DUBAI: “Furious” — in which a female serial killer is hunted by a female agent — has, inevitably, drawn comparisons to “Killing Eve.” And while it’s true that fans of the latter are likely among the target audience, “Furious” is a far heavier, more subtle show.
The killer is Catherine (Lola Petticrew), and she makes her victims suffer — (often) seducing, drugging and starving them. Her pursuer is junior FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum), who’s recently quit her job in the NYPD after walking away from her abusive long-term boyfriend and fellow cop Marshall. Black’s former NYPD partner Danny Kelly (Scoot McNairy) — one of the very few decent men in the show — is just about the only one of her former colleagues still talking to her.
Catherine, too, has endured more than her share of suffering; in her case being trafficked and sexually abused while still a child. Now she’s out for revenge against her abusers. So both women are working through their trauma in very different ways: Catherine by unleashing her rage, Black by bottling hers up along with pretty much all her other emotions.
The first half of the series — four episodes have yet to air — provides plenty to engross viewers: twisty plotlines, gritty subtext, a willingness to muddy the moral waters (Catherine’s abusers, for example, are not portrayed simply as monsters), and compelling performances.
