Under The Bridge
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The fourth track off of his posthumous albumLife After Death, the song is titled Kick in the Door.
Instead, the questions are nebulous and thorny.
The episode opens with a flashback to one of the first scenes of the series.
Reena and the Seven Oaks crew dance to Kick in the Door.
Weve seen this before, but this time the camera keeps abruptly cutting to the credits.
Each beat gives viewers a second to pause and contemplate everything thats to come.
After this, we see new scenes where Jo rallies her troops.
But whats done is done.
His trial is done, and he hasnt heard from Rebecca, but thats about to change.
Suman catches her in the act, and the two women chat about their grief.
She wants to talk to Warren.
Because she doesnt know any other way out of her madness.
(Emmy voting is approaching, and Panjabi should probably submit this episode.
She offers up a seemingly impossible solution: shes going to forgive her daughters murderer.
Warren is incredulous at this womans generosity in the face of the reprehensible thing he did.
He can only whisper, I dont know why I did it.
The focus shifts back to the courtroom on the very next day, and Warren is there to testify.
And this time, hes not going to leave anything out.
He owes Suman that much.
He is a cooperative witness, answering all of the prosecutors questions with brutal honesty.
Warrens testimony is the stuff of nightmares.
He isnt too sure why he did it, but hes sorry, and hell never stop being sorry.
She makes it back in time to see Kelly take the stand.
And her testimony is absolutely bonkers.
Then, when presented with physical evidence from Reenas body tiny pebbles recovered from her lungs she goes feral.
She flails out of her seat and shouts, I did not kill Reena Virk!
I did not cross the bridge!
The look on Cams face is especially priceless as shes not even trying to hide her disgust.
This part of the show should come with a barf bag, truly.
Later, Cam and Rebecca accidentally-on-purpose meet up at the local bar for a postmortem.
Cam partially catches Rebecca up on her own journey throughout the last week or so.
See also in a similar vein: the deeply affectingDeer Lady episode ofReservation Dogs.
(Again, I ask: Is Bad Dad one of the villains of this series?
It seems like the answer is yes!)
She confronts him and then quits the force.
Then, she says shes going to try and find her family.
Suman finds a journal tucked away under the mattress and presses play on the CD player.
Random Thoughts
Its been a privilege to recapUnder the Bridgeand watch along with you all.
I wish Reena had lived.
I truly wonder who she might have become.
