Peacock’s M.I.A. is the revenge thriller you can’t miss

A survivor with nothing left to lose

The trailer for M.I.A. opens on a young woman bleeding, unconscious and dragged from the ocean onto a Miami shore. Her name is Etta Tiger Jonze, and by the time she regains consciousness, almost everyone she has ever loved is gone. Etta grew up restless in the Florida Keys, the daughter of a family deep in the drug trade, dreaming of a bigger life in Miami’s glittering, sun-soaked world. That dream collapses violently when 12 men wipe out her family in a single brutal act. What follows is not a story of grief. It is a story of transformation  from survivor to hunter.

Etta demands a new identity and disappears into Miami’s neon-lit criminal underworld, driven by a single purpose: to find every one of the 12 men responsible and make sure none of them walk away. The danger is compounded by the fact that those same men are now looking for her, aware she survived and determined to silence the only witness who can identify them. The series wastes no time establishing its tone  this is not a show about whether Etta will act. It is about how far she is willing to go and what she will become in the process.

The powerhouse team behind the series

M.I.A. carries serious creative pedigree. The series was created, written and executive produced by Bill Dubuque, the man behind Ozark one of the most critically celebrated crime dramas of the streaming era. Dubuque brings the same layered moral complexity and slow-burning tension that made Ozark compulsive viewing to an entirely new setting. Showrunner Karen Campbell, known for her work on Dexter, joins as writer and executive producer, adding another voice with deep experience in dark, character-driven crime storytelling. Together, they have crafted a show that positions itself as one of the more ambitious crime dramas of 2026.

One of the series’ most notable distinctions is where it was actually made. M.I.A. is one of the rare Miami-set dramas that was genuinely filmed in Miami, lending the production an authenticity that shows like Netflix’s Griselda and Showtime’s Dexter  both of which used stand-ins  could not achieve. The result is a visual world that feels lived-in and real, with the city itself functioning almost as a character.

A cast built for this story

Shannon Gisela, known for her work on Echoes, leads the series as Etta, delivering what early footage suggests is a physically and emotionally demanding central performance. The cast around her is equally well-assembled. Cary Elwes, the beloved star of The Princess Bride, plays Kincaid, an investigator who appears to be searching for Etta with protective rather than predatory intentions  unaware, it seems, that she is already several steps ahead of him. Danay Garcia plays Leah, Brittany Adebumola appears as Lovely, and Dylan T. Jackson plays Stanley  two allies who find themselves drawn into Etta’s orbit and become central to her mission. Gerardo Celasco, Alberto Guerra, Maurice Compte and Marta Milans round out the regular cast, while an impressive roster of guest appearances includes Edward James Olmos, Billy Burke, Sonia Braga, Loretta Devine and David Denman.

What to expect and when to watch

M.I.A. arrives on Peacock on May 7, 2026, with all 9 episodes  each running approximately 60 minutes  dropping simultaneously for a full binge experience. The series is produced by MRC and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution. For viewers who found Ozark compelling precisely because it never offered easy answers about its characters’ morality, M.I.A. appears to be built from the same blueprint  a story where every decision costs something, and the price is rarely what anyone expected.

Source: Peacock official trailer for M.I.A. (April 2026), Deadline, Variety, Screen Rant and Peacock.com.