xhidden99 First let me say it has a quiet power. It's refreshing to watch a series that isn't the Gilmore Girls at 800 words per minute. But the first season had a direction and plot arc they dropped in the second. It could have been a one done but in S2 it sort of falls apart and turns into a random thing. Scene by scene it's all disconnected. And then they start tossing in random characters like Sonya's my mom. Contrary to official summaries Marco is notc a good guy he does what he wants from day to day. Sonya doesn't really have aspergers. And be prepared there are episodes in S2 that almost entirely in Spanish. Which is fine but if you don't speak Spanish you can't take your eyes off the screen for a second.

bjarias There's a great review of this show by Tim Goodman on The Hollywood Reporter website.. search it out, it's well worth the read. The Bridge is not a perfect production.. few are.. but no doubt, it is a very good one... well above the average bunch of innocuous, boring crime dramas blatantly fed to viewers today. Kruger and Bichir do top notch work.. casting kudos.. they're a very odd pairing, just as they were meant to be. When you stick your neck out and are willing to take risks, there's a good chance there are going to be some missteps... but like the last line of Goodman's well written and thoughtful critique says.. "... growing pains are good... they're what you feel when you're evolving."

AudioFileZ n the new world order of television it is extremely common for various domestic TV markets to have a re-make of a program original to another country/market. That said, why not a re-make of re-make, or a third-generation re-envisioning of an original already re-made once (is there a fourth generation re-make already?).I didn't see the original Swedish/Danish production entitled "The Bridge", but I did see the French/British re-make called "The Tunnel". The Tunnel was quite good and very slow to reveal the real plot. It was hugely inhabited by the pairing of two quite different detectives from two closely situated countries known to have plenty of their own culture differences. Sounds like a perfect template for yet another, this time American, re-make with the U.S. and Mexico as the geographical "ground-zero". Yes?Yes, most definitely. Could two countries be closer physically, yet in denial of their common problem, i.e., the fact they are practically joined together by a less than well-secured border? And so, the idea of two murder victims of which only half of each, a bisected upper torso with the lower torso of a different victim, being purposely placed on each countries divisional line works well using El Paso's and Juarez's Bridge of the Americas. Perfect, unless someone blows it. And, of course, there are many ways in which that can happen.Four episodes in and it appears the writers/producers didn't blow it. In fact, even seeing the joint French/British excellent production does little to water down a very good story with most elements pretty much lifted yet transformed.Diane Kruger plays Sonya Cross, a El Paso detective who is so dis-enfranchised from common human emotions as to seem as if she dropped in from another planet. Clemence Posey's portrayal for the "The Tunnel" is certainly hard to follow and it appears Kruger has used it wisely to create her own version in which comparison is not a problem. In fact, she does the role total justice as if she really is disaffected to some unnatural degree (i.e. in real life).. The Mexican detective Marco Ruiz, played by Demian Bichir, has a bit more latitude in that The Tunnel's counterpart Karl Roebuck, played by Stephen Dillane, is more of the common man beset by everyday problems and weaknesses. Bichir's Ruiz character retains much good and, again, transforms the role as befitting the geographical and cultural differences. The always dependable character actor Ted Levine grounds these two as the officer in charge overall.So, The Bridge is off to a fantastic start in yet it's third incarnation. This time the newspaper reporter, who plays a vital role, is fleshed out even more to good effect. The theme of illegal immigration and it's assorted crimes underpin things for a shadowy murderer seeking to make a big statement. This should be good indeed, we shall see.

purrlgurrl What is very good about the show:1. Diane Kruger is doing her best work. 2. Demian Bichir. You can't take your eyes off him even when he's only on the periphery of the action. He's that good. 3. The chemistry between Kruger and Bichir. 4. Ted Levine. 5. Matthew Lillard. 6. Annabeth Gish. 7. A great Hispanic cast. 8. Recurring cameos by Lyle Lovett. 9. The context is the real-world tragedy of hundreds of young women going missing in Juarez. 10. A fascinating glimpse at life in US-Mexico border towns.What's not so good:1. The murder in the pilot is still hanging, but I suspect it will resurface. 2. What looked to be a very wrong change in story direction mid-season. However, by the end of the season it seems maybe this several episode shift was to provide additional motivation for Bichir's character. Nevertheless, the plot shift went on for too many episodes and almost tanked season one.Thankfully, Fox has ordered a second season. Here's hoping the producers now give the storyline some serious TLC because this show has enormous potential to be one of the great ones.