Emmy Rossum Crime Drama ‘Furious’ Elevates Trauma Tropes Through Strong Performances: TV Review
And in making both Catherine (Lola Petticrew of “Say Nothing”), the killer in question, and Alice (Emmy Rossum, also an executive producer), the rookie...
Key points
- And in making both Catherine (Lola Petticrew of “Say Nothing”), the killer in question, and Alice (Emmy Rossum, also an executive producer), the rookie FBI agent hot on Catherine’s trail, survivors of trauma that at times explain their connection a little too neatly, “Furious” fits comfortably into the current yen for psychologized storytelling.
- Popular on Variety “Furious” takes its name from Alice and Catherine’s preferred coping mechanism for their emotional wounds.
- Catherine’s case becomes a joint operation between the feds and local law enforcement, putting Alice on the same team as both her former supervisor Danny (Scoot McNairy) — the only fellow cop to back her up when she confided in him — and Lacy’s Marshall himself.
- Then “Furious” doubles down, making the parallels between Alice and Catherine more explicit than a shared history of dealing with powerful, protected men that’s more than sufficient on its own.
What happened
And in making both Catherine (Lola Petticrew of “Say Nothing”), the killer in question, and Alice (Emmy Rossum, also an executive producer), the rookie FBI agent hot on Catherine’s trail, survivors of trauma that at times explain their connection a little too neatly, “Furious” fits comfortably into the current yen for psychologized storytelling. Popular on Variety “Furious” takes its name from Alice and Catherine’s preferred coping mechanism for their emotional wounds. Catherine’s case becomes a joint operation between the feds and local law enforcement, putting Alice on the same team as both her former supervisor Danny (Scoot McNairy) — the only fellow cop to back her up when she confided in him — and Lacy’s Marshall himself. Then “Furious” doubles down, making the parallels between Alice and Catherine more explicit than a shared history of dealing with powerful, protected men that’s more than sufficient on its own. Alice and Catherine don’t quite rise to the level of great hunter-and-quarry pairs like Hannibal and Clarice or Eve and Villanelle, but “Furious” still delivers a compelling study of female victimhood and what happens when women break our culture’s limited scripts for...
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