Fall Premiere Pilot Review: Ringer (D)
Ringer (CW)
My first thought when watching Ringer: “Look it’s Buffy!” My second thought: “Oh god, it’s so not Buffy.” Remaining thoughts: “Wow, this is really awful.” While I’m a HUGE Buffy fan, I’m not necessarily on the Sarah Michelle Gellar bandwagon so she’s not enough to hold my interest. I found the show to be quite dull, predictable and just not appealing. As Rebellious Pixels said while watching the episode, “This is an impressive level of bad”. The episode starts with a scene portraying violence against women. Then we find out that the season’s villain is a Native American man. It is so entirely rare to see indigenous folks on TV shows, and the few times we do, they are often portrayed as evil, manipulative, casino owners, or magical and this case is no different. I don’t see where this show’s overall story can go after a season if it gets renewed, and at this point, I really don’t care.
Side note: Remember when Siobhan–er…Bridget–was on the roof and she sees a man lingering in a trench coat? Did anyone else think, “Hey, it’s Angel being a stalker again”?
Really not interested in watching again
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