Network: FX
Episodes: 26 (hour)
Seasons: Two
TV show dates: July 10, 2013 -- October 1, 2014
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: Diane Kruger, Demián Bichir, Annabeth Gish, Thomas M. Wright, and Ted Levine.
TV show description:
This crime thriller explores the tensions on the U.S. - Mexico border. When an American judge known for her anti-immigration views is found dead on the bridge that connects El Paso and Juarez, Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger) from the El Paso Police Department must work with her Mexican counterpart from Chihuahua State Police, Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir). Their goal is to catch a serial killer operating on both sides of the border.
Marco understands the slippery politics of Mexican law enforcement. While his police force slowly succumbs to the pressures and demands of the...
Episodes: 26 (hour)
Seasons: Two
TV show dates: July 10, 2013 -- October 1, 2014
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: Diane Kruger, Demián Bichir, Annabeth Gish, Thomas M. Wright, and Ted Levine.
TV show description:
This crime thriller explores the tensions on the U.S. - Mexico border. When an American judge known for her anti-immigration views is found dead on the bridge that connects El Paso and Juarez, Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger) from the El Paso Police Department must work with her Mexican counterpart from Chihuahua State Police, Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir). Their goal is to catch a serial killer operating on both sides of the border.
Marco understands the slippery politics of Mexican law enforcement. While his police force slowly succumbs to the pressures and demands of the...
- 10/22/2014
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Police drama series The Bridge is not being brought back for a third season, FX announced today. Though critically well-received, the show, based on a previous Danish-Swedish series of the same name, never amassed a large following in the same manner as other programs on the network, such as Sons of Anarchy and American Horror Story, making the cancellation less than surprising.
The announcement came via a brief press release from John Solberg, executive vice president of communications at the network, who simply wrote, “FX will not be moving forward with a third season of The Bridge.”
Starring Diane Kruger and Demián Bichir, The Bridge centered on two detectives – American Sonya Cross (Kruger) and Mexican Marco Ruiz – who, in the first season, teamed to track down a serial killer operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. In the show’s sophomore run, the two detectives again partnered...
The announcement came via a brief press release from John Solberg, executive vice president of communications at the network, who simply wrote, “FX will not be moving forward with a third season of The Bridge.”
Starring Diane Kruger and Demián Bichir, The Bridge centered on two detectives – American Sonya Cross (Kruger) and Mexican Marco Ruiz – who, in the first season, teamed to track down a serial killer operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. In the show’s sophomore run, the two detectives again partnered...
- 10/21/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
A review of tonight's "The Bridge" coming up just as soon as my beard affords me special powers... "There will always be blood. You can't change that." -Eleanor These late-season episodes have done an excellent job of pulling the many sprawling plot threads together, and "Beholder" goes a step further by reminding us how so many of the characters are tied to one another through tragic pasts that have left them damaged and isolated enough to be on their current violent and/or self-destructive paths. We know that Sonya's life was inexorably changed by her sister's murder, and here we find out that the homeless woman she visited a few episodes ago is her mother. It's unclear exactly when and how Mama Cross' life spiraled out of control, but when Sonya sits opposite Eleanor, we are reminded not only the ways in which they were abandoned and/or irreparably harmed by parents,...
- 9/18/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
In this Golden Glut of TV drama, it's hard for any new drama to break through and find an audience, because there are so many options out there (not to mention easy access to most of the great dramas of the previous 50 years). It's harder still for a show that has an audience and loses it to get those people back, no matter how good it becomes. Case in point: FX's "The Bridge," the current belt-holder for Best Show You're Not Watching. In season 1, the ratings weren't huge, but they were decent enough for FX to order a second season. The problem is that the original batch of episodes — translating the Scandinavian series "Broen" from the Denmark/Sweden border to the one dividing the U.S. and Mexico, complete with a relatively faithful rendering of that show's serial killer story — wound up turning a lot of viewers off as the season went along.
- 9/10/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
I'm sorry if I didn't exercise empathy.
A body is left on the bridge that crosses the border between Mexico and the United States, half in one country and half in the other. Here's the twist: one body, two people. It sounds like the beginning of a brain-teaser, but it's just the start of The Bridge (2013-), an FX adaptation of the Danish/Swedish mystery by the same name (you know, except in Danish/Swedish). After a gentle jurisdiction tussle, American detective Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger)--hey, Bridge, Cross, I just got that--and Mexican cop Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir) have to partner up to find the killer or killers. In thirteen episodes, an elaborate, almost novelistic world is developed with cartels, cops, corruption, drugs, human trafficking, and good ol' fashioned murder like they wanted to do The Wire (2002-08) in one season. Well, it ain't The Wire, but it's perfectly engaging.
A body is left on the bridge that crosses the border between Mexico and the United States, half in one country and half in the other. Here's the twist: one body, two people. It sounds like the beginning of a brain-teaser, but it's just the start of The Bridge (2013-), an FX adaptation of the Danish/Swedish mystery by the same name (you know, except in Danish/Swedish). After a gentle jurisdiction tussle, American detective Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger)--hey, Bridge, Cross, I just got that--and Mexican cop Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir) have to partner up to find the killer or killers. In thirteen episodes, an elaborate, almost novelistic world is developed with cartels, cops, corruption, drugs, human trafficking, and good ol' fashioned murder like they wanted to do The Wire (2002-08) in one season. Well, it ain't The Wire, but it's perfectly engaging.
- 8/23/2014
- by Jason Ratigan
- JustPressPlay.net
The Bridge Season 2, Episodes 6 & 7 “Harvest of Souls”/”Lamia”
Written by Evan Wright (“Harvest of Souls”) and Dre Alvarez & Anna Fishko (“Lamia”)
Directed by Guy Ferland and Adam Arkin
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
There have been unfair comparisons made in the past between The Bridge and The Wire, but there’s no way not to invoke the latter during the last two episodes of The Bridge, which have seen various characters from both sides of the border crossing paths, at times seemingly at random. And like it often did with The Wire, The Bridge‘s use of this narrative device serves a useful purpose outside the plot: it narrows the show’s scope a bit, adding a bit of focus to a sprawling world rich with diverse characters that would otherwise feel like a random collection of stories only related by geography. The more characters on The Bridge enter each other’s lives,...
Written by Evan Wright (“Harvest of Souls”) and Dre Alvarez & Anna Fishko (“Lamia”)
Directed by Guy Ferland and Adam Arkin
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
There have been unfair comparisons made in the past between The Bridge and The Wire, but there’s no way not to invoke the latter during the last two episodes of The Bridge, which have seen various characters from both sides of the border crossing paths, at times seemingly at random. And like it often did with The Wire, The Bridge‘s use of this narrative device serves a useful purpose outside the plot: it narrows the show’s scope a bit, adding a bit of focus to a sprawling world rich with diverse characters that would otherwise feel like a random collection of stories only related by geography. The more characters on The Bridge enter each other’s lives,...
