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Ringer

★ 7.0 22K votes 2011–2012 1 season · 22 episodes Canceled The CW
Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 9/10Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 7/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 7/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Sarah Michelle GellarKristoffer PolahaIoan GruffuddNestor CarbonellZoey DeutchMike Colter
Written by
Eric C. CharmeloNicole Snyder
Starring
Sarah Michelle GellarKristoffer PolahaIoan GruffuddNestor CarbonellZoey DeutchMike Colter
Written by
Eric C. CharmeloNicole Snyder
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0150300450600

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About

"Gellar juggles two identities in a soapy thriller"

A woman on the run from dangerous people fakes her death and steps into the life of her wealthy twin sister, who then goes missing under mysterious circumstances. What starts as a survival scheme spirals into a tangle of secrets, affairs, and old crimes she never saw coming. The show leans hard into pulpy, twist-a-minute plotting rather than realism, carried almost entirely by Sarah Michelle Gellar playing both sisters with real range. It's glossy, fast-moving, and often ridiculous, but rarely boring if you accept the melodrama on its own terms.

Watch it for

Sarah Michelle Gellar's dual performance as two very different sisters carries every twist.

Maybe skip if

you need grounded realism, since the plot piles on soapy contrivances fast.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12011
7.96K2214h 41m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.4
55140 min
▶2She's Ruining Everything7.6
39440 min
▶3If You Ever Want a French Lesson...7.6
33741 min
▶4It's Gonna Kill Me, But I'll Do It8.1
34240 min
▶5A Whole New Kind of Bitch8.1
32940 min
▶6The Poor Kids Do It Everyday8.0
31740 min
▶7Oh Gawd, There's Two of Them?8.1
29540 min
▶8Maybe We Can Get a Dog Instead?7.8
26940 min
▶9Shut Up and Eat Your Bologna8.1
27140 min
▶10That's What You Get for Trying to Kill Me8.0
27740 min
▶11It Just Got Normal7.9
26140 min
▶12What Are You Doing Here, Ho-Bag?8.2
25940 min
▶13It's Easy to Cry When This Much Cash is Involved7.9
24240 min
▶14Whores Don't Make That Much7.9
25140 min
▶15P.S. You're an Idiot7.7
22440 min
▶16You're Way Too Pretty to Go to Jail8.0
22440 min
▶17What We Have Is Worth the Pain8.2
22940 min
▶18That Woman's Never Been a Victim Her Entire Life7.7
21840 min
▶19Let's Kill Bridget8.1
22940 min
▶20If You're Just an Evil Bitch Then Get Over It8.1
23140 min
▶21It's Called Improvising, Bitch!8.2
25540 min
▶22I'm the Good Twin8.5
28540 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar Bridget Kelly, Siobhan Martin
Kristoffer Polaha Henry Butler
Ioan Gruffudd Andrew Martin
Nestor Carbonell Agent Victor Machado
Zoey Deutch Juliet Martin
Mike Colter Malcolm Ward
Justin Bruening Tyler Barrett
Jason Dohring Mr. Carpenter
Jaime Murray Olivia Charles
Andrea Roth Catherine Martin

Crew

Eric C. Charmelo
Nicole Snyder

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