Echoes

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Main

Michelle Monaghan as Leni and Gina McCleary, twin sisters

Matt Bomer as Jack Beck, Leni's husband

Karen Robinson as Sheriff Louise Floss

Ali Stroker as Claudia McCleary, the older sister of Leni and Gina who has been paralyzed.

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, Leni, Gina and Claudia's father

Jonathan Tucker as Dylan James, Gina's ex-boyfriend.

Daniel Sunjata as Charles "Charlie" Davenport, Gina's husband who is a therapist

Recurring

Madison Abbott as a young Leni

Victoria Abbott as a young Gina

Clayton Royal Johnson as a young Dylan

Celia Weston as Georgia Tyler, Dylan's grandmother

Déjá Dee as Samida

Tyner Rushing as Maria Czerny McCleary, Leni, Gina and Claudia's dead mother

Alise Willis as Meg, Leni's former bestfriend

Maddie Nichols as Natasha

Lucy Hammond as a Young Claudia McCleary

Onye Eme-Akwari as Beau McMillan

Lauren H. Davis as Liss

Production

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. Michelle Monaghan starred in this miniseries. Matt Bomer added to the cast in a lead role. Daniel Sunjata added to the cast in a lead role. Ali Stroker, Karen Robinson and Rosanny Zayas added to the cast as series regulars. 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. The series premiered on 19 August 2022.

Although it is an Australian production, this series is set in the United States. Filming took place in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Reception

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." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".