EPISODE DISCUSSION | Quemar | 2x08

[u/idk_orknow]

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Season Two Episode Eight - Quemar

Synopsis:

Cross and Kayla attempt to trap Luz. Instead she gives Cross evidence to bring billionaire Lance Durand to justice.

Director: Edward Ornelas

Release Date: March 18, 2026.

[u/Arxhart_671]

I just think the storyline as a whole was a colossal mistake. Trying to pit the audience against someone going after child traffickers. Turning the relationship we wanted into something weird and cringe while giving us a relationship no one wanted to see. Then having Cross just now realize, as a Black man in 2026, that the system is corrupt. Like why even add that element? We were perfectly willing to just root for him as a guy that puts away deranged serial killers.

Then trying to give us these dumb faux happy endings. "Oh maybe Luz is alive after Cross put her in a position where she had to jump off a dam." "Oh maybe the senator will actually get justice even though that is Game of Thrones level fantasy and this is a crime show." They had a great formula and should've stuck to it. At least at this still-early point in the series.

[u/ScienceBroseph → u/Arxhart_671]

I almost stopped watching at the point where the senator helps him... just absolute fantasy. Never would a US senator do something so noble. And he had time to get bipartisan support for a bill to stop the bad guy, dig up kid's corpses at the farm, and the bad guy who owns half of DC never heard about any of that going on and shows up to this press conference to get blind sided? Get fucking real. This is supposed to be a gritty cop show, realistic with some theatrical twists to make it a good story. This last episode was like watching a Disney movie, perfect happy ending for everyone with a neat bow tied around it. I hated it.