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To begin our new season, we’re up to the moment covering the first season of Elizabeth Meriwether’s Hulu crime drama Furious, about an abused detective pursuing, and ultimately relating to, an abused revenge killer. Note that the first half of this is spoiler-free, so curious folks who haven’t yet seen the show are welcome on this one.
How does this relate to other revenge fantasy films (e.g. Kill Bill) or other shows where we’re supposed to be attracted to a female killer (Killing Eve)? It it good in the manner of The Wire? We talk a lot about casting, the showrunner (the same one that made New Girl?!), and especially decisions made in ending the season. Would this have been much better as a mini-series than as something that will now have a second season that may well jump the shark by introducing unnecessary and psychological untenable cliches?
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