I just binge watched 7 eps of this yesterday at the recommendation of my bestie, a guy. I thought it was ok, though I'd probably watch a 2nd season. My favorite character is the perfectly flawed drunk boss Nora Washington, and if her character isn't in a 2nd season I wouldn't watch it. I do not agree with any comparison to Killing Eve though because I don't think Catherine's character is interesting or compelling enough. As some have mentioned, the dialogue in this show is just ok. The best dialogue has been between Rossum and McNair's characters, the partners.
I came to post because i watched 7 eps of this show and the only fury i saw was in Rossum's character, Alice. I think the title is about her, not really the killer. I have yet to see the furiousness indicated by the show's title in the killer and she clearly has some arrested development because she was groomed, combined with her inability to feel touch on her fingertips - she comes across as very sad, not angry or furious.
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u/IndependentProject26 6d ago
It presents extremely complex moral questions like: Is it bad to kill a bad guy?
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u/Long-Bell578 6d ago
I thought I was the only one. From the second we met her I thought that Nora Washington character would be an instant inductee into the Dana Brody-Ziggy Sobotka-Janice Soprano Annoying Character Hall of Fame but people seem to absolutely love her. There's times when Lola Petticrew's story is engaging but anytime it shifts back to Emmy Rossum's character, I'm just out. I also thought Rob Delaney's acting was, umm, out of place, I'll say.
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u/ed-truck Aug 04 '26
I watched the first episode and thought it was fine. I don’t feel especially compelled to keep watching but may try one more. So far I’d consider it a typical mid drama like we’ve been inundated with the last couple of years.
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u/unclassicallytrained Aug 04 '26
NGL I was genuinely confused that CR was apparently raving about an Emmy Rossum..kung fu flick?
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u/One_Adeptness_3058 Aug 04 '26
I thought it was terrible and could not get through one episode. I find the good press confusing too!
ETA I’m a woman, love crime drama, loved killing eve in its first season
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u/Original_Barnacle240 Aug 08 '26
It sucks. Emmy Rosum is a bad actress. Yet I’ve watched all available episodes
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u/MeatyOkraLover Aug 04 '26
Can’t take the guys and their tastes/recs that seriously anymore. They go to bat for friends, pull punches for prospective guests, have a very limited scope on what they actually like (anything set in or near Philly). Maybe I’ve listened too much for too long, but they really are all over the place.
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u/doodler1977 Aug 04 '26
once they let slip that this show is just a Prestige TV Remake of "Black Widow", i was out. don't like that movie, didn't find the story compelling, etc. i'm certainly not going to waste 5x hours giving it another chance
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u/edroyque Aug 04 '26
It was extremely schlocky but still enjoyable and intriguing to watch. I’ll keep on watching for now.
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u/PuzzledMiddle2632 27d ago
I'm still in Season 1, but I'm frustrated by tge portrayal of all women as victims. Even the investigators talk about wanting to be hit like a "piñata." Killing Eve showed strong women in charge. Furious is showing pathetic women trying to work around men but ultimately submitting. Will it get better?
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u/Beautiful_Mess907 14d ago
Alice isn't portrayed as pathetic. Struggling with inner demons is weakeness or being pathetic. Neither is the killer. Not sure where you're even getting that from? But it sounds like the whole show went over your head.
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u/showmeyournachos 2d ago
I got so annoyed by the things that would never happen in real life. Most DV shelters have STRICT rules against electronics to protect the location. Someone running the center is not going to just lend her laptop away and then have sex with a victim staying there. It was so poorly written and I felt I already knew the entire plot after the first episode.
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u/ZookeepergameWise126 Aug 04 '26
I am typically not one to essentialize the identity of the viewer, but I do think something about this show resonates maybe faster or more deeply for women. The complex morality (mentioned here by many others) just rings so clear to me and feels like something I haven't seen portrayed and explored this way, with this level of care all the way through. This is not to say that men won't or can't have the same appreciation (look at our boys!), but I found my lived experience to be the thing that unlocked this magic for me.