# Furies (TV series)
**Furies** is a French action-crime television series produced for Netflix, first released on March 1, 2024, in which a young woman seeking to avenge her father's death becomes entangled with the Fury, the peacekeeper of the Paris criminal underworld.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/furies/s01) • [2](https://coupleofcritics.com/reviews/furies-tv-series/) It was created and written by Jean-Yves Arnaud and Yoann Legave, the creators of *Kepler(s)*, and stars Lina El Arabi, Marina Foïs, and [Mathieu Kassovitz](https://www.edgepedia.org/mathieu-kassovitz).[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news) A second season, *Furies: Resistance*, was released on March 18, 2026.[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original release | March 1, 2024, on Netflix; French-language, TV-MA[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/furies/s01) |
| Creators | Jean-Yves Arnaud and Yoann Legave; directors Cédric Nicolas-Troyan, Samuel Bodin, and Laura Weaver[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/furies/s01) |
| Main cast | Lina El Arabi (Lyna), Marina Foïs (Selma, the Fury), Mathieu Kassovitz (Driss)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/furies/s01) |
| Setting | Paris, France; six mafia families under a single peacekeeper[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news) |
| Season 1 performance | 110.20 million hours watched, 18.40 million views, six weeks in the Netflix global top 10, 39 days in France's top 10[4](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/french-series-furies-renewed-for-season-2-at-netflix/) |
| Season 2 | *Furies: Resistance*, released March 18, 2026[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news) |
| IMDb rating | 6.3/10 from about 4,600 user ratings[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11384300/ratings/) |
## Premise
The series is set in the organized-crime world of the French capital, where six mafia families rely on a single mediator, the Fury, who holds the right of life and death over the city's gangsters and keeps their darkest secrets.[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news) • [6](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/03/01/pause-series-reine-rouge-contre-furies-un-duel-d-heroines-de-part-et-d-autre-des-pyrenees_6219544_3246.html) Lyna, a young woman yearning for a normal life, sets out to avenge her father's death and is drawn into the Fury's web; while hunting her father's murderer, she is recruited by the peacekeeper, Selma, who is looking for a successor capable of thwarting an impending war among the criminal families.[7](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81461530) • [3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news) As Selma trains her potential recruit, the pair uncover a dark conspiracy that threatens the underworld.[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news)
Netflix lists the show as fictional and not based on a book.[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news) Season 1 consists of eight episodes of roughly 39 to 50 minutes each.[8](https://www.netflix.com/title/81461530)
## Production
Jean-Yves Arnaud and Yoann Legave both devised the show and penned its scripts, while Cédric Nicolas-Troyan, Samuel Bodin, and Laura Weaver handled directing duties; Empreinte Digitale and Daïmon Films served as its production companies.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/furies/s01) • [9](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RESUMEN-DE-MEDIOS-29-3-2023.pdf) Shooting of the first season was scheduled to begin in Paris in September 2022.[10](https://www.productionlist.com/production/furies)
**A deliberate genre choice.** In an interview two weeks after launch, when the show was still in Netflix's top three most-viewed series, the creators said that France had largely stopped exploring organized-crime action narratives despite a national tradition running from [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://www.edgepedia.org/jean-pierre-melville) and Henri Verneuil, and that Netflix gave them the means to attempt the expensive genre.[11](https://leclaireur.fnac.com/article/449310-furies-7-questions-aux-createurs-de-la-serie-phenomene-de-netflix/) They described centering the show on a duo of strong female leads as a political and creative choice, noting how rarely action films feature two powerful women who are not in a mother-daughter relationship.[11](https://leclaireur.fnac.com/article/449310-furies-7-questions-aux-createurs-de-la-serie-phenomene-de-netflix/)
Lina El Arabi and Marina Foïs each trained three to four months in physical preparation and weapons handling for the action choreography, performing as many scenes as possible themselves; Mathieu Kassovitz, a longtime Thai boxer, trained for weeks with fight choreographer Jude Poyer, who had worked in Hong Kong in the 1990s and later with [Gareth Evans](https://www.edgepedia.org/gareth-evans-filmmaker) on *Gangs of London*.[11](https://leclaireur.fnac.com/article/449310-furies-7-questions-aux-createurs-de-la-serie-phenomene-de-netflix/)
