That's What You Get Trying to Kill Me
After another intriguing episode of Ringer I'm left with one lingering question (yes another question)... but I'll get to that. "That's What You Get Trying to Kill Me" left me with numerous inquiries but it's the one toward the end that's the problem.
Malcolm tells his suspicions about Charlie to the police. They search the house but Charlie has moved Gemma.
Bridget plays Nancy Drew. Bridget and sidekick Malcolm believed that Gemma was locked in Charlie's basement just because he had a lock on the door. Gemma's been missing for weeks. There's been no ransom demand. I know they want to think the best but finding her phone seemed to point to Charlie as her killer more than her kidnapper. The fact that they never mention the thought that she might be dead seemed odd.
This left me with the question, why is Gemma still alive? What was the point of having Charlie abduct her? Did Siobhan know she knew about the Bridget/Siobhan switch and wanted to keep her quiet? If so, how did she know? Also, weren't there easier, less bloody ways of doing that? Like Charlie said, I'd hate to see how Siobhan handles her enemies if this is the way she treats her friends.
Charlie tells Siobhan he is done with her game. He tells Bridget he has Gemma and wants a $250,000 ransom. Bridget doesn't question why he has had Gemma for so long and has only now demanded a ransom. I know I would have to ask more questions.
Bridget and Andrew go to drop off the ransom but the police are tailing them. Henry called them when he grew suspicious of Bridget. Charlie sees the police and shoots Gemma instead.
Somehow Gemma survives. Charlie must be a really bad shot, he was standing a foot away from her when he shot her. How did he miss? Didn't he used to be a cop? Gemma hits Charlie but he gets up. Just before he kills her he tells her that Siobhan, not Bridget is the one who is responsible for this. Again, what was the point? Why keep her so long just to kill her and why did he miss the first time he shot her just to kill her 5 minutes later? I really didn't get the point of this. If he missed the first shot surely it would have made more sense for Gemma to have gotten away?
Henry's three steps behind. Or at least it always seems that way. Unfortunately, when he finally started to catch up, his actions got Gemma killed. Well, they certainly got her shot.
Henry's call to the cops prompted Charlie to shoot her but then by some miracle she survived and was able to hit him. So when he spoke and she knew he was still conscious, why not hit him again? And maybe a couple more times for good measure instead of pleading for his keys? You'd think she'd want to beat him senseless and then run.
Siobhan flies back to New York and confronts Charlie. When they fight, she shoots and kills him. The police think Charlie killed Gemma, then himself. Well at least this story got Siobhan back to New York. What will happen now? Will see let people know she is back and Bridget has been pretending to be her? Will we find out why she left in the first place?
Siobhan tells Tyler that the baby she's carrying is his and that Andrew beats her. She fakes a black eye to 'prove' it. Not quite sure what the point of this is yet. Maybe he caught her off guard or maybe this is all part of her plan. I wish she would hurry up and let us in on what her plan is.
Juliet's crush on her teacher continues to grow. He becomes angry and tells Juliet they need to talk in private. Later, Julie tells her friend that he raped her. Very unrealistic. When I did my teacher training we were specifically told not to put yourself into a situation like this. If a student starts coming onto you you definitely don't ask the other students to leave the room so you can be alone.
Juliet has been on a predictable path. So Juliet's big storyline is her twisted crush on her teacher. They've been telegraphing the build up to this story for weeks and I was tired of it almost before it began. Couldn't they find something more interesting to do with the show's only teenager?
So now the question becomes, is Mr. C some psycho rapist attacking young girls or is Juliet looking for revenge for getting rejected? however, like I said it doesn't seem realistic, but then everyone on Ringer seems to have secrets and a plan so why not either Juliet or Mr C.
Another one of Machado's informants is murdered. She was played by Buffy's Amber Benson. Great actress and completely different to Tara in Buffy. It would have been nice to see her act again with Sarah Michelle Gellar and maybe not get killed off so quickly. This time Machado catches the mole Makawi has in the department. Which obviously turned out to be Jimmy (who is also working with Siobhan).
Yes Machado's back. I've missed him. But with him came another dead stripper / informant. Perhaps Bridget was right to run. It doesn't appear that Agent Machado is very good about keeping the people around him safe. Perhaps finally capturing one of Makawi's moles will help.
At the end of this episode, I was left with that lingering question. What's the point? Why keep Gemma alive only to kill her now (and take two goes at it)? Why have Charlie tell her Siobhan is still alive only to kill them both? Why is Siobhan trying to convince Tyler he's her baby daddy? But, most of all, why did Siobhan start this whole mess to begin with? I'm still really interested and can't wait to see the next episode but I am starting to wish that some questions will start getting answered rather than each episode just creating more questions.
Ten episodes in and I still don't have a clue why all of this is happening.
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