Hulu launched its eight-episode psychological mystery thriller series, Furious, on Monday, July 27, 2026.
The show achieved a perfect 100 percent average Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes before its official release.
The series, created by showrunner Elizabeth Meriwether, follows probationary FBI agent Alice Black.
She pursues a chameleonic serial killer named Catherine Grace, who targets wealthy men through manufactured intimacy.
The narrative explores institutional corruption, abuse, and female rage. It expands upon the premise of the 1987 film Black Widow.
Emmy Rossum on Her Role and Motivation
Lead actress Emmy Rossum discussed her new role and motivation for joining the production during an interview with Extra.
“I really like shifting into new places that I haven't explored before,” she said.
Rossum discovered the 1987 film Black Widow, featuring Theresa Russell, an actress she worked with at age 14.
This inspired her to pursue the series adaptation.
“Liz Meriwether wanted to come aboard and write it and then after kind of a couple of years of crafting the scripts, we got to make it,” Rossum added.
Her character Alice is a former detective trying to rebuild her career at the bottom rung of the FBI after personal violence.
“Alice is a former detective who left because of the violence in her life and started over at the FBI… She doesn't believe that she can ever get justice for herself, but she very intensely and passionately wants to get justice on a larger scale for others,” Rossum explained.
Rossum stars opposite Lola Petticrew, who plays the calculating serial killer navigating her own trauma.
“She's on a vengeance justice mission of her own… both of these characters are more similar than they are different,” Rossum said.
The production avoids simplifying the motivations of the two central female characters. “It is too reductive to think of people as a good guy or a bad guy.
We will kind of watch them on this collision course and realize that they are more than just that,” Rossum noted.
Rossum Reflects on Equal Pay Fight
During the interview, Rossum reflected on her past legal fight for equal pay during her time on Shameless.
“I think it's important to fight for things that you think are important and right, and certainly, having seen other women do that before me gives me courage — and standing alongside other women and men who are supportive of that — to persevere,” she said.
She noted her personal legal victory represents a small part of a broader movement.
“Certainly, my win is just a drop in the larger bucket, but I'm happy and proud to be that drop,” Rossum said.
Rossum expressed that financial disparities remain widespread.
“I think there's also so much more work to be done, and my story is sadly not unique.
I think there are so many ways in which people are not equitably compensated for their work and it just, it's gotta change,” she said.
She tied these real-world challenges to the themes in Furious. “There are two women trying to get justice, and they're really underestimated.
And I think because they're underestimated, they have to go outside the usual norms of how to do things...
and it kind galvanizes them to risky choices and dangerous choices,” Rossum said.
Rossum also shared details about her personal experiences, including motherhood and her career, during a guest appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast.
She mentioned she still keeps in contact with her former Shameless cast members despite living in New York.
She described the difficulties of balancing her professional filming schedule with motherhood. “It's always a balancing act,” she said.
She recalled a demanding day on set that forced her to reevaluate her daily scheduling.
To decompress after filming intense scenes, Rossum uses specific physical routines. “Showering immediately is, I think, a really good transition point.
I like to go hot, cold, hot, cold, hot, cold.
And then, I like to sit in my sweats, in my kitchen, usually after the kids are asleep, and eat crunchy things,” she said.
She specified that crunchy pretzels provided comfort. “Specifically, on this show, what I found most comforting was crunchy, crunchy pretzels.
There was something about the crunching that just made me calm, made me feel like me sitting in my kitchen.
Sometimes dipping in some cream cheese, sometimes a pretzel, cream cheese, jelly,” Rossum said.
The first three episodes of Furious are available at launch. Subsequent episodes will be released weekly until the season finale on August 31, 2026.
