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Ringer - 3 reasons why you should watch

Oct 17, 2011

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The CW's Sarah Michelle Gellar vehicle started off quite… well, terribly… but something in me, and about 2 million other people, said there was reason to stick around. There's a certain je ne sais quois about Ringer that makes me anticipate every single Tuesday — and I can't exactly pinpoint why that is. It's the same as Awkward. Let me preface by saying there's nothing smart, per sé, about Ringer in the slightest. It's not careful with how it presents its story. And it certainly isn't set in a world with actual consequences staged in reality. There's no telling if The CW rushed in picking up Ringer because of Gellar (and her supposed rabid Buffy fan base) or because they knew where the showrunners were going and thought it would be good. I'm betting the former. But Ringer, a show that's at least a decade older in cast than any of the other shows on the network, is the most compelling new show of the season (tied with Revenge for me).

I've complained about music scores, I've groaned at the visual effects, and I've demanded more intense writing and directing. But I've also — and those who have read my reviews can vouch for all of this — mentioned endlessly that there's something that keeps me coming back for more. As I mentioned, I can't exactly put my finger on it. But now that Ringer has gotten a full-season pickup, aside from a review of the latest episode coming tomorrow, here are three reasons (just a few) I'm there every Tuesday at 9pm, in no particular order:

1. Sarah Michelle Gellar is good at playing two characters

I've never watched a television series, short from a Univision telenovela, where the lead had to play two parts. (Well, actually, let me clarify: Anna Torv on Fringe kicks ass at doing this. And she not only has played two characters but also a "possessed" one, so I bow down to her. But these two characters are in the same world and interact with each other a lot more.) And Sarah Michelle Gellar knocks it out of the park. Some have told me that her Buffy-isms come through and they can't take either character seriously, but thankfully I never truly watched that show.

Gellar provides these subtle differences that make knowing which character is onscreen undeniable to the audience. Even her voice has this slight change in inflection when she's either Siobhan or Bridget. And Gellar isn't just playing two characters.

No, she's playing both characters in two different time periods as well as one who's pretending to be the other currently. That's not exactly an easy feat.

Gellar, as well as everyone else's, acting remains one of the best individual aspects of the show and it doesn't seem like that will be changing any time soon. …

Read reasons two and three at NoWhiteNoise.com!

18 comments:

  1. No problemo, already watching...

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  2. One reason why I stopped watching: Boat scene.

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  3. I wanted to keep watching but I just couldn't. I'm going to wait until the season is over and marathon it since my views don't count anyway.

    Revenge, on the other hand, is must-watch. It's one of those shows that really surprises me with how good it is each week.

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  4. I totally agree with: "you should watch Ringer", but can't agree that much with reason 1

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  5. I have to say, I can't understand why people think this show is terrible... I really like it, and I genuinely can't tell who Bridget will edge towards in terms of romance, as both male leads seem very likely.

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  6. haha, it was shocking. but i hung in there, and its not too bad. the trick to this show is to never have them both in the same shot, because it just looks awful, lol. x

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  7. It was a pilot and their budget probably sucked. It's gotten much better. Don't judge it just because of the boat scene!

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  8. I love the show and I'm going to continue watching.

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  9. It would have been easier to just drive out on an actual boat! :P

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  10. I like it and I'll be watching it! :D

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  11. Even mediocre serialized TV shows are more enjoyable to me than most procedurals.... so I will keep watching.

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  12. I was one of those people that commented on how ridiculously terrible the boat scene was too, but it has gotten much, much better in all honesty. 

    It still has its faults and you still need a healthy dose of suspension of disbelief but it is finding its legs now.

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  13. That's what got me hooked. I was ready for a train wreck. However, it's become much better and even a little addictive.

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  14. the reason i started watching os SMG but now it is a great show

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  15. Yes, the visual effects are absolutely terrible. However, as a previous poster said, the pilot episode usually has a bigger budget… so the first episode is probably the best they can do. Thankfully, they don't really do much visual effects stuff.

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  16. Enjoying this show! I haven't had time to watch the last 2 episodes but I will soon! Plus we have to wait 2 weeks anyway. There's also Nina Dobrev who plays 2 characters which of course you know since I read your excellent TVD reviews. Elena and Katherine of course are much more different and not interacting all that much like on Ringer. I think the first episode's effects were lacking but doing the whole split screen thing isn't easy and they probably didn't have much experience in doing something like that. It's gotten better though and I don't even think that its SMG in both (or Nina for TVD).

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  17. Aw thank you :D

    Yeah, TVD's Katherine is, by my standards, THEIR best character so there's a reason why I think Nina's doing a good job. Obviously, you can tell when Katherine is onscreen rather than Elena, and much of that is to Nina's credit, but it's also because both characters are drastically different. Ringer is much more subtle with Siobhan and Bridget, as they should be because they're real people and not supernatural, so I think a lot of their distinction is to Gellar's credit.

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  18. Kathy is great! Buckets of crazy (well maybe down to a few buckets now...) but still awesome to watch...hope she isn't too broken up about Mikael taking a snack. At least she will know what it feels like after hundreds of years of humans. Ringer's differences are definitely different which I enjoy, it's cool to see how they were similar and changed over time. Still haven't watched the new episodes (darn you school) but I want to know what happened with Sioban's kid.

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