What I’m Watching: Ringer (Season Finale)

Ringer: Season 1, Episode 22 “I’m the Good Twin” (C)

It’s hard to believe that Bridget was able to come out with the truth so easily to Andrew and then to Juliet only moments later. It took her an unbelievable twenty-two episodes to get it out, mainly because of distractions like Katherine, who had to stick around until just last week. Conveniently, Macawi finally woke up and realized that Bridget was in New York, though he wasn’t smart enough to do a tiny bit of research and find out that she had a twin. Jimmy’s escape from prison and subsequent murder wasn’t necessary, and it felt rather forced to have the real Siobhan cleaning out the apartment at just the moment that Macawi broke in. Not seeing her face was the kind of thing that should have happened midway through the season, and it’s only due to the awesome Solomon that Bridget finally knows that Siobhan is alive. She earns some credit for heading right over to see Henry and tell him she knows about Siobhan. It’s unclear whether this show will get a second season, and this is a frustrating way to leave things. Andrew reacted poorly to the news about Bridget’s true identity, and so did Juliet, and maybe they wouldn’t factor into season two in the same way, or maybe not at all. Andrew finding out about the affair should have happened a while ago, and this finale was the ultimate counterexample to the show’s usual tendency to drag things out way too much, wasting twenty episodes and instead cramming everything into one hour. I’ve become somewhat invested in these characters, so I’d follow a second season, but the quality of this show’s writing and characters doesn’t exactly recommend one.

Season grade: C+
Season MVP: Sean Patrick Thomas as Solomon

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 21 “It’s Called Improvising, Bitch!” (D+)

This show is hitting rock bottom. Katherine writing Siobhan’s suicide note could have been so simple, but she had to be so terrible and obvious about Andrew not going into the bedroom and waste a whole episode on her inanely trying to kill everyone. Andrew totally could have signaled the agents as he had planned, and instead he just tried to rip her bonds as if he were Mr. Fantastic. Why Juliet couldn’t have just untied Andrew and Bridget while Katherine was out of the room is beyond me. Bridget volunteering to be a hostage was frustrating since it seemed like she might extend Katherine’s plotline when there was a perfect opportunity to end it, but time passed as the speed of light in this hour. Katherine’s affair with Olivia was a ridiculous twist, and the only reason it was decent is that Machado actually made a smart move and went to her place after Bridget dialed him rather than try to play the hero at the Martin apartment. Katherine’s unintentionally layered parting insult seemed to really sting for Bridget, and hopefully that will be the only thing that lingers about her. This show is supposed to be about Siobhan and Bridget, not their crazy ex-lovers. Siobhan had a productive episode, blackmailing a Russian prostitute, watching her conveniently die, having her water break in a closet, and going into labor. Unfortunately for her, Henry’s wising up, and ordering a paternity test is likely going to produce surprising and disappointing results for both parties.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 20 “If You’re Just An Evil Bitch Then Get Over It” (C)

Katherine’s a problem that’s just not going away. As the idiotic Juliet dialogue that serves as the title of this episode indicates, there’s no saving Katherine. She may be sick, but she’s still pretty damn evil. Slitting her wrists in Andrew’s apartment was a direct way of inserting herself back into their lives, but unplugging the landline and taking Bridget’s cell phone so that she couldn’t be warned by Machado about the fact that she was being drugged was considerably more intense. She didn’t even need to try something like this considering that she had a smoking gun that she overheard during Bridget’s conversation with Machado in which she admitted to killing her would-be assassin. This episode included the almost laughable view as seen by Henry of Siobhan and Bridget standing just feet from each other, with the former conveniently shielded from the latter’s peripheral vision. The real Siobhan’s meddling in Henry’s affairs was stupid, since she didn’t actually help his case and only served to make Bridget finding out about her all the more likely. Henry’s children being taken away by Children’s Services shouldn’t come as a surprise given that he never spends any time with them, and I can’t imagine he’ll have an easy time getting them back, especially since Tim seems determined to destroy Henry’s life. I’m much more intrigued by his plan to save Martin Charles from certain destruction, though I doubt that will be at the forefront of anyone’s mind considering the other events of this episode.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 19 “Let’s Kill Bridget” (C)

