‘The Bridge’ episode 10 review: Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard lift convoluted story

At this point during the run of “The Bridge,” we cannot figure out whether or not this is an excellent crime story or a melodrama. The show was stronger overall back before we knew who David Hill was or what some of his motivations were. Having Marco be a cheater (again) is not the most interesting story, even if his son Gus being in harm’s way at least started to get the show moving again in the right direction this week.

What the show did right this week was ultimately twofold. For one, you really had the sense that what Sonya Cross and Marco Ruiz were going through at this point was something both traumatic and terrible. They were beaten-up physically, wounded mentally, and Marco was so tired that he was almost a zombie and not thinking clearly. How else do you explain him playing directly into David’s hand yet again by agreeing to more or less do whatever he wants?

In between what’s happening here and Charlotte suddenly becoming a killer overnight, there is quite a bit that we are confused about when it comes to this show. However, we do at least having a theory now about why Charlotte is still being featured here. What if she is the Big Bad for season 2, and the writers are giving us her story this year so that the showdown is a little more intense? It’s still a little bit of a stretch since we don’t think she has the intellectual capacity to be that prolific a killer, but it is worth watching out for.

What continues to lift the show past its occasional stumbles are the performances, starting first and foremost with that of Diane Kruger, who gets better and better every week as a character who we first felt was to black-and-white, even for someone with her condition. Her meltdown over not being able to protect Gus was not only completely believable, but incredibly heart-wrenching to watch. Meanwhile, Matthew Lillard seriously needs to be promoted to a series regular for season 2, provided that he is still around after David kidnapped him. If he’s dead just as he is starting to realize that he needs help, then it’s a very unjust ending for one of the show’s most-interesting and complicated characters, just as we are starting to figure out where he fits in this complicated puzzle.

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