This is to me is one of the best TV Shows out in a while. I'm a huge fan of Buffy as you can probably tell due to my screen name. I am also a huge fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar and I love almost anything she does. However, if something isn't good I'm not going to force myself to watch it just because I love the actress who plays the leading role. It's impossible for me.
I am SO glad to see Sarah Michelle Gellar back in a TV series, and while it is the second show on the air (that I both know of and have watched) that has a plot about twins switching places and some deep dark secret (the other being "The Lying Game"), "Ringer" is by far the better show out of the two to sit down and watch (the other being a waste of time with bad acting and bad writing with the on... read more
Description:Ringer is an American television series that premiered on The CW on September 13, 2011.[1][2] The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays twin sisters Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin.[3] On May 13, 2011, it was reported that the project had been picked up to series by The CW.[4] On October 12, 2011, The CW ordered a full first Ringer is an American television series that premiered on The CW on September 13, 2011.[1][2] The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays twin sisters Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin.[3] On May 13, 2011, it was reported that the project had been picked up to series by The CW.[4] On October 12, 2011, The CW ordered a full first season of 22 episodes
Bridget Kelly (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a recovering drug addict and stripper in Wyoming. She is under the protection of FBI Agent Victor Machado (Nestor Carbonell), having agreed to testify against her employer, local crime boss Bodaway Macawi (Zahn McClarnon), whom she witnessed commit murder. Fearing that Macawi, who has already murdered several witnesses linking him to previous crimes, will also kill her, Bridget flees to New York to meet her estranged twin sister Siobhan (also played by Gellar).
Soon after arriving in New York, Siobhan, who had kept her sister's existence secret from her family, appears to commit suicide by jumping into the ocean. Bridget then assumes Siobhan's identity and tries to fit in among Siobhan's wealthy social circle, including Siobhan's husband Andrew (Ioan Gruffud), stepdaughter Juliet (Zoey Deutch), best friend Gemma (Tara Summers), and Gemma's husband Henry (Kristoffer Polaha) with whom Siobhan had been having an affair. The only one who knows that Bridget is passing as Siobhan is Bridget's Narcotics Anonymous sponsor Malcolm (Mike Colter). Bridget's life becomes more complicated as she discovers that her sister was hiding secrets of her own and that someone is trying to kill Siobhan as well.
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Bridget Kelly/Siobhan Martin. Bridget, a troubled young woman, goes on the run after she is wanted dead by the mob to her twin sister, Siobhan for help. Unknown to Bridget, Siobhan faked her death. Bridget assumes her identity and begins to learn that Siobhan had secrets of her own
Kristoffer Polaha as Henry Butler, Gemma's husband, who works as a writer, is unhappy with his life and had an affair with Siobhan. Later on, he discovers that Siobhan is alive and learns about Bridget's double life
Ioan Gruffudd as Andrew Martin, a self-made millionaire whose marriage to Siobhan is struggling as he deals with his work and keeping his daughter out of trouble
Mike Colter as Malcolm Ward, a recovering addict who serves as Bridget's Narcotics Anonymous sponsor. He knows about Bridget's double life.... (more)(less)