This show’s trajectory is being entirely tiresome, and it’s really not getting anywhere productive, constantly confounding its mysteries and conspiracies. The quick flashes at the start of the episode were obviously intended for shock value and weren’t going to play out as perceived, and they turned out to be quite disappointing. Bridget’s plan to testify as Siobhan pretending to be Bridget actually made some sense, but it came at an unfortunate time after Machado just couldn’t resist punching a guy excessively in front of a whole bunch of witnesses and managed to get himself suspended. Staging a death photo shoot in the middle of nowhere is only half-intelligent, because it presents the opportunity for a real assassin to be present. The thugs on this show have the worst aim possible, and of course his employer isn’t even related to Bridget’s past. Having Siobhan killed seems like an unnecessary move after losing all of her money back to Andrew in a truly dumb move, and I think Katherine should be out of the picture already. For that matter, Henry’s continued stupidity is irritating, and even his father-in-law doesn’t appear to like him. The one exciting moment of the episode, which did seem rather random, wasn’t even genuine, as Siobhan imagined herself confronting Bridget and ripping into her for stealing her life and doing a better job of living it than she had been. It’s time for the two to meet, or at least for Bridget to realize that she’s not the only person with her face still walking around Manhattan.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 18 “That Woman’s Never Been a Victim In Her Entire Life” (C+)

Now that Andrew has been shot, all of this silliness about him being a crazed killer are gone, which is good, but so is essentially any trace of what was going on with those that knew about the Ponzi scheme. Finding out that Henry accidentally killed Tyler through the classic throw-him-against-a-table move is a disappointment, and I’m not sure that’s going to lead anywhere productive. Everyone on this show is completely chasing their tails, and so few people actually have any concept of what’s really going on. Thinking that Olivia took Juliet and finding a body with Malcolm’s wallet on him are just two major examples of all the red herrings this show provides, with considerably unexciting payoff. People seem to have awfully loose lips these days, with Henry admitting to causing Tyler’s death, Siobhan nearly telling Andrew the whole story, and Juliet blabbing to Bridget about her mom’s plan. Machado finding the tower card seemed like a wholly inappropriate and peculiar twist to add to this show, containing unnecessary complications, but now it seems that, unlike what happened in the pilot, Bridget is actually being targeted for being Bridget, not for being Siobhan. It’s still unclear whether this show is going to be renewed for a second season, but, no matter where it’s headed, it’s about time that someone besides Henry found out that Siobhan was still alive. And it shouldn’t be any of the missing people, namely Olivia or Malcolm, because this show has enough loose threads and doesn’t need any more.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 17 “What We Have Is Worth the Pain” (C+)

Imagine how much easier things on this show would be if any character actually knew the whole truth. There’s so much deception going on that it’s surprising that so few people have actually put together the pieces. I’m most impressed by Solomon, who displayed awesomeness in his defense of Bridget and then revealed that he knew that she wasn’t her sister. He’s a good person to have on her side, even if he didn’t manage to save Andrew’s life when a mysterious gunman fired on Bridget, prompting the Brit to jump in front of the bullet to perform the ultimate noble act. That doesn’t track with all we were trained in this hour to believe about Andrew, and so I guess we have to presume that it was Olivia who ordered the hit. That still doesn’t explain Siobhan’s expressed fear, confirmed in flashback, that Andrew was going to kill her. She’s still not telling Henry the full truth, even when she opened up about Dylan, and sooner or later, that’s going to come back to haunt her. Going to talk to Andrew as Bridget was cruel, and if he’s dead, it’s going to be all for naught. I’m not quite sure why we’re still focused on Juliet and Katherine, since now all that can really happen is that Cash would try to harm Juliet, though it’s all moot now since Andrew is dead or at best incapacitated. Somehow Machado has found himself at the center of this whole mess, and he doesn’t even have the first clue about what’s actually happening.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 16 “You’re Way Too Pretty To Go To Jail” (C)

With Juliet and Katherine pretty much all forgotten about, this show is getting into extremely dangerous territory. Bridget came right out and pointed out what I always argue is a crucial misstep that shows take when they reveal a character’s big secret: Andrew is still the same person he was before she knew that he was behind the Ponzi scheme. This whole time, though Bridget has been oblivious, he has been running this scam, and for him to suddenly transform into a murderer because she knows is completely out of character. I sincerely hope that him showing up at Malcolm’s door is just a red herring, and that someone else murdered Tyler and he’s just there to have a not-so-friendly chat. I’m not sure what could possibly have compelled Malcolm to idiotically run to Henry since the real Siobhan is now involved and has managed to insert herself into her sister’s life. The one productive thing that accomplished was compelling Malcolm to press charges against Macawi, though even if he survives his confrontation with Andrew, I doubt the charges will stick. Learning that Machado was sleeping with his murdered informant is somewhat unexpected, and I was annoyed that we needed to have the unnecessary flashback to reveal that she was pregnant when she died. Malcolm’s reason for speaking up – that Bridget can go back to her normal life – makes so much sense, and if only things could be that easy and all of the plotlines could be brought together with nothing more than his testimony.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 15 “P.S. You’re An Idiot” (C-)

