Harlan Coben‘s stories are unmistakable: they’re emotional, fast-paced, and twisty. The mystery author has produced over a dozen stories for various streaming platforms, most of which are available on Netflix. Over ten of his shows are available to stream right now. The latest entrant is another crime thriller that follows a father on a mission to uncover the truth about his son’s disappearance. Many of Coben’s shows are hits with viewers, consistently appearing in the top ten in the period after their release. But the shows tend to divide critics, and this latest one has proven so.
Titled I Will Find You, the series follows David, played by Avatar‘s Sam Worthington. David has been serving a prison sentence after being convicted of the murder of his son. However, he has someone in his corner in the form of his sister-in-law Rachel (Britt Lower), who never believed David was guilty of the crime. While David has been imprisoned, Rachel, an investigative journalist, has unearthed evidence that her nephew Matthew is still alive. She brings the evidence to David, who decides to break out of prison and find his son. He must outsmart shadowy organizations and law enforcement in his quest to bring Matthew home.
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Is ‘I Will Find You’ Worth Watching?
After ten or so shows, the story sounds like typical Harlan Coben, and that’s the exact problem critics found with the show. I Will Find You has debuted with a 71% score on Rotten Tomatoes, signaling a divisive story. This is not Coben’s worst-rated show, but with hits like Run Away, it’s his lowest-rated show this year. Most critics weren’t impressed, and others were downright disappointed by the story’s mediocrity. Collider’s Taylor Gates noted that a missing-person story is not new on TV, but I Will Find You‘s biggest problem is its characters, who make viewers feel like they’ve seen them before in a dozen other shows. “There is ultimately a genericness [in the characters] that permeates, leaning into tropes and archetypes — the persistent reporter, the shady benefactor, the rogue cop, etc. — instead of creating more well-rounded, fleshed-out individuals,” she wrote in her review of I Will Find You Season 1.
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
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👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
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⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
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You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
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You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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Other critics shared similar sentiments, noting that even with flaws such as weak characters and pacing issues, I Will Find You delivers an engaging story. ScreenRant‘s Cher Thompson said the show “makes a concerted effort to ensure that its mystery makes sense and comes to a satisfying conclusion.” Meanwhile, Nick Schager of The Daily Beast compared the show to junk food that “makes viewers crave additional servings (no matter how bad they feel afterward).”
All episodes of I Will Find You are available to stream on Netflix. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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Release Date
June 18, 2026
Network
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Netflix
Showrunner
Robert Hull
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Directors
Adam Davidson, Maggie Kiley, Maja Vrvilo, Brad Anderson
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