## Reception and viewership
Season 1 ranked in Netflix's global top 10 for six weeks, accumulating 110.20 million hours watched, equivalent to 18.40 million views, and spent 39 days in France's daily top 10; it also charted in more than 90 countries, with strong performance in Nigeria, Pakistan, Brazil, Turkey, Colombia, and South Africa.[4](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/french-series-furies-renewed-for-season-2-at-netflix/) Netflix executives cited it, alongside *Under Paris* and *Class Act*, as an example of a local success becoming universal.[4](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/french-series-furies-renewed-for-season-2-at-netflix/)
Critical reception was mixed to positive. *Le Monde* compared the show's premise to *John Wick* and *Nikita* and called it a saga freed from realism but also from internal coherence.[12](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/03/01/furies-sur-netflix-marina-fois-et-lina-el-arabi-jouent-a-john-wick-dans-le-bruit-et-la-fureur_6219554_3246.html) Common Sense Media described it as fast-paced, fun, and action-packed, while warning parents about its bloodshed.[13](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/furies) On IMDb the series holds a 6.3/10 rating from about 4,600 users, with episode ratings rising from the 6.8 to 7.0 range in season 1 to between 7.5 and 8.0 in season 2.[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11384300/ratings/)
## Season 2 and future
Netflix renewed *Furies* for a second season, an announcement made by executives at the Festival de la Fiction in September 2024.[4](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/french-series-furies-renewed-for-season-2-at-netflix/) The new season, titled *Furies: Resistance*, was released on March 18, 2026, and picks up two years after the season 1 finale, with Lyna facing threats from every direction as a new organization called Damocles starts taking over the mafia territories of Paris.[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news) Listings disagree on its length: Netflix's Tudum page describes an eight-episode season,[3](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news) while the TV Show Tracker and IMDb episode listings count six episodes.[14](https://www.tvshowtracker.eu/en/show/furies-212588/renewal-status) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11384300/ratings/)
A third season is in writing: screenwriter credits list season 3 as a six-episode season created with Yoann Legave, in progress, following season 2's six 45-minute episodes produced by Empreinte Digitale.[15](https://www.agencelisearif.fr/impression-cv/?talent_id=9605) As of October 2026, the series carries a "Returning" status with no published date for the next season.[14](https://www.tvshowtracker.eu/en/show/furies-212588/renewal-status)
## Similar titles
The title *Furies* is shared by unrelated works, including a 2026 feature film about two sisters fighting back against a broken system amid Lebanon's financial crisis, and the Vietnamese action film *Furies* (2022), a prequel to *Furie* (2019).[16](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/furies_2026) • [4](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/french-series-furies-renewed-for-season-2-at-netflix/) It is also distinct from *Furious*, the 2026 Hulu crime drama created by [Elizabeth Meriwether](https://www.edgepedia.org/elizabeth-meriwether) starring [Emmy Rossum](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmy-rossum) and Lola Petticrew.[17](https://press.hulu.com/shows/furious/)
## References
1. [Furies: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/furies/s01)
2. [Furies (TV series), Couple Of Critics](https://coupleofcritics.com/reviews/furies-tv-series/)
3. [Furies: Season 2: Cast, Plot, and Where to Stream, Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furies-release-date-news)
4. [French Series 'Furies' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix, What's on Netflix](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/french-series-furies-renewed-for-season-2-at-netflix/)
5. [Furies (TV Series 2024– ) – Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11384300/ratings/)
6. [Pause séries : « Reine rouge » contre « Furies », Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/03/01/pause-series-reine-rouge-contre-furies-un-duel-d-heroines-de-part-et-d-autre-des-pyrenees_6219544_3246.html)
7. [Furies, Netflix Media Center](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81461530)
8. [Furies, Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81461530)
9. [Resumen de Medios (29 March 2023), Movistar Plus](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RESUMEN-DE-MEDIOS-29-3-2023.pdf)
10. [Furies, Production List](https://www.productionlist.com/production/furies)
11. [« Furies » : 7 questions aux créateurs de la série phénomène de Netflix, Le Claireur (Fnac)](https://leclaireur.fnac.com/article/449310-furies-7-questions-aux-createurs-de-la-serie-phenomene-de-netflix/)
12. [« Furies », sur Netflix : Marina Foïs et Lina El Arabi jouent à John Wick, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/03/01/furies-sur-netflix-marina-fois-et-lina-el-arabi-jouent-a-john-wick-dans-le-bruit-et-la-fureur_6219554_3246.html)
13. [Furies, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/furies)
14. [Is Furies renewed, ended, or cancelled?, TV Show Tracker](https://www.tvshowtracker.eu/en/show/furies-212588/renewal-status)
15. [Saison 03 (Furies), Agence Lise Arif](https://www.agencelisearif.fr/impression-cv/?talent_id=9605)
16. [Furies (2026), Rotten Tomatoes](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/furies_2026)
17. [Furious, Hulu Press](https://press.hulu.com/shows/furious/)
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