This show’s obsession with twists is being incredibly tiresome, mostly because they just don’t track with the way that the characters have been presented to this point. One thing this series does do is show events from the perspectives of multiple characters, and therefore there’s no excuse for pulling the rug out from the audience when we’ve already seen what’s underneath. From the moment that Katherine was revealed to have been in on the plan to extort Andrew, it was obvious that she, and not Mr. C, was responsible for Tessa’s beating. Added to the list of Mr. C’s unexpected and unlikely traits is the fact that he was sleeping with Katharine, who proves to be the most despicable character on a show full of such people, surpassing even the scheming, manipulative Olivia. This vow renewal business is unnecessary, and it should have led to Bridget telling Andrew who she really is, something about which he would most certainly not have been happy, rather than the entirely unforeshadowed revelation that he orchestrated a Ponzi scheme. This show is spinning too wide a web, and it’s going to be hard to get untangled. Malcolm’s blatant trailing is irksome, and Henry acting as a puppet for Siobhan isn’t much better. Prior to this whole Ponzi scheme business, Andrew was the most clueless of them all, smiling and eating cake like there was nothing wrong with the world. This show is running straight through March and April until its season finale, and I can’t really imagine where it’s all heading.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 14 “Whores Don’t Make That Much” (C+)

This episode had plenty of backstory, much of which had been missing previously, but after an installment full of the real Siobhan in the present day, we barely got any of that in this hour. It does make sense given what we know about Siobhan’s personality and demeanor that she would hold Bridget fully responsible for the death of her son since she allowed Dylan to take him out. Bridget is towing a dangerous line, however, by going over to see his mother, unknowingly, of course, and then forgiving him for his part in the accident. It’s dangerous mainly because she now wants to tell others who she really is, which is not going to end well. Henry and Malcolm meeting is amusing because they’re each reporting the other’s movements to their respective twin. Henry cashing out of his portfolio with Andrew and alluding to the fact that he’s a crook is sure to raise plenty of red flags, but I’m not sure that Andrew and Bridget will be able to put the pieces together to deduce what he’s doing. Tessa spending all of her money on a new car was not smart, but Juliet telling Mr. C was an even poorer idea. He claims not to be the one responsible for Tessa getting beaten, and I suspect that the surprise evil mastermind, Katherine, is the one that did it. She’s quite conniving, and I suspect that both Andrew and Bridget are going to change their tunes in a major way once they learn of her plot.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 13 “It’s Easy To Cry, When This Much Cash is Involved” (C+)

It’s quite convenient that Bridget is able to tell her driver Solomon that she used to be a drunk and get him to take her to every single place that Siobhan went. She’s getting so close to discovering that her sister is still alive, and that would be productive if the real Siobhan wasn’t one step ahead of her. She is one manipulative, conniving woman, blaming Gemma’s murder on Bridget, deceiving both Henry and Tyler to serve her own aims, and coldly walking out on Andrew when she was in the apartment. She also doesn’t take too kindly to things going on behind her back, like Henry’s forced assistance to Olivia in procuring his father-in-law as a new investor. Whatever Siobhan played for Henry on that tape is sure to have serious implications for everyone, though it’s not clear what just yet. Katherine seems to have found some respect for Siobhan, or rather Bridget, but that’s at the expense of this show’s credibility in terms of its Juliet plotline. I wasn’t sure why there was such a focus on the teenage drama with Juliet, and it was infinitely worse than I could have imagined. The only thing less credible than Mr. C making a move on Juliet based on what we’ve seen of him is him actually going in on a scam with her and Tessa to rip Andrew off. I’m not sure why this needed to be a plotline, and I’m sure it’s not headed anywhere good or productive.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 12 “What Are You Doing Here, Ho-Bag?” (B-)

