Netflix’s New #1 Show Is a Crime Thriller Everyone Can Finally Agree on

From Boomers to Gen Z, they're loving it

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Netflix’s Top 10 list is usually my go-to when I’m stuck in that “what do I even watch” spiral. It’s not perfect, but it’s a solid shortcut when decision fatigue hits. One thing I’ve noticed over time is that certain titles tend to dominate right after they drop. For example, WWE Raw usually shoots straight to the top after it airs. So imagine my surprise when I opened Netflix and saw it sitting in the number two spot. Naturally, I had questions. Mainly, what could possibly be good enough to knock it down a notch? The answer: Harlan Coben’s I Will Find You.

The series, adapted from Coben’s 2023 novel, follows Sam Worthington as David Burroughs, a father serving a life sentence for the murder of his own son. Just when he’s resigned to his fate, he gets shocking news that his son may actually be alive. That sets off a high-stakes search for the truth that pulls him out of prison and deep into a tangled web of deception and grief.

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And the cast really shows up here. Worthington leads the series, alongside Britt Lower, who you might recognize from Apple TV+’s Severance, Milo Ventimiglia from This Is Us and Gilmore Girls, Logan Browning from Dear White People, and Erin Richards from The Crown and Gotham, just to name a few.

Beyond knocking WWE down to the number two spot, the miniseries also seems to be landing in that rare sweet spot where both critics and audiences are on the same page. Unlike past chart-toppers like The Crash and Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, where the ratings were polarizing, I Will Find You currently holds a 62 percent rating from critics and 68 percent from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

Over on social media, viewers are just as enthusiastic.

“It’s really good..I didn't even take a nap yesterday bcus I had to finish it in one setting,” one person wrote.

Another shared, “The plot twist was truly twisting,” while a third chimed in, “All 8 episodes of I will find you on Netflix were absolute cinema.”

I Will Find You is streaming now on Netflix.

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