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Sirens [Netflix]

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  • #2
    artvanderlay
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    No thread for this show yet seemingly...

    I really enjoyed it. A little uneven in places at the beginning, but I got hooked very quickly. The cast and writing were excellent, and I laughed a lot at it. Julianne Moore and Kevin Bacon elevated proceedings too and all the characters got a fair shake. I'm not normally a fan of Netflix shows but would recommend this one.



  • #3
    The Black Oil
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    AV Club gave it a C+, whilst the Guardian marked it as 5/5…

    Threads merged.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



  • #4
    Hodors Appletart
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    3 Episodes in, and it's a step above the Harlen Coben dross Netflix churn out for sure. It has a bit of a "White Lotus Lite" feel to it, even down to the incidental musical choices.

    The two sisters give reasonable performances, and Julianne Moore gives an adequate performance as the "weird older lady" character. I love the Security/IT Guy character too. I wish there was more Dennis Reynolds.


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  • #5
    cmac2009
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123492291#Comment_123492291

    If Lucy Mangan likes it that's usually a red flag - and my cue to skip it!

    I've watched the first couple of episodes and agree with Hodor's comment above. It's like they fed The White lotus into an AI and the prompt was "give it the Netflix treatment".



  • #6
    Hodors Appletart
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    Finished it and I don't think they quite landed the ending, it all felt a bit rushed and sort of a weird Deus Ex that came literally out of nowhere.

    My father had early onset dementia, and the portrayal of the stage the father is at really touched a nerve with me, they got that right I think, and I thought the handling of it by the Julianne Moore character was a nice way to show that side of her. I remember my dad mistaking my sister for a younger version of my mother, or one of his own sisters, then completely forgetting what he'd been speaking about just a minute prior, all those things rang very true to me.


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  • #7
    AndrewJRenko
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    WTF is the NXIVM mentioned by Devon's cellmate?



  • #8
    Bacchus
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    Finished this last night. It's an odd one to pin down. The opening episode was quite weak but we said we'd give another episode as the cast is (on paper) quite good. Episodes 2 and 3 are a big improvement and they have a sort of entertaining, low stakes, rich people problems, mood to them, with a hint of something more sinister going on. Then episode 4 goes dark in a sharp shift in tone, before episode 5 manages to find a balance between the dark shift and the lighter tone of the earlier episodes.

    I don't think there's a particular strength in the series. It's light entertainment, with episode 4 bringing a more serious, "dramatic" element to it. The cast Moore, Bacon, the two sisters, Jose, all put in good shifts. I like how it wrapped up (need to go to spoilers for that)

    … it was a nice inversion of expectations. The whole show has been from Devon's perspective and her view of her sister and Kiki, but really there was nothing there that gave substance to her suspicions over Kiki, and we (the viewer, or at least I) went along with the the assumption that Kiki was up to no good and her husband is in a living hell of a marraige. But then slowly you realize it's the husband that is the problem, that he is the predator. And THEN, that moment where Simone cannot face going back with her Dad, she pulls that stunt and Kiki's transition to the victim of the story is complete. It wasn't a jaw dropping revelation but it was well handled over the last 2 episodes and it was just interesting view the characters under that different light.

    One thing that didn't sit right was the staff's delight at Simone getting fired. That seemed cruel and out of place, especially from Jose who seemed a decent person. Simone is literally just Kiki's mouthpiece and would have been replaced with another.



  • #9
    micks_address
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    We watched this and had no idea it was over after episode 5. Is there more of it coming? Didnt seem to have any ending really.. went back in to watch episode to realize it was over.. strange way to wrap it up



  • #10
    Aisling(",)
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123518873#Comment_123518873

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXIVM

    It was this self-improvement themed cult. Allison Mack from Smallville was one of their recruiters I think.



  • #11
    Bacchus
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123533485#Comment_123533485

    I thought the ending was very neatly wrapped up.

    The switch around that the husband was a the douchebag, not that Kiki was a conniving, controlling b*tch. And then Simone's willingness to do anything to not go back to her old life. She learned all she needed from Kiki to do what she did (literally showing us that "Kiki vision" between herself and Bacon on the beach). She took Kiki's place, used Kiki's paranoia with the photo (which we now know to be justified) as a the push for the husband to leave Kiki. It ended very finally IMO. I guess the only vague part was how the sister's relationship is left. It's a sort of bittersweet ending for them.



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  • #12
    micks_address
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123553917#Comment_123553917

    I guess I thought it would be 8 episodes at least.. is there a season 2?



  • #13
    Bacchus
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    Feel like a one shot mini-series, not something to get multiple seasons out of. I'm not sure what story is left to tell there anyway.



  • #14
    micks_address
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123555843#Comment_123555843

    I'm not familiar with the source material so no idea.. if it's successful I'm sure they'd find a way to bring back



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