Quite
lately The Bridge has been knocking
it out of the park with its great episodes, so I was really looking forward to
this one. This episode seems to be more of a payoff episode than the others to
me, and I don’t quite know why. There really isn’t that much action in the episode.
This episode is actually more of a payoff for Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir)
because of what he gets to do here.
We don’t see
much of Fausto Galvan (Ramon Franco), Eleanor Nacht (Franka Potente) or
Charlotte Millwright (Annabeth Gish) in this episode. We do see Daniel Frye
(Matthew Lillard) for a slightly extended length compared to the others, but
still not that much. I could say this episode is dedicated to Marco’s story and
Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger), Hank Wade (Ted Levine), Steven Linder (Thomas M.
Wright), and Eva (Stephanie Sigman)’s storyline, but this is mainly about Marco,
readying himself to get his revenge on David Tate (Eric Lange). Sonya goes with
Hank and the man who is trying to arrest the bad Juarez police officers to get
a statement from Eva. Steven Linder is involved simply because he is present
for this.
While I don’t
believe this episode matches the greatness of its predecessors, it is still a
very intelligent and spellbinding experience. I was in this episode from
beginning to end. This is somewhat because of the really well-written dialogue
and the very good execution. In the slow scenes with Marco in which we’re
supposed to figure out what he’s doing, it’s directed in such a fashion and
manner that it’s engrossing, almost. And the scenes having to do with Eva’s
statement are also very interesting. This episode was thoughtfully crafted and
the director understood what the screenwriters were going for, so it was also
thoughtfully executed. It may not be as interesting as the past 3 episodes
because the script isn’t quite as good, but it’s really good nonetheless.
I will say
that after a while, Marco’s storyline did feel somewhat tired and un-energized,
however. He has to go through many steps to be able to get to David Tate, and
that takes a while. In the few scenes preliminary to that scene, I did feel
that the episode was getting bland.
The scenes with
the faces we see the least of here were all so brief that they were really aren’t
worth talking about… except David’s. As I said earlier, that scene does have a
longer length than the others, and it’s definitely the most interesting. I won’t
say what happens, but what does is a great setup to further David and Adriana
Mendez (Emily Rios)’s story. And I think it may be better than it was before.
Charlotte’s scene is a bit interesting too, but Fausto’s scene and Eleanor’s
scene don’t further the plot or then as characters.
The
execution of this episode, as I already said was very good. As usual, the
cinematography is a great. And the director does a good job here, too. He was
able to make the scenes with Marco leading up to his big payoff entertaining.
The execution of all the scenes felt very good. He took the really well-written
script, and put it on to the screen well.
I felt satisfied after this episode of The Bridge, even though it wasn’t as
good as its three preliminary episodes. The dialogue was spellbinding. The
direction was good. The plot was crafted thoughtfully. It was a very well-written
and directed episode.
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