- 8/22/2014
- by Randy Dankievitch
- SoundOnSight
(Note: I only considered nominees for the categories to which they were actually submitted. For example, I could not select Alan Cumming for The Good Wife, since he did not submit himself as a Best Supporting Actor in a Drama.)
Best Drama Series: The Killing
After it controversially failed to resolve its storyline in its first season and then meandered to the case’s conclusion in its second, many viewers gave up on The Killing. What had once seemed to be AMC’s best bet for a post-Breaking Bad critical hit was now forgotten and seemed destined to be canceled. But the show was brought back for one final season on AMC and easily bested itself in quality. By exploring groups rarely showcased on television, like street kids and death row inmates, The Killing recaptured what made it unique in its first season: it was a cop show that...
Best Drama Series: The Killing
After it controversially failed to resolve its storyline in its first season and then meandered to the case’s conclusion in its second, many viewers gave up on The Killing. What had once seemed to be AMC’s best bet for a post-Breaking Bad critical hit was now forgotten and seemed destined to be canceled. But the show was brought back for one final season on AMC and easily bested itself in quality. By exploring groups rarely showcased on television, like street kids and death row inmates, The Killing recaptured what made it unique in its first season: it was a cop show that...
- 7/9/2014
- by George Morvis
- SoundOnSight
Season 1 of FX’s The Bridge was far from light viewing, tracking as it did the tireless work of a brutal serial killer along the El Paso-Juarez border.
But Season 2, premiering tonight at 10/9c, promises to serve up a “very different” — and darker — narrative, for Sonya Cross, Marco Ruiz et al.
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Having spent its freshman run aping its source material, the Danish/Swedish series Broen/Bron, The Bridge moving forward will follow multiple story lines, including the discovery of a Mexican cartel member’s body on U.
But Season 2, premiering tonight at 10/9c, promises to serve up a “very different” — and darker — narrative, for Sonya Cross, Marco Ruiz et al.
Related FX’s Sons of Anarchy Recruits Courtney Love for Pivotal Season 7 Arc
Having spent its freshman run aping its source material, the Danish/Swedish series Broen/Bron, The Bridge moving forward will follow multiple story lines, including the discovery of a Mexican cartel member’s body on U.
- 7/9/2014
- TVLine.com
When FX's border drama “The Bridge” returns for its second season on Wednesday night, Demian Bichir‘s character, Mexican detective Marco Ruiz, finds himself in a very grim position — still grappling with the heartbreaking death of his son Gus, which occurred late in the first season. TheWrap caught up with Bichir to discuss what's in store for Ruiz this season, and working with his brother Bruno Bichir, who joins the show's cast this season. TheWrap: In the season premiere, Marco seems to be in a pretty dark place. What kind of changes will he be going through this season? Demian Bichir: Basically,...
- 7/9/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
FX's border drama The Bridge has undergone a reboot of sorts in its second season.
While the show's first season followed Detectives Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir) and Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger) as they hunted for a serial killer in Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, Season 2 casts a much wider thematic net. Now left completely to its own devices rather than following the Scandinavian show on which it was based, The Bridge has shifted its focus to examine how political and corporate corruption on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border permeates issues like the drug trade, immigration and human trafficking. But make no mistake — it's actually more twisted (and bloody) than ever.
"It is a radically different show, and I mean that in the best sense of the word," creator Elwood Reid tells TVGuide.com. "It's trying to tell a bigger story, but the way we're trying to...
While the show's first season followed Detectives Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir) and Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger) as they hunted for a serial killer in Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, Season 2 casts a much wider thematic net. Now left completely to its own devices rather than following the Scandinavian show on which it was based, The Bridge has shifted its focus to examine how political and corporate corruption on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border permeates issues like the drug trade, immigration and human trafficking. But make no mistake — it's actually more twisted (and bloody) than ever.
"It is a radically different show, and I mean that in the best sense of the word," creator Elwood Reid tells TVGuide.com. "It's trying to tell a bigger story, but the way we're trying to...
- 7/9/2014
- by Liz Raftery
- TVGuide - Breaking News
The Bridge Review – Season 2
Taking a show that seemingly ends, more or less, into a season two pick-up is tricky ground under the best scenarios, but FX‘s The Bridge was the story of the hunt for a serial killer, and now we have to find something else to do with ourselves. The gimmick, apart from the serial killer investigation, was obviously trying to coordinate U.S. and Mexican law enforcement, while weaving through the corruption inherent in the world surrounding the border. This led to some great twists and turns, especially when it came to certain aspects of trying to exist as a non-corrupt person in a corrupt system, as well as trying to use a corrupt system for your not necessarily corrupt goals.
But, now that we aren’t after a serial killer, we’re left picking up the pieces, need a new focus, and awkwardly have to run through another establishment phase.
Taking a show that seemingly ends, more or less, into a season two pick-up is tricky ground under the best scenarios, but FX‘s The Bridge was the story of the hunt for a serial killer, and now we have to find something else to do with ourselves. The gimmick, apart from the serial killer investigation, was obviously trying to coordinate U.S. and Mexican law enforcement, while weaving through the corruption inherent in the world surrounding the border. This led to some great twists and turns, especially when it came to certain aspects of trying to exist as a non-corrupt person in a corrupt system, as well as trying to use a corrupt system for your not necessarily corrupt goals.
But, now that we aren’t after a serial killer, we’re left picking up the pieces, need a new focus, and awkwardly have to run through another establishment phase.
- 7/8/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
For most of its first season, FX's "The Bridge" seemed as caught between two worlds as its two heroes, who worked opposite sides of the El Paso/Juarez border. In one world, the show was stuck adapting the serial killer story from the original Scandinavian "Bron," and not providing a particularly inspired take on an overdone subject. In the other world, "The Bridge" was having a lot of fun looking at the weird culture along that border, and in establishing the bond between Texas cop Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger) and her Mexican counterpart Marco Ruiz (Demián Bichir). The second show was much more interesting than the first, but the first show kept swallowing the second one whole. Then two promising things happened. First, the season wrapped up the serial killer arc with two episodes to spare, and devoted those concluding chapters to all the things the show had done well,...
