Fug the Show: Ringer, episode 11


Well, now that Rich Twin and Poor Twin are in the same city, the show ran into the problem of how viewers could tell at a glance which twin was which. The solution was a banged wig for Poor Twin, who now looks the part. Shouldn’t Rich Twin be the one changing her appearance in ill-advised but rash ways? She’s the one with the raging pregnancy hormones and desire to fake her own death, after all.

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  1. TaraMisu

    Heather I am dying here!! So funny and accurate LOL! I love this show no matter how cheesy it is…. keep the recaps coming!

  2. emster

    I do love Buffy, but I had no idea this was still on.

  3. Heather

    It JUST came back from a really long hiatus.

    • Small Anne Cordelia

      I’ve been waiting and waiting for it to come back on – this makes my week!!

  4. Maisie

    That bedazzled fuchsia 80s-style relic known as a blouse was SO hideous that even my husband, who is no fashion maven–or even ever displays so much as a modicum of interest about such things (and who, as a rule, sits in his recliner making snide remarks while this show is on)–commented, “What the fuck is she wearing?!” Truly a landmark moment in bad costuming. Or clothing in general, for that matter.

    BTW, as I recall, “Tyler” advised Rich Twin to snoop into her husband’s home computer for the data because it would be LESS secure, not “always safer,” than his office one and therefore easier to hack into.

  5. Heather

    Well, DUH. I am a moron. Although I don’t know why you’d keep important stuff UNsafe… I shall fix!

  6. Travis Harrison Lafferty

    *sigh* You ladies don’t know how much I LIVE for these recaps. It’s like the reading Rich Twin’s bitchy recollection of everything Poor Twin is doing wrong every week. I do hope that if the show is wrongfully cancelled, you continue the Rich Twin/Poor Twin dynamic on anything SMG related in the future. <3

  7. Mel

    For me the whole package was awasome: the return of the show itself AND of Fug The Show and you didn’t disappoint!! I can’t watch the show without making gruffudding comments the entire episode! You guys have me as trained and brainwashed as Henry’s cyberkids! Am I the only one though to wonder when someone *cough- dreamylashes Machado- cough* is going to realize that Siobhan actually IS Bridget. It sounds far fetched in real life but honestly, there have been so many twists and turns since the beginning of the show that the identity assuming idea feels like the tree hiding the forest! It’s like all the other crazy stuff is acceptable but the idea that Bridget might be impersonating Siobhan is like WHAT?? NO WAY!!
    But I love it though. Is it GREAT tv? no (though according to Grey’s they DO great tv and I also disagree there) but it’s sooo entertaining it’s become a guilty pleasure!

  8. Ann

    I noticed Rich Twin had a distinct lack of metallics in this episode. It’s like shiny clothing is a magnet drawing out all her evil and spraying it all over the USA and Western Europe. Maybe that’s why she blanked on Sad Sack – lack of evil shine.

  9. Katie

    Heather, these are so great. Full disclosure: in the last week I have read all of the recaps, prompted by having watched another gruffuding show, the Granada miniseries of the Forsyte Saga. You guys, Ioan is pretty dreamy in that. Then I remembered he was in this show, which I haven’t watched, so yeah. Read all the recaps. The best thing about all of them was SMG writing to you personally and being as cool as we imagine her to be. Fingers crossed for season 2.

  10. Squirrel!

    Speaking of made of yes: “Ioan, horrified and yet aroused, clearly has a gruffuddrection. Juliet is all, “Shit just got REAL.” And Logan is clearly thinking, “Teehee, keep it cool, bro, but YOU JUST GOT BUFFY PUNCHED.” He is going to be smelling this past on PURPOSE for the rest of his life.”

    Yes! Yes! Yes!

  11. Chloe

    sack a-blazin’! I almost died when I read that! Great recap as always!

  12. Chasmosaur

    I can’t even finish this one. Because while the outfits on BtVS were occasionally fug/WTF, it was balanced by the occasional awesome outfit.

    I’m having a hard time reconciling that the same person did costuming for both shows.

  13. Leslie

    In addition to the ridiculous stalking in the shower scene I also found it odd that PT’s shower was only 15 seconds and didn’t require any soap. Perhaps her life of poordom didn’t teach her hygiene essentials.

  14. allisankelly

    Love your recaps. Thanks so much.

    I still think SMG is gonna pop another one out soon. I hope she emails you again professing her not-with-child-ness.

  15. h2olovngrl

    I don’t even watch the show and I read your recaps. Brilliant! FBI ARA, cracked me up!

  16. Marinn

    Love this. I have a terrible cold and when I’m laughing, it doesn’t hurt so much. Hope this show and these recaps go on forevah.

  17. Marinn

    PS How did I miss that you were emailed by SMG(P)? Please direct me to this?

  18. eee

    I unabashedly love this show. I also now watch it with my eyes trained on Poor Twin’s clothing. When the horrible bedazzled, shoulder-less shirt appeared, I thought “The Fug Girls are going to LOVE this.” Then she walked out of her apartment in that bizarre getup, and I was all “No, no! They’re going to love THIS!” Oh, show. Never go away!

  19. drPhilG

    With the new season I have officially STOPPED WATCHING the show and now wait for your reCAPS! OMG, it’s better than the show, and NO ADS! thanks

  20. vandalfan

    Yes, I finally caught a bit of this the night before last, and the recaps actually work! Now I’ve seen some bad acting, but all the folks I saw were apparently trained in Joey Tribbiani’s acting class- they each seem to be smelling something bad.

  21. Stephani

    I just looked Juliet up on imdb, because it was driving me crazy where I had seen her before. Humiliatingly enough it was on Suite Life on Deck with Zach and Cody, but I did find out a cool thing. She is Lea Thompson’s daughter!

    • Heather

      OMG OF COURSE SHE IS. You just blew my mind. I can totally see it. AWESOME.

  22. MG

    I fell in love with the cheese of this show, but your recaps are the cherry on the…uh..cheese sundae? Sure, why not?

  23. swellcat

    Holy Hell that cracked me up! The reaction to the punch was golden. I bow to you guys! When I saw that first outfit Poor Banged Twin was wearing, red pants I literally thought, I can’t wait to see what they think of RED SATIN LEGGINGS WITH WHORE BOOTS! I mean what is that? I think that was the biggest travesty of the night. I wish the hiatus hadn’t been so long on this show because I had forgotten a lot of what happened. But I’m still hooked. In fact I have started watching shows because of your recaps, so kudos!

  24. Sajorina

    Thank you, Heather!!! These are HILARIOUS! And, I kinda LOVE Poor Twin’s new hairdo/wig… I think the bangs suit her! Although, I was disappointed that we didn’t get to see Ioan gruffudd Poor Twin until the sun came up! But, I guess the Buffy Punch made up for it!

  25. The Other Molly

    Bravo Heather!
    Once again, another hilarious recap.
    And since the writers seem to have lost all of their direction on where this story is going,
    your recaps have become more fun than the show.
    Loved the LOST “moved the island” mention.
    Almost as much as I love the fact that Vincent is now on “Downton Abbey”.
    What a nice step up for him!

  26. Heather

    You’re welcome to scroll past them!