Now things are finally getting interesting. This show is teetering on the verge of absolute ridiculousness, but that’s making it enormously entertaining. Siobhan being in New York is fun because she constantly switches places with Bridget, her imitator, and the dialogue and scenarios are constructed so conveniently that no one ever suspects anything. Henry in particular, who makes certain to say Siobhan’s name at the end of his every thought, was so proud of himself for deducing that Siobhan was in fact Bridget, a fact that proved to be wholly incorrect. You have to hand it to Siobhan for pinning every bad thing she did on Bridget, and that’s not the only impressive thing she did. Pawning the ring Andrew gave to Bridget was a great way of inciting conflict between Bridget and Andrew, even if it didn’t work, and she chose just the right moment to reveal herself, and the fact that she’s still pregnant with Henry’s baby, to the shocked scruffy guy. Saying Solomon’s name on the phone to Tyler wasn’t smart, but it seems that it may have been part of her grand plan to make at least one ally that knew most of the truth. In stupid moves, Macawi visiting Matador in prison seems awfully dumb, and there’s nothing like trying to get a guy to recant his fake confession in order to implicate the real person. I’m just excited that Bridget now knows that Siobhan went to Wyoming and should hopefully soon figure out that she’s still alive. The videotape presented to Andrew showcasing Juliet coming onto Mr. C does not work in her favor, but Tessa’s corroboration of her story may send things in a new direction. Andrea Roth was quite vicious in her guest spot as a monster mom who made the real Siobhan look good.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 11 “It Just Got Normal” (C+)

It’s been almost two months since this show last aired, and that episode, in which cop Charlie managed to shoot point blank into a trunk and miss before getting himself killed by the real Siobhan, is better forgotten. This installment is monumental because it features Siobhan reentering her old life, fooling everyone she speaks to just as easily as Bridget has done up until this point. Telling Henry that she still loves him is a risky move, and the episode’s mid-conversation end is the perfect opportunity for her to reveal the truth to him. I doubt that’s going to happen however, and I also don’t see Henry surviving for too long given how impossibly dumb he is. Siobhan seemed really upset about the affection that Andrew and Bridget now have for each other, understandably, and she definitely does not like Andrew. Manipulating Tyler is only going to get her so far before someone slips up and says the wrong thing, making it obvious that there are in fact two Siobhans. Thanks to some prodding by Henry, Machado has gone and discovered that Charlie was meeting Siobhan and not Bridget, so hopefully he’ll be smart about how he handles that information. It’s still quite unclear what has transpired between Mr. C and Juliet, but Bridget’s noble defense of her stepdaughter doesn’t seem to have helped matters at all, unfortunately. Bridget may be a new person, but it’s awfully difficult to step out of the looming, cruel shadow cast by the ever-scheming Siobhan.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 10 “That’s What You Get For Trying to Kill Me” (C-)

While I still find this show intriguing enough to watch, this episode definitely represented a huge dip in quality from an already unimpressive point. I took issue with several plot points, and it’s difficult to determine which among them is the most lamentable. I think that would have to be Juliet’s absurd flirting with Mr. C, represented in all its awfulness by this exchange of dialogue: “Mr. C is so hot / He wears ties and he’s like a thousand”). Firstly, when did Juliet get a friend? Second, I don’t believe that he forced himself on her, and imagine that she’s probably making it up. Either way, things are not going to end well for Mr. C. All I could think during any scene in which Henry appeared was that he really needs a haircut, and his poor choice of stuffy wardrobe wasn’t helping matters at all. He managed to singlehandedly get his wife killed, though I didn’t buy that part either. There seemed to be no reason for Charlie to kill Gemma simply because Bridget hadn’t brought the money, and I can’t possibly believe that he missed when he shot her at point-blank range. Her finding out that Bridget is still alive is irrelevant because she died moments later, and the only worthwhile find there is that Siobhan is back in New York, manipulative as ever as she convinces Tyler that Andrew beat her and that her baby is his. I do have to hand it to Machado, who made his first smart move yet on the show by not going to an abandoned warehouse to meet Matador and actually got a lead in the search for Bridget.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 9 “Shut Up and Eat Your Bologna” (C+)