- 7/8/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
On Wednesday afternoon, we'll talk with Demian Bichir about his role as Mexican detective Marco Ruiz on the FX crime drama "The Bridge," which returns for its second season on July 9. Join us for our live chat on June 4, at Noon Pt/3:00pm Et on Gold Derby's home page. -Break- Watch: Diane Kruger on working with autism advocate for role in 'The Bridge' Bichir's beleaguered detective faced a number of challenges in the drama's first season – a son under threat, a marriage on the brink, and a partner with Asperger syndrome whom he struggles to connect with – but he's not perfect, and his personal failings on and off the job come back to haunt him. Will his emotional storyline bring him a Best Drama Actor Emmy nomination? It would be the first Emmy nod for Bichir, though he is no stranger to TV, appearing for multiple seasons...
- 6/3/2014
- Gold Derby
On Thursday, we'll talk with Diane Kruger about her role as Texas detective Sonya Cross in the FX drama "The Bridge," which returns for its second season on July 9. Join us for our live chat on May 29, at 12:15pm Pt/3:15pm Et on Gold Derby's home page. -Break- Here's an exclusive sneak peek at the FX 2014 Emmy campaign Kruger's Detective Cross is unique among TV cops: she suffers from Asperger syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder that makes it difficult for her to relate to others, particularly Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir), a Mexican detective with whom she partners to solve a series of murders on both sides of the border. Until now, the German-born Kruger has worked mostly on the big screen, in films including "Troy," "National Treasure," and the Oscar-nominated French drama "Joyeux Noel," but she is probably best known as Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourio.
- 5/28/2014
- Gold Derby
The second season of FX's “The Bridge” is turning into a family-friendly endeavor. At least as far as casting is concern. Bruno Bichir, the brother of “Bridge” star Demian Bichir, has joined the cast as a guest star for the upcoming second season of the drama. Also read: Billy Crystal Project ‘The Comedians’ Gets Series Order From FX Details about his character have not yet been revealed. “Weeds” alum Demian Bichir plays Mexican detective Marco Ruiz on the series, which also stars Diane Kruger and is based on the Danish/Swedish series “Bron.” Also read: Charlie Kaufman's FX Pilot...
- 4/1/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
“The Crazy Place,” the first season finale of The Bridge, acted very much as a preview of the second season. Right off the bat Sonya inquires about Hank’s impending retirement, which he admits to willingly putting off, and announces she intends to work the Dead Girls of Juarez with Marco who, while back to work, is still clearly harboring significant anger at the losses he’s recently suffered. The two detectives’ relationship was successfully salvaged in the previous episode, and now they have a mission statement. While Sonya and Marco are set to dig deeper into the corruption of Juarez police, and Daniel and Adriana get their own mysterious MacGuffin to track down, Charlotte is busy having her new role as the CEO of her own illegal tunnel corporation established, though I can’t decide if it’s a position I totally buy. “Place,” as...
“The Crazy Place,” the first season finale of The Bridge, acted very much as a preview of the second season. Right off the bat Sonya inquires about Hank’s impending retirement, which he admits to willingly putting off, and announces she intends to work the Dead Girls of Juarez with Marco who, while back to work, is still clearly harboring significant anger at the losses he’s recently suffered. The two detectives’ relationship was successfully salvaged in the previous episode, and now they have a mission statement. While Sonya and Marco are set to dig deeper into the corruption of Juarez police, and Daniel and Adriana get their own mysterious MacGuffin to track down, Charlotte is busy having her new role as the CEO of her own illegal tunnel corporation established, though I can’t decide if it’s a position I totally buy. “Place,” as...
- 10/4/2013
- by Joseph Kratzer
- Obsessed with Film
The Bridge Season 1, Episode 13: “The Crazy Place”
Written by Elwood Reid & Dario Scardapane
Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Returns for season 2 in 2014 on FX
Randy Dankievitch: And with a crazy stare from Marco Ruiz, the tumultuous first season of The Bridge comes to a close. At times it was enthralling – and at many other times, frustrating: but always intriguing, even when the show was in the midst of its David Tate nosedive (which unfortunately still exists… but we’ll get to that). ‘The Crazy Place’ is all of that wrapped into one neat 43-minute episode, a series of promising and not-so-promising new directions for the second season. If anything, the season finale reinforced the strongest pair of characters at the heart of the show: and pointed out the one or two dynamics that still need serious work heading into next season.
The Bridge has done one thing very, very well:...
Written by Elwood Reid & Dario Scardapane
Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Returns for season 2 in 2014 on FX
Randy Dankievitch: And with a crazy stare from Marco Ruiz, the tumultuous first season of The Bridge comes to a close. At times it was enthralling – and at many other times, frustrating: but always intriguing, even when the show was in the midst of its David Tate nosedive (which unfortunately still exists… but we’ll get to that). ‘The Crazy Place’ is all of that wrapped into one neat 43-minute episode, a series of promising and not-so-promising new directions for the second season. If anything, the season finale reinforced the strongest pair of characters at the heart of the show: and pointed out the one or two dynamics that still need serious work heading into next season.
The Bridge has done one thing very, very well:...
- 10/4/2013
- by Randy
- SoundOnSight
It doesn’t feel good to end the first season of The Bridge on this note. But a recapper cannot tell a lie: This was, unfortunately, a two-star episode after twelve weeks of installments that regularly earned three- and four-star ratings, and, in some cases, the big five. After resolving the serial killer plot two episodes ago, then opening the lens even wider last week to finally focus on the lost girls of Juárez, it seems The Bridge just ran out of season-one gas.If I may be permitted to use one final border-related analogy (for now), The Bridge has always danced close to the line that separates deep, intelligent crime dramas from standard TV serial-killer fare, while usually remaining on the smarter side of that divide. But this week’s hour, called “The Crazy Place,” didn’t feel quite as smart as usual. Marco Ruiz — who, as of just one episode ago,...
- 10/3/2013
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
After the bulk of the plot of the first major seasonal arc was wrapped up in the previous episode, I was very curious to see how the remaining two episodes of the season would achieve what it needed to provide resolution to the remaining plots and reconcile Sonya and Marco, especially now that The Bridge has been renewed for a second thirteen episode season. “All About Eva” was in fact about much more than that as the end of the all consuming David Tate plot allowed the show to open back up and return to the plots of Steven Linder and Charlotte Millwright in addition to our lead detectives. This episode, after what I felt was a slightly disappointing ending to the Bridge Butcher plot, was all about returning the show to its core strengths. It more than succeeded by not only resurrecting the looming significance...
