• Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 13, 2011
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critics What's this?

User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 87 Ratings

  • Summary: Bridget returns home to see her twin sister, Siobhan (both roles played by Sarah Michelle Geller), after running into trouble in New York. When it appears her sister committed suicide, Bridget decides to assume her twin's identity, only to find that her sister's life is not much safer than her own.
  • Genre(s): Drama
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 29
  2. Negative: 2 out of 29
  1. Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Sep 7, 2011
    100
    Gellar commands every scene. Hers is a true, potent star turn. [12 Sep 2011, p.43]
  2. Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 13, 2011
    80
    The CW's tale of an evil twin and an even eviler twin, is devious doppelganger drama at its best.
  3. Reviewed by: Carina Adly MacKenzie
    Sep 13, 2011
    60
    The pilot was extremely plot-heavy, so we've got our fingers crossed that future episodes will tone down the action and dig deeper into the characters.
  4. Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 12, 2011
    30
    Twists begin to pile up like they're falling out of a How To Write Noir handbook. And that may be the show's biggest problem: It feels contrived, which makes the audience feel manipulated.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 31
  2. Negative: 2 out of 31
  1. 10
    The first 10 episodes of season 1 were amazing. Ringer is brilliantly mixing different kind of formats. At first you might think it is only a Soapy Drama because of all the shocking twists and turns but quickly you will see the show has a unique touch in the television landscape with a strong visual identity thanks to dark lightings and confined sets. Its Thriller / Film Noir aspect is really compelling, respecting all the different genre codes (a complex lead role with a far from brilliant past surrounded by strong and important supporting roles dealing with murder, adultery and treason, a fourth-rate cop manipulated by a femme fatale, night scenes, wet sidewalks, oversized sunglasses, trench-coats, firearms...) It is a great quality, mature series (especially for The CW) with amazing established actors such as Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Grudge, Buffy), Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four, King Arthur), Nestor Carbonell (The Dark Knight, Lost), Jaime Murray (The Deaths of Ian Stone, Dexter) and Jason Dohring (Deep Impact, Veronica Mars). I can't hardly wait for the next episodes! Expand
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    8
    Compelling and intriguing. The show keeps you interested in coming back each week to find out what happens. Sarah Michelle Gellar plays both characters very well. Expand
  3. 7
    All credit goes to SMG, as without her channeling of her early career peaks as Buffy and Kathryn from Cruel Intentions, this would be little more than an edgy nighttime soap. But the writers have just enough noir-ish ideas and the rest of the cast is game enough to assist Gellar's double duty into making this cool enough to follow regularly. Expand
  4. 0
    Its a cheesy soup opera that belongs on daytime. Gellar´s acting is very wooden and you never end up believing that she is playing two different characters(she has trouble with one). The dialogue had me laughing at times, the plot lines are unbelievable even for the most gullible of viewers. Ultimately its a show you want to like but it falls flat on just about every angle. Expand

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