The Poor Kids Do It Every Day
Well I have got up to episode 10 of Ringer and I am only now writing the review for episode 6. Ringer has had me so glued that I have been watching episodes rather than writing about them.
Well episode 6 is another Ringer episode of head-spinning and question-asking: What was Bridget thinking? What was her game plan? To me she seems to do a lot of things in the heat of the moment without thinking them through.
"The Poor Kids Do It Everyday" featured Henry bleaching down his walls as Juliet started her first day at public school. Perhaps they were both looking for a fresh start. I still do not understand Andrew's logic in sending Juliet to public school to keep her out of trouble.
Henry cleans up the blood and throws the broken vase and bloody rags in a dumpster. Then he leaves Gemma's car at the airport.
Henry's idea about leaving the car at the airport seemed like a particularly bad one. At some point they're going to find it and then they're going to check all of those security cameras they have at JFK International and guess what they'll see. It could be the nail in his proverbial coffin.
He accuses Siobhan (Bridget) of killing Gemma. She denies any involvement. Eventually he believes her and tells her where he stashed the evidence.
I was shocked when Henry tried to turn everything around on Siobhan. Did he really think he was saving her when he was mopping up his wife's blood? Does he love Siobhan that much or was he simply covering his own back? If you are going to go to that much trouble covering for someone who you think committed murder you would at least make sure that they were actually guilty in the first place otherwise you just make yourself look guilty.
For Juliet's first day of school, I couldn't believe Andrew didn't make her change her top, too. It was just as fabric-challenged as the skirt. But again, I was thinking if she was still in private school then you wouldn't have that problem she would be in uniform.
Juliet is bullied at her new public school. Another girl starts a fight with her but no one will stick up for Juliet. Even her father believes she's in the wrong.
Juliet's teacher lies for her, accusing the other girl, Tessa of starting the fight. He says he knows what Tessa is like and believes Juliet deserves a fresh start.
Did anyone else question her new teacher's helpfulness or am I too suspicious? Was he trying to be a nice guy and give her a new start or was he looking to take advantage of the poor little rich girl with daddy issues and this was the first step? Call me a cynic, it just doesn't seem right. A teacher wouldn't do that unless he is someone who can't be trusted and lets face it, this is Ringer after all and from past experiences I would question pretty much everyone.
Agent Machado searches for Malcolm. They search Makawi's strip club but Malcolm has been moved (of course he has since they had to go away and get a warrant so obviously giving them time to move him).
I know I've probably said it before but I've grown tired of Malcolm's storyline. This was the third week we've seen Makawi pump him full of drugs. If there's a point, I wish the show would get to it. I don't really get why he would put up with so much for the sake of protecting Bridget? We haven't seen enough of their past to understand why he would go through all of this.
Elsewhere, Charlie is still a mystery. Bridget's new sponsor is the wild card in this conspiracy. I'm still not sure how he figures into all of this, but there's clearly a lot going on here. Stay tuned. Stay guarded.
Bridget leaves an anonymous tip for the police telling them which dumpster to look in. I was beginning to think that Gemma set up Henry but they have two kids. That would be really cold and cruel. Then, when they found Bridget's fingerprint I was wondering if Gemma set them both up. But Bridget left the print. She purposefully left her own fingerprint on the broken vase leading them to look for Bridget. The first time I watched this I didn't understand why she would do this but the second time I realised that Henry was the only suspect and as Henry pointed out how long would it take the cops to find out about him and Siobhan if they looked into it. So Bridget was trying to protect her new life. Although, I am not sure if this was the best way to do it because if they eventually find out that she is Bridget and not Siobhan she has now implicated herself in a disappearance / possibly murder.
So... is Gemma really dead? Did Siobhan have her killed and, if so, to what end? What the heck happened and how long will we have to wait to find out? Whatever the answers, I grow more intrigued with every episode.
That's what Ringer often does: leave you wondering. And guessing. And waking up at random hours of the night with new theories about what's going on.
Also, I am so glad that once I got to episode 10 the first time round I made my partner start watching it with me from the beginning because the second time round I am noticing things I didn't the first time. Also, my partner has different theories about it than me which gets me thinking and asking even more questions.
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