After the bulk of the plot of the first major seasonal arc was wrapped up in the previous episode, I was very curious to see how the remaining two episodes of the season would achieve what it needed to provide resolution to the remaining plots and reconcile Sonya and Marco, especially now that The Bridge has been renewed for a second thirteen episode season. “All About Eva” was in fact about much more than that as the end of the all consuming David Tate plot allowed the show to open back up and return to the plots of Steven Linder and Charlotte Millwright in addition to our lead detectives. This episode, after what I felt was a slightly disappointing ending to the Bridge Butcher plot, was all about returning the show to its core strengths. It more than succeeded by not only resurrecting the looming significance...
- 9/27/2013
- by Joseph Kratzer
- Obsessed with Film
While much of The Bridge’s first season focused on the actions of a serial killer we now know the identity of, this series has always cast a narrative net that extends beyond one twisted man’s murderous actions. In this week’s episode — the penultimate of the season and the successor to last week’s hour, which pretty much wrapped up all that Bridge Butcher business — we began to see just how far that net might reach.The episode was called “All About Eva” because it centered on Eva Guerra — Steven Linder’s “intended,” who wandered right back into danger down in Juárez — and how her disappearance snapped Marco Ruiz out of his drunken mourning haze and back to the business of police work. But really, it was all about the many Evas, the seemingly infinite number of women who go missing in Mexico every day, leaving behind loved...
- 9/26/2013
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
"The Bridge" will remain open.
On Tuesday (Sept. 24), FX announced that it had placed a 13-episode order for Season 2 of its critically acclaimed crime thriller exploring the tensions on the Us-Mexico border.
"We've been blown away by the compelling performances of Demian Bichir and Diane Kruger and the writing of Meredith Stiehm, Elwood Reid and their team, and are thrilled to be able to continue this journey for another season," Eric Schrier, president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions, says. "We look forward to continuing our partnership with Rich Ross, Carolyn Bernstein and everyone at Shine America."
Ross, Shine America's CEO, adds, "We're thrilled that viewers and critics alike have embraced Sonya Cross and Marco Ruiz and that our partners at FX are enthusiastically joining us for a continuation of the wild ride in Season 2.
Adapted from international hit series "Bron" (set on the border of...
On Tuesday (Sept. 24), FX announced that it had placed a 13-episode order for Season 2 of its critically acclaimed crime thriller exploring the tensions on the Us-Mexico border.
"We've been blown away by the compelling performances of Demian Bichir and Diane Kruger and the writing of Meredith Stiehm, Elwood Reid and their team, and are thrilled to be able to continue this journey for another season," Eric Schrier, president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions, says. "We look forward to continuing our partnership with Rich Ross, Carolyn Bernstein and everyone at Shine America."
Ross, Shine America's CEO, adds, "We're thrilled that viewers and critics alike have embraced Sonya Cross and Marco Ruiz and that our partners at FX are enthusiastically joining us for a continuation of the wild ride in Season 2.
Adapted from international hit series "Bron" (set on the border of...
- 9/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
FX formally announced today that its freshman cross-border drama The Bridge will be coming back for another season. The 13-episodes of the not unexpected second season will premiere next summer, the network says. Season 1 of the U.S./Mexico crime show wraps up on October 2. “We’ve been blown away by the compelling performances of Demian Bichir and Diane Kruger and the writing of Meredith Stiehm, Elwood Reid and their team, and are thrilled to be able to continue this journey for another season,” said Eric Schrier, President of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions in a statement today. “We look forward to continuing our partnership with Rich Ross, Carolyn Bernstein and everyone at Shine America.” The Bridge, which is adopted from the Euro-series Bron about a bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden, follows two cops — one Mexican, one American – as they jointly investigate a serial killer terrorizing the border.
- 9/24/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
FX has ordered a second season of its new drama series "The Bridge," placing a 13-episode order for season 2, it was announced today by Eric Schrier, President of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions. Starring Academy Award-nominee Demian Bichir and Diane Kruger, "The Bridge" is a present-day crime thriller exploring the tensions on the Us-Mexico border. When an American judge known for her anti-immigration views is found dead on the bridge connecting El Paso and Juarez, Sonya Cross (Kruger) from El Paso Pd must work with her Mexican counterpart from Chihuahua State Police, Marco Ruiz (Bichir), to catch a serial killer operating on both sides of the border. Marco understands the slippery politics of Mexican law enforcement, and while his...
- 9/24/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
During the first half or so of “Take the Ride, Pay the Toll” the biggest “R” I was feeling would have to be regret; regret that maybe the series I had felt the greatest anticipation for at the beginning of the year met its end at the hands of a revenge-killin’, cliched piece of genre trope like David Tate. Actually, I thought that despite my disappointment in what I felt was a lack of synthesis between Tate’s motivations of those of the politically minded Bridge Butcher, the character was portrayed by both Eric Lange and the writers and directors quite well, but Elle’s line just felt so right to parody there. Anyway, throughout the beginning of the episode I grew increasingly mournful over what steadily resembled a very well produced series that looked more and more like a weaker version of Se7en. But...
During the first half or so of “Take the Ride, Pay the Toll” the biggest “R” I was feeling would have to be regret; regret that maybe the series I had felt the greatest anticipation for at the beginning of the year met its end at the hands of a revenge-killin’, cliched piece of genre trope like David Tate. Actually, I thought that despite my disappointment in what I felt was a lack of synthesis between Tate’s motivations of those of the politically minded Bridge Butcher, the character was portrayed by both Eric Lange and the writers and directors quite well, but Elle’s line just felt so right to parody there. Anyway, throughout the beginning of the episode I grew increasingly mournful over what steadily resembled a very well produced series that looked more and more like a weaker version of Se7en. But...
- 9/19/2013
- by Joseph Kratzer
- Obsessed with Film
By the standards of The Bridge, a show that regularly juggles multiple story lines, crimes, and border crossings, the latest episode was notable for its narrative focus. The writers zeroed in on a single story line and technically, only a few things happened. But those things were major.A crazy man, David Tate, strapped on a bomb and threatened to blow up a bridge. Sonya Cross prevented Marco Ruiz from shooting that crazy man. And Gustavo Ruiz, Marco Ruiz’s only son, died far too soon, in a most heartbreaking, haunting fashion. That death — which, up until the last third of the episode called “Take the Ride, Pay the Toll,” seemed like it might be prevented — was upsetting, but not really surprising. This is a show that marinades in the melancholy. For Sonya’s sudden realization that Gus was trapped in a water-filled barrel nestled behind the walls of the...
