Sarah Michelle Gellar

Ringer (CBS)

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ioan Gruffudd, Mike Colter, Tara Summers, Kristoffer Polaha, Nestor Carbonell

Writers: Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder (Supernatural)

Director: Richard Shepard (Ugly Betty, Criminal Minds)

Logline: A recovering drug addict goes on the run and reconnects with her wealthy twin sister, ultimately assuming the latter’s identity.

Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer are already eager to take a look at Sarah Michelle Gellar’s latest television project, the noir-tinged suspense thriller Ringer, in which the former Buffy star plays two very different roles: a pair of diametrically opposite, estranged twin sisters, Siobhan and Bridget. When down-and-out Bridget goes on the lam from the mob and the FBI, she reconnects with her wealthy twin, Siobhan, in Manhattan, and ends up assuming her identity after Siobhan dies. But Siobhan had secrets of her own… not to mention some mightily powerful enemies as well. What follows is a taut serialized drama that explores questions of identity, self, and escapism as Bridget attempts to slip into her twin sister’s shoes, only to learn that the seemingly perfect life her sister was living was broken and dangerous. Twisty and unpredictable, Ringer would make for an addictive nighttime drama that is extremely different from CBS’ usual procedural fare, even as it serves as an action-packed throwback to Hitchcock and Preminger’s films.