by Lee Padrick, October 9, 2013
WARNING: This review contains spoilers.
The Bridge has wrapped up its initial season and is poised for 2014. The Big Bad of Season 1 was defeated a few episodes ago, and we've been treated to a few episodes of Season 1.5. A bonus thrown to the audience for tolerating David Tate? Perhaps.
Hank (Ted Levine) and Sonya (Diane Kruger) spend some time at Hank's ranch, where he shows off his rodeo skills while Sonya decompresses. These two characters are fun to watch, and I hope we get more of their backstory next season. Sonya is concerned that Hank is considering retirement, but he assures her (and us) he will be back next season.
by Lee Padrick, September 26, 2013
WARNING - This review contains spoilers
The serial killer arc has wrapped up and The Bridge is dealing with the aftermath. And I must say, I liked this penultimate episode.
We finally got back to the premise of the show that we started watching during the early run of the season. The El Paso/Juarez dynamic is an interesting world and as the show moves past the evil mastermind of David Tate (who has a brief scene where he smirked at Marco as he was perp walked into the courthouse), we get a glimpse of where this show may be headed in the second season.
Hey, The Bridge producers, if you're reading this. More Galvan and Linder, please.
And Sonya's character development is progressing nicely, as we see her lamenting the salvaging of her sister's Bronco and her new-found empathy for her "partner", Marco. Marco's on a month-long bender after the death of his son (he doesn't seem too concerned that his wife is gone), and Sonya's trying to reignite his passion for his work, by stopping in to see him and his Walter White-inspired beard. After a few failed attempts, I think Sonya has rescued Marco from his pity party and when we last see him, he's clean-shaven and at the courthouse (where the previously-mentioned Dr. Evil wannabe smirks at him).
