Netflix gets a lot of mileage out of these kind of mysteries, but for all its contortionist-worthy twists and turns, “Echoes” begins looking like an enticing plunge and doesn’t quite pull itself out of the shallow end of that gene pool. That’s despite Monahan’s latest addition to the long list of actors who have conducted both sides of a conversation to some stunt double.
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Produced by “13 Reasons Why’s” Brian Yorkey, “Echoes” features a solid cast, including Matt Bomer and Daniel Sunjata as the twins’ respective husbands, and Michael O’Neill as their stoic but concerned dad.Īs is so often true of these high concepts, though, the series feels increasingly tortured down the stretch, to the point where the alternating which-sister-did-what beats don’t necessarily become difficult to follow but rather challenge your patience in terms of being motivated to try. When one of them goes missing, however, it opens a door not only to potentially exposing the ruse but raises thorny questions about their past, which comes dripping out in a series of flashbacks – including the death of their mother and a fatal fire – and draws the attention of the local sheriff (Karen Robinson), the only character who seems to be having any fun. Starring Michelle Monahan in a dizzying dual role, “Echoes” features identical twins Leni and Gina, who have spent years perfecting the strangest sister act imaginable: Going away together for their birthday each year, then trading places to spend the next 12 months living each other’s lives. “Echoes” starts with promise upon which it doesn’t deliver, while “Bad Sisters” – too long, but satisfying at the end – plays like the never-made third season of “Big Little Lies,” where the really “bad” person is the abusive husband who winds up dead. In a perfect sign of the peak-TV times, a single Friday brings a pair of mystery series devoted to sisters and their unique bonds, including one with (sort-of) evil twins.
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