Netflix's newest crime thriller is moving fast up the charts. Nemesis, an eight-episode series released May 14, 2026, drew 11.4 million views and 88.9 million hours viewed in the single week between May 18 and 24, according to Collider.
The show currently holds a 92% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and sits at the top of Netflix's worldwide rankings.
Nemesis was created by Courtney A. Kemp, the mastermind behind Power, alongside Tani Marole. It is set in Los Angeles and follows a cat-and-mouse chase between high-end career thief Cortane Wilder and LAPD Robbery-Homicide lieutenant Isaiah Stiles.
Wilder, played by Y'Ian Noel, runs a small crew responsible for elaborate robberies across the city. Stiles, played by Matthew Lamb, has spent years trying to pin Wilder and his crew to a string of robberies and murders. Stiles lost a trainee officer in one of those robberies, which drives his pursuit.
As the season progresses, the show draws the two men closer together in temperament. Both become obsessed with their goals and risk their families and lives to achieve them.
Lamb is best known to audiences from his recent work on Abbott Elementary. The show also stars Cleopatra Coleman, Gabrielle Dennis, Domenick Lombardozzi, Stephanie Sigman, and Ariana Guerra.
The show's rapid rise is drawing comparisons to other Netflix crime hits. The streaming service has built a strong track record in the genre with series like Dept. Q and Mindhunter, and Nemesis appears to be following a similar trajectory.
With numbers like these after less than two weeks, discussion of a potential second season is already building.
