All eight reviews are positive, and the consensus is that Furious is a taut, grown-up thriller about female rage and the aftermath of abuse rather than an exercise in provocation. The praise clusters around the writing, which most critics find dense and confident, and above all the cast. Emmy Rossum and Lola Petticrew are named repeatedly for taking their characters beyond the usual trauma tropes, and The Hollywood Reporter singles out Quincy Tyler Bernstine as the FBI veteran Nora.
The spread is narrow, from good to strong, and the reservations are small. The Hollywood Reporter thinks the opening episodes lean on lurid sensationalism before the series settles. The AV Club finds the outcomes predictable, and Variety notes that the show carries the weight of its obvious real-world associations. Several critics call it grim, even chilling, and warn that it asks viewers to side with a killer; nobody treats that as a fault.