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“The Bridge” recap (2.7): Lamia

When Frye falls off the wagon, he falls hard. After being fired from the El Paso Times, he’s doing a ton of blow and dancing with his sponsor Gary to STYX. In his manic state, he remembers to ask Gary to hook him up with his contacts at the Secretary of State, and Gary agrees. They play a little air drums, but are interrupted by a knock at the door. It’s Adriana, wearing a messy ponytail and a pissed off expression. She barges in and turns off their music, much to Gary’s dismay. He calls her a “bitch” and Frye tells him to back off. Adriana’s his best friend, man. She showed up because Frye kept butt dialing her and she was worried. Gary quickly realizes that he just threw away five years of sobriety for this little drug and prog-rock session. Frye tells him that they can start again tomorrow and sends him on his way. When Frye raises a bottle to his lips, Adriana grabs it and smashes it to bits. She drags him out of the apartment behind her.

Marco is on the witness stand, delivering testimony about Pintado’s case and the night that he and Sonya had a run in with the dirty cops. He lies and says that he was following the cops on direct orders from Capitan Robles. The men on the panel seem to believe Marco, or at least feel comfortable accepting his side of the story. Outside of the courthouse, Capitan Robles waits for Marco, slapping him on the back and calling him the “hero of Juarez.” Marco rejects the label and refuses to stand in front of a crowd and pretend that he’s done some noble deed. Robles advises him to put on his best smile and shut up, otherwise he might have to implicate Sonya in the shooting. Marco agrees but warns Robles to stay away from Sonya and Eva or the affidavit will wind up in the right person’s hands.

Later that morning, Adriana and her girlfriend Lucy are all snuggly in bed when Frye, bumbling around in her kitchen, rudely awakens their slumber. They stumble out to see Frye using his pants to wipe up some spilled milk. “Which one of you lesbians is the knitter?” a pantsless Frye asks upon seeing a basket of yarn. Lucy asks if Frye’s got a problem with knitting. (You don’t want to mess with knitters Frye. Those needles are sharp.) Of course, he finds it sexy and the women both suppress a gag. Lucy kisses Adriana and heads back to bed, telling Frye to shut up when he requests more action. When she leaves, Frye is pleased to show Adriana that Gary came through and they now have access to the Secretary of State.

Sonya shows up at Marco’s place to check on him and stress out about what happened in the hotel room. He fills her in on his deal with Robles. Sonya’s name stays out of the case, as long as Marco plays the hero. Sonya as we know, is never comfortable with lying. “The lie protects everyone,” Marco tells her. He also lets her know that he’s not moving forward with the affidavit just yet.

At Adriana’s, she and Frye do some more digging on Groupo CLIO and find they had a shit ton of shell corporations in Texas. They come across Benjamin DeLarge’s name, the bank man who killed himself. He’s attached to the housing development in the desert. They also find that DeLarge’s control of the development was transferred elsewhere after his death.

Jack Dobbs brings Sonya out to the water tower where the body is buried. He confesses to taking one of Jim’s pictures from Sonya’s house, but for a good reason. He realized the pictures were more than pictures. They were a confession. He recalls Jim telling him about a girl named Bridgette Roland that went missing a few months before Sonya’s sister was killed. He pulls a tarp off the shallow grave and exposes the remains. Sonya is overwhelmed, and puts in a call to the police department, shrugging off Jack’s attempts to touch her.

The police arrive to start processing the remains and Cooper brings over the missing person’s report for Bridgette. She was thought to be a runaway. When Lt. Wade arrives, he makes an angry b-line to Jack and wrestles him to the ground. The other cops pull them apart but Wade is hopping mad. He blames Jack for not coming forward to stop his brother, knowing what he did. Jack claims that he needed to be sure, but Wade calls bullshit on him. “Her sister would be alive today. That’s on you, Jack.” Jack in turn reveals that his brother was not carrying a gun the night that Wade arrested him. Wade didn’t shoot Jim out of self-defense. Wade denies the accusation and leaves. Jack tries to talk to Sonya but she walks away as well.

We learn that Fausto Galvan is a toilet reader, perusing the book that Cerisola had recently gifted him. He also carries a gun everywhere, even in the john. He hears a noise and draws his weapon, but it’s just one his men. We learn that the new administration has essentially sent Galvan underground, where he can’t play with his boats and cars and has to lay low. When Marco shows up, Galvan is in a mood. He wants to see the Fjords in Norway, and tells Marco that maybe it would be a relief if he was actually taken down. Marco suggests that Galvan simply turns himself in. Not today Marco, not today. Galvan brings up the fact that Marco did not in fact, murder David Tate. Marco thinks that he left Tate with a fate worse than death, having to face the fact that he murdered an innocent. Galvan thinks that a flaying of skin is usually a better route. Galvan also tells Marco that Tate’s fate is now in the cartel’s hands.

