Why ‘Cross’ Season 2’s Most Emotional Love Story Had to End in a Devastating Choice

The second season of Cross plays with the audience’s perception of what makes a villain by presenting two very different kinds of outlaws. One is systemic, a calculating force that manipulates corporate and political structures to exploit the vulnerable while remaining untouchable and respectable. The other is personal and visceral, driven by grief and rage, willing to shed blood in the name of justice.

Alex Cross (Aldis Hodge) knows he has a malefactor he needs to nab, but the audience is in the midst of a moral dilemma, not knowing who to root for.