We are already halfway through the first season of Special Ops: Lioness and although it seems that we have made little progress, we are moving forward. After being drugged and nearly raped (again!), Cruz (Laysla DeOliveira) is able to repay the team that saved her by helping them with a separate operation that is costing the freedom of Joe’s (Zoe Saldaña) soldiers. To make sure everything goes well this time, Kaitlyn (Nicole Kidman) has to personally lead the operation, and if there’s anyone rocking the whispered voice and few words this actress is Nicole Kidman. She exudes authority.

So we stayed more around this action, which must at some point connect with the original operation of the group, not understanding how Cruz disappearing for the second time does not trigger the warning signal for Aaliyah. Seriously, it more and more reinforces my impression that she is more than aware of what is really going on.

Joe is having problems at home and at work. The permanent imbalance worries Kaitlyn, who offers a professional alternative to her friend, who refuses right away. Apparently being unhappy is in her DNA. And the action is tense but successful. With the coast clear inside the house it’s time to resume the original operation and Cruz, like us, is surprised by the idea after she disappeared for three days after the bad breath at the club. Kaitlyn suggests telling the “truth” – which seems to us to acknowledge the ruffing with her drinks – but Cruz chooses to admit that she doesn’t like Aaliyah’s friends. And nothing disproves my theory, but there’s clearly a seduction vibe going on with Aaliyah, still on the beach in the Hamptons, demanding a FaceTime call and asking to see Cruz/Zara’s body and bedroom. “We are Lady and the Tramp, you and me”, she suggests giving a new alternative to her real unhappiness with marriage. Hiding her homosexuality would indeed make her a person with secrets and a keen survival instinct.

Feminine complexity is at the heart of the Lionesses, the military unit that since 2013 has selected female Marines to infiltrate the lives of terrorist women, and that serves as the inspiration for the Paramount Plus series. Initially, the unit was created to search and interrogate female insurgents, but it has grown in different ways, starting to locate wives, girlfriends, and daughters of high-value targets and approach them. Many end up losing their lives, something that can happen in Special Ops: Lioness. The main drama will obviously be when Cruz has to make a decision about Aaliyah and vice versa. Their friendship is their salvation, as well as their greatest risk. Without Cruz following Joe’s lead, the stakes for everyone increase. Who believes in (unlikely) happy endings?

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