PilotWatch Update: RINGER

Last week I gave a two-star rating to the series premiere of RINGER on the CW (check out my review here).  I said I would give it another episode or two to see if it gets any better.  Well, last night was the second episode of the show, so I'm here to give an update.

Did it get any better?
No.  This week saw the same trying-too-hard-to-be-complicated plot, the same two-dimensional characters, and the same OVERLY. DRAMATIC. CLIFFHANGERS.  The entire episode focused around the man that Bridget shot at the end of the pilot.  Or, more accurately, his body.  Actually, an episode about the man would've been more interesting, with Bridget trying to find out who he was, who sent him, and why he apparently wanted to kill Siobahn.  But the writers decided that those infinitely more interesting questions could wait in favor of an entire episode focused on Bridget trying to hide the body from her friends and coworkers in increasingly hilarious situations.  That's right.  Episode 2 of RINGER was a corpse-hiding adventure!

It's remarkable how easily this episode could have been written as a slapstick comedy, what with the friends popping up at inopportune moments, the sly glances at table saws, the stashing of corpses inside trunks, the conspicuously leaking blood that only the protagonist notices, and the corpse's cell phone ringing at inopportune moments...  I felt like I was watching a contemporary take on ARSENIC AND OLD LACE.  Except, you know, not funny.

Literally no storyline progressed.  Bridget/Siobahn's best friend is still trying to find out who her husband's cheating on her with (it's Siobahn!), the FBI agent is still trying to track down Bridget, Siobahn's husband still remains infuriatingly unaware that his wife has been replaced by a completely different person, Siobahn's man-on-the-side is still pining after her with puppy dog eyes...  Instead, we got treated to Sarah Michelle Gellar's inability to act like a convincing drunk, vague companies (they do something with money?) that inexplicably only employ snooty British people, over-the-top gay party planners, a Titanic-themed fundraiser, and the following gem of a line: "She's a snake in Louboutins."

Only in the last thirty seconds did we get treated to a glimpse of the real Siobahn, still hiding out in Paris, still throwing tantrums at random people over the phone.  If the show insists on relegating its most interesting character and storyline to the last thirty seconds of every episode, I'm not sure that they'll be maintaining my interest much longer.  I'll give this show one more chance before I give up entirely.  Third time's the charm, right?

Verdict:
Worse than the pilot.

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What did you think of Episode 2 of RINGER?