Similar to the 1988 Dead Ringers movie with Jeremy Irons playing the male version of the Mantle twins, I say Male because now we have the Female version of the Mantle twins with Dead Ringers TV Series, I never watch the movie didn’t even know it exist, I took interest into this series when the trailer came out, for me it was not clear because it really look like a cult with all the red uniform and women giving birth so I decided to start watching it out of curiosity.
I have only watch the first episode since its a season release I prefer to keep the traditional one episode a week, I find out about the movie when I check the score on IMDB which is solid since its not a series for everybody. Dead Ringers is very graphical and to some point disturbing not only because it shows images of women giving birth that is the main topic of this series, the Mantel twins are trying to change how women are seen and treat during this process, many things in life are evaluated based on society perspective, for many people pregnancy feels awkward, uncomfortable and for some a rough moment necessary to accomplish something bigger. I have two kids and got to say not every pregnancy is the same, in my case my wife was very calm and never had issues during the process, when your wife is pregnant at some point you will see her more beautiful than ever, this are hormones but that’s another topic, that’s they way in my opinion it should feel for everyone, enjoy the process until the day to give birth come but for other women getting pregnant might be a nightmare for both her and her partner, this is the impression most people get of the process and natural because humans are use to remember the bad things only most of the time. This wrong impression and the progress of giving birth making it more human, peaceful and cut down the amount of errors that end up ending lives is what the twins are looking for when they try to build up their own birth center with the most advance technology. That’s the impression I got from the series.
RTT: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dead_ringers_2023
The Mantle Twins, Beverly and Elliot, on the long hair Elliot and Beverly with the hair tied, that’s how you will difference them, works same for everyone who knows them in the series, they constantly team up and swap whenever one of them doesn’t like their patient or any specific situation, they each have different skills when it comes to communicating and handling certain situations.
Beverly is the most affected by how things happen in the hospital, constant delays, errors from both administration and some doctors that on the first episode let to death of a mother who just give birth, there are moments when she snaps because of all this pressure besides that they trying to get their project of the birth center funded, they asking for $16 million, for big investors that’s nothing but its not a amount of cash that you find in every corner.
Eliot on the other hand is more ruthless, she cares about the project too but takes things easier, she is the type of person that can see the world on fire and wouldn’t care much as long as she knows there is a way out, on the first episode it looks like she cares a lot for her sister although this is a twisted TV series, sometimes I feel like more than caring and loving her sister Beverly could be just a very important experiment for her since she cant hold babys, for some reason unknown they keep getting unattached to Beverly and end up loosing them at early stages.
Similar to the movie, the twins are constantly together, this is Beverly asking Eliot if she can go home, both at a club, while Eliot party and do drugs (cocaine) Beverly is studying a case and wants to go home, Eliot is constantly pumping on cocaine
Beverly is under constant pressure form their investors and sometimes she cant hold it to the point of start swearing and telling them to fuck off but when they answer back the same way she just shut up, Beverly have no skin and Eliot loves it, constantly laughing at the situation, the scene above there is Lara patient and investor, the woman in bed Niki who is Lara surrogate for the last six child and ask the twins to close the gap between this and her next son but then that makes Beverly nuts because its not the best for Niki or the child, both start arguing about it until Beverly snaps but then gives up and Eliot had to take control of the conversation, its hilarious every time this happens to Beverly.
First episode is all about introducing the main characters, start to explain their motives, problems, relationships and what the series is about.
Genevieve play by Britne Oldford, I remember her mostly from The Flash TV Series, at actress part of a TV show that Beverly likes end up as one of her patients, Genevieve is exploring the possibility of having a child, Beverly couldn’t handle her because she is bias, likes her and cant take her celebrity status so ask Eliot to swap who is more calm about it, after exams Eliot explains Genevieve that it would be hard for her to get pregnant but not impossible, not the answer she was looking for so gets mad and ask where is the closest bar to get wrecked.
Later on there is an incident with a patient who lost her child giving birth and Eliot felt so depress and guilty she had to go and ask Beverly to cover her, she wants to get drunk and have some fun so she goes to the bar next to the hospital to find Genevieve and get her for her sister, turns out it works, at first it was awkward for Genevieve but then agrees to meet up latter at night in a hotel where she is attending an event.
Latter that night, the twins had dinner with investors, on the left Rebecca on the right Joseph, Joseph is all about progress, feelings, the kids, etc for her is not about the business, Rebecca on the other hand is all about business and passion and give the twins a hard time saying that their pitch was soft and doesn’t trust the project, Beverly again as the most sentimental from the twins reacts emotional and snaps again, ending with fuck off after explaining how important their project is from a technical point. To this Rebecca answer with a fuck yes that’s what I’m looking for but she will be on their neck the entire time, money and family matters a lot for her and wont the twins fuck her, she is all about business.
After dinner, Beverly goes to met with Genevieve as Eliot told her to, they talk on the hotel bar, kiss and end up spending the night together at the twins apartment, the next morning Genevieve sees Greta in the morning and is confuse but Greta is the twins maid, then gest more confuse when she finds out Beverly has a twin sister, later before she goes ask Beverly if she been only with one of them, this make me laugh a bit because I think the twins have done it in the past for sure or will probably do it during the series or probably Eliot is so despicable that she might do it without telling Beverly, the possibilities are infinite.
This is a TV Series I’m sure I will enjoy despite the birthing images that I can stand but make me feel uncomfortable but for me the attraction of the series is the twins, how they handle different situations, they have an asset most humans don’t have an its to be someone else swap their lives in matter of seconds, switching from Eliot and Beverly as they see fit, that helps them a lot mostly Beverly to overcome obstacles in life. Then we have the investors who clearly dont give a shit about the twins, some care about the money, others about the tech and for example Lara cares about producing babies fast for some reason. I give it a solid 7/10 and will keep watching an episode every Friday.
