Maria’s Real Killer & What Happens With Ed Ramsey

caveat! This article contains spoilers for Cross Season 1.

Through the protagonist’s personal struggles and engaging crime-solving endeavors, crossSeason 1 finally reveals the truth behind Maria’s murder and Ed Ramsey’s motives as a serial killer. Original work by James Patterson alex cross book, cross is the latest addition to Amazon Prime Video’s catalog of fascinating “dad book” adaptations. The show begins on a tragic note as Alex Cross loses his wife to a mysterious murder.

As the story unfolds, Cross not only struggles to tell his children about his wife’s tragic death, but also finds himself working the case of a dangerous serial killer. Gradually realizing that his wife’s killer is still stalking him and his family, Alex Cross, played by Aldis Hodge, pursues a serial killer intent on ending him with one final blow. We are in a race against time to do this. Realizing that this is his last chance to catch the culprit, Cross uses his powers of deduction to gradually unravel the tapestry surrounding the culprit’s motives.

Why the police burned Ed Ramsey’s scrapbook at the ending of The Cross

The police refused to give Ramsey what he wanted.

Ed Ramsey seems to have many tricks up his sleeve to accomplish his mission of killing 12 people, but Alex Cross somehow manages to stay one step ahead of him until the end and kills his final victim, Shannon. Catch him before he kills him. in cross In the final moments of season 1, Alex Cross and his team of detectives appear to have all the evidence to convict Ramsay of murdering 11 people and attempting to murder Shannon. but, they understand that that’s exactly what he wants. Although Ramsay failed in his mission to kill 12 people, he celebrates that he will be remembered as an iconic serial killer.

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He believes he has done enough to be remembered as one of the most ruthless serial killers in history, and through his scrapbooks and murder cases he hopes to become as famous as the serial killers he idolizes. are. Realizing that they could not give him what he wanted, the police tortured him by burning a scrapbook containing evidence of all his crimes. They even showed a live video of John Sampson burning his scrapbook to ashes, reminding us how the legacy of violence he so carefully constructed was coming to nothing. For this they give him the worst punishment imaginable.

Kayla and Bobby’s deal is explained in Cross’s mid-credits scene.

Kayla makes a deal that benefits her and Bobby.

Alex Cross and his team understand that the families of Ed Ramsey’s victims want answers about what happened to their loved ones. So after burning Ramsay’s scrapbook, they send Kayla to convince Bobby Trey to confess to Ramsay’s crimes. Bobby Trey, a former Washington, D.C., police officer, finds himself cornered as he is expected to help Ed Ramsey and get over $1 million from the criminal. Kayla also assures her that they will eventually find evidence for both murders Cross committed while working for Ed Ramsey.

She tells him that if he provides information about at least six of Ramsay’s victims, she will have enough evidence to frame him as a “fanboy” killer. In return, He will serve a 24-month sentence and will also have to get a full discharge.. When he accepts the offer, Kayla extends it by reminding him that he may need financial help once he gets out of prison. She tells him that if she has access to all the information Ramsay had on influential people, she can make him pay a high fee. Despite his initial misgivings, Bobby appears to have accepted Kayla’s final offer.

Why did Ed Ramsey make his victims look like famous serial killers before killing them?

Ed Ramsey saw himself as an artist

Alex Cross and the police have named the central serial killer the “Fanboy” killer. This is because he seems to have an obsession with making his victims look exactly like famous serial killers. Not only does he make them look like famous serial killers before killing them, he also feeds them the same meals they were being served before their deaths. He tries to recreate the last moments of the murderers’ lives down to the last detail and establish how much he respects them.

On the surface, He does this because he considers himself an artist. And he admires how all the murderers he admires have embraced the darkness of death, rather than avoiding it. But on a deeper level, his obsession with murder seems to reflect a dark secret from his childhood. As Alex Cross has reasoned, Ramsay’s need for attention stems from his childhood, when his mother gradually became emotionally distant from him after the death of his sister. To get his mother’s attention, he started by killing birds in the neighborhood.

As he grew older, his obsession with attracting attention and killing became even worse. So, in his final quest to be remembered as a famous killer, he undertakes the complex process of carefully selecting his victims through dating apps based on their similarities to the notorious killers he idolized. Created. Over time, he began to see himself not just as a follower, but as an artist in his own right, someone who could play God and control life and death in a way that would make his mark on history. I started thinking.

