Cross

Previously on Cross...

There are two remaining targets on Luz Porras' hit list.

Nat Gancarz and Lance Durand.

With the evidence you gave me on this drive,

I can destroy Lance Durand.

You said no one's life is more important than the mission.

What's up? You good?

- W-What's wrong? - Everything is just great with me, boss.

We still doing that bullshit?

What, you're not my boss now?

Do you know where your sister is?

Toledo... Ohio?

I've been talking to LaDonna.

You know, I sat right here in this chair when you told me she was dead.

John...

J-John. John.

Remember the last time

Gabriela Porras turned down our money?

I recorded it.

We need that recording.

Did you get it?

Yeah, I got it.

Donnie, you were a good friend to her.

Luz never needs to hear this.

- Where's Donnie? - Mija.

It was Cross.

Heard somewhere that the system

only works if we all follow the same rules.

Is it working?

I was nine years old

when I figured out that we destroyed half the chickens we raised.

Feed 'em, grow 'em and kill 'em.

But not for food.

Didn't make any sense to me.

I heard about starvation,

and I'd seen those images of children with these distended stomachs.

And my dad...

My dad said,

"We have to kill to chickens to maintain the price of poultry."

"Because we don't want to go out of business."

I told him right then and there,

I sa-I said...

"I'm gonna make a difference, I'm gonna end world hunger."

And he... looked at me

laughed in my face.

And called me an idiot.

And said, "Grow up."

"Grow up, idiot."

So I went to bed that night, crying.

And my mom...

She snuck in late, and she whispered in my ear,

she said, "Don't you listen to him."

If you believe in yourself, you believe in your destiny

doesn't matter what they say about you.

"Ain't nothing in the world's gonna stop you."

Tomorrow, we launch the Prosperity Seed

and I fulfill my destiny.

Do you believe in destiny, Nat?

I think that's why I'm here.

Back that up here.

- All right, let's keep it moving. - You got full access...

Hold on.

You told me Luz was spotted last night.

And I sent 40 agents to Lansing.

Turns out it was a false alarm.

You had a phone, a vehicle and a vicinity.

- None of that panned out? - Probably ditched the phone.

Definitely ditched the vehicle. We found it in Virginia, burnt out.

So you have no idea where she is.

I can tell you where she's headed, if she isn't already here.

We need to shut this whole thing down.

We have the governor coming. Two sitting senators, the vice president.

You'd rather put them all in danger

than shut down Lance's public jerk-off session?

Yeah, you can call this. For your boss' safety, I would s...

My boss has waited his whole life for this moment.

- He is willing to take the risk. - Are you?

Luz is going in order and you're next.

It is my job to be in harm's way.

It's gonna be real hard to protect your buddy Lance if you're dead.

Oh, hold it. Nobody's dying. We're just trying to...

He's not changing his mind.

This is happening.

And you need to make it safe.

Priority for the next two days is security over capture.

Full details at the dinner,

the award banquet, the planting of the Prosperity Seed.

What we are not gonna do

is have another damn disaster like that wedding.

And so they just call it the Iowa Award?

I mean, that's the actual name?

That's the name, yeah. It worked perfectly fine for Herbert Hoover.

The pilaf, too? Even the rice?

The rice, uh, the wine, the silverware, even.

Everything you're putting in your mouth tonight

is from the great state of Iowa.

Uh, let's raise a glass.

To the great state of Iowa. Cheers, everyone.

Do you know if any of this was prepared with bell peppers?

Uh, absolutely not. We were notified about your allergy ahead of time

to make sure there was no chance of cross contamination.

It's fine. I'm fine.

Excuse me.

I'm so sorry.

Is there anything I can get you or anything I can do?

I'm fine.

It's not the first time.

Wait, you don't think...

Someone got careless, that's all.

Where is the nearest urgent care?

It is wrong that I even want to punch kid Lance in the face?

No.

Hey. I've got updates.

Nat's heading to urgent care under FBI protection.

They're next on Luz's list so this doesn't feel like a coincidence.

Also, Griffith's brother woke up.

Says there was an audio recording.

Donnie Hayes came for it and the brother gave him the wrong one.

Kept the real one.

A recording of...

Fucking Iowa. Lance and his buddies,

planning to murder Gabriela Porras.

I doubt it would hold up in court, but, you know,

if I was Luz...

Who's got the recording now?

We do. And there's a curve ball.

Clare, you promised us that you could change your sister's mind.

Gabriela is stubborn. Always has been.

She said even millions of dollars couldn't stop her from doing what's right.

The auntie set up Luz's mother?

Nat Gancarz?

What's going on?

Rental car linked to Clare Porras' credit card

was found half a mile away from the award venue.

Then a woman who fits Luz Porras' description

was spotted at a 7-Eleven less than three blocks away.

Excuse me, I'm sorry. Uh, I'm sorry.

- If something's happened here, -Mr. Durand,

- I want to know... - You need to get back in your car.

- I want to know what's happening. - Now. Come on.

We can't have him anywhere near the city right now. We need

to pull the plug on the banquet and get him

- somewhere we can control. - Got it.

We're sending you back to the farm, Mr. Durand.

Everything's fine.

Rodriguez, tell this driver don't stop for anything

until he's checked in with Agent Murray back at the farm.

Told you she would come.

Nothing's confirmed yet.

Assuming Cross is correct and Luz

is doing this in order, that means Nat dies first.

Kayla's right.

For every kill, the moment and the setting

have been specific, symbolic.

She isn't gonna try to mess up the order and she isn't gonna try

to take out Durand in some random Iowa hotel.

All the murders so far have made national headlines.

You don't think offing Lance will get her

the lead story on every major news outlet in the world?

We can't afford to take any chances. So why don't you follow your hunch

and I'll coordinate the search in town.

Nat Gancarz? Sorry for the wait,

but your time has come.

Where's Durand?

Got a text from his head of security a few minutes ago.

Said Durand got rerouted back to his hotel.

A text? From Nat Gancarz?

Nah. Call the detail at the hospital.

- I need a 20 on Nat Gancarz. - Not just a 20.

I need eyes on them right now.

We need visual confirmation.

Nat's missing.

Call Lance's driver now.

What's going on?

This is where she said to bring you.

What? Who?

Answer me, Steven.

Hey! What are you doing?

Hello, Lance.

Checking the perimeter now.

This kill is the culmination of everything she's worked for.

She'll want poetic justice.

The home

to a brave young woman named Xochitl.

A depraved machine built to enrich Lance Durand

and his cronies.

Every kill, the moment and the setting

have been specific, symbolic.

The Prosperity Seed that grows...

We will end world hunger forever.

He deserves to be

watered in blood, just like

his Prosperity Seed.

And what you need to do is get out of the way.

What you got, Sugar?

I know where she took him.

Look, Luz, I know you hate me.

Okay? But you're taking action against something you think you know.

But we... we never...

We've never talked, all right?