Cross
This article includes mentions of expiry by suicide and police brutality .
MAJOR SPOILERS for Cross season 1 are ahead !
Season 1 of Prime Video’sCrossincludes a high body numeration , with each death having a significant purpose in the overall story and character arcs . TheAmazon Prime Video showfollows a forensic psychologist and detective identify Alex Cross , who tries to solve execution showcase while grieve the loss of his married woman , Maria Cross .
In the first season , the titular detective caterpillar tread down a serial cause of death call in The Fanboy , who obsesses over and idolise idle serial killer . With The Fanboy and his helpers as the antagonist of the tarradiddle , it ’s no surprise that a high turn of demise occur . finally , each death inCrossseason 1 of the series is narratively necessary and influences the thoughts and actions of the main characters .
Amazon Prime VideorenewedCrossfor season 2before the first season was released .
11Maria Cross in Cross Episode 1
Killer: Miss Nancy (Conspirator) And Peter Lenox
The first picture in Cross is the murder of Maria , Alex Cross ’ married woman , and it dress the tone for his entire character arc in the show . He is n’t willing to come up to his grief at losing his married woman , refuse to hang therapy until the death ofCrossseason 1 . Alex emotionally distances himself from his kids and get mad whenever they bring her up . Almost all of his impetuous and foolhardy decisions are rooted in his personnel casualty and his desire to obtain her killer .
In the last two episode of Cross season 1 , Alex finally learnswho killed Maria Crossand why they ’ve been tormenting his family . Miss Nancy conjure with her Logos Peter Lenox to murder Maria Cross in revenge because Alex told the court that Dierdre Nolan could n’t be rehabilitate for re - launching into company . Nancy blames Alex for her dying behind legal profession , ignoring her blameworthiness in what happened to Dierdre . regrettably , Maria Cross was just collateral damage in a grudge against the detective .
10Emir Goodspeed in Cross Episode 1
Killer: Ed Ramsey/The Fanboy
The murder fount that brings The Fanboy to the attending of the police force department is that of a political activist named Emir Goodspeed . While they ab initio think he died from an accidental drug overdose , Alex Cross notices elements out of situation , like the fact that his locs were shaved off , he was sober extend up to his expiry , and they found pork in his breadbasket . The detective ’s forensic psychology background knowledge permit him to take in the death in a different way , and it is finally revealed that he is proper about someone murdering Emir .
The Fanboy , aka Ed Ramsey , chose Emir as his 11th dupe because the immature valet look nearly identical to Maurice Freeman Jr. , areal - life serial killernicknamed The Sandman . He shaved Emir ’s locs because the serial sea wolf was bald . Ramsey violence - fed his dupe pork chops , mashed potatoes , and a drinking chocolate cupcake to match the killer ’s last meal .
9Tavio Lemmons in Cross episode 1
Killer: A Sniper, At The Orders Of Ed Ramsey
Though the police captain wants to whirl the story of Tavio ’s murder as a gang - related killing , Cross knows this is n’t true , and he refuses to go along with this story . The Prime Video original after reveals that Tavio was killed by a sniper – presumed but not substantiate to be Bobby Trey – at the order of Ed Ramsey because Emir call Tavio the twenty-four hour period of his dying . Tavio had a message on his phone that key out the location where Emir went for a date .
If the police got ahold of this information , they would have rationality to surmise Ed Ramsey as the slayer . Ultimately , Vanessa send this voicemail to her own phone so that she will have a platter of what chance to Emir Goodspeed . Luckily , the law get a copy of this entropy , cluing them in to the fact that Tavio was most likely toss off by whoever kill Emir .
8Vanessa Norris in Cross episode 2
Killer: Bobby Trey
After Tavio was mutilate , Vanessa steal his phone and blot out off with Bobby Trey . It ’s unclear what exactly she wanted to achieve . While Bobby Trey mostly killed at the order of Ed Ramsey , he broke social rank by shoot down Vanessa of his own will . He ’d tried many times to get her to unlock Tavio ’s phone , threatening to pop her if she did n’t . After she finally unlocks the telephone set and institutionalize herself a textbook of the voicemail , Bobby Trey slits her pharynx , take Tavio ’s earphone , and runs .
Although Amazon Prime Video ’s Cross is based on James Patterson ’s Alex Cross books , it brings many significant changes to the stories from the germ .
This instant shows the difference between Ed Ramsey and his minion . Ed thinks of himself as a moral and righteous killer , only killing when necessary . However , Bobby Trey could have easily just taken the telephone and left . There was no reason to bolt down Vanessa since he had get what he wanted , but he did it anyway . In reality , Ed is fooling himself by thinking himself above frivolous murder ; Bobby Trey and Ed Ramsey are equally sorry .
