There’s no lack of new streaming series hitting the 2026 TV schedule, but the trick is to find the good ones that have the best shot at not getting canceled after one season. Premiering to a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score definitely seems like a promising sign for Furious, a new crime drama available to stream with a Hulu subscription. Add to that some great reviews, and now you’ve got me adding it to my watchlist. So what’s all the fuss about?Furious stars Emily Rossum as Alice Black, an FBI agent hunting a serial killer — Catherine, played by Lola Petticrew — who murders wealthy men. The line between right and wrong begins to blur as their lives become more intertwined. Kaiya Shunyata of RogerEbert agrees with its 100% Rotten Tomatoes assessment, rating the series 3.5 out of 4 stars. Its plot may sound familiar, the critic says, but her Furious review says it’s better than every other crime series released this year:While Furious is chock-full of thrilling twists and turns, its existence is undeniably more significant than just being a crime drama. What this series has done is shift the genre from one that asks its audience to gawk at the violence enacted upon women and girls, and instead forces them to confront how these acts shape the people around us, and how we as viewers of this genre—whether it be fictional series or documentaries—may be culpable in its very existence.Judy Berman of Time says Furious uses its multiple episodes to give depth to the characters and the issues. Creator Elizabeth Meriwether explores Alice and Catherine’s anger and the effects of abuse in a way that doesn’t judge either of them. Furious will haunt you, Berman says, writing:The series is more straightforward in its plot than the typical convoluted crime thriller but also more complex in its layered, often contradictory ideas. Its cat-and-mouse setup resembles that of Killing Eve. … As its title suggests, one of its subjects is women’s rage. Yet, at its core, Furious is a haunting interrogation of the psychology of victimhood, the logic of revenge, and the myth that the justice system exists to protect the vulnerable, and its conclusions are too messy to resolve into a pat fable of empowerment or healing.Carly Lane of Collider rates the series 8 out of 10, saying this isn’t the straightforward cat-and-mouse thriller it appears to be at first. The critic says Furious is its most successful when embodying its “barely contained scream of female rage.” Lane continues:One of the strongest indications that any series has done its job, however, is whether you're still turning it over in your head days after finishing it, and Furious definitely meets that criterion and then some. Rossum, in particular, delivers one of her most piercing performances since her Shameless era, while Petticrew's utterly dauntless choices will linger in your memory, and both are skillfully reinforced by a great ensemble that captures the show's impressive blend of drama and action, paired with a dash of humor and romance. Kristy Puchko of Mashable writes in her Furious review that she was hooked from the opening scene and went on to binge all eight episodes of the “savage, smart, and addictive” series in one day. It was both brutal and satisfying, Puchko says:Altogether, this collision of talent, richness, and humanity in front of and behind the camera makes Furious an absolute stunner. Meriwether has built a slow-burn thriller, where the cop and the killer share a complicated relationship with violence. The murder scenes of men are brutal, but this provides a strange balance to the flood of media where the rape of women is treated like a naughty spectacle. The exploration of trauma and the messiness of healing is thoughtful and thought-provoking. The humor is dark yet humane. And the finale will have you cheering, gasping, and craving more.Daniel Fienberg of THR calls it a game of cat and mouse, where “both adversaries might be mice, but the mice have fangs.” It’s a tough watch, Fienberg says, but it’s a gratifying corrective to shows like Law & Order and Criminal Minds. The critic continues:The series unsteadily walks the line of gawking sensationalism in its first half but, especially in its home stretch, becomes a complex, well-acted and even funny thriller about the ongoing toll of trauma, the psychic cost of revenge and the danger of a life driven by anger.The series covers some heavy subject matter, to say the least, but there’s no arguing with these reviews. Furious may not be easy to get through, but 100% of RT critics think it’s worth it. If you want to check it out, the first three episodes are streaming now on Hulu, with the rest of the eight-episode show dropping weekly on Mondays.