And while it sounds like a lot for any one person to accomplish — don’t worry, Cross has help in the hands of his partner, John Sampson (Isaiah Mustafa), his “Nana Mama” (Juanita Jennings), and his fellow officers — the Season 1 finale does indeed provide an answer to the show’s greatest and most important question:

The ending of the first season of Cross finally revealed Maria’s murderer and also explored the motivations behind Ed Ramsey being a serial killer.