This New Crime Thriller Actually Made Me Scream at My TV

It's that intense

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It’s not often a show actually gets me to physically react out loud. I’m talking real life laughing out loud, the occasional tear, and yes, even yelling at the screen when a character does something unhinged. But Peacock’s new crime drama M.I.A. had me doing exactly that, more specifically the yelling part.

In case you missed it, M.I.A. dropped on Peacock on May 7. The show centers on Etta Tiger Jonze, a young woman secretly plotting revenge on the 12 gangsters responsible for the murder of her family.

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Honestly, this was not on my radar at all. I was just scrolling through Peacock trying to get to my usual comfort watches like Summer House and Real Housewives, but once I caught up on those and needed something new playing in the background, I figured I’d give it a shot. And yeah, that “background noise” plan went out the window immediately.

From the first couple of episodes, I was fully locked in. And I do not say that lightly. I’m usually pretty good at guessing where a story is headed or spotting the twist before it hits, but this show kept proving me wrong. And there are moments so intense that had me staring at the screen like, “wait…what just happened?” or saying some version of “omg,” “what,” and “wow they really went there.” As I said, yelling was involved.

And apparently I am not alone in being completely pulled in. Over on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s sitting at an 80 percent audience score.

A fun little detail I found out after the fact is that it comes from Bill Dubuque, the creator behind the award-winning series Ozark, which honestly makes a lot of sense given how tense it is.

All nine episodes of M.I.A. are streaming now on Peacock, and the pilot is also set to air on NBC on May 14.

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