- 9/19/2013
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
The Bridge, Season 1, Episode 11 “Take the Ride, Pay the Toll”
Written by Dario Scardapane
Directed by John Dahl
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Est on FX
Although The Bridge has struggled with the Tate story line throughout the season, they’ve never run out of ways to use him as an emotional vehicle for Marco Ruiz, bringing their feud to a head in “Take the Ride, Pay the Toll”, a dramatic hour that squeezes every possible ounce of tension out of the final showdown between Tate and Ruiz – and then smartly switches perspective to Sonya as the other shoe drops with a massive clang to the floor. Ironically, the effectiveness of the events on the bridge (and at Tate’s house) only stand to point out the problems so far this season (and challenges that exist in the near future), giving an interesting – if problematic – dichotomy to the micros and macros of the show.
Written by Dario Scardapane
Directed by John Dahl
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Est on FX
Although The Bridge has struggled with the Tate story line throughout the season, they’ve never run out of ways to use him as an emotional vehicle for Marco Ruiz, bringing their feud to a head in “Take the Ride, Pay the Toll”, a dramatic hour that squeezes every possible ounce of tension out of the final showdown between Tate and Ruiz – and then smartly switches perspective to Sonya as the other shoe drops with a massive clang to the floor. Ironically, the effectiveness of the events on the bridge (and at Tate’s house) only stand to point out the problems so far this season (and challenges that exist in the near future), giving an interesting – if problematic – dichotomy to the micros and macros of the show.
- 9/19/2013
- by Randy
- SoundOnSight
“I am a man, a father. This is not a game!” An emotional Marco Ruiz shouted those words in this week’s exceptional episode of The Bridge as he rifled through newly packed dirt, fearing that his only son, Gus, was buried beneath it. Within the context of the story, he was simply responding to Sonya Cross, who insisted that no body would be found in that seemingly fresh grave because manipulative serial killer David Tate — the same egocentric sicko who kidnapped Gus — was “just playing” with Marco. But Marco’s choked-out exclamation also serves as a pretty apt summary of where The Bridge has finally placed us emotionally.At certain points during its first season, we’ve approached The Bridge the same way we process any TV crime story that focuses on a series of murders. We’ve treated it like an elaborate, occasionally grisly puzzle. We’ve played...
- 9/12/2013
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
The Bridge, Season 1, Episode 9: “The Beetle”
Written by Elwood Reid
Directed by Keith Gordon
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Est on FX
After last week’s reveal of David Tate/Kenneth Hastings as the mastermind behind most of the killings in Sonya and Marco’s main investigation, it is only fitting that “The Beetle” focuses most of its attention on Kenneth Hastings and his plan. As David Tate, he was a brilliant FBI agent who wanted to investigate the innumerable murders and pink crosses in Juarez but was blocked by bureaucracy. This is the cause that he has been highlighting in his murders so far, but “The Beetle” would have us see those killings and their accompanying social and political statements as mere distractions from his real plan: torture Marco Ruiz for the death of Tate’s wife and son. And this is the true disappointment of The Bridge. The...
Written by Elwood Reid
Directed by Keith Gordon
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Est on FX
After last week’s reveal of David Tate/Kenneth Hastings as the mastermind behind most of the killings in Sonya and Marco’s main investigation, it is only fitting that “The Beetle” focuses most of its attention on Kenneth Hastings and his plan. As David Tate, he was a brilliant FBI agent who wanted to investigate the innumerable murders and pink crosses in Juarez but was blocked by bureaucracy. This is the cause that he has been highlighting in his murders so far, but “The Beetle” would have us see those killings and their accompanying social and political statements as mere distractions from his real plan: torture Marco Ruiz for the death of Tate’s wife and son. And this is the true disappointment of The Bridge. The...
- 9/5/2013
- by Katherine Springer
- SoundOnSight
David Tate is a disturbed, vengeful, murderous bastard. We knew this as of last week’s episode of The Bridge, when we realized Tate is the Bridge Butcher, as well as a man pretending to be Kenneth Hasting, and a vengeful widower who lost his wife and son in a terrible car accident, and someone who has it in for Marco Ruiz, who was sleeping with that wife just before she died. This week’s episode further confirmed all of that information. But it also introduced this notion: that plenty of other relatively decent people in El Paso can just as easily be driven to kill. Cesar put a bullet in Graciela Rivera’s henchman without giving it much more than a millisecond of thought. Charlotte Millwright then followed up by shoving a pitchfork directly into Graciela’s torso, ensuring that she’ll never bump off another defenseless horse or...
- 9/5/2013
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
After last week's big reveal on FX's The Bridge -- in which viewers learned the killer was none other than "Kenneth Hastings" (a.k.a. David Tate), the co-worker who's been romancing the wife of Det. Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir) -- one looming question remains: What is Tate's endgame? Is he motivated merely by a personal vendetta against Marco (who was having an affair with Tate's wife when she was killed in a car crash years prior), or is there a larger political agenda to his actions?
Both, according to Eric Lange, who plays the murderer. "The personal is political," Lange tells TVGuide.com.
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Both, according to Eric Lange, who plays the murderer. "The personal is political," Lange tells TVGuide.com.
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- 9/4/2013
- by Liz Raftery
- TVGuide - Breaking News
The Bridge, Season 1, Episode 8: “Vendetta”
Written by Fernanda Coppel
Directed by Norberto Barba
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Est on FX
More than halfway through its debut season, The Bridge has finally revealed its long-teased baddie and his dark intentions. Except that, after a substantial buildup of intriguing socio-political motivations, it seems that was all a smokescreen to lure Marco Ruiz north of the border so our villain could set into motion his far more personal, and far less interesting, revenge-fueled plan. With the various criminal factions at work so far this season, one could easily be forgiven for being confused after this reveal. There’s the immigrant- and now gun-smuggling group, who seem to have some connection one generation back with Marco, there’s the Beast, the nameless man or men slaughtering young women in Jaurez, there’s Jack Childress, who kidnapped Maria and tied her up in the desert (potentially?...
Written by Fernanda Coppel
Directed by Norberto Barba
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Est on FX
More than halfway through its debut season, The Bridge has finally revealed its long-teased baddie and his dark intentions. Except that, after a substantial buildup of intriguing socio-political motivations, it seems that was all a smokescreen to lure Marco Ruiz north of the border so our villain could set into motion his far more personal, and far less interesting, revenge-fueled plan. With the various criminal factions at work so far this season, one could easily be forgiven for being confused after this reveal. There’s the immigrant- and now gun-smuggling group, who seem to have some connection one generation back with Marco, there’s the Beast, the nameless man or men slaughtering young women in Jaurez, there’s Jack Childress, who kidnapped Maria and tied her up in the desert (potentially?...
