A body is found on the bridge from El Paso, Tx to Juarez, Mexico, a half-body on each size of the dividing line of the border. The killer in this series is ruthless, very resourceful and capable of pulling off amazing deception to hide his identity. This includes: knocking out the lights & cameras on 'the Bridge'; contacting authorities to level demands, using location & voice encryption; and planting evidence to incriminate other weirdos. In one scenario, he locks a reporter in his car, and sets off a countdown on a bomb planted in the backseat. What's unusual is that the killer later discloses that he has a vendetta against the reporter, which makes us wonder why the bomb was not foolproof?
The performances and suspense are very good, even if the plot is somewhat fanciful. By episode 11, we are pretty much wrapped up on the who & the whys, which makes me wonder why 13 episodes? I would suggest you end it there. In the interim, there is some bad language and a few sensual scenes worth fast-forwarding, if, like me, you preferred the sanitary depictions of intimacy of the 1940 film noirs (camera pans away from a couple alone in a room).
We binged this over the course of a few days-so, I can hardly rate it below 8. Stripping out the fluff, the show's pacing would have improved with 8 episodes-not 13. That'd include NOT bothering to resolve every little plot-line.
The performances and suspense are very good, even if the plot is somewhat fanciful. By episode 11, we are pretty much wrapped up on the who & the whys, which makes me wonder why 13 episodes? I would suggest you end it there. In the interim, there is some bad language and a few sensual scenes worth fast-forwarding, if, like me, you preferred the sanitary depictions of intimacy of the 1940 film noirs (camera pans away from a couple alone in a room).
We binged this over the course of a few days-so, I can hardly rate it below 8. Stripping out the fluff, the show's pacing would have improved with 8 episodes-not 13. That'd include NOT bothering to resolve every little plot-line.