Ringer - That's What You Get for Trying to Kill Me - Recap/Review

I don't know why I'm inclined to believe that this is one of the better shows that have started this year. Because honestly, I think I may be wrong. Maybe I'm biased? I do have a tendency to fall in love with anything that stars Sarah Michelle Gellar. But this week's episode disappointed me. It had potential and enough twists to have anyone biting down their nails, but somehow, it fell short.

The episode starts off with a quick phonecall between Malcolm and Bridget, explaining to us how he managed to get out of Charlie's house. You know, the place he broke into. But he didn't leave emptyhanded – he grabbed, what he thought, was Charlie's cellphone. But of course, for the sake of the storyline, the device is out of batteries and all the stores are closed. Figures, right?

They both head home to their respective places and we follow Bridget as she enters her – pardon me, her sister's – luxurious apartment. But something's different, the floors are covered with white rose pedals and burning candles. At this point, I knew that my feelings about this episode would be mixed. A part of me believes that 6 years ago, Andrew married the wrong twin when it was Bridget who he belonged with the entire time. That part of me loves the scenes between the two of them, up until the second part of me remembers that Andrew still believes that he is with Siobhan and I'm suddenly extremely uncomfortable with these scenes. To make it even worse, Bridget lets it slip that she loves Andrew and the two of them find their way to the bed for a montage of their ”first” sex scene.

Cut to Paris, a martini and a bruised Siobhan. As a desperate, and I'm mean desperate, attempt to win over Tyler (for reasons I'm still not sure of), Siobhan got into a fight with a bathroom cabinet. After trying her best to explain, as in lie, that she is married to an abusive husband and how she has developed feelings for Tyler, she is shot down and left at the bar. Poor Siobhan.

Back in New York, Malcolm has bought himself a charger and the phone isn't Charlie's as he had thought, but instead Gemma Butler's. He assures Bridget that the safest way to go about this would be to call the cops. The detectives drops by at Charlie's house but of course, he has moved Gemma to a safe location and convices them that the ex-junkie is the liar, not the ex-cop.

To sum up some of the scenes that comes after this: Charlie has anger issues and wants to ”take care” of Gemma to prevent her from talking. Surprisingly, Siobhan objects and continues to explain how she is still her friend, to which Charlie responds ”I'd hate to see how you treat your enemies.” Touché.

Meanwhile, an old friend of Bridget (or fellow stripper) and an informer of Agent Machado has been murdered. When called to the scene, Machado befriends a cop working on the case who turns out to be a bad guy who the murdered informer had overheard her employee talking about. To be honest, these scenes tend to have me yawning at the end. I'm probably leaving out an extremely important fact, but I'm too tired of these suspicious little leads that Machado looks up. It never answers any of my questions, anyway.

Charlie starts to get greedy. After he's promised more money from Siobhan, he visits Bridget and blackmails her by trading Gemma for a nice 250 000 dollars, or something along those expensive lines. He tells her to meet him at Penn Station but when at the drop off, Charlie is spooked by the two detectives sitting comfortably in a car outside the station. As Bridget begs for a second chance to make the trade over the phone, he hangs up and leaves Bridget hanging.

At the school, Juliet and her class are busy learning about being eco-friendly and she continues to flirt with Mr. Carpenter, despite his obvious disinterest. He finally snaps and asks for a moment alone with Juliet to discuss her behaviour ”without the dramatics”. The scene cuts as he closes the door to the classroom, leaving us wondering what happened.

Back at Penn Station, we learn that Henry called the detectives but he seems to regret his decision when Bridget fills him in on the ransom left by the man who has Gemma. One of the detectives gets a call about the cellphone belonging to Gemma – it's full of Charlie's fingerprints. Too little, too late because after a fight and a few blows to the head, Charlie shoots Gemma and is then shot by a furious Siobhan. Who seems to have a teleporter by the way she gets from Paris to New York.

At the Martin's, we see Juliet lying on her bed, tightly gripping a pillow. Her computer beeps and one of her classmates talks to her through her webcam, asking about Mr. Carpenter. Juliet, with tears in her eyes says ”We had sex. But I didn't want to. He forced himself on me.”

When talking to Malcolm the next day, Bridget wonders why she isn't satisfied with Charlie being out of their lives. We see a split screen of the twins, both in New York but only one of them with all the answers. And that concludes this week's episode, one that gave me very mixed feelings. I'm starting to wonder if there are actual plotholes in the story or if we're simply supposed to be left wondering every week, just like Bridget.

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