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With Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos recently expressing his regret over the fact that they couldn’t make a third season of Mindhunter — executive producer David Fincher cited budgetary reasons while Sarandos blamed Fincher’s tight schedule — fans of investigative thrillers have been looking for alternatives. A handful of titles stand out: Black Bird, starring Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser, received excellent reviews on Apple TV, while Des, starring David Tennant, offered a decidedly British take on the genre. Now, a new series is taking on the mantle with terrific reviews and early viewership success.
Created by Elizabeth Meriwether, the show stars Emmy Rossum as an FBI investigator tracking a female serial killer, played by Lola Petticrew. The series also features Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Jake Lacy in supporting parts, with Rob Delaney, Campbell Scott, and Hope Davis appearing in guest roles. The series premiered with three episodes on Hulu on July 27 and will conclude its eight-episode first season on August 31. For a few days following its debut, the series held a perfect 100% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, which is exactly the kind of stamp of approval that attracts viewers these days. And people certainly showed up, with the show jumping to the top of the Disney+ and Hulu viewership charts. It was only recently replaced by Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis‘ The Shards.
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The two shows will no doubt continue facing off over the course of the next few weeks. According to FlixPatrol, The Shards is currently the number-one title on the global Disney+ chart, having replaced the show we’re talking about, Furious. The new crime drama no longer holds a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but it seems to have settled at an extraordinary 98% score. The website’s consensus reads, “A tense thrill ride spearheaded by a blazing Emmy Rossum, this striking crime drama serves its stars and audiencesFurious justice.” In her review, Collider’sCarly Lanewrote, “It might not be the clear-cut cat-and-mouse thriller that marketing has made it out to be, but that only makes more room for whatFurious best embodies at its most successful: a barely contained scream of female rage.”Furiouswould return with a new episode on August 10. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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