The Bridge's first season has ended. So let's talk about the finale!
Spoilers after the cut.
A couple of weeks ago, I wondered where the story would go with David Tate captured, the mystery essentially solved, and little enough drama remaining to be squeezed out of the relationship between Marco and Sonya. Then came the news that the show was renewed for a second season, to air in 2014. So that left me wondering where the show would go next season. I think the season 1 finale has answered that question, to a small extent.
The finale revolves around two stories: Marco and Sonya finding Eva Guerra and keeping her safe, and Charlotte's continued descent into some shady (if not outright criminal) activities. Charlotte's role in the series thus far has not amounted to a whole lot. Earlier in the season, she seemed to have more weight, but the subplot with Tampa Tim and the ATF went nowhere, as the ATF have made no move to take her out as yet. There was the appearance of Arliss Frome (Fromme? not sure how to spell his last name), which was unexplained and makes no sense at the moment. We don't know who he's aligned with, though he seems to have a lot of knowledge (as he tells us outright).
Marco and Sonya have an unusually easy time finding Eva Guerra. Once Marco goes back to El Paso, armed with the knowledge gained from Celia at the end of episode 12, he doesn't take long to convince Sonya that they should find Eva. They head back to Juarez; Sonya checks the surveillance cameras in the department with Celia while Marco heads off Capitan Robles and distracts him, thus keeping him from finding out what they're doing. Their investigation (most of which is beating up a cop tasked with killing Eva and burying her in the desert) leads them to a broken-down monastery where they find Eva still under the effects of drugs from the police party in the last episode. Marco arranges a ride for Eva and Sonya across the border and Sonya eventually gets her to Hank's house. A while later, Linder meets Hank at his house and takes his seat next to his beloved.
Charlotte has her lawyer draw up contracts which appear to delineate who can use the tunnel and how. She also has Cesar and Ray signed up as employees of her "company". She's made a deal with the devil, Fausto Galvan, in order to keep the tunnel open and running. I'm not sure what her motivation is, exactly. I guess it has to be money, since her late husband left her the land and the ranch that sits on it. But for her to turn to Galvan and trust him any farther than she can throw him is a mistake on her part. And now she has to deal with Arliss, who is anything but what he seems.
Speaking of Galvan, he makes an appearance late in the episode as Marco pays him a visit. They drink some tequila before getting down to business. Marco wants to get a shot at killing David Tate, presumably to finish what Tate started. Galvan states that it would be difficult, but not impossible to have him killed, but to get Marco a shot at him sounds exceptionally difficult. The fact that Marco would go to Galvan for such a thing makes me doubt his character being a "good man" as Sonya seems to think, but it does set up an interesting story for season 2. I imagine that Galvan will play a much more prominent role than he did in season 1. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he was the main antagonist, since he now has connections to two of the three main characters. I don't doubt that Sonya will find some way to connect Galvan to the missing girls in Juarez, either.
Assuming the story becomes more about the interrelations between these characters and less about hunting for a killer or some such (it's already been done this season and took 11 episodes to finish up), the second season should be just as successful as the first, if not more so. It's been a great season and I look forward to season 2.
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