5 TV Shows To Watch If You Like Emmy Rossum's Furious

This article contains discussion of addiction, domestic abuse, and sexual assault.

Liz Meriwether might just be one of the most versatile and exciting showrunners working today. Sitcom fans may know her name thanks to "New Girl," the underrated gem she created that stars Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, and Lamorne Morris; after that, Meriwether's steady hand as showrunner helped Amanda Seyfried win an Emmy for playing disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in "The Dropout." Now, Meriwether is making waves on the small screen once again with "Furious," her first foray into the crime genre that loosely adapts the 1987 movie "Black Widow."

"Furious" stars "Shameless" veteran Emmy Rossum as Alice Black, who takes a desk job with the FBI and leaves her time as a detective behind only to get sucked into a case involving a mysterious female serial killer leaving scores of awful men in her wake. That killer, Catherine Grace ("Say Nothing" standout Lola Petticrew), is a victim of sex trafficking and is slowly but surely getting revenge against the men who brutalized her and other minors when she was just a teenager; honestly, as brutal as Catherine's methods might be, it's hard to root against her. Alice, meanwhile, has her own demons to deal with — her abusive ex-boyfriend Marshall Connelly (Jake Lacy), who also happens to be an NYPD detective, has involved himself with the case and is begging her to recant her accusations against him.

"Furious" also stars Scoot McNairy as Alice's friend and partner Danny Kelly, Quincy Tyler Berstine as head of the FBI's sex crimes unit Nora Washington, and Steve Way as Alden, for whom Catherine works as a surprisingly kind home health aide. It's also great. So what should you watch next? Here are five female-centric crime shows to try after "Furious."

Adapted from the "Villanelle" series of novels by Luke Jennings and led by a different showrunner across each of its three seasons, "Killing Eve," like "Furious," is a textbook example of the Internet joke "I support women's rights, but I also support women's wrongs." With showrunners Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emerald Fennell, Suzanne Heathcote, and Laura Neal, respectively, the four seasons of "Killing Eve" chart a sapphic, passionate cat-and-mouse chase between assassin and serial killer Villanelle, whose real name turns out to be Oksana Astankova (the absolutely incomparable Jodie Comer), and MI5 detective Eve Polastri ("Grey's Anatomy" favorite Sandra Oh). 

When the story of the BBC America "Killing Eve" begins, the titular Eve, bored with her work at the British security agency, develops a fascination with the very concept of Villanelle — a young and notoriously beautiful murderer who works for a shadowy organization known as The Twelve. When Eve is fired by MI5 after interfering in an investigation, it turns out to be a blessing in disguise ... because MI6 recruits her for an undercover organization attempting to track down Villanelle and her employers. Comer and Oh are absolutely magnetic together as two women always on the verge of kissing or killing one another, and even as the series finds itself on shakier narrative as it reaches its fourth and final season, it's undeniable that watching these two excellent performers play against each other is an absolute delight. If you can't get enough of Lola Petticrew's Catherine Grace on "Furious," it's easy to see how much she was influenced by Comer's Villanelle. (Also, her fashion? To die for.)

Adapted from Gillian Flynn's 2006 debut novel of the same name, HBO's "Sharp Objects" didn't get an on-screen version until "Gone Girl," Flynn's biggest book by far, took the publishing world by storm and became an Oscar-nominated film directed by David Fincher. Thankfully, Marti Noxon and the late, great Jean-Marc Vallée's take on "Sharp Objects" was well worth waiting a dozen years. The eight-episode miniseries stars Amy Adams as Camille Preaker, a reporter and journalist working in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri who ends up returning to her small hometown of Wind Gap in the Midwestern state to investigate the murder of one teenage girl and the disappearance of another. Reuniting with her cruel Southern belle mother Adora Crellin (an astoundingly austere Patricia Clarkson), her stepfather Alan Crellin (Henry Czerny), and her half-sister Amma Crellin (Eliza Scanlon), Camille finds herself grappling with past trauma, including her time spent recovering in a psychiatric facility.

As Camille speaks to suspects like John Keene (Taylor John Smith) — the older brother of the missing Natalie Keene, who's ultimately found murdered — and tries to get information about the case from Kansas City detective Richard Willis (Chris Messina), she also struggles to handle her own mental health and routinely abuses alcohol to help temper her increasingly difficult feelings. During her time in Wind Gap, she also experiences some horrifying revelations about her late sister Marian Crellin (Lulu Wilson), who died when Camille was young ... and she starts to wonder if members of her own family could potentially be involved in the disappearance and murders of young girls in Wind Gap. The ending of "Sharp Objects" must be experienced to be believed, and we will not spoil it here ... plus, the series is well worth the journey thanks to Adams and Clarkson's exceptional central performances.

