Dead Ringers (2023): Season 1

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Prime Video | Season Premiere Date: April 20, 2023

Summary: Gynecologists twins Elliot and Beverly Mantle (both played by Rachel Weisz) share everything and are willing to transcend medical ethics for women's healthcare in this television series adaptation of David Cronenberg’s 1988 thriller of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Suspense

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. Six
Air Date: April 20, 2023
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S1:E5. Five
Air Date: April 20, 2023
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S1:E4. Four
Air Date: April 20, 2023

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Meghan O'Keefe

Apr 17, 2023

Gorgeously unsettling tour de force. ... Dead Ringers is an incredible work of art, full of knotty conversations about the give and take of society at all levels. It takes an unapologetically feminine look at the politics, science, and emotion of maternity in the modern medical era. But more than anything else, it’s a brilliant showcase for one Rachel Weisz, who is operating at the top of her game. Read full review

Alison Herman

Apr 21, 2023

Unlike so many of its peers, “Dead Ringers” reaps ample rewards from its central switch, preserving Cronenberg’s signature strangeness while taking the premise to new, surprising heights. ... “Dead Ringers” takes one kind of familial terror and merges it with another — sisters who once shared a womb now experimenting on others’. It’s a surefire route to get under our skin. Read full review

Robert Levin

Apr 24, 2023

This "Dead Ringers" carves out a path that's fundamentally different from the one laid out by Cronenberg, and not just because of the gender-swapped leads. But even if it takes some time to understand exactly where things are going and why, it can fall back on one of the most remarkable performances in a good long while. Read full review

Radio Times Morgan Cormack

Apr 19, 2023

Sure, it's creepy and confronting in the way you'd expect anything that's based off of the original Dead Ringers film to be. But on top of the gripping psychological nature of the drama, the palpable tension and the laughs, Weisz is also almost too watchable as the charming, hilarious, shocking and unguessable Mantle twins. Read full review

i Emily Baker

Apr 21, 2023

Yes, TV does rely too much on remakes and reboots, but maybe I shouldn’t care when the result is this good. Read full review

Amanda Feinman

Apr 17, 2023

This gender-inverted adaptation offers a welcome, if sometimes unsubtle, twist with its social commentary about maternal health and bodily autonomy. It also adds a few tonally inharmonious moments of outright social satire, particularly where the Parkers and their heinous extended network are concerned. But the biggest strength of this Dead Ringers, like its predecessor’s, is its stylish sense of dread. Read full review

Susie Bright

Apr 20, 2023

DOA. Despite the maternity ward screaming and cursing and blood on the aprons, the cocaine-whiffing and lesbian-contrived-kissing, the series is … boring. It’s an off-putting story— not on the documentary level, but on the dramaturgical. Read full review

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Jun 25, 2023

Pleasantly surprised. A+ for me. One of the best mini series I've watched in recent years, I desperately wanted more episodes in this wild universe! Absolutely unhinged and spellbinding. I dare to say it's better than the movie at times, especially the themes touched. It goes without sayingPleasantly surprised. A+ for me. One of the best mini series I've watched in recent years, I desperately wanted more episodes in this wild universe! Absolutely unhinged and spellbinding. I dare to say it's better than the movie at times, especially the themes touched. It goes without saying that Rachel Weisz is phenomenal, but I found the writing very clever too (though I would have done without a few filler scenes). The relationship between the twins will haunt for a long time. Great all around.… Expand

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moth3

Apr 26, 2023

This show just blew my mind. Everything about it is pristine, especially the performances and music. Rachel Weisz is breathtaking, but so is her scene partners-much of the time it's herself. It took me no time to completely believe in these 2 very different twin women. I won't cover theThis show just blew my mind. Everything about it is pristine, especially the performances and music. Rachel Weisz is breathtaking, but so is her scene partners-much of the time it's herself. It took me no time to completely believe in these 2 very different twin women. I won't cover the plot, as I think it's best to go into it with as few details as possible. I saw the film it's based on when I was a teenager (can you imagine?!) and I must have compartmentalized it at the time as it's quite the horror story. There is body gore, but I think it's manageable even for the weakest of tummies. It will likely be review bombed by pro-lifers/bigots as this show revolves around obstetrics and it has queer storylines. Honestly how do these ding dongs have time to do stuff like that; how embarrassing. Anyhow, RUN, don't walk to see this incredible show. Truly the best of the year thus far. Enjoy & cheers!… Expand

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Dreame

Apr 21, 2023

A great reimagining of a Cronenberg original. Weisz is magnificent, indeed.

