Emmy Rossum Stars in Hulu Serial Killer Thriller 'Furious'
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- Emmy Rossum stars as FBI agent Alice Black in 'Furious,' a new eight-episode Hulu crime thriller about a female serial killer who targets wealthy, Jeffrey Epstein-like predators in New York City
- Lola Petticrew plays the serial killer, with Elizabeth Meriwether ('The Dropout,' 'Dying for Sex') serving as series creator and showrunner; the first three episodes are now streaming on Hulu
- Rossum drew on a deeply personal experience — hopping a birthday flight to Oklahoma to meet her dying estranged grandmother, whom she'd never known — while filming an emotional scene where Alice visits her abusive ex-boyfriend's dying mother, a role Rossum says she 'really did lose myself' in
- The series explores trauma's aftermath: Alice avoids showers because they trigger memories of her ex's violence, and she seeks out men on dating apps to physically fight with before sex — a scenario Rossum prepared for with a psychologist
- The title 'Furious' references Greek mythology's Furies — Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone — three female vengeance goddesses, reflecting what Rossum calls broader rage at a system that has failed survivors of violence
Why it matters: The series arrives amid a continuing cultural reckoning over high-profile predator cases, framing female vengeance not as spectacle but as a trauma response — giving survivors narrative visibility while asking viewers to sit with deliberate moral ambiguity about who deserves justice.
