Whether he’s trying to juggle taking care of his elderly dementia-ridden father, deal with taking his first vacation in over four thousand days with his ex-wife (as an ironic newly-divorced honeymoon for the two who sizzle better without rings), or hitting up his many underworld contacts for leads, Bridges was multi-tasking before the term was added to the dictionary. Although sometimes it’s way too hard to believe that his character would still be able to go undercover since that distinctive car as well as his sterling reputation and ability to make headlines make him nearly as popular as (well) Don Johnson himself and his tendency to call everyone “Bubba” does feel more Smokey and the Bandit country slang than hip SFPD, the first season of Bridges showed the series’ awesome promise to come.
Action packed with some jaw-dropping chase sequences including one in the first episode involving guest star Lucy Liu and filled with enough shoot-outs and stand-offs to make John Woo green with envy, I was surprised to discover that something I feared would be at best a “B movie” version of a cop show was endlessly entertaining. Featuring audio commentaries, special interviews, the season-one promo and more and arriving in a two-Disc DVD set on October 14 from Paramount Home Entertainment, don’t be alarmed if you find yourselves speeding through the eight episodes fairly quickly. Just don’t go too fast, for-- if you find yourself pulled over by Marin’s Dominguez in one of the season’s funniest scenes-- you may have to fill out your own speeding ticket yourself.
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