If you have not seen Bridger Zadina in Law & Order SVU episode "transitions", it is a must watch show. It is a brillant job of acting by the 15 y/o Bridger Zadina who plays an extremely difficult role as a troubled transgender teen who is trying to figure out who he is in life & his confusion in feelings as he deals with the feelings of wanting to be a girl instead of a boy. In this enthrawling emotionally packed episode, he shows a wide array of emotions from anger to deep sorrow to the gut wrenching "I just want to kill myself" feeling for messing up everyone's life. There is deep confusion in his feelings about who he is & how it affects his family relationships as Henry tries to change his identity to Hailey in an effort to understand his feelings inside of a boy wanting to be a girl, while his Dad tries to keep him as Henry. His Dad is brutally attacked & later Hailey/Henry admits to being the attacker to protect others she/he cares about with similar situations in their life. There are a number of scenes that show the exteme emotional turmoil that she/he has inside & how the world around him deals with his loss of identity as a boy moving to a girl.

It is an emotionally packed & extremely well delivered role that Bridger not only hits a grand slam out of the ball park, but out of the universe. He was a hot trend on google the night of the showing going from a Movie Surfer & less well known youth actor to "who was that young actor" on Law & Order SVU who did such a fabulous job and wowed the audience.

Check out Google Trends for Bridger Zadina on 2/17/09. If you haven't seen the Transitions episode, it is a must see! Granted he has the chance of a longshot in the Kentucky Derby in view of the big names in his Guest Star for Drama Show bracket, but this kid is really good doing a fabulous job in an extremely difficult role. He deserves a long hard look & consideration for the emmy nomination despite his youth. I am sure we will see much more of him on TV & on screen in the future!