Adriana and Frye take a walk through of one of the unfinished homes of the Red Ridge development, while discussing Adriana’s future as a journalist. As punishment, she’s back to puff pieces and Frye suggests that she go rouge. Ray shows up in a golf cart of sorts, and Frye asks to see Chip Diaz. Ray naturally says something racist about Chip being late and offends Adriana. Ray introduces himself and the manager and co-owner of Red Ridge and offers to give them a tour. When they get inside the finished home, Adriana and Frye reveal themselves to be reporters. Ray starts to stammer when they start mentioning ‘money laundering” and “cartel.” He suggests they take a hike.

Eleanor arrives in Texas in a single prop plane and is picked up by Cesar. She notices a book on Cesar’s side of the car, and asks to see it. “Erotic vampires,” she declares when she flips through the novel. Hey, no judgment here, Cesar. And surprisingly, not from Eleanor either. She whips out her ledger to take notes on the cops snooping around Red Ridge.

Back at the station, a bruised and broken Wade apologizes for overstepping with Jack. All Sonya cares about is if indeed Wade shot an unarmed Jim Dobbs. He looks her square in the eye and admits it. Wade tells the story of that night, and how when he found Dobbs, he was just chilling and watching tv. He intended to bring Jim Dobbs in, but Wade’s anger about Lisa’s death and Sonya’s torment took over. Sonya feels betrayed by Wade, having spent the latter part of her life looking up to the man who took down a monster. He offers to make a statement to the DA and asks for her forgiveness. Sonya simply walks out of his office.

Marco shows up at the prison to check on David Tate. With his one good eye, Tate spots Marco and a huge, evil grin sweeps across his face.

Eleanor waits in a coffee shop in El Paso and is soon joined by Monte, Charlotte and Ray. Eleanor wants to speak to Charlotte alone, but Ray buts in and attempts to throw his weight around. “What’s in it for us,” he smugly asks Eleanor. “You get to live,” she responds. Charlotte pipes up about the reporters, but Ray interrupts her to threaten Eleanor with telling Frye and Adriana everything. Eleanor reminds Ray of the scale and reach of Galvan’s power by telling the story of her childhood. She was sexually abused by a man (likely her father) and when it all came to light, she was blamed and thrown out of her community. When Galvan found her, she asked for vengeance and that is exactly what he delivered. Galvan took the man, castrated him and forced him to live like a dog locked in a cage. Well, now we know what the acorn-eating creature is locked in Galvan’s basement is. Needless to say, the story freaks Charlotte and Ray the hell out. They fall into line and Eleanor thanks them for telling her about the reporters. They are her next target.

Marco sits down for a drink at a swanky bar with his sort of lady friend from a few episodes back. She congratulates him on his commendations but he shrugs it off. She then tells him that she too lost a child a couple years back. Her daughter disappeared but she knew she couldn’t count on the police to help. She thinks that if more cops were like Marco, than Juarez would be a better place. Marco just hangs his head, knowing that it’s much more complicated than that. Later they get it on in Marco’s backseat.

Lucy arrives home carrying a bag of groceries and calling out to Adriana. As she walks down the hallway, a young man pops out of the shadows and stabs her right in the stomach. She falls to the floor and scrambles to her knitting basket where she grabs a needle. She surprises the man by stabbing him repeatedly with the needle until she overpowers him on the living room floor. (I screamed “NO NO NO NO! Don’t kill the lesbian!” during the entire scene.)

When Jack shows up at Sonya’s to plead his case, she’s less than thrilled to see her. He was just a kid at the time of the murder, but Sonya doesn’t see it that way. Sonya feels used and so does Jack so he gives back her key.

When Adriana arrives home, she finds a dead man in her living room and an unconscious Lucy in the kitchen. She screams for help, calls 911 and tries to revive her girlfriend.

While sitting at a coffee shop trying to enjoy her latte, Charlotte finds herself face to face with Agent McKenzie. He plays a recording of her using code words and asking for help. Turns out good old Charlotte was indeed working with the feds. She nervously asserts that she no longer needs help. He calls her on her lies and she admits that she wants to make a deal. McKenzie lays down a ground rule. Either Charlotte tells him what he wants to know, whenever he wants it, or she’s going to do some hard time.

Marco stands in his dress uniform in front of classroom of adorable school children. This scene is cut with scenes from inside the prison where David Tate recuperates. A female nurse ties Tate down to the bed, as Marco answers questions about being a hero cop. When a wise little boy asks how Marco knows the difference between bad guys and good guys, Marco tells the class that “sometimes you don’t.” Just then, the nurse inserts a syringe of orange looking liquid in through a tube in Tate’s nose. He starts to seize and foam at the mouth until he goes still and the light drains from his eye.

Sonya drives up to an unfamiliar house and knocks on the door. When a middle-aged woman answers the door, Sonya tells the stranger that she has some news for her. In her hand she holds Bridget’s pocketbook. The woman’s face falls when she sees it.

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