- 8/29/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Well, that’s a relief. The Bridge’s serial killer — the same man who has murdered judges, tossed interconnected corpses onto the U.S.-Mexico border, tied up immigrants in the Texas desert, decapitated FBI agents, slit the throats of law enforcement psychiatrists, and left numerous deep-throated, socially conscious voice mails — has finally been caught.“We got him. It’s over,” Detective Marco Ruiz declared after Jack Childress — a mentally unstable loner who wrote a book called The Dialectics of El Paso del Norte, which proves he knows the same Sat words as the killer and therefore must be him — was apprehended and placed in El Paso police custody. Yep, it’s only episode seven but the Bridge Butcher murder case is now closed. So let’s just call next week a halfday and cancel the rest of The Bridge season one because all the issues have been resolved, right?...
- 8/22/2013
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
Everything is interconnected, the Bridge Butcher keeps reminding us. In this week’s episode of The Bridge, the evidence in the escalating cross-border murder case illustrated just how true that is. First our detectives confirmed that the killer’s latest target, Peter Meadows, was indeed a therapist for many law enforcement officials. Then Marco Ruiz further confirmed that one of those law enforcement officials was Lieutenant Hank Wade.As Hank confessed to Marco, he went to see the shrink because — Big Reveal — he was the detective who investigated the rape and murder of Sonya’s sister and fired the bullet into Jim Dobbs’s brain that rendered him mentally incapacitated, only capable of coloring childlike drawings that later wind up on refrigerators. “I was troubled with what I did to the little sister,” Hank explained, “I took away any hope she had of getting answers.” Just as Sonya attempted to...
- 8/15/2013
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
A political television show is always a bit of a risky proposition: characters become ideologies, fictional settings (usually Washington, D.C.) is warped in a way that’s only problematic when a show is situating itself in a place that its audience knows all too well, and we, as an audience, are usually left with sermons and visions of utopias in the place of stories and character development. The past year has yielded two shows that root themselves firmly in political atmospheres while managing to remain, as a whole, apolitical: Netflix’s House of Cards and FX’s The Bridge.
Cards is focused firmly on Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and an imagining of what really goes on behind closed doors in the Capitol. The central conceit of the show is that it’s familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time. We know the Capitol building, we know that elected officials...
Cards is focused firmly on Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and an imagining of what really goes on behind closed doors in the Capitol. The central conceit of the show is that it’s familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time. We know the Capitol building, we know that elected officials...
- 8/14/2013
- by Michael Moeller
- Obsessed with Film
Television is full of male characters who are selfish, venal, adulterous and worse, but as "The Bridge" actress Diane Kruger pointed out at a press event Friday, female characters with fewer flaws are often judged far more harshly.
In the new FX drama, Kruger plays Texas police detective Sonya Cross, who has Asperger's Syndrome. Sonya's a hard worker but is a little rough around the edges, and as Kruger pointed out at the Television Critics Association press tour, "Mad Men's" Don Draper is able to get away with far more transgressive behavior than Cross.
Kruger was asked what it's like to play a woman who is not socially adept and thus comes off harshly at times.
"It's both exciting and it's a little scary," Kruger replied. "Just the fact that I'm a woman has a lot of negativity about that. It's much more acceptable for a man to be brusque and rude,...
In the new FX drama, Kruger plays Texas police detective Sonya Cross, who has Asperger's Syndrome. Sonya's a hard worker but is a little rough around the edges, and as Kruger pointed out at the Television Critics Association press tour, "Mad Men's" Don Draper is able to get away with far more transgressive behavior than Cross.
Kruger was asked what it's like to play a woman who is not socially adept and thus comes off harshly at times.
"It's both exciting and it's a little scary," Kruger replied. "Just the fact that I'm a woman has a lot of negativity about that. It's much more acceptable for a man to be brusque and rude,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Maureen Ryan
- Huffington Post
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
While journalist Daniel Frye and Detective Marco Ruiz are en route to the drop point for the ransom money he surmises the killer’s readiness to let Maria perish by saying, “He killed nine Mexicans, what’s one more?” This is why there’s actual suspense as to whether this woman will live or die – because despite the killer’s clear message that action needs to be taken to improve the conditions surrounding the citizens of Juarez, he’s absolutely willing to sacrifice those whom he’s theoretically trying to help (which is probably why he was rejected from Ni Una Mas). The audience is invested in the story because even if the territory looks familiar it’s being realistically tread, viewers know that the stakes have been legitimately raised, and the perpetrator is as skilled as he is unpredictable.
As for the million dollars in cash,...
While journalist Daniel Frye and Detective Marco Ruiz are en route to the drop point for the ransom money he surmises the killer’s readiness to let Maria perish by saying, “He killed nine Mexicans, what’s one more?” This is why there’s actual suspense as to whether this woman will live or die – because despite the killer’s clear message that action needs to be taken to improve the conditions surrounding the citizens of Juarez, he’s absolutely willing to sacrifice those whom he’s theoretically trying to help (which is probably why he was rejected from Ni Una Mas). The audience is invested in the story because even if the territory looks familiar it’s being realistically tread, viewers know that the stakes have been legitimately raised, and the perpetrator is as skilled as he is unpredictable.
As for the million dollars in cash,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Joseph Kratzer
- Obsessed with Film
Demian Bichir, Diane Kruger
The Bridge, Season 1, Episode 4: ‘Maria of the Desert’
Written by Chris Gerolmo
Directed by Bill Johnson
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Much of the first three episodes of The Bridge have focused on fleshing out the characters on both sides of the border, giving the audience a better idea of what makes them tick, and doing a fantastic job of it. This week’s episode used the framework of a standalone case, in the form of the search for the missing woman in the desert, to give a look at how the characters relate to each other, in another solid episode that introduces a promising new character while offering a look at how the Mexican cartels operate.
The exploration of the character relationships this week was particularly fascinating. The entrance of Fausto Galvan, in particular, is a promising development, as this episode indicates he will be the bridge,...
The Bridge, Season 1, Episode 4: ‘Maria of the Desert’
Written by Chris Gerolmo
Directed by Bill Johnson
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Much of the first three episodes of The Bridge have focused on fleshing out the characters on both sides of the border, giving the audience a better idea of what makes them tick, and doing a fantastic job of it. This week’s episode used the framework of a standalone case, in the form of the search for the missing woman in the desert, to give a look at how the characters relate to each other, in another solid episode that introduces a promising new character while offering a look at how the Mexican cartels operate.
