Season 1 · 2023
Dead Ringers – Limited series
Six episodes, released together on Prime Video on April 21, 2023. Created by Alice Birch from David Cronenberg’s 1988 film, which Morgan Creek produced, with Rachel Weisz in both lead roles.
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Dead Ringers
Starring Rachel Weisz, Britne Oldford, Poppy Liu, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Chernus
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The series
Rachel Weisz plays both Mantle twins, obstetricians who share a home, a practice, their lovers and a plan for a birthing center that will change how women give birth. Then one of them wants a life of her own.
Seasons
One
Beverly and Elliot Mantle share an apartment, a practice and the dream of a birthing center. When the actress Genevieve comes to the clinic as a patient, Beverly falls for her, and the balance between the sisters starts to shift.
Dir. Sean Durkin · Wr. Alice Birch
Two
The twins go upstate to dinner with Rebecca and Susan Parker, whose money could build the center they have planned for years. The price of the pitch is how much of themselves they are willing to sell.
Dir. Sean Durkin · Wr. Ming Peiffer
Three
The center opens with a party and the sisters are flying. Then Beverly makes a choice about her own future that Elliot had no part in, and Elliot does not take it well.
Dir. Karena Evans · Wr. Rachel De-lahay
Four
A birthday brings the Mantle parents to New York, and a family celebration turns into a reckoning with how the twins were raised.
Dir. Lauren Wolkstein · Wr. Miriam Battye
Five
Out of town to launch a second center, the twins spend a night with Susan Parker's family, which is nothing like the family they expected to meet.
Dir. Karyn Kusama · Wr. Susan Soon He Stanton
Six
The center is a success and Beverly seems steadier than she has ever been. The finale asks what that calm has cost, and who paid for it.
Dir. Sean Durkin & Lauren Wolkstein · Wr. Alice Birch
Cast & crew
Crew
- Created by
- Alice Birch
- Executive producers
- James Robinson, David Robinson, Barbara Wall, Anne Carey, Polly Stokes, Erica Kay, Stacy O'Neil, Sean Durkin, Ali Krug, Sue Naegle, Megan Ellison, Rachel Weisz, Alice Birch
- Network
- Prime Video
- Studio
- Amazon Studios, Annapurna Television
- Production
- Morgan Creek Entertainment, Astral Projection
- Format
- Limited series, six episodes
Cast
- Rachel Weisz
- Britne Oldford
- Poppy Liu
- Jennifer Ehle
- Michael Chernus
