Echoes | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Vanessa Gazy |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Producer | Carole Sanders Peterman |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 41–55 minutes |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | 19 August 2022 (2022-08-19) |
Echoes (stylized as ECHOƎS) is a drama television miniseries that premiered on Netflix on 19 August 2022.
The miniseries is a mystery thriller about identical twins Leni and Gina, who share a dangerous secret. They have secretly swapped lives since they were children, culminating in a double life as adults where they share two homes, two husbands, and a child. Their world is thrown into disarray when one of the twins goes missing.[1][2]
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No. | Title | Directed by | Written by [3] | Original release date [4] | |
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1 | "Home" | Kat Candler | Vanessa Gazy | August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) | |
Gina McCleary learns that her identical twin, Leni, is missing, having possibly been abducted from their family's ranch in Mt. Echo; and someone broke into their stable and released the horses. Gina arrives at Leni and husband Jack's home to find a search party. She also learns Leni had neglected to mention several important things in their shared diary vlog. As Sheriff Floss and Deputy Martinez leave for the night, they notice a man, who was not part of the search party, getting into a pickup truck. Gina goes to her childhood home, where her ailing elderly father Victor and wheelchair-user younger sister Claudia live, and enters the bedroom the twins used to share. A flashback shows their cancer-stricken mother, Maria, giving them charm bracelets: a lion on Leni's bracelet and a dove on Gina's, in reference to each of their polar opposite personalities, while Claudia is excluded. In the present, Gina discovers a doll missing its head and arms; she later finds an arm near a tree outside. Upset, she stays at a hotel. | |||||
2 | "Birthday" | Kat Candler | Vanessa Gazy | August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) | |
3 | "Party" | Li Lu | Brian Yorkey | August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) | |
4 | "Body" | Li Lu | Quinton Peeples | August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) | |
5 | "Gina" | Anna Mastro | Julie Hébert and Mimi Won Techentin | August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) | |
6 | "Fire" | Anna Mastro | Quinton Peeples & M. K. Malone | August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) | |
7 | "Falls" | Valerie Weiss | Quinton Peeples & Vanessa Gazy | August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) |
Echoes was created and written by Vanessa Gazy, who also co-executive produced with Brian Yorkey, Quinton Peeples and Imogen Banks of EndemolShine Banks Australia. Yorkey and Peeples both served as showrunners.[5] Michelle Monaghan starred in this miniseries.[6] Matt Bomer added to the cast in a lead role.[7] Daniel Sunjata added to the cast in a lead role.[8] Ali Stroker, Karen Robinson and Rosanny Zayas added to the cast as series regulars.[9] In October 2021, Michael O'Neill, Celia Weston, Gable Swanlund, Tyner Rushing, Hazel Mason, Ginger Mason, Alise Willis, Maddie Nichols and Jonathan Tucker were added to the cast.[10][11] The series premiered on 19 August 2022.[4]
Although it is an Australian production, this series is set in the United States. Filming took place in Wilmington, North Carolina.[12]
OnRotten Tomatoes, Echoes has an overall approval rating of 24% with an average score of 4.8/10 based on 21 reviews, with the site's consensus being, "Double the Michelle Monaghan should be a winning proposition, but Echoes is a resounding misfire whose promise grows fainter with each silly twist."[13] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]