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7Brenda Leeland in Cross episode 3
Killer: Alex Cross In Self-Defense
ahead of time in Cross episode 3 , a former incarcerated person refer Brenda Leeland have a box with a gun and the command “ Kill Alex Cross . ” While the show does n’t directly show the somebody who give her this , Peter Lenox most belike left the boxful . When Brenda go bad after Alex Cross with the gun , he shoots her in self - United States Department of Defense , kill her . Unfortunately , nobody was around to verify that he was unfeignedly acting in ego - defense because John Sampson was in a different arena at the time of the shooting .
at long last , Alex Cross is cleared of the violent death because they found the note with instructions . However , the Brenda Leeland incident feeds into the ulterior perception that Alex Cross is a dirty pig . Once the TV come out of him beating up and pointing a gun at a dim man , there ’s an unuttered implication that Cross engages in police savagery . They never immediately bring up the Brenda Leeland case , but it could have been an influencing factor .
6Stan Cikola in Cross episode 4
When it come to Shannon Witmer ’s kidnapping , manyCross supporting charactersfail her by knowing where she is and having the power to help but give in to the demands of a moneyed , powerful piece instead . They systematically bend their ethics and economic value because they believe it will facilitate them get ahead . However , Stan Cikola is the one character who does the right affair by essay to help Shannon after learning her emplacement .
When she ’s tied up and operate in the cabinet , Shannon pink over a bottle with her ft . Stan try the auditory sensation and turns around , so the captive starts squall through her joke . He puts himself in peril by run over to the cabinet and opening it . Unfortunately , Ed presumably get wind the thump and scream , too , because he comes into the room and takes the back of a hammer to Stan ’s head , splattering the rakehell all over Shannon .
5Chris Wu in Cross episode 4
Chris Wu is a police officer colleague of Alex Cross and a former coworker of Bobby Trey . He ’s the one who steal the book back from the police and takes it to Bobby Trey . It ’s unclear whether Cross cognise about Chris ’ betrayal or if he put a tracker on the leger . Either way , the nominal police policeman shows up at the drop sight , so Bobby Trey dash Chris Wu to escape .
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Ben Watkins
Rotten Tomatoes Critics ' Score
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Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score
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Based on
James Patterson’sAlex Crossbook series
This does n’t work out for Bobby Trey , though , because Cross brought John Sampson as backup . As such , John stays with Chris , trying to make unnecessary his life , while Alex Cross chases after the liquidator . Ultimately , this murder inCrossseason 1 prove two things . first of all , it points to the musical theme that police depravity live within the department , prognosticate Lt . Massey ’s betrayal . second , it reaffirms that Bobby Trey has zero misgiving about murdering anyone , even someone he like , if it ’s commodious for him .
4Rodney in Cross episode 6
Killer: Michael Grisham (Involuntarily) And Ed Ramsey
InCrossepisode 6 , the eponymous police force officer travels to another state to visit someone who knew Ed Ramsey in his childhood , unveil long - bury secrets . Michael Grisham was a former singer in a macabre band with which Ed was obsessed . On point , they would pantomime ritual sacrifices . When Alex Cross talk to Michael , the latter unveil thathe know for years that Ed was dangerous because he had consider him slaying someone years earlier .
Michael pulls out a TV transcription where Ed win over Michael and a military personnel name Rodney – both of whom were drunk – to enter in a bogus ritual ritual killing . They pose for pic with Michael hold a dagger over Rodney ’s pump . Under the guise of fixing the pose , Ed make out over , snap up Michael ’s hands , and forces the knife into Rodney ’s warmness . This scene is crucial to infer Ed ’s background and urge to pour down .
3Michael Grisham in Cross episode 6
Killer: Lt. Oracene Massey
Despite his hesitation and fear of being incriminated for the murder , Michael Grisham come onward about Ed Ramsey killing Rodney in the past . He travels to DC , and the constabulary section puts him in a safe house until he can talk to the idealistic jury the next 24-hour interval . However , in one of the most lurid here and now , Lt . Massey hit Michael in the caput while he ’s talking to her unborn foetus .
This is n’t the first metre the show has wreak up police corruption , but it is one of the most impactful because Massey seems like a literal and kind individual throughout Cross season 1 . She later let on to John thatEd is the grounds she ’s significant . He paid for her visits to a fertility Dr. in exchange for her help him hide his crimes . He chipped forth at her boundary , pushing the bound until it reached the pointedness of slaying .
2Officer Jim Farley in Cross Episode 7
AfterEd Ramsey injects himself with drugs that stop his heart inCross , he wakes up in the hospital mortuary . He makes the coroner turn a loss consciousness and steals his vesture . Ramsey then goes up to Shannon ’s hospital room and tells Officer Jim Farley that he necessitate to check on her . However , the police officer does his job , stopping Ed to check his badge . Ed Ramsey motions like he ’s grabbing his badge but then stabs Officer Farley repeatedly with a scalpel , placing him back in a seated place afterward .
at long last , Officer Farley ’s destruction does n’t have much emotional impingement since he ’s not shown on the screen prior to that scene . However , it does point to the fact thatEd Ramsey is n’t the wholesome , moral killer he believes himself to be . When push comes to shove , he jumps to murder rather than attempt any other tactic to get inside the way .
