PEL Presents PMP#230: Gettin' Furious
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What is the premise of Hulu’s Furious and why is it worth a spoiler‑free overview?
You're listening to Pretty Much Pop, a Culture Podcast, addressing the most distressing topics of our day with haste and whimsies. Today we're discussing about Elizabeth Merriweather's Hulu crime drama, Furious, in light of its massive popularity. If you haven't watched the show, fear not, we will tell you before we get into serious spoiler territory. I'm Mark Lintemeyer, recording in the ominous bleak room used to review sensitive materials.
This is Albaca, high functioning alcoholic. I'm Sarah Lynn Bruck and I'm really looking forward to the three of you mansplaying furious to me. That's kinda not fair, Sarah. Like I would never do such a I don't know I don't know if I agree with you starting off Lawrence, don't get hysterical. This is Lauren Sware and I am not going to man explain anything to Sarah. I'm going to listen to what she has to say intently because I'm afraid that she might kill me.
So we are rather rushing this out. We had already recorded a supposed season opener, back to school episode, but we're putting this out first because this show just finished its last episode this week. And even though it's, you know, now for you folks, it's like two weeks later. But still, for us, this is up to the minute. We're following the trends. We're on top of it. We're on top of it. Oh right, yes. Every other pop culture podcast that's sponsored by a magazine has to come out the day after the thing. But that's not the world that we live in. We're we're too cool for that. But don't think that means this is more well thought out. Definitely not. Who suggested this? I maybe me, I don't even
know. I think it was that all of you were watching it except me. Yeah, I think I think all of us suggested it.
So Al binge this whole thing.
That's quite a binge. One week. I I'd already seen like enough to be spoiled because my fiance was watching it independently because if there's anything remotely woman centered, crime shape, I'm gonna hear about it very quickly. But yeah, I binged it all over the last couple of days. What was it like binging it? Because watching it week to week was one experience. Was the binge like was that fulfilling? What d did it lend well for binging? It held up pretty well as a binging experience, with I think the notable exception of of the finale, which I have some strong feelings about. Given our, you know, justified stance on spoilers, I think we should we should wait wait for that. But overall, the show is basically a picture perfect version of the thriller miniseries kind of format, Allah Killing Eve or whatever, it works fantastically in a binge.
As far as like a propulsive show that really sucked me in, it felt a little off kilter. Like I enjoyed it, but it's not your traditional kind of propulsive killer on the loop. It's more meditative than anything I thought. Which I actually enjoyed quite a bit.
I thought we should give some kind of brief summary for people that just don't even know what this is or why we would be covering it, given that it you know, it's not a major movie event that was announced for months and months or anything like this. In fact, I'm just finding out right now, looking on Wikipedia, that it was based on a past film from nineteen eighty seven starring Deborah Winger. But, you know, of course I didn't review that because I probably even saw that film. It's Sounds vaguely familiar. But in any case, uh, there's a female serial killer who is wreaking revenge upon old white men for things that they have done to her when she was and to her friends when she was underage. So this is really maybe the reason that it's so popular is because even though the Epstein scandal has been with us for quite a few months here, I feel like this is the first thing that really directly
gets at that rage that people still feel about this and the fact that the perpetrators have not been frog marched through through the public square and flogged. So like we have to have a bunch of art pieces to do that for us virtually. So we've got the killer and then we've got the cop who has her own problems and has reasons to be sympathetic with the killer.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of Hulu’s Furious and why is it worth a spoiler‑free overview?
0:08–8:08
2
How does binge‑watching Furious compare to watching it weekly and what impact does that have on the story?
8:08–14:40
3
What are the main themes and cultural references (Epstein, Me Too, revenge fantasy) explored in Furious ?
14:40–21:53
4
How do the performances of Emmy Rossum, Lola Peticrew, and Quincy Tyler Bernstein elevate the series?
21:53–27:28
5
What does the showrunner Elizabeth Merriweather bring to Furious and how does the production process shape the narrative?
27:28–34:25
6
Why do the final twenty minutes of season 1 feel altered and how does that affect the ending?
34:25–40:18
7
Is there enough material and narrative momentum for a strong second season of Furious?
40:18–46:55
8
What are the hosts’ final thoughts on the series’ future and why should listeners watch it now?
46:55–49:09
Speakers
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