One – As the first episode of Dead Ringers begins, Beverly Mantle (Rachel Weisz) tells Elliot Mantle that she can’t keep delivering babies. They’re opening a birthing center so they’re going to keep doing just that. A guy sitting nearby tells them they have the same face before asking if they ever have a threesome with one man. They mess around with Larry and pretend to be into that sort of thing. After the intro, one of the twins has a miscarriage. Later, Beverly tells her sister that she lost another one. At the hospital, Megan (Heather Botts) approaches them because she thinks it is starting. Beverly tells her to go home because it isn’t happening yet.

Other mothers give birth to their babies. After work, the twins go to the club and dance throughout the night. Elliot begins hooking up with a man until Beverly bursts through the door to say they’re being paged. Back at the hospital, Joseph tells them it is one dinner. If they make it work, it could be huge for them. They’ll get full backing if they can land the Parkers. Elliot thought the Parkers were pure evil. Joseph (Jeremy Shamos) says she is excited by science. Elliot claims she is responsible for an opioid crisis. Beverly wants to open the birthing center because women need it. Nicki (Emily Donahoe) learns that they’ll need to try to turn the baby. Nicki is having the baby for Lara (Miriam Silverman) who swears at the twins.

Lara asks about their birthing center and whether it’ll have everything in-house since that is why she is donating. Lara is asked to step outside the room for a moment, but she refuses and stays around. After that, Elliot snorts drugs while talking about being about to make a baby out of nothing. She says they can do the research and make anything happen although Beverly says that isn’t what they do. Beverly admits she really believes in what they’re trying to do. She says her body keeps messing it up. Elliot is going to take the samples to the lab and analyze everything so they can go again. She promises to solve it so her sister can have a baby. While in the lab, Elliot is approached by a man working there.

She asks how jealous he’ll be when she is in her lab growing embryos into fetuses and fetuses into babies. Tom (Michael Chernus) says he’ll visit her in jail. Elliot reminds him that it is a private lab with private funding. Once he finds out that she has Beverly scrapings, he says she can’t knock her sister up yet she thinks she can grow a baby from a test tube. Tom asks if she wants to get a drink later, but Elliot can’t because she has the dinner. Tom says it is her dinner with the most morally corrupt woman on the planet so they’re going to get along well. Beverly apologizes to Lenka (Liza Fernandez) who says it was only six weeks. She has lost one at 12 weeks, 14 weeks, and 16 weeks.

Although Lenka believes her body kills babies, Beverly doesn’t think it is healthy to blame herself. Elliot tells Therese (Mikaela Iazquierdo) that everything looks good although she has a yeast infection. Therese steps out to use the bathroom. Elliot asks Max (Chad Doreck) how he is doing. After he says it is a lot, Elliot says it is important to express how he is feeling. She talks Max into showing her his penis before calling it a huge disappointment. Therese sits back down. Beverly checks on Sandra (Cici Koueth). When the other doctor comes in, Beverly recommends getting Sandra a CT scan. Elliot deals with Genevieve (Britne Oldford).

Genevieve learns about the procedure before it begins. She says she wants a baby. The doctor has to step out of the room. She contacts her sister and asks her to swap with her. They share notes. Genevieve is an actress who is there for a fertility check. Elliot is asked about touching her and whether she was too delicious. Then, they return to their duties. Genevieve is told that her uterus is heart-shaped. That likely won’t impact her fertility, but it could increase the likelihood of an early birth or miscarriage. Her fallopian tubes are blocked on both sides. She has options. Genevieve would like to take a second before moving forward. She just wants to go to the bar and get wrecked.

The doctor offers to come help her get wrecked in a bit even though that would be inappropriate. The twins switch back. Beverly gets a message from Joseph about meeting the Parkers and changing the time. Leonie is rushed into the hospital. While work twin deals with Leonie, the other tries to help Alexa who is being discharged. Leonie loses her baby. Mr. Russell is told that his wife suffered internal bleeding. The twins struggle with everything that has happened. Elliot goes out with Genevieve and talks to her about being an actress. They end up kissing. Genevieve says she’d like to see her again and tells her where she’ll be. Elliot does drugs in the car with Beverly as they prepare for the meeting with the Parkers.

They will be meeting her and her wife Susan. Elliot tells Beverly that she kissed the actress because she was hoping to get her for her sister. Beverly learns where she is staying. She thanks her sister. Elliot tells her to just have quick sex because she is worried she won’t live up to her fantasies. They have dinner with Rebecca and Susan. While Susan says she loves babies, Rebecca thinks they’re boring. Then, they talk about what they’re looking for in an investor. Rebecca didn’t find their proposal very exciting when she read it. She finds it less compelling now because she likes science and medicine. Susan makes it clear that she wants the birthing center. Rebecca was expecting more from them.

The twins tell her about the woman dying today and the other woman who lost her baby. Beverly blames the system that she calls diabolical. She goes through everything that is wrong with the system and how they’ve been a part of making it seem normal. This could be the most important investment she could make because it could be world-changing if they get it right. Rebecca says she needs to get very close when she decides to invest in something. She wants to spend some time together before deciding whether this could work. Beverly hangs out with Genevieve while Elliot sleeps with a man. She talks to him about being an accountant and having siblings.

He is asked whether he craves stability or runs away from it. Elliot tells Ryan (Kario Marcel) that he has a really nice face. Ryan admits he craves stability. Genevieve tells Beverly how her body felt and wanting a baby. Although Beverly wants babies, it just hasn’t happened yet. She confirms she is actively trying now. They almost kiss. Then, they go back to Beverly’s place where she lives with her sister. Genevieve offers to make her something to eat. Then, they have sex. The twin comes home and begins eating the food from the counter. In the morning, Genevieve finds out that Beverly is a twin. Elliot suggests she must be the only person in Manhattan to not know the Mantle twins.

Beverly claims she completely forgot her sister existed. Genevieve wants to make sure she has only been with Beverly this whole time. Beverly says yes. Gene admits she likes her before leaving. As Genevieve walks down the street, she looks at a picture of twins. Beverly and Elliot talk about the Parkers and the actress. Elliot offers to help her get someone else, but Beverly says no. Beverly is going to see her again and calls her incredible. During a meeting, Beverly tells everyone she is there because her sister died.

 

Dead Ringers Review

After the first episode of Dead Ringers, it is impossible to be enthusiastic about the rest of the series. It was really hard to get into the story straight from the start due to the juvenile, unrealistic dialogue and the off-putting performance from Rachel Weisz. The twins were easy to confuse and it didn’t help that they switched roles at least once or twice.

The story is going to drag at a slow pace considering it is being stretched to six episodes. There are also agendas being pushed at every turn that makes this feel more like a statement than a show that was written and produced for the viewer’s entertainment. Unfortunately, this isn’t good so it’d probably be better to just watch the movie again and save time.

The birth scenes looked great although they were a little over-the-top. The opening episode scores a 4 out of 10. Recaps of Dead Ringers can be found on Reel Mockery here. Find out how to support our independent site at this link. Learn more about advertising on Reel Mockery here.