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dstein405

Apr 22, 2023

I found Dead Ringers to be bizarre, disorienting and riveting viewing. It's impossible to look away even when you know you don't want to see what happens next. Rachel Weisz's performanc(es). brilliantly make two look-a-like characters easy to differentiate even when they are switching places.

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DeadRinger

Apr 24, 2023

Massive Show, Very Well Done, well acted well paced, super dramatic & shows the hell of childbirth and is the first time it's shown with realistic perspective

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JLuis_001

Apr 23, 2023

Whether it's more ambitious than Cronenberg's film is debatable, but it's fair to give credit where credit is due, and the reimagining of that film in this miniseries was a refreshing and stimulating surprise.

This version of Dead Ringers takes certain concepts from Cronenberg's film yetWhether it's more ambitious than Cronenberg's film is debatable, but it's fair to give credit where credit is due, and the reimagining of that film in this miniseries was a refreshing and stimulating surprise.

This version of Dead Ringers takes certain concepts from Cronenberg's film yet exploring other variants and that's something that can be afforded when you get over the constraints that two hours of running time gives.

Its best accomplishment is knowing what to borrow from the film that inspired it, but it explores its own thing.
That's incredibly beneficial to its concept, serving its storytelling with key changes and yet preserving the strangeness and discomfort of the original stuff.

Rachel Weisz's work in this dual performance is bold and exceptional. She is the rock on which it all stands.
Without her performance I don't see how this would have worked.

Between the twisted, the disturbing and the passivity of several of its passages, Dead Ringers may seem boring to a certain section of the audience, and I can understand why, but as far as I'm concerned, I think it manages to solve many of its weaknesses by being unpredictable and provocative both in its plot and its themes.

Maybe it doesn't go that far with what it incorporates narratively at a certain point, especially when it comes to genetic manipulation, but that's because for the most part it stays anchored as a psychosexual thriller that gets a somewhat more complex conclusion than I expected because it doesn't pick the ending of the movie that was also the same ending of the real people who inspired that story.
By doing that, certain events that were seen in other episodes have to be seen in a different light in order to decipher their meaning and that's always a good thing for any story.

It's only six episodes. It's totally worth it. This is one of the best things Prime Video has ever released.… Expand

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bl1rt

May 2, 2023

Events in history happen twice, first time as a tragedy, second time as a farce... Though, to be honest, the show shares next to nothing with the film except name and tagline. Which is fine, but touches on the core problem of the show, where it is very good at citing topics and themes, butEvents in history happen twice, first time as a tragedy, second time as a farce... Though, to be honest, the show shares next to nothing with the film except name and tagline. Which is fine, but touches on the core problem of the show, where it is very good at citing topics and themes, but can't do anything with them, let alone anything clever, so it just cranks up the volume to 11 and crams in more stuff.
That's fun to watch for two episodes, when it consequently collapses in on itself. The weirdness becomes pastiche, the dark humor becomes overly hilarious, a crisis of identity becomes going le mad, the feeling of discomfort becomes just awkward.
The acting is very good all around and everything looks great, but instead of the characters unraveling, it's the show falling apart.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 20, 2023
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  S1:E6. Six
  Air Date: April 20, 2023
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  S1:E5. Five
  Air Date: April 20, 2023
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  S1:E4. Four
  Air Date: April 20, 2023
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  S1:E3. Three
  Air Date: April 20, 2023
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  S1:E2. Two
  Air Date: April 20, 2023
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  S1:E1. One
  Air Date: April 20, 2023