Between Sterling Point, The Shards, and now Furious keeping us glued to our screens all month long, queer audiences are being well fed.
Furious is the newest show from New Girl showrunner Elizabeth Meriwether, and it focuses on an obsessive cat-and-mouse game between a woman new to the FBI and a female serial killer who targets wealthy sexual abusers.
The thrilling detective series gives us both women's perspectives as the complicated web unfolds, and we get a glimpse of how messy their lives are and how intertwined they become. The show’s finale has yet to air, but fans are already comparing it to the queerness of Killing Eve and are loving how it leans into the “women behaving badly” trope.
What is 'Furious' about?
Furious follows new FBI grunt Alice Black as she hunts a calculating female serial killer who targets of wealthy sex traffickers while Alice’s own personal life falls to pieces around her. When an affluent man is murdered, she’s called in to help investigate and realizes that the killing is related to a case she worked on a year ago.
Catherine is the serial killer at the heart of the case, and as her life becomes intertwined with Alice’s, the “line between right and wrong begins to blur,” the official synopsis reads.
Who is starring in 'Furious'?
Emily Rossum and Scoot McNairy in 'Furious.'
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Emily Rossum (Shameless) stars as Alice, a former NYPD homicide detective turned fledgling FBI hotline operator. Lola Petticrew (Trespasses) plays serial killer Catherine, Scoot McNairy (Speak No Evil) plays world-weary detective Danny, Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Modern Love) plays FBI veteran Nora, and Jake Lacy (All Her Fault) is charismatic Officer Marshall.
How queer is 'Furious'?
Scene from 'Furious.'
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Furious has both textual and subtextual queer elements. There is a cat-and-mouse game between Alice and Catherine that emotionally connects the two characters in way that has been reminding viewers of the of the sapphic-coded thriller Killing Eve. But there are also more clear cut examples of the show’s queerness.
Catherine’s sexuality is ambiguous, but in episode 1, we see her hide out in a women’s shelter after disposing of her latest mail victim. While there, she borrows a lesbian shelter worker’s laptop before seducing her later in the episode. In a blink-and-you-miss-it scene, a “Trans Kids Belong in Sports” sticker is visible on the back of the laptop. Even having that message on screen for a short period is making a statement at a time when conservatives are attacking trans women and girls in sports.
Actor Lola Petticrew, who plays the calculating killer, is also nonbinary in real life. “After I came out as queer, it still felt like there was something that wasn’t quite right,” Petticrew told The Irish Times in 2021. “And after coming out as nonbinary and coming to terms with that, you just feel like yourself. I think that what your sexuality and your gender is, is ultimately yours. People don’t have to understand every bit and nuance of my sexuality or gender, that’s fine—all they have to do is respect it.”
How can I watch 'Furious'?
'Furious' poster art.
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Furious premiered on July 27 with 3 episodes, with new episodes following weekly. The series finale will air on Aug. 31, 2026. You can watch it on Hulu or Disney+.
