# Cross
Where to watch: Amazon
Type: TV Show
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Year: 2024
Curator Score: ★ 50%
Rating count: 35,078
Tagline: New season. Higher stakes. Same Cross.
Main stars: Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings
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Cross
A slick, watchable crime thriller with a strong lead performance and an easy binge pace, but it leans heavily on familiar serial-killer procedural beats and can feel more pulpy than distinctive. Best if you want a glossy, emotionally wounded detective story rather than a deeply original mystery.
Plot overview:
Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it.
Cast: Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, Johnny Ray Gill, Jeanine Mason, Wes Chatham, Matthew Lillard
Production: Skydance Television, Amazon MGM Studios, Paramount Television Studios, Blue Monday Productions, Paramount Television Studios
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict: A slick, watchable crime thriller with a strong lead performance and an easy binge pace, but it leans heavily on familiar serial-killer procedural beats and can feel more pulpy than distinctive. Best if you want a glossy, emotionally wounded detective story rather than a deeply original mystery.
Best for: fans of dark network-style crime procedurals; viewers who like damaged-guy detective leads; binge-watchers who want fast-moving casework and cliffhangers; people who enjoy serial-killer thrillers with family stakes
Skip if: you want a highly original or prestige-level crime drama; you’re tired of brooding detective-with-trauma stories; you prefer tightly realistic police procedure over heightened thriller plotting; you want a complete, finished series with no ongoing arc
Overview: Cross is built for momentum: a charismatic central performance, a grim Washington, D.C. setting, and a steady stream of murders, conspiracies, and personal stakes. It understands the appeal of a brilliant detective whose private life is as damaged as the cases he solves, and it keeps the episodes moving with enough twists to make it easy to keep going.
Worth noting: What keeps it from being a stronger recommendation is familiarity. The show often feels like a polished remix of better-known serial-killer and cop-thriller traditions, with emotional beats and procedural turns that rarely surprise for long. It’s effective more than revelatory, and the tone can slide toward melodrama when it would benefit from restraint.
Bottom line: If you like your crime dramas sleek, intense, and bingeable, it delivers solid entertainment. If you’re looking for a standout mystery engine or a fresh take on the genre, it’s likely to feel like good-enough television rather than essential viewing.
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Cross
Where to watch: Amazon
TV Show · Crime · Drama
2024 · ★ 50% (35.1K)
New season. Higher stakes. Same Cross.
Starring: Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings
Overview Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it.
Production Skydance Television, Amazon MGM Studios, Paramount Television Studios, Blue Monday Productions, Paramount Television Studios
Cast Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, Johnny Ray Gill, Jeanine Mason, Wes Chatham, Matthew Lillard
Where to watch Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
A slick, watchable crime thriller with a strong lead performance and an easy binge pace, but it leans heavily on familiar serial-killer procedural beats and can feel more pulpy than distinctive. Best if you want a glossy, emotionally wounded detective story rather than a deeply original mystery.
Best for
fans of dark network-style crime procedurals
viewers who like damaged-guy detective leads
binge-watchers who want fast-moving casework and cliffhangers
people who enjoy serial-killer thrillers with family stakes
Skip if
you want a highly original or prestige-level crime drama
you’re tired of brooding detective-with-trauma stories
you prefer tightly realistic police procedure over heightened thriller plotting
you want a complete, finished series with no ongoing arc
Overview
Cross is built for momentum: a charismatic central performance, a grim Washington, D.C. setting, and a steady stream of murders, conspiracies, and personal stakes. It understands the appeal of a brilliant detective whose private life is as damaged as the cases he solves, and it keeps the episodes moving with enough twists to make it easy to keep going.
Worth noting
What keeps it from being a stronger recommendation is familiarity. The show often feels like a polished remix of better-known serial-killer and cop-thriller traditions, with emotional beats and procedural turns that rarely surprise for long. It’s effective more than revelatory, and the tone can slide toward melodrama when it would benefit from restraint.
Bottom line
If you like your crime dramas sleek, intense, and bingeable, it delivers solid entertainment. If you’re looking for a standout mystery engine or a fresh take on the genre, it’s likely to feel like good-enough television rather than essential viewing.
Recommended similar titles
2017 · ★ 75% (397.1K) · Where to watch: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
For viewers drawn to serial-killer psychology, methodical investigation, and a chilling, prestige-level crime atmosphere.
2002 · ★ 95% (431.8K) · Where to watch: Max
If you want crime storytelling with deeper social texture, institutional corruption, and a more ambitious long-form structure.
2014 · ★ 93% (755.3K) · Where to watch: TNT, Max
Best for viewers who want moody, atmospheric investigations with damaged investigators and a strong sense of dread.
2013 · ★ 91% (310.3K) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Stylized, psychologically twisted, and visually rich, with a fascination for killers, obsession, and intimate horror.
2017 · ★ 83% (152.9K) · Where to watch: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
An accessible, case-by-case psychological crime series that leans into trauma, obsession, and hidden motives.
2019 · ★ 88% (137K) · Where to watch: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
A more grounded and emotionally serious crime drama that prioritizes investigation, empathy, and procedural realism.
2016 · ★ 90% (194.8K) · Where to watch: Pure Flix, Max
A grim, absorbing crime miniseries with strong atmosphere, moral complexity, and a heavy emotional pull.
2013 · ★ 58% (40.1K) · Where to watch: Hulu
A bleak, character-driven mystery with a damaged investigator, unsettling crimes, and strong mood.
2005 · ★ 60% (242.7K) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
For the case-of-the-week serial-killer format and the appeal of profiling dangerous minds, though with a more ensemble-driven structure.
2006 · ★ 72% (934.2K) · Where to watch: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Spectrum On Demand
A darker, more stylized serial-killer-centered thriller that also mixes family life, secrecy, and compulsion.
2022 · ★ 67% (293.8K) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads
If what you want is a fast, muscular, highly bingeable Prime Video action-thriller with a strong central presence.
2013 · ★ 66% (303.4K) · Where to watch: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
A glossy network-style mystery engine with big twists, ongoing conspiracies, and an easy-to-watch serialized pace.
Themes
serial killers, grief and trauma, family stakes, obsession, detective work, corruption, psychological suspense, urban crime
Topics
crime thriller, procedural, serial killer, dark tone, bingeable, psychological suspense, family drama, urban setting, mystery, neo-noir
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