The Bridge (TV series): Difference between revisions

 

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* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Saga. The actor and writers have said that she probably is autistic/Asperger in some way, but that they didn't explicitly state it to keep their freedom of writing without offending/misleading people.

* [[Best Served Cold]]

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: The killer wants to draw attention to the plight of the vulnerable in society, by murdering them in incredibly cruel and gruesome ways.

* [[It's Personal]]: {{spoiler|In the final few episodes, Martin discovers that Jens wants revenge against him, for sleeping with his wife just before she died. He takes his wife and kids, and his teenage son, hostage.}}

* [[Jurisdiction Friction]]: Part of the initial hype for the show, and possibly hoped for by the killer. But actually the two police forces work together pretty well, barring some arguments over who gets to carry a gun {{spoiler|(initially humorous but later played more seriously).}}

* [[Keeping Secrets Sucks]]: Saga complains about being asked to keep Martin' secret {{spoiler|that he's the guy who had an affair with Jens' wife.}}

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: We hope that Saga has several identical pairs of black leather trousers. If not, she probably isn't very pleasant to be around.

* [[Magic Plastic Surgery]]: {{spoiler|Jens}}

* [[Mailer Daemon]]: {{spoiler|August and the killer, who is pretending to be a (real) female friend of his.}}

* [[Porn Stache]]: Stefan the Swedish social worker.

* [[Running Gag]]: Saga's boss explaining "She meant to say 'How are you?'", Martin's insistence that Saga needs a hobby, and the Swedes waking Martin up early in the morning while he's sleeping.

* [[Shoot Your Mate]]: {{spoiler|With an innocent bystander}}.

* [[Start to Corpse]]

* [[Theme Serial Killer]]

* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: Briefly discussed and defied; once the case becomes [[It's Personal|personal]] for Rohde, it's suggested that he be taken off it. He matter-of-factly states that if he is, [[Vigilante Man|he'll just keep investigating on his own time]], so he's kept on.