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'Ringer' with Sarah Michelle Gellar Series Premier Video Ep 01
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We open on a scared woman, trying to elude a masked man in a huge, unfinished NYC apartment. She tries to hide, he finds her, they struggle, and as he chokes her she says, "You have the wrong girl!" We then flash to an Narcotics Anonymous meeting where that woman is sharing her story of trying to stay clean. Her name is Bridget and she has finally heard from her sister Siobhan who wants her to come visit. She chats with her sponsor Malcolm at the end of the meeting and then meets up with FBI agent Victor Machado. Machado ferries her to the Double Nickel motel. She's being kept there in protective custody because she is slated to testify in a murder trial against a big deal local crime boss fantasitcally named BodawayMacawi. She is nervous but Machado reassures her. The next morning Machado arrives to find that Bridget incapacitated her guard, took his gun, and fled. We flash to a bar in East Hampton, NY and what looks like Bridget, except her loose blond hair is now tied in a tight bun and she is dressed in smart, upscale clothes. This is Siobhan, who is meeting Bridget at her bus after a six year estrangement due to a mystery incident. They hug. Siobhan takes Bridget to her palatial weekend home in the Hamptons and Bridget reflects that Siobhan is living a perfect life. Siobhan says it's close to it. She says her hubby of five years is in London working and visiting his daughter Juliet at boarding school. Siobhan admits that she hasn't told her husband that she has a sister. Bridget apologizes for "everything." She is making her 12 step amends. Bridget says she thinks about Sean everyday. Siobhan says she doesn't want to talk about it, that Bridget is already forgiven and just needs to forgive herself. Back in Rock Springs, Wyoming, Victor asks Malcolm about Bridget and if she contacted him and if they're in love. He says no and it's none of Victor's buiness. Well, Victor tells him, Malcolm better hope that Victor finds Bridget before Macawi does because without her testimony he is now a free man. Back in the Hamptons, Siobhan and Bridget for a boat ride. Bridget says she no longer strips, she is now a waitress and she hopes to be a sister that Siobhan doesn't have to hide. Siobhan says she missed Bridget too. Later Bridget wakes from a nap wondering how long she was out. She discover Siobhan is gone: there is a pill bottle and Siobhan's scarf is in the ocean. She dives in to look for her and comes up with nothing. She heads back to Siobhan's house and, impulsively, decides to impersonate Siobhan instead of going to the authorities. Now in New York City we see Siobhan get out of a chauffered car and enter a fancy midtown apatment, complete with his and hers closets and a sexy British husband. When she kisses him he's surprised. He asks if she's lost weight and says she's too thin. Her friendly demeanor surprises him. It is then we realize that it must be Bridget. She then goes outside and calls Malcolm and says she can't believe what she's done and says she didn't think she had a choice. She says Siobhan killed herself. As she speaks, saying she's the only one who knos she's dead, we see her go back to the Hamptons house, grab Siobhan's ID, stash her old clothes and dress herself as Siobhan. She says it was so easy, and that everyone think she's Siobhan. Malcolm asks where she is and he'll come get her. She says no. She sees a man on the street staring up at her and says she has to go. She goes back in the apartment and hides the gun she nabbed from her FBI protector. She gets in bed. The next day she gets a call from Siobhan's best friend Gemma who informs her she's late for a meeting at the loft. She grabs Siobhan's orange daybook and finds the appointment. She meets Gemma at the loft-- the one we saw in the opening. Workmen are hard at work, it turns out that this is Siobhan and Andrew's new place. They go on the terrace and Gemma complains that her husband Henry, an out of work novelist, is having an affair. That night Siobhan and Andrew attend an opera fundraiser. She notices the same man watching her. Later, when she's alone he grabs and kisses her. She is confused. It turns out that this is Henry, and he is having an affair, with Siobhan. He is confused when she rebuffs him and wonders why she didn't show up for their regular rendezvous at a hotel. He asks her to meet him at the hotel on Thursday. Later that night, Andrew helps unhook her dress and walks away. She asks if everything is okay. He says it is. She says she thought they were cool. He says, of course they're not, that he's just keeping up appearances and that it's her game and he's just playing by the rules. She says what if she doesn't want to play games and be nice to each other. He wonders why she's so relaxed and agreeable. He says he loves it but doesn't believe it. Looking through Siobhan's jewely bo Bridget finds a picture of Siobhan with a little blond boy named Sean, dated 2005. She gets teary. The next day in Brooklyn she attends an NA meeting. She says she never meant for any of this to happen. She says she lost someone who meant everything to her, just got her back and now she's gone again. She says maybe once things settle down she can go back to her normal life but for now she has to stay. She heads back to Siobhan's and discovers her step-daughter Juliet hooking up with a dude. She grabs the gun and puts it back in her purse. She has a fractious conversation with her. Juliet complains about having to go to boarding school because of Siobhan. Just then Victor Machado arrives. He's there to question her about Bridget. She claims they don't speak and she hasn't heard from her. He explains Bridget's a fugitive and they're very concerned for her safety since Macawi is free. Back in Rock Springs we see Macawi watching Malcolm. That night , Bridget goes to the loft to hide the gun. She wraps it in a newspaper. Gemma shows up. She continues to worry about Henry and his affair. Siobhan asks if she has any idea who it is. She doesn't. The next day she shows up at the hotel and ends it with Henry, saying that Gemma is on to him. She says if he really loves her, he'll stay away. Back at home, Andrew is yelling at Juliet for some sort of infraction. She says she's going to her mother's. He says that's not an option. Juliet tearfully says he's just throwing it in her face that her mother doesn't want her either. Bridget as Siobhan (BAS) gets a call and learns that she is four weeks pregnant. She says "I'm pregnant??" just as Andrew walks by. She goes into the bathroom and says to the mirror: "Siobhan what did you do?" Later, out at a club, Gemma and Henry learn of Siobhan and Andrew's pregnancy news. Gemma is thrilled. Henry less so. Gemma and Andrew go off for a refill and Henry points out the obvious, that it's his baby since it's unlikely she's slept with Andrew. He wants her to leave Andrew for him and tells her to make a choice. Siobhan chooses Andrew. The next day Andrew is on the phone angrily trying to get out of a deal. BAS comes in. Andrew asks if she thinks Henry was asking weird. She says he's just an artist. She asks about Juliet. Turns out she got kicked out of boarding school for cocaine. A vial of which he places on the table. BAS freaks and says she can't stay there with the baby coming. Machado gets a tip, some kids broke into the bus station lockers and found Bridget's stuff. In it, there's a letter from Siobhan to Bridget. He notes Siobhan said they hadn't been in contact. He wonders what else she's lying about. As she's leaving an NA meeting, BAS gets a message from Gemma to meet her at the loft because she thinks she knows who Henry is sleeping with. BAS goes to the loft and we pick up the interlude from the opening: her struggle with the masked man, ending with her yelping, "You have the wrong girl!" They bust through a wall and she sees the paper with the gun. She grabs a gun, screams "I'm not Bridget!" - and shoots him. She tosses the gun and pulls up the mask. She doesn't know who the man is and in his pocket is a picture labeled Siobhan Martin. We cut to Paris. A smoking Siobhan gets a call: "Siobhan, we have a problem." (Yes, she's smoking while she's pregnant. Of course she doesn't know that.)
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