Bridget and Malcolm have finally managed to start putting pieces together, but they couldn’t be further away from discovering that Charlie is actually working for a very much alive Siobhan. It does seem to me the Charlie would prepare a slightly more well-researched story with the appropriate props rather than keeping his keys with labeled information lying around for Charlie to find. I’m not sure exactly why Gemma is tied up in his basement rather than actually dead, but I suppose Siobhan might not actually be a cold-blooded killer. It does appear that Bridget’s actions have not been in her control for a while now, as the cop that Bridget supposedly knocked out when she escaped was actually working for Charlie to get her to come to New York. Bridget going to therapy and finding out that Siobhan was taking antidepressants for paranoia is an intriguing development, and I do hope that she soon realizes that Siobhan isn’t out of the picture. Andrew booking a vacation is a nice ideal, but I have a feeling that it’s something that’s never come to come to fruition, especially considering the fact that his preoccupation with his own happiness over business savvy is getting Olivia to work extra hard to get to Gemma’s father against his wishes. If only she hadn’t found that damning photo of Henry and Siobhan on his phone, because something tells me that she’s going to use that fact to her advantage at just the wrong time and really mess things up for Bridget.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 8 “Maybe We Can Get a Dog Instead?” (C+)

Everything seems to be coming together even more than it was last week, as even the real Siobhan can’t keep herself out of happenings in New York. Bridget’s official loss of the baby seems to be helping to bring her family together, though she appears less than concerned, which may arouse suspicion among those unaware that her baby never existed at all. It was fair for Andrew to be upset when he overheard Bridget tell Juliet that she doesn’t want to try again, and he’s proving to be a pretty nice guy, forgiving her and then even okaying Malcolm’s stay without much of a hesitation. Machado making Bridget wear a wire when she met with Malcolm was rather extreme, and it’s interesting to see how strange it is to have Bridget lying to the one person with whom she’s always been honest. Introducing him to Charlie likely won’t end well, but it seems he’s less extreme than his employer and might let the poor guy live. Juliet asking Mr. C to help her with Tessa and essentially inviting herself over to watch a movie on his couch is highly inappropriate, and I do hope she doesn’t get the nice professor in too much trouble. Tyler getting called to New York after Andrew fired his boss for the documents that Siobhan somehow got her hands on was an unexpected development, and he sure was shocked when Bridget showed up at dinner. I wonder how this will affect Siobhan’s plans, and I’m waiting for her to finally make contact with someone back home other than Charlie.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 7 “Oh Gawd, There’s Two of Them?” (C+)

Things are coming together in a major way as all of our plotlines are infringing on one another and many more characters are suddenly being read in to the facts as we know them, at least partially and incompletely. The pre-credits beginning of this episode was designed almost entirely as a fake-out presented for shock value, with both Andrew and Henry identifying the woman in the photo as Bridget. I suppose it’s better to have done it that way than to have her sit down and actually explain it all out normally, and cutting back and forth between both men’s reactions was decently effective. Bridget is finally being smart about this, even calling her own phone and leaving a message, supposedly from Bridget rather than Siobhan. Now, it’s almost impossible that any of the characters would discover Bridget’s identity, since her coming clean puts her off their radar. If we learned anything from this episode, it’s that you should never leave a hostage alone in a van, even if he’s high as a kite. Malcolm’s impressive and strangely easy journey back to New York City should have reunited him with Bridget, but instead she took a fall and now may have her non-pregnancy revealed to her husband. It’s less than reassuring to see Juliet finally do the right thing and have Andrew cut her off because her driving wasn’t up to par. As always, Siobhan is relegated to the episode’s final moments, but what a whopper of an ending: Bridget’s sponsor Charlie is the one who took care of Gemma! I can’t imagine Bridget will deduce that fact anytime soon, but I’m interested to see how the chips fall.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 6 “The Poor Kids Do It Everyday” (C+)

My suspicions about Henry not having actually Gemma turned out to be entirely correct, but he certainly doesn’t seem much like an innocent man. Perhaps it’s his inability to make friends, pushing away the only person who can tolerate him and prompting her, somewhat unwisely, to point the police in his direction, giving them the location of the bloody rags and all. It seems that somehow Bridget’s fingerprints ended up connected to Gemma’s disappearance, which means that Machado, fresh off plenty of disappointment in terms of finding Malcolm in Macewa’s clutches, is going to be thrilled to come back to New York and attack Siobhan for harboring her sister. I predict Machado as the next person to discover Bridget’s true identity, though I think he’s developed enough of a soft spot for her that he’ll end up helping her rather than blowing the whistle and turning her in. Much more of a spotlight than ever before is being given to troublesome teen Juliet, whose first day at public school has her being hit up for money and brawling with another girl in a fight that could only be described as unavoidable. The addition of Jason Dohring from “Veronica Mars” and “Moonlight” should excite fans of those cult shows beyond imagination, and I do think that he helps to liven up that part of the storyline, showing her some clear favoritism that will likely bring them closer. The real Siobhan pops up, as usual, only in the last minute, revealing that she is the one who ordered Gemma dead. Let’s hear more about that; give her more screen time!

