Another cop drama? Bear with me
people, for this one probably gives you something more than just dead bodies to
watch.
The first time I found out about
‘The Bridge’, the only thing that attracted me was the list of the cast. Once I
saw Diane Kruger among that list, I got curious and decided to check out this
new FX’s show. But pardon me, I just finished watching it last night, so I
guess my review was kind of late. Haha.
To be honest, I’m sick and tired
of cop drama, so I didn’t have much expectation about this one. I only watched
it because I was wondering what kind of show that could’ve gotten Kruger and
Demian Bichir to star on it in the first place. I bet they must have seen
something on the show, right? Otherwise, they wouldn’t have bothered to play the
roles, since they both are big screen’s players.
Anyway, here’s what I think about
‘The Bridge’:
The show started with a typical
opening of a cop drama’s pilot. Crime scene, dead body, cops snooping around
with their walkie talkies, and so on, and so forth. The one thing that should
get your attention was the location where the body was founded, which is right
in the border of US and Mexico. The case then gets more interesting when the
body itself turned out to be half-cut, with each half was ripped from two
different persons.
As the story unfolds, we get to
see that apparently, the case was part of serial killers which has been
happening in Mexico for years. Only this time, it looks like the killer has
decided to expand his work to US as he never gets the attention he deservedly
got from the Hispanics.
A simple murder case then becomes
more complicated as two detectives from both country, Sonya North and Marco
Ruiz are forced to work together to resolve the mystery. Not only the two have
different background and work ethic, their characters doesn’t seem to match
perfectly either.
In the show, Kruger plays North,
a female detective who has an Asperger. She plays really well as a bitch in my
opinion, as she doesn’t seem capable to feel empathy for the victim’s family
and her lack of emotion really drives people around her -- and even me as an
audience -- frustrated. She’s uptight and intends to do everything by the book to
follow the procedure.
Meanwhile, Bichir plays Ruiz, a
detective who lives in a country of which morality and integrity are a
compromising matter for law enforcement. Even so, he still has a willing and
good intention to make it right, despite of everything his country has put him
through. Bichir also nails his role and successfully plays a humble, dignified
man in the show.
Along with the strong characters,
the premise of the show is pretty solid too. How often we could see a sensitive
topic like immigration to be brought on TV? This could be a good start to see
something different on a cop drama, which usually only comprised of murders and
how to get the killer. On ‘The Bridge’, I could see more complicated and
political conflicts ahead.
So the acting and the premise are
definitely not an issue here. But I do have some concerns. I’ve told you that
North is an Asperger. So how come she could become a homicide detective in the
first place? On the pilot, I’ve seen her handling a victim’s family and totally
wrecked it. So I wonder how could she put herself together during an
interrogation with a suspect or a witness after all? She couldn’t even relate
with other people’s feelings, for God sake. How could she trick a suspect to
confess when she couldn’t even lie?
Another thing I’d like to
emphasize here is the plot. I think the plot on the show is too slow. God, I almost
fell asleep when I watched it. There were some scenes that kept me awake
though, like when they found the body was half-cut and when a reporter trapped
in his car with a bomb. But the most interesting part for me was the sneak-peak
for the next episode on the end of the show, hahhaha.
I think I’m gonna stick around
with this show for a while to check on where this is headed. In the end, I give
‘The Bridge’ 7.5 out of 10. Not addictive, but worth the chance.
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