Netflix has a new #1, well-watched series, and for once, not a True Crime documentary, reality show or stand-up special, which has been the case, as of late. Rather, that is Netflix’s new Harlan Coben novel adaptation, I Will Find You.
The new series has Avatar’s Sam Worthington attempting to find his allegedly murdered son with the help of a former journalist played by Severance’s Britt Lower. This Is Us’s Milo Ventimiglia also stars. The series is meant to be a more grounded take on the genre, with Worthington being less of an action hero and more of a scared father, though plenty of people still get punched in the face.
Is it worth watching? Well, Harlan Coben novel adaptations tend to fare pretty well in both viewership and critic scores. In the context of the overall list, however, even I Will Find You’s Rotten Tomatoes score being positive, it is at the very low end of the onscreen adaptations. Here that is:
- The Innocent – 100% critic score
- Stay Close – 92% critic score
- The Woods – 89% critic score
- Shelter – 88% critic score
- The Stranger – 87% critic score
- Just One Look – 83% critic score
- Run Away – 75% critic score
- Fool Me Once – 72% critic score
- Safe – 71% critic score
- I Will Find You – 65% critic score
- Missing You – 50% critic score
- Lazarus – 48% critic score
- Caught – 43% critic score
Coben has a sprawling deal with Netflix, meaning almost all of these have aired as Netflix originals, no matter what language they originally aired in (I Will Find You is in English). As you can see, I Will Find You ends up at the bottom here, though still above 2025’s Missing You, as there have been some dropped balls as of late. Still, a 65% score is still fresh, and certainly not bad compared to a lot of other Netflix fare, so mystery fans may want to check it out anyway. Especially those who may have been turned off by other productions’ subtitles (it’s worth reading them!).
It remains to be seen how long I Will Find You will stay at #1. In just a few days, we will see the return of Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix for season 2, but these Coben stories have such broad appeal, I’m not sure that can top it. That wouldn’t be great for the high production cost series, though its third and final season is already greenlit, so performance matters less than usual. For now, you have a few days to watch I Will Find You before Avatar arrives.
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