Title: Sirens
Cast: Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock, Glenn Howerton
Creator: Molly Smith Metzler
Rating: 3/5
Runtime: 1 hr/ep ( 5 eps)

This series is based on an Off Broadway play “Elemeno Pea” by Molly Smith Metzler who is also the creator of this limited 5-episode series. The series is focused on the way women treat each other and at its heart are two estranged sisters Devon DeWitt and the younger, aspirational Simone. Their fractured relationship becomes the basis for a whole lot of drama.

Directed by Nicole Kassell, Quyen Tran and Lila Neugebauer, Sirens excels in unsettling the viewer with its befuddled world of truths and lies. The sunny, picture-perfect island plays host to a dark biting social satire, with melodrama and thrills underlining the idyllic setting.

The story may sound common but it has deeper notches. Devon(Meghann Fahy) works as a falafel waitress, and is a recovering alcoholic who’s having a relationship with her married boss. Devon desperately reaches out to her younger sister Simone (Milly Alcock), when her father receives a diagnosis of early-onset dementia. But Simone is unconcerned and sends a fruit basket instead. Devon seeks Simone out at a coastal island where Simone works as a live-in assistant to the charming and bewitching Michaela “Kiki” Kell (Julianne Moore).Devon soon realises there’s something unholy about Simone’s relationship with her new boss.