Echoes (miniseries)

Identical twins Leni and Gina have repeatedly swapped lives in secret, culminating in a double life where they share homes, husbands and a child. Their precarious existence is thrown into disarray when one of the twins goes missing.{{cite web|last=Dela Paz|first=Maggie|title=Brian Yorkey's Psychological Thriller Echoes Gets Series Order at Netflix|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1180592-brian-yorkeys-psychological-thriller-echoes-gets-series-order-at-netflix|date=29 June 2021|website=comingsoon.net|publisher=Mandatory|access-date=30 June 2021|language=en-US}}{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title='Echoes' Mystery Thriller Limited Series Ordered By Netflix Under Overall Deal With Brian Yorkey|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/echoes-limited-series-netflix-under-brian-yorkey-overall-deal-twin-sisters-1234783397/|date=29 June 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=30 June 2021|language=en-US}}

• Michelle Monaghan as Leni and Gina McCleary, twin sisters
• Madison Abbott as a young Leni
• Victoria Abbott as a young Gina
• Matt Bomer as Jack Beck
• Karen Robinson as Sheriff Louise Floss
• Ali Stroker as Claudia McCleary, the older sister of Leni and Gina who has been paralyzed waist down since one of the twins had deliberately pushed her as a girl and now moves around in a wheelchair
• Gable Swanlund as Mathilda "Mattie" Beck, Jack and Leni's nine-year-old daughter and Gina's niece
• Rosanny Zayas as Deputy Paula Martinez
• Michael O'Neill as Victor McCleary
• Jonathan Tucker as Dylan James
• Clayton Royal Johnson as a young Dylan
• Daniel Sunjata as Charles "Charlie" Davenport, Gina's husband who is a therapist

• Celia Weston as Georgia Tyler, Dylan's grandmother
• Déjá Dee as Samida
• Tyner Rushing as Maria Czerny McCleary
• Alise Willis as Meg
• Maddie Nichols as Natasha
• Lucy Hammond as a Young Claudia McCleary
• Onye Eme-Akwari as Beau McMillan
• Lauren H. Davis as Liss

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|ShortSummary = Gina McCleary learns that her identical twin, Leni, is missing from their family's ranch in Mt. Echo after someone broke into their stable and released the horses. Gina arrives at Leni and husband Jack's home to find a search party. She learns Leni neglected to mention several important things in their shared diary vlog. As Sheriff Floss and Deputy Martinez leave they notice a man who was not part of the search party. Gina goes to her childhood home where her elderly father Victor and wheelchair-using younger sister Claudia live. A flashback shows their cancer-stricken mother, Maria, giving them charm bracelets: a lion for Leni and a dove for Gina, in reference to their personalities, while Claudia is excluded. In the present, Gina discovers a doll missing its head and arms; she later finds an arm outside.

The next morning, Leni's horse returns with blood on its neck. The search party finds another horse in a ravine, shot dead with its microchip cut out. Jack tells Gina that Leni has left home before. Gina remembers when she and Leni ran away together after their mother's funeral and recalls Leni's actions during their childhood causing problems, due to mistaken identity. Gina finds two doll hands, one with Leni's charm bracelet. She sets out to look for Leni and enters a cave where the twins used to hide and finds an outfit of Leni's with the doll's missing head. A flashback shows the twins running from a burning church and Leni telling Gina they have to switch places. In the present, Gina finds a book she authored with a note inside telling her she now gets both lives but has to choose which. Flashbacks show the twins at various ages on their birthday agreeing to swap lives for the year ahead. Gina is actually Leni and the missing "Leni" is Gina. Leni changes into the clothes left by her sister and gives herself a head wound. She returns to the farm to be greeted by "her" young daughter Matilda "Mattie."

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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.{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|title=Echoes, new local thriller for Netflix|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/06/echoes-new-local-thriller-for-netflix.html|date=30 June 2021|website=TV Tonight|access-date=30 June 2021}} Michelle Monaghan starred in this miniseries.{{cite web|title=Michelle Monaghan To Play Dual Lead Roles In Netflix's 'Echoes' Limited Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/michelle-monaghan-dual-lead-netflixs-echoes-limited-series-1234797889/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=July 22, 2021|accessdate=July 22, 2021}} Matt Bomer added to the cast in a lead role.{{cite web|title=Matt Bomer To Star In 'Echoes' Netflix Limited Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/matt-bomer-echoes-netflixs-echoes-1234801987/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=July 29, 2021|accessdate=July 30, 2021}} Daniel Sunjata added to the cast in a lead role.{{cite web|title=Daniel Sunjata To Star In 'Echoes' Netflix Limited Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/daniel-sunjata-echoes-netflix-limited-series-1234812395/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=August 10, 2021|accessdate=August 10, 2021}} Ali Stroker, Karen Robinson and Rosanny Zayas added to the cast as series regulars.{{cite web|title=Ali Stroker, Karen Robinson & Rosanny Zayas Join 'Echoes' Netflix Limited Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/ali-stroker-karen-robinson-rosanny-zayas-echoes-netflix-limited-series-1234813286/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=August 12, 2021|accessdate=August 12, 2021}} 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.{{cite web|title=Michael O'Neill & Celia Weston To Co-Star In 'Echoes' Netflix Limited Series, Five More Cast|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/michael-oneill-celia-weston-to-co-star-in-echoes-netflix-limited-series-five-more-cast-1234856235/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=October 15, 2021|accessdate=October 15, 2021}}{{cite web|title='Echoes': Jonathan Tucker To Co-Star in Netflix Limited Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/echoes-jonathan-tucker-netflix-limited-series-1234857727/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=October 18, 2021|accessdate=October 18, 2021}} The series premiered on 19 August 2022.{{cite web |last1=Bentley |first1=Jean |last2=Tao |first2=Phillipe |date=July 26, 2022 |title=Michelle Monaghan Is Double Trouble in the 'Echoes' Trailer |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/echoes-michelle-monaghan-trailer-watch |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=Netflix Tudum}}

Although it is an Australian production, this series is set in the United States. Filming took place in Wilmington, North Carolina.{{cite web|title=Netflix's 'Echoes' sets up in two Wilmington locations Wednesday|url=https://portcitydaily.com/live-briefs/2021/10/27/netflixs-echoes-sets-up-in-two-wilmington-locations-wednesday/|author=PCD Live Briefs|website=Port City Daily|date=October 27, 2021|access-date=7 August 2022}}

On Rotten 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."{{cite web |title=Echoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/echoes/s01 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=4 December 2022 |language=en}} Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{Citation |title=Echoes |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/echoes/season-1 |access-date=2022-08-28}}

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