This ‘Furious’ Crime Show Is One of the Year’s Best Series

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Being assigned to the basement office might sound like a demotion, but new TV crime-thriller Furious joins the likes of The X-Files, Mindhunter, The Wire, and Dept Q in finding gold in this secluded spot.

The location of a department says a lot about how crimes are prioritized, and it is telling that the sex-crimes floor is tucked away on the lowest level of the FBI field office.

On paper, much of the new series from creator https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/dying-for-sex-michelle-williams-gets-tvs-best-death-flying-penis-and-all/" rel="">Elizabeth Meriwether is familiar and leans toward cliché: a cat-and-mouse chase, a sprawling conspiracy, corruption, sex crimes, and a cynical veteran paired with a newbie eager to make a difference.

Thankfully, there is nothing stale or derivative about Furious (streaming now on Hulu), which is one of the year’s best and most thought-provoking titles so far.

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