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"This Week... Bridget (Sarah Michelle Gellar) shares an awkward reunion with Siobhan&amp;#039;s old friend Greer (M\u00E4dchen Amick), while Siobhan herself stirs up trouble in New York. Meanwhile, Juliet (Zoey Deutch) struggles to keep a dark secret and Malcolm (Mike Colter) gets a job working for Andrew (Ioan Gruffudd). Ringer Revealed... Sarah Michelle Gellar&amp;#039;s soapy CW drama returns for its first episode of 2012. &amp;#039;It Just Got Normal&amp;#039; does its best to up the stakes even further for the show&amp;#039;s characters, but ultimately can&amp;#039;t help but feel like a disappointment. The Juliet storyline dominates this week, but the whole affair is rather tiresome. It&amp;#039;s obvious that there&amp;#039;s a twist on the way, but with no link to the central - and far more intriguing - twin-swap plot, the entire arc just feels superfluous. It&amp;#039;s obvious filler and the Juliet character just feels surplus to requirements. With the rape accusation plot dragging its heels, it was up to Siobhan to stir up a little excitement. She&amp;#039;s busy prying through Andrew&amp;#039;s financial records, looking for signs of corrupt business dealings, and dodging calls from the hunky Tyler (Justin Bruening).   There&amp;#039;s plenty of potential in relocating the character to New York, and this week it was great fun to watch her playing a very dangerous game - leading Henry up the garden path and even returning to her old apartment to scowl at her twin from behind a curtain. *This* is the kind of absurdity that Ringer does best. And now that Siobhan&amp;#039;s no longer just a shadowy presence making sinister phone calls from a Paris hotel, she has to humanise her a little more. She displays genuine emotion when reunited with Henry and it seems that her feelings for him at least are genuine (Though Lord knows why - Kristoffer Polaha brings good looks to the part, but lacks charisma). M\u00E4dchen Amick&amp;#039;s addition to the Ringer cast is also welcome, particularly in the absence of Tara Summers&amp;#039;s Gemma (*sob*). Greer&amp;#039;s awkward dinner date with Bridget and Andrew in the opening scenes is great fun - full of veiled bitchiness. Her knowledge of Siobhan&amp;#039;s affair with Henry also complicates things for Bridget - a pleasing development.   But the chief problem with this week&amp;#039;s instalment is that it&amp;#039;s all rather low-key - Ringer thrives on the ludicrous and, particularly for a midseason premiere, this is all relatively mundane and indeed far too normal.  Once Bridget&amp;#039;s fundraiser gets into full swing, the episode follows suit - a drunken Juliet confronts Carpenter, Bridget floors the unwitting teacher with a powerful right-hook - but it all takes far too long to get going. &amp;#039;It Just Got Normal&amp;#039; is perfectly good fun, but fails to match Ringer&amp;#039;s best episodes. Given that the show has been on a two-month break, we&amp;#039;d expected something a little more from its return. Next week, we need a little more spice and incident. We&amp;#039;d hate for Ringer to become as slow and meandering as Agent Machado&amp;#039;s detective work. Andrew Highlight of the Week... Our favourite character on Ringer has to be the stuffy Andrew - he&amp;#039;s like James Bond, but made entirely of cardboard. This week&amp;#039;s highlight has to be his &amp;quot;Damn it!&amp;quot; when the computer guy cancels on him. Amazing stuff from Gruffudd. Leave your comments on the latest episode of Ringer below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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