While "Take The Ride, Pay The Toll" may have felt like a season finale, it wasn't. There are still two episodes left, which is a really really good thing. If last night's episode were the finale, it would've been decent as it wrapped up the Tate storyline that has been the focus of "The Bridge" for the past four or five episodes. But, it would've left us hanging in a really frustrating way in that it wouldn't have brought together everyone else we've met in El Paso and Juarez and shown why they're important to this story.

A majority of the episode was set where the series first began: the bridge. Tate took Marco to the exact spot where his son was killed on the bridge, and revealed he was strapped with a bomb and had Frye in the trunk of his car. Tate wanted Marco to shoot Frye in the head because of his hand in his son's death, but Marco ultimately refused because he is ultimately a good person. Tate kept telling him that killing Frye was the only way to save his son, who's whereabouts were still unknown to Marco. When Marco couldn't do it, Tate did it himself, throwing Frye to a seemingly fatal plunge. Meanwhile, Sonya figured it out, but it was too late.

In a devastating montage, Sonya raced to the bridge and told Marco that she had found Gus who was alive and well (Tate had locked him in a tank in the wall of the home from last week, where water was slowly filling up). Marco wasn't sure what to believe, as Tate proudly told him that his son was dead and Sonya is the worst liar ever. Sonya learned from Marco to lie to friends for their own good, but it just wasn't working out. In the end, Sonya shot Marco to stop him from killing Tate, and she shot Tate who tried to escape. We cut to the house, where Gus was being put in a body bag. Yes, "The Bridge" went there. 

What does this all mean for the show? Well for one, it means the end of the Tate manhunt. The only thing left I can see the show exploring about Tate is his trial. For Sonya and Marco, I can see them investigating the dead girls of Juarez, as it's still unclear whether Tate killed them all or whether someone else was involved. Linder's storyline and the less interesting plot involving Charlotte and Ray still need to be wrapped up as well. The great thing is that the show's universe is so expansive that it shouldn't have a problem introducing some fresh new drama. One thing for certain is that Gus's death will provide for a profoundly changed Marco, who was downright cruel to Sonya who tried to visit him in the hospital. He told her that they were never friends, just partners. 

Stray bullets

- The beginning of the episode showed Ray dragging Tim's body through the tunnel, to find more death on the other side, which I believe was located at Graciela's former house of business. I'm not entirely sure what to make of it, but I think whoever committed those murders will go after Charlotte and Ray next.

- Frye lived to see another day! The catch is that he's in a coma, paralyzed and all around pretty messed up. It was nice to see concern from Adriana, though.

- "The Bridge" loves to show emotion on people's faces, but the shot of Sonya holding Marco lasted a tad too long. That aside, it was refreshing to see Sonya finally show some real, heartfelt emotion.

- Tate obviously wanted to get caught. Was his endgame really just killing Gus?

- With only two episodes left, this show could go in any direction. Let us know your predictions for the penultimate and finale episode.