Summer Date Set for FX's "The Bridge"
by Matt Webb Mitovich
5/16/14


"The Bridge", FX’s acclaimed adaptation of the Danish series "Bron", will open its sophomore run on Wednesday, July 9 at 10 pm.

http://tvline.com/2014/05/16/the-bridge-season-2-premiere-date-fx-the-strain/

http://grantland.com/features/fx-the-bridge-juarez-mexico-border-immigration/

"What had become a rote potboiler simmering on someone else’s stove,” says Andy Greenwald, "is now bubbling over with fresh eccentricities and exhilarating menace. Those who bailed out of frustration are advised to jump back in now. After a year spent dawdling between inspiration and expectation, 'The Bridge' has finally picked a side. It has fully crossed over now, and it’s all the better for it.” PLUS: Season 2 may be too ambitious (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/bridge-tv-review-717459) for its own good, it bites off way more (http://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5879401/fxs-crime-drama-the-bridge-grows-too-epic-in-season-two) than it could chew in Season 2, it has a “Wire”-sized envy (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/in-season-2-fxs-the-bridge-reaches-a-little-too-far/2014/07/08/b5d0164c-00c2-11e4-b8ff-89afd3fad6bd_story.html) for epic sprawl, and it has much stronger command of its subject (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-fxs-the-bridge-finds-more-consistency-in-season-2) matter this season.


Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#TD6uRsWG6QCgB62v.99

I thought the second season got off to a slow start. There wasn't a lot of action or menace or suspense in that first episode but I'll keep watching.