Why Peter and Miss Nancy targeted Alex Cross and his family

Peter and Miss Nancy wanted revenge

At that first moment, cross Episode 4 of Season 1 features a flashback in which a young woman, Deirdre, is accused of brutally murdering a man. Alex Cross was also called to the witness stand and said the defendant was “exhibiting all the signs”.psychopathic personality,” Cross’s statement in court resulted in Deirdre being sentenced to life in prison, despite her clean record prior to the murder. Shortly after her incarceration, Deirdre suffered abuse in prison and died by suicide.

cross In the ending arc of season 1, it is revealed that a man named Peter loved Deirdre and even visited her in prison. When Cross meets Peter’s case manager, she learns that Peter and Deirdre were frequently visiting her with their “street mother”. Towards the end of the season, Cross learns: His son’s new piano teacher, Teacher Nancy, is Peter and Deirdre’s “street mother”. She then went to his house to plan her revenge. After tricking Alex into letting the children stay at her secluded cabin, Miss Nancy sets out to carry out her final revenge plan, forcing Alex to make a disastrous choice.

She asks Cross to kill one of her children because she believes that her “daughter” Deirdre died because of Cross’s testimony in court. However, Cross exposes her by telling Peter that Deirdre was arrested because of her. After Peter murders a man, Nancy convinces Deirdre to take the blame, believing that a young white woman with an innocent background would not be judged as harshly compared to someone like Peter. However, Cross’s confession resulted in her being sentenced to life in prison, and when she died by suicide in prison, Peter and Teacher Nancy began blaming Cross and even murdered Cross’s wife.

Why did Teacher Nancy commit suicide in the finale of Cross?

Miss Nancy realized where she had gone wrong.

After failing to carry out the plan, Miss Nancy died by suicide. cross The final moments of season 1. She seems to do this because deep down she knows that Deirdre’s imprisonment is her fault. As much as she wanted to blame Cross for Deirdre’s death, she always knew that Deirdre had convinced her to take on Peter’s guilt. Even when she asked Peter to murder Cross’s wife and tried to harm his children. Her actions were driven more by guilt than anger.. Therefore, after finally accepting what she had done, she decided to commit suicide.

The real reason for assaulting an innocent man is explained

Cross’s grief and guilt get the best of him

Cross turned out to be an excellent investigator, but made a grave mistake in season 1. After his wife was murdered in Union Market, he assaulted a man in broad daylight. The man was the only employee with a record of violent crimes.. Before murdering Alex’s wife, Peter the killer even used an employee’s badge. This led Cross to further believe that the employee, who was off work that day and reported missing his badge, either killed his wife or knew something about her murder.

Mr. Cross assaulted the employee out of pure anger at his failure to protect his wife. However, it gradually became clear that the employee had nothing to do with the crime. in cross In the final moments of season 1, the title character meets with an employee and apologizes for his actions. The employee also forgave him and dropped all charges.

How ‘Cross’ Season 1 Ending Sets Up Season 2

Cross season 2 has already been updated

cross It was renewed for season 2 before season 1 was released on Amazon Prime Video. This isn’t surprising, as Season 1 is different in many ways. For example, there’s a scene where Alex Cross worries about how many of Ed Ramsey’s followers who helped him get away with his crimes are still around. In the second installment of the show, Cross becomes a potential target for many other influential people after he arrests Ramsay.

Amazon’s thrilling detective series also features a mid-credits scene that sees Bobby Trey become a negative influence on many influential people after working for Ed Ramsey. Bobby ends up in prison, but as the scene suggests, he may share the information he has with Kayla Craig. Since then cross Season 1 hints that Kayla Craig may have a relationship with Kyle Craig, the iconic villain of the original novel.she uses her newly discovered information to manipulate powerful people into potentially harming Alex Cross in season 2.

Cross features Alex Cross, a detective and forensic psychologist who is particularly skilled at understanding and analyzing the minds of murderers and their victims. Cross uses this ability to bring the murderer to justice.

cast

Aldis Hodge, Jennifer Wigmore, Mercedes de la Zerda, Sharon Taylor, Siobhan Murphy, Stacey Greenwell, Ashley Rios, Matthew Lillard

release date

November 14, 2024

season

1

franchise

alex cross

writer

Ben Watkins

director

Craig Sievers, Nzingha Stewart

creator

Ben Watkins

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