Return of Sarah Michelle Gellar to television waiting for a long time. After the success of "Buffy - the Vampire Slayer" actress tried her on the big screen, but his career has not developed. And here, in the series "Double" channel CW Gellar got two roles: the main character, and her twin sister.

Substitution

The plot of the series "Double" does not possess novelty: Bridget Kelly (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a little over thirty, and her life - a series of failures. One wrong decision, another wrong decision - and that she is a former drug addict and the only witness in the case against drug traffickers, who will stop at nothing to kill her. And Bridget flees to New York for a twin sister with whom no contact for years.

Sister Bridget's rich and successful. Her life seems to be a dream come true. Not surprisingly, when Siobhan disappears during a walk on a yacht, Bridget takes its place. She now lives under the name sister in her home with her husband, talking to her friends, grow stepdaughter. But that's a dream come true, a life Siobhan seemed, in fact, turns out to be fiction. There unloved husband, a passionate lover, a jealous girlfriend and stepdaughter, hooked on drugs. And the FBI is hanging on the tail, trying to find Bridget to testify. And no one should guess that Brigitte was not the one for whom it is. Because otherwise, she faces death.

One actress is good, two is better

Series: such a "double", is held not so much on the script, and intrigue, which must be properly registered and file viewer. Incredibly important main acting character, able to revive the history of his game, give it personality, sharpness. Sarah Michelle Gellar, performing just two female roles, their task can not cope. Twin sisters are different unless hairstyles and clothes. Their demeanor is not affected by the years spent away from each other, and different schools of survival, which had to go through each of them. Double and, in fact, the other person is, in fact, is only a substitute, nothing distinguishable from the original. And Gellar on the screen is just boredom.

Ioan Gruffudd, who plays her husband, Andrew Martin Siobhan, despite the thorough approach to the role and confident game, the situation does not help. His courageous hero fades in a duet with Sarah Michelle Gellar. However, as her duet with Nestor Carbonell as charismatic and shrewd FBI agent. The third actor, whose game worth mentioning is Kristoffer Polaha. It complements the inner circle of the heroine, consisting of husband and persistent agent, being the husband of her best friend, and, concurrently, lover Lover: the real situation . In the frame of these actors pulls all the attention of the viewer, which is unacceptable in the series, where the center of the story is a different character. And it turns out that the "double" of the actress are not up to the professional level of the male actors. This creates an imbalance between the story load they have to carry and which can not cope, and the place, which is defined for each character.

Refer a friend

Interestingly, the show "The Double" was originally filmed for the channel CBS, which is a novelty for one reason or another did not come to taste. Since the show has got channel CW, less demanding and spoiled high ratings.

The project at the same time working with a dozen filmmakers, among them Allan Arkush, Rob Bailey, Janice Cooke-Leonard and others. A similar situation is in the ranks of writers. This collective work on a small project leads to the fact that the series does not have the sense and ideological integrity. Everyone pulls in the party as in the famous fable "about a swan, cancer and pike." Developing multiple lines of the plot, the authors show the audience more and more confusing, not giving any answers about what is happening.

As a result, ratings have "twin" lower than the last season of "Supernatural", which is on the verge of closing. However, the series renewed for a second season, but, rather, for the reason that more than the CW to renew nothing, and put on a fall several dramatic new products - it is expensive and cumbersome. In this desperate attempt to keep the show on the air live hope that Sarah Michelle Gellar is still work a miracle and win viewers talent and memorable game. In the meantime, the show is not worth your time.

Anna Chizh

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