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Under the Bridge Recap: Marriage Story
An upsetting twist in the Virk family history is unearthed via intergenerational flashbacks and a doomed dinner party.
Case in point: In her book, Rebecca Godfrey chose to omit Reena’s false accusation against her father, but the series chooses to spend an entire episode unfolding this secret by way of intergenerational flashbacks and a doomed dinner party that the Virks throw for the Seven Oaks crew. To ramp up the dramatic effect, the two stories run in parallel, with quick and occasionally disorienting cuts between Reena’s family members assimilating into Canadian society and the Virks preparing for their hostile company. The frequent cuts had me wondering if the episode might have had more of an impact if it had been told in chronological order, as the lead-up to the big reveal at the conclusion would have still been an upsetting twist in the Virk family history.
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