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Ringer 1x11: It Just Got Normal

Posted on the 04 February 2012 by Tvgeek @TVGeek_blog


Ringer 1x11: It Just Got Normal
Original Air Date: 31 January 2012


StorylineBridget offers to host a fundraiser that her friend Greer is holding for Juliet's school and discovers that Greer knew one of Siobhan's deep dark secrets. While back in New York, Siobhan discovers that Bridget has settled into her former life more easily than Siobhan expected and she is determined to change that.Best Quote:

Machado: How does a stripper from Wyoming hook up with a retired cop from Brooklyn?


Review: After a long hiatus, Ringer returns with an amazing episode, one full of suspense, great interactions between the characters and one Siobhan Martin deciding to mess with her sister's new snug life in more ways than one.

So far, Bridget and her struggles to adapt to her sister's life were the focus of this show and I really wanted to see more of the evil twin, because villains almost always make the more interesting characters. And despite the soap-opera air that this series is displaying right now, having Siobhan back in New York has taken things to a whole new level of intensity, especially that now things "just got normal", as Juliet put it, and nothing really exciting was going on with Bridget and Andrew.  
Siobhan's end game is still an unknown. She revealed to look for information about her husband's affairs, believing he was issuing a different set of statements to his investors and keeping the real ones for himself. But what will she do with this, moving on? Use them to blackmail Martin/Charles, probably, but you never know, with Siobhan.
But she did more than just break into Andrew's computer - in his house, with Bridget there, even - after returning to New York. Seeing how happy her sister is with Andrew must have been disconcerting, but was taking the ring just a way to create problems between the couple of does she have another plan? Like sell it and get her hands on the money she desperately needs? (By the way, the moment I saw Andrew give Bridget that ring, I knew it was going to be cause for trouble; it always is...)
It wasn't enough for Siobhan to mess with her sister and her husband, though. She couldn't help it but make contact with Henry, who must be the most confused person in the world right now. One minute the woman he had an affair with dismisses him without giving him the time of day and the next she tells him she loves him. Of course, he doesn't know they are two different people and I can't wait to see how Siobhan explains to him her moody behavior. Will she tell him the truth about her sister and about the baby? Or will she just use Henry to mess Bridget's life even more?
Talking about Bridget, she may have found a new friend in Greer Sheridan, played by the lovely Mädchen Amick. But Greer is someone who knows Siobhan's most treasured secret - her affair with Henry, and it was the reason why the two stopped being friends a while back. So, while I thing Bridget really needs a friend, especially after what happened with Gemma, I'm not ready to take her for granted.
Meanwhile, with Henry not happy about the results of the investigation into his wife's death, agent Machado is trying to put the pieces together regarding the possible connection between Bridget and John Delario, but his trip to the Hamptons led him to a discovery that will most certainly make him watch the Martins even closer.
And what about Juliet? Just before the show's hiatus, she was telling her friend about how Mr. Carpenter forced himself on her. I'm still debating whether she's telling the truth or not, but that's just because I like Jason Dohring so much; her behavior points towards her telling the truth and her reaction to the entire school finding out about it was exactly the one any teenager wanting to fit in would have. But you have to give it to Bridget: she did exactly what any mother would do, though I might have done something more than just punch him in the nose.
As always, Ringer left us with a lot of questions, and the one I mostly want to find the answer to is whether Siobhan will reveal to Henry the truth about her sister and about her pregnancy. After all, it's about time for her baby bump to show, don't you think? 


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