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The Bridge

2013–2014 · 2 seasons

A grim, sun-bleached procedural that keeps you tense with its cross-border politics and fractured characters.

Created by: Elwood Reid, Meredith Stiehm
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Diane Kruger, Demián Bichir, Thomas M. Wright

Overview: A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.

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Created by: Elwood Reid, Meredith Stiehm
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Diane Kruger, Demián Bichir, Thomas M. Wright

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
corruption
justice
isolation
morality
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
procedural
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, crime
Created by: Elwood Reid, Meredith Stiehm
Written by: Mauricio Katz, Esta Spalding, Adam Gaines, Chris Gerolmo
Starring: Diane Kruger, Demián Bichir, Thomas M. Wright, Ted Levine, Annabeth Gish, Matthew Lillard, Emily Rios, Abraham Benrubi
Music: Shawn Pierce
Cinematography: David Franco, Attila Szalay
Length: 2 seasons, 26 episodes, 45 min each
Network: FX
Country: United States of America, Sweden
Languages: English, Spanish

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