The exploration of the character relationships this week was particularly fascinating. The entrance of Fausto Galvan, in particular, is a promising development, as this episode indicates he will be the bridge,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
This week’s episode of The Bridge was the best one since the season premiere that first pulled us into this ugly, sordid, serial-killer-on-the-Mexican-u.S.-border mess. In addition to delivering a climatic, nail-biting final fifteen minutes, it provided clarity on some crucial matters, including Steven Linder’s activities and why, like most things, they lead back to Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. It also introduced new shades of gray involving the Wainwright tunnel and the increasingly conflicted Marco Ruiz. Honestly, I’m having a hard time knowing whom to fully trust on this show right now. If Rio hadn’t been so cruelly bumped off last week, I could probably have been convinced that horse was the serial killer.But enough about horse murder. Let’s talk about jaw-dropping hypocrisy. Which is another way of saying: Let’s talk about Ralph Gedman, the FBI agent who insisted on dropping...
- 8/1/2013
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
The Bridge Season 1, Episode 3 ‘Rio’
Written by Meredith Stiehm
Directed by Charlotte Sieling
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
It is clear by now that The Bridge wants to be a series that deals with all aspects of life in El Paso and Juárez, a world defined by the precarious relationship of two neighboring countries, one characterized by extreme poverty, the other by prosperity, and the series uses the hunt for a serial killer as a way into this world. Before the show can explore its loftier goals, it first has to address the killer’s dozen (and counting) murders. “Rio” is the first episode in the series to give this manhunt a sense of urgency.
Without a doubt, the first two episodes of the The Bridge suffered from dangling plotlines, but where the show had previously been ambiguous about the connection between the murder investigation and the suspicious...
Written by Meredith Stiehm
Directed by Charlotte Sieling
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
It is clear by now that The Bridge wants to be a series that deals with all aspects of life in El Paso and Juárez, a world defined by the precarious relationship of two neighboring countries, one characterized by extreme poverty, the other by prosperity, and the series uses the hunt for a serial killer as a way into this world. Before the show can explore its loftier goals, it first has to address the killer’s dozen (and counting) murders. “Rio” is the first episode in the series to give this manhunt a sense of urgency.
Without a doubt, the first two episodes of the The Bridge suffered from dangling plotlines, but where the show had previously been ambiguous about the connection between the murder investigation and the suspicious...
- 7/25/2013
- by Katherine Springer
- SoundOnSight
Clearly this recap needs to explore the concept of dialectics. And it will, very shortly. But first, this re-visitation of The Bridge episode called "Rio" must raise an extremely important question that cannot be suppressed: Marco Ruiz, Whyyyy did you have to hook up with Charlotte Wainwright? (Or is it Wainright? The Bridge’s press kit spells her last name one way, her future tombstone spells it another. Guess that’s one more of this show’s — say the next word in your best Demian Bichir accent — mysteries.)However she spells her last name, I can understand why Charlotte (Annabeth Gish) opted to fling herself at Marco. She’s still grieving. She’s constantly uncovering her late husband’s many secrets, which include, but probably are not limited to, his possession of a tunnel to Mexico and a relationship with Lyle Lovett. Meanwhile, Marco’s been so kind. And his voice is sexy.
- 7/25/2013
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
If Detectives Marco Ruiz and Sonya Cross of FX’s The Bridge are to catch the brutal killer who is targeting — and taunting — both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, they will need to learn to work together, despite their cultural differences and distinct personalities.
Related | FX’s The Bridge: Did It Cop Your Attention?
And while an easygoing, rule-bending lawman from the Chihuahua State Police and a rigid, socially stilted member of the El Paso Pd might not seem a complementary coupling, Demian Bichir, who plays Marco Ruiz, promises, eventually, a productive dynamic.
“I think this is...
Related | FX’s The Bridge: Did It Cop Your Attention?
And while an easygoing, rule-bending lawman from the Chihuahua State Police and a rigid, socially stilted member of the El Paso Pd might not seem a complementary coupling, Demian Bichir, who plays Marco Ruiz, promises, eventually, a productive dynamic.
“I think this is...
- 7/17/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Demian Bichir talks up his role in FX cop drama The Bridge There’s an early scene actor Demian Bichir keeps pointing to as proof of the depth and complexity of his lead character Marco Ruiz on the new FX cop drama The Bridge, an adaptation of the single-season Swedish drama Bron. Ruiz, a police detective for the state of Chihuahua, Mexico and Ciudad Juarez, has crossed the border to visit the offices of the El Paso police and meet with Detective Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger). After the discovery...
- 7/17/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
The pilot episode of The Bridge indicates it’s a series which speaks softly and carries a very big stick. Despite being a crime drama about two seemingly mismatched detectives joining forces to capture a serial killer – two of the most tired TV tropes in existence – you hardly notice because of two general strengths: careful attention to detail and being deeply rooted in horrific realism. This does not look like a show which sets out to reinvent the wheel, just produce a very efficient and overall solid wheel.
The pilot episode of The Bridge indicates it’s a series which speaks softly and carries a very big stick. Despite being a crime drama about two seemingly mismatched detectives joining forces to capture a serial killer – two of the most tired TV tropes in existence – you hardly notice because of two general strengths: careful attention to detail...
The pilot episode of The Bridge indicates it’s a series which speaks softly and carries a very big stick. Despite being a crime drama about two seemingly mismatched detectives joining forces to capture a serial killer – two of the most tired TV tropes in existence – you hardly notice because of two general strengths: careful attention to detail and being deeply rooted in horrific realism. This does not look like a show which sets out to reinvent the wheel, just produce a very efficient and overall solid wheel.
The pilot episode of The Bridge indicates it’s a series which speaks softly and carries a very big stick. Despite being a crime drama about two seemingly mismatched detectives joining forces to capture a serial killer – two of the most tired TV tropes in existence – you hardly notice because of two general strengths: careful attention to detail...
- 7/12/2013
- by Joseph Kratzer
- Obsessed with Film
The 91-minute premiere of The Bridge on FX on Wednesday drew 3.04 million viewers in its 10 Pm airing. That’s a dip from the 3.22 million that The Americans garnered on its January 30 debut on the same night and virtually the same time slot of 10 Pm to 11:38 Pm. Fast nationals have the heavily promoted drama about a serial killer on the Us/Mexican border garnering 1.16 million in the adults 18-49 demo, down from the 1.57 million the 1980s-based spy drama pulled earlier in the year. Over two showings last night, The Bridge pulled in 4.12 million viewers – a scant 2% less than the 4.23 million The Americans got over its debut and first encore. Adopted from the Euro-series Bron about a bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden, The Bridge stars Diane Kruger as El Paso Pd Sonya Cross and Demian Bichir as Marco Ruiz her counterpart from Chihuahua State Police. FX picked up a 13-episode order of the series in February.
- 7/11/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
FX adds another bold, gritty and compelling drama to their stable of shows with "The Bridge," starring Academy Award nominee Demian Bichir ("A Better Life") and SAG Award nominee Diane Kruger ("Inglourious Basterds").
