Under The Bridge
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Hurt people hurt people.
We all do this to varying degrees.
Or, sometimes, the exorcism of demons comes in a totally different package.
It opens with a way-back flashback to 1982.
We peek in on Cam, Rebecca, and Gabe on the day he died.
Even though shes Gabes younger sister, Rebecca is relentlessly nasty to Gabe.
As Rebecca puts some cookies in the oven, Cam and Gabe arrive at the house.
Theyre getting ready to go to a dance, but Gabe isnt so sure he wants to go.
But Gabe keeps trying to come in.
He needs help with his tie and he wants support from his friend.
Rebecca shouts at him, calling him a loser, and he leaves the house.
Minutes later, a helicopter flies over, and two small boys come to the door.
He fell, they say.
Rebecca lashed out at Gabe, causing a chain of events that led to his untimely death.
Was it her fault?
But she feels responsible all the same.
So, when she starts to bond with Warren, she doesnt want to let him go.
Throughout this process, Warren gets comfortable enough with Rebecca to share the rest of his story.
Well, some of it.
He tells her that he was there when Kelly drowned Reena and that he did kick her once.
Rebecca wants to believe, and she wants to save this kids life as repentance for killing Gabe.
Hes going to go for the easy target.
If you arrest Warren, Kellys going to get away with this.
And, honestly, Kelly definitely thinks that shes going to get away with it.
food for the trip to Mexico, a.k.a.
poison to kill Dusty), and she flies through the aisles like a carefree bat out of hell.
They bump into Suman and her son, and Kelly tries to put on a show for them.
She expresses her regret at Reenas death and says she wishes she could have stopped it.
But Kelly cant help herself; she somehow thinks shes invincible.
Theyre completely forgetting about, um, all the other kids involved in the beating?
And all the kids who have heard the gossip that Kelly seems so eager to spread?
What about them, geniuses?
Yet theyre only focused on Dusty.
Jo and Kelly have other plans.
What follows is a tense sequence in which Jos gangsta ethic is pushed to its limit.
Undeterred, Jo brings them to the train tracks.
This scene is absolutely brutal.
Kelly killed for Jo, but Jo wouldnt (or couldnt) kill for Kelly.
It turns out that Dusty should have been the least of Kellys worries.
As Cam and her dad canvass the school dance, they find Samara.
At this point, the dad only has eyes for Warren.
(Rebecca was right!)
It feels like he doesnt even understand it himself.
But hes ready to take responsibility for his actions.
He apologizes to her, and they get to embrace one final time.
And its heartbreaking to watch.
The needle drop here is apt and haunting.
Just as Rebecca predicted, this impulsive mistake is set to ruin Warrens life forever.
The focus lingers on Warren just long enough for us to wonder when Kelly is going to be arrested.
Finally, she does.
The cops find Dusty, too.
All of these lives, gone in an instant.
Reenas boots are found in Kellys closet, with her parents looking on in horror.
Any act of vengeance can bring a person down, it doesnt matter what the motive is.
The road to Reenas murder was paved with an act of revenge.
That revenge led to more revenge, which led to murder.
Suman and Raj probably just would have caught up with Susan at the Ellards house anyway.
She literally ushers the girls away from Suman at the store!
Does she know Kelly did it?
Mean Girl recognize Mean Girl.
