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Det. Alex Cross (Aldis Hodge, “City on a Hill”) returns for Season 2 of “Cross,” premiering the first three of its eight episodes Wednesday, Feb. 11, on Prime Video. Aldis Hodge and Isaiah Mustafa in “Cross”
Cover Story Brains, brawn and billionaires: Killer targets big business in ‘Cross’ Season 2 By Dana Simpson Billionaires are hardly a new concept — American oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller was the world’s first billionaire 110 years ago — and according to an article published Jan. 19, on Oxfam.org, “billionaire wealth has increased by 81% since 2020,” with a 16% jump attributed to 2025 alone. A sizable socioeconomic disparity of this kind is enough to enrage and rouse the everyman into action, and that is exactly what D.C.-based Det. Alex Cross (Aldis Hodge, “City on a Hill”) must face when the series premieres its second season Wednesday, Feb. 11, on Prime Video. Beginning with a whopping three-episode release, Season 2 of “Cross” focuses on a hunt to apprehend a female vigilante who has begun targeting America’s uber-rich. With a supposedly philanthropic CEO atop her sizeable hit list, Cross and the FBI have been called in to protect the country’s wealthy elite from the wrath of the mys-
terious woman picking them off one by one. “’Cross’ is a complex, twisted, pulse-pounding ... Washington, D.C., crime drama [that] follows Alex Cross, a brilliant homicide detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely capable of digging into the minds of murderers in order to identify and catch them,” says Prime Video. “In Season 2, Cross is in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.” One such billionaire is new central character Lance Durand, played by “Good Girls” star and horror scream king Matthew Lillard. Described by Deadline as “a ruthless, self-made business tycoon,” Lance’s morals — or, more accurately, a lack thereof — have placed him squarely within the crosshairs of this season’s mysterious leading villain. Although very little has been shared to date about Lance’s personality traits, the Season 2 trailer positions him as some-
In Focus “Dark Winds” - Season 4 (AMC+ — Feb. 15, Season Premiere) This gripping fourth season focuses on the search for a missing Navajo girl, which takes Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon), Chee (Kiowa Gordon) and Manuelito (Jessica Matten) from the safety of Navajo Nation to the gritty terrain of 1970s Los Angeles.
thing of a billionaire savior, showing the CEO at a largescale event as he proclaims to the crowd that his company, Crestbrook Industries, “will end world hunger forever.” Unfortunately, this kind of big thinking on the part of a corrupt businessman often comes with a hefty price tag for those of the less-privileged classes, which is no doubt part of our skilled killer’s driving force throughout the season. Lance, however, easily brushes off the threats as a hazard of his job: “In my position, you’re gonna make enemies along the way,” he casually tells law enforcement in the trailer. Given the large, America-wide scale of the killer’s operation, Cross and D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department are collaborating with the FBI this season. Leading the charge from the bureau’s side of the case is Special Agent Kayla Craig, played by returning cast member Alona Tal (“Veronica Mars”). “Cross” fans will remember
Craig from the show’s first season, when she tried to recruit Cross for the FBI despite his clear allegiance to the MPD and dedication to finding the Fanboy Killer (Ryan Eggold, “New Amsterdam”). “We get to peel back a layer to John, where you get to see a little bit of his backstory and watch him deal with emotion,” said Watkins in an interview with Entertainment Weekly after the Season 1 finale in November 2024. “You’ve seen how good he is at holding his friend accountable and at helping his friend navigate deep emotions. You haven’t seen how he would do it if it was him having to confront it.” “Cross” is based on the characters created by author James Patterson in his Alex Cross novel series, the first book of which was released in 1993. The beloved literary series is now home to 36 books, each of which serve as inspiration for the Prime series despite the television adaptation staying fairly original.
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“56 Days” (Prime Video — Feb. 18, Series Premiere) After Oliver (Avan Jogia) and Ciara (Dove Cameron) randomly meet in a supermarket, they fall for each other fast and dangerously hard. Fifty-six days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body — brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed. Did he kill her? Did she kill him?