That unexpectedly brilliant odd couple casting is just the first clue this isn't your average cop drama, despite the fact that Bichir plays Detective Marco Ruiz from Juarez, Mexico and Kruger plays Detective Sonya Cross from El Paso, USA.
Ruiz and Cross start off on awkward footing when they meet over the body of a dead woman on the Mexico-us border. But many things -- including the body -- are not exactly what they appear and soon enough Ruiz and Cross find themselves working together to crack the case.
She's by the book, he likes to bend the rules. They spar and banter and investigate leads. So far, so familiar. But "The Bridge" is a perfect example...
That unexpectedly brilliant odd couple casting is just the first clue this isn't your average cop drama, despite the fact that Bichir plays Detective Marco Ruiz from Juarez, Mexico and Kruger plays Detective Sonya Cross from El Paso, USA.
Ruiz and Cross start off on awkward footing when they meet over the body of a dead woman on the Mexico-us border. But many things -- including the body -- are not exactly what they appear and soon enough Ruiz and Cross find themselves working together to crack the case.
She's by the book, he likes to bend the rules. They spar and banter and investigate leads. So far, so familiar. But "The Bridge" is a perfect example...
- 7/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
FX's new crime series, "The Bridge," promises interesting times ahead. The drama is set in El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. It opens with a single murder -- or at least what looks like a single murder. The body is dropped on the border between the countries, ultimately uniting two very different detectives.
American Detective Sonya Cross immediately claims the homicide on the bridge between the two cities, despite half of the body being on the Mexican side. Detective Marco Ruiz is happy to let it go, considering how many more murders there are in Juarez each year compared to El Paso. But it's not that simple.
Cross soon learns that the body may have been dressed and arranged as if it was one person, but it was two bodies split at the waist. The upper torso is American while the lower portion is Mexican, thus bringing Ruiz back into the fold.
American Detective Sonya Cross immediately claims the homicide on the bridge between the two cities, despite half of the body being on the Mexican side. Detective Marco Ruiz is happy to let it go, considering how many more murders there are in Juarez each year compared to El Paso. But it's not that simple.
Cross soon learns that the body may have been dressed and arranged as if it was one person, but it was two bodies split at the waist. The upper torso is American while the lower portion is Mexican, thus bringing Ruiz back into the fold.
- 7/11/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The Bridge, Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot”
Written by Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid
Directed by Gerardo Naranjo
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
“Pilotitis” is an umbrella term that connotes a wide variety of complaints typically leveled at pilots, from awkward bouts of exposition, to shoddy or simplistic characterization, to overplotting, but one underlying truth remains: pilots are hard as hell to pull off with any effectiveness. Over the last month, Sound on Sight staff have written a plethora of pieces about what they feel to be some of the best, but few qualify as truly flawless. FX happens to have an exceptionally recent record for drama pilots; Justified, The Americans and Terriers all boast inaugural episodes that establish setting, theme and character with grace and confidence, while managing to function splendidly as contained hours of television. (FX’s very first original drama, The Shield, features what most will...
Written by Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid
Directed by Gerardo Naranjo
Airs Wednesdays at 10pm Et on FX
“Pilotitis” is an umbrella term that connotes a wide variety of complaints typically leveled at pilots, from awkward bouts of exposition, to shoddy or simplistic characterization, to overplotting, but one underlying truth remains: pilots are hard as hell to pull off with any effectiveness. Over the last month, Sound on Sight staff have written a plethora of pieces about what they feel to be some of the best, but few qualify as truly flawless. FX happens to have an exceptionally recent record for drama pilots; Justified, The Americans and Terriers all boast inaugural episodes that establish setting, theme and character with grace and confidence, while managing to function splendidly as contained hours of television. (FX’s very first original drama, The Shield, features what most will...
- 7/11/2013
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
A dead woman is placed strategically over the Us-Mexican border with half of her body in the United States and the other half in Mexico. That sounded more like the synopsis for a police or forensics procedural episode than for an entire series.
The Bridge took the imagery of one body split into two parts over two countries to explore the differences between the disparate neighboring countries and law enforcement resources, highlighted by the investigating officers: Sonya Cross and Marco Ruiz.
The premiere started off slow, without much sense of how this one event would turn into a series long mystery. Marco turned over the body and investigation to Sonya without even thinking about it. A jurisdictional fight over the case wasn't even considered as I had expected.
By the time Sonya went into the autopsy room, I was beginning to question if this was a show that would hold my attention,...
The Bridge took the imagery of one body split into two parts over two countries to explore the differences between the disparate neighboring countries and law enforcement resources, highlighted by the investigating officers: Sonya Cross and Marco Ruiz.
The premiere started off slow, without much sense of how this one event would turn into a series long mystery. Marco turned over the body and investigation to Sonya without even thinking about it. A jurisdictional fight over the case wasn't even considered as I had expected.
By the time Sonya went into the autopsy room, I was beginning to question if this was a show that would hold my attention,...
- 7/11/2013
- by carla@tvfanatic.com (Carla Day)
- TVfanatic
FX on Wednesday night premiered the best new drama of the summer, The Bridge. Did the first episode leave you wanting más?
Related | The Bridge‘s Diane Kruger Hails FX Drama’s ‘Risky’ Themes, ‘Ballsy’ Handling of Asperger’s
The Bridge stars Diane Kruger as Sonya Cross, an El Paso police detective who takes charge when the body of a murdered American, anti-immigration judge is found on the causeway that connects her Texas town with Juarez, Mexico. But when it’s discovered that the bisected corpse in fact had the legs of a young Mexican woman, Chihuahua State Police officer...
Related | The Bridge‘s Diane Kruger Hails FX Drama’s ‘Risky’ Themes, ‘Ballsy’ Handling of Asperger’s
The Bridge stars Diane Kruger as Sonya Cross, an El Paso police detective who takes charge when the body of a murdered American, anti-immigration judge is found on the causeway that connects her Texas town with Juarez, Mexico. But when it’s discovered that the bisected corpse in fact had the legs of a young Mexican woman, Chihuahua State Police officer...
- 7/11/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Will you make the trek across The Bridge on a weekly basis? That is the question after FX's serial killer drama premiered tonight, introducing viewers to two detectives forced to work together when a murdered body is found on the border of the United States and Mexico. Diane Kruger makes her TV debut as Sonya Cross, an El Paso police detective with Asperger's syndrome, in the series, which also stars Oscar nominee Demián Bichir as her reluctant partner Marco Ruiz, a Chihuahua State police detective. Now that you've seen The Bridge, we're curious to know what you thought of the new series... When the corpse of a woman, an anti-immgration judge, is discovered in the middle...
- 7/11/2013
- E! Online
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