Armed with heavy winter coats, a Delaware County accent, and local Wawa coffee, Kate Winslet brings Marianne "Mare" Sheehan to life as the titular character in HBO's "Mare of Easttown," a gritty Pennsylvania crime drama written and created by Brad Ingelsby (with Craig Zobel as director). Released in 2021 and spanning seven episodes, "Mare of Easttown" features our heroine Mare reopening a case of a young missing girl named Katie Bailey (Caitlin Houlahan), only for tragedy to strike the Philadelphia-adjacent town when teenage mother Erin McMenamin (Cailee Spaeny) is found dead. Because Erin publicly argued with the father of her child Dylan Hinchey (Jack Mulhern) and his new girlfriend Brianna Del Rasso (Mackenzie Lansing) shortly before she was killed, her death is treated as suspicious, and her single dad Kenny (Patrick Murney) and even Mare's best friend Lori Ross (Julianne Nicholson) are left grieving (Lori's husband is Kenny's cousin, making her part of the family).

Amidst all of this, Mare is dealing with demons of her own, constantly battling her strong-willed mother Helen Fahey (Jean Smart), trying to corral her headstrong daughter Siobhán Sheehan (Angourie Rice), and working with county detective Colin Zabel (Evan Peters) ... all while mourning the loss of her late son Kevin, who died under truly tragic circumstances. "Mare of Easttown" will keep you guessing from beginning to end, and if you want more stories set in this world when you're finished, you're in luck. Inglesby also created the Mark Ruffalo-led crime series "Task" set in the same Pennsylvania region (which can also be found on HBO), and Season 2 of "Task" will feature a crossover with "Mare of Easttown" thanks to Nicholson's planned return as Lori Ross.

Adapted from Liz Moore's 2020 book of the same name and the second series on this list set in the Philadelphia area, "Long Bright River" premiered on Peacock in early 2025 with Emmy winner Amanda Seyfried at the helm as Mickey Fitzpatrick, a Philadelphia police officer who works in the disenfranchised neighborhood of Kensington. In the show and in real life, Kensington, despite efforts to fully gentrify this northern Philly neighborhood, remains a hotbed of drug activity, sex work, and other illegal trades, leaving people struggling with addiction to suffer on the streets. Enter Mickey, who's trying to raise her son Thomas (Callum Vinson) as a single mother while she also patrols the Kensington streets and keeps an eye out for her sister, Kacey (Ashleigh Cummings), who's conspicuously missing as Mickey also investigates the murders of three women in the area.

"Long Bright River" is a stark but realistic depiction of the way that addiction and the prevalence of heroin and other hard drugs in Kensington has left this neighborhood destablized and its residents disenfranchised, and unsurprisingly, Seyfried is magnetic as Mickey, a woman who (and stop us if this sounds familiar) has her own mental demons to fight. With her former patrol partner Truman Dawes (Nicholas Pinnock) back by her side, Mickey investigates the murders of multiple sex workers who work along Kensington's far-reaching avenue, all the while searching for Kacey ... who may or may not still be alive. "Long Bright River" features some shocking twists and turns, but it's also a simple, unsettling, and ultimately devastating story of people who need help and are largely abandoned by society, and one woman's quest to get justice for those who can't fight for themselves.

An Australian series created by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee (and subsequently directed by Campion and Garth Davis) for the BBC, "Top of the Lake" stars Elisabeth Moss as Robin Griffin, a Sydney-based detective who works in sex crimes, across its original series and follow-up "Top of the Lake: China Girl" (the original came out in 2013, with "China Girl" arriving in 2017). Putting "China Girl" aside, the original "Top of the Lake" centers around Laketop, New Zealand victim Tui Mitcham (Jacqueline Joe), who's found standing in an icy lake and five month pregnant (at just 12 years old) before vanishing. As Robin investigates Tui's case and tries to bring her home safely, she encounters a whole host of suspicious characters, like Tui's violent father Matt Mitcham (Peter Mullan) and Turangi (Calvin Tuteao), Tui's boyfriend.

"Top of the Lake" is brutal, horrifying, and blunt ... and it's a must watch. If you love "Furious," you'll definitely like this one — but prepare yourself.

If you or anyone you know needs help with addiction issues, help is available. Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

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If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available. Visit the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network website or contact RAINN's National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).