Laysla De Oliveira is so great in these moments in the early episodes of Special Ops: Lioness, because she allows us to be with Cruz as she walks boldly but carefully on the precarious line between her new professional reality and her constructed identity. [read more]

Over a quiet meal at an upscale Washington, DC restaurant, Joe was delivering a progress report about Cruz to Meade as Special Ops: Lioness Episode 2 (“The Beating”) opens. [read more]