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 5 “A Whole New Kind of Bitch” (C+)

At least we have some productive developments in this hour, but it’s still a bit too messy to be overly coherent. The defamation of Siobhan’s apartment sets a tone of uneasiness for the duration of the episode, even if Bridget seems generally more composed than usual, aside from her near-regression to drug usage. Gemma’s clever homework deducing Bridget’s identity was somewhat far-fetched, and her demand that she sleep with Henry to ensure a clean divorce was rather bold and excessive. Bridget did a good job convincing her to back off, but Henry had to go and mess it all up by responding in just the wrong fashion. Seeing Kristoffer Polaha try hard to act is not something this show needs more of, and I would hope that his role might be greatly reduced now that Gemma seems to be out of the picture. I suspect that he didn’t kill her, as it appears, but rather that she committed suicide, purposely or accidentally, and left some note for Andrew to find that Henry has presumably confiscated. There were a whole bunch of near-revelations in this hour, such as Juliet saying that Siobhan slept with a married man, which turned out to be Andrew when he was still with her mother, and Gemma announcing that she could no longer work on the loft. Bridget also managed to easily explain away her presence at NA after Juliet stalked her there. Sending Juliet to public school is unlikely to solve anything, and with the threat of Gemma reduced, Juliet is likely going to be her number one problem. Malcolm has been getting drugged up for the past episode and a half, while the rest of the show has nearly forgotten about Macawi’s existence!

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 4 “It’s Gonna Kill Me, But I’ll Do It” (C+)

This show could hardly keep going if one of its main supporting characters found out Bridget’s secret at the start of the fourth episode. It seems that kind of reveal is best saved for the end of the fourth hour, and instead we get a semi-scary and very blue version of Siobhan appearing in Bridget’s opening dream. Andrew does seem to be warming to the idea of this new Siobhan more and more every second, and that means that Henry’s unnecessary loud conversation about her having his baby comes at an extremely unfortunate time. Gemma was pretty furious, and Bridget telling her the truth, especially after Machado conveniently revealed Bridget’s existence to her, may actually work in her favor since she could really use a friend besides the entirely absent Malcolm. The flashbacks to previous birthdays and to the real Siobhan’s affair with Henry one year earlier are helpful in painting a picture of the relationship between the sisters. It turns out that my suspicions about Siobhan’s motives in Paris with her new gentleman friend were entirely correct; it’s only that she didn’t realize she was pregnant and that’s what got in the way of her progress last time. What doesn’t quite make sense to me is that she seemed genuinely worried that she might be booted from the hotel, especially because her account was drained by her sister, but whoever she’s in touch with could likely have fronted her the money. Either way, whatever her plan is seems to be working, and we’ll see how long it is before she takes revenge on the husband who thinks he’s falling back in love with her.

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Ringer: Season 1, Episode 3 “If You Ever Want a French Lesson” (C+)

This show still hasn’t captured my attention too much, mainly because it’s continually far too easy for Bridget not to arouse any suspicion about her identity while she keeps learning new things about which she was completely unaware, like the fact that Siobhan had met with a divorce attorney. I’ll admit that calling Machado to meet publicly with him while she was being chased for the phone was somewhat smart, but it seemed so ill-advised for her to not even wait until he was out of earshot to threaten her pursuer. I’m most uncertain about why she’s still pretending to be pregnant, since Andrew is going to be devastated once he finds out. That could have easily been avoided back in episode one by clarifying, and of course I forgot that her non-pregnancy means that the real Siobhan is actually pregnant, which took a toll on her date in France, resulting in a different finish than the one I had thought would occur, in which Siobhan would have used him for some devilish reason. Henry’s finances are hardly an interesting topic to dwell on, and I could say the same for Malcolm, who is currently being tortured by forced drug injection. For this show to work and to last a decent amount of time, Bridget can’t be ousted for her new life style anytime soon, which means that Macawi can’t find anytime in the near future. It might be a good idea for the show to try focusing a bit more on Siobhan, since she’s arguably a much more intriguing character.