SPOILERS are forward for the Sirens ending. You possibly can stream all 5 episodes now with a Netflix subscription.
Have you ever seen this? Lately, it’s been in excessive trend for miniseries to instantly turn into an ongoing collection. The White Lotus, for instance, was going to be one season, however right here we’re getting excited for Season 4. This additionally just lately occurred with Tina Fey’s The 4 Seasons, which was renewed for a second season regardless that it was crafted initially as a restricted collection. Large Little Lies, too. Whereas I’m often recreation for this sort of factor, after watching Sirens, I need to discuss why I’m really completely good with its ending staying the place it’s.
Relating to 2025 Netflix releases, I don’t assume I’ve binged a brand new present quicker than Sirens this 12 months. I used to be drawn in by Milly Alcock and Julianne Moore’s characters being so creepily shut as coworkers they share gum (sure, really the actors actually did on set), and what would occur when Meghann Fahy crashed her sister’s life at a lavish seaside property. I received correctly hooked on this present, however I’m completely glad with how issues have been left. Let me discuss it:
I Binge-Watched Sirens On Netflix, And I Completely Loved It
I’ve really slowed down in relation to bingeing exhibits in a single sitting currently. It’s a very long time dedication to sit down on my sofa for, and truthfully not many exhibits preserve my consideration for that lengthy. Nonetheless, Sirens is type of the proper binge. It’s solely 5 episodes lengthy, so it was extra life like for me to begin and end the present on the identical day. Plus, it was an incredible mixture of being each gripping and a straightforward watch.
After which there’s the plotline itself – it performs like a summer season seaside learn novel that I’d merely eat up whereas unintentionally getting sunburned due to laying out subsequent to the waves. It immediately pulled me in with its opening the place Fahy’s Devon fees off to her sister with the fruit basket in hand she had delivered to her house in response to studying their father has dementia. I discovered it actually intelligent how the present immediately had me shopping for into Devon’s perspective, whereas additionally being actually focused on what was occurring with Alcock’s Simone and her very wealthy boss, Moore’s Michaela, and their distinctive world we’re launched to.
Now, I don’t assume it was essentially an wonderful collection, as I undoubtedly thought it was going to get much more twisted than it really did, however I loved the journey from starting to finish, and that’s a complete win in my e book. I assumed it was enjoyable, it received into some actually fascinating subjects and I didn’t essentially count on the ending.
Of Course I am Curious What’s Subsequent For Simone, Michaela And Devon
Sirens ends with Simone changing into the brand new accomplice for Kevin Bacon’s billionaire character, Peter Kell, who’s character completely threw me for a loop. Michaela alternatively, finally ends up on a ferry leaving her longtime house, and Simone’s sister Devon decides to skip the horny yacht journey she was invited to and return along with her father to proceed to concentrate on caring for him. Clearly, after rising connected to this trio of characters throughout the 5 episodes, I immediately was inquisitive about the place every of their fates would take them after the credit rolled.
Like, the place is Michaela actually going to go after dropping all her cash and standing? And, is Simone actually going to final as Peter’s new accomplice, and the way will her promotion of kinds lead her life subsequent? I additionally need to understand how Devon’s relationship along with her dad and caring for him will develop after this wild journey to see her sister.
Nonetheless, The Ending Gave Me All The Closure I Want
Given my reward for Sirens, you’d assume I’d need to see one other season, nonetheless, I actually don’t assume the story would essentially profit from being an ongoing collection. Regardless that I’m inquisitive about what’s subsequent for all of the characters, I feel the insular story it tells is extra fascinating than something a second season might inform me following its finale. And I feel the final episode splendidly brings house the messaging of Sirens with these phrases between Michaela and Devon on the ferry:
- Devon: “You assume my sister’s gonna be okay with him?”
- Michaela: “No. Effectively, who is aware of, you understand? I’m certain Jocelyn thought the identical factor about me, however I had a reasonably good run. Took him 13 years to resolve that I used to be a monster.”
- Devon: “You’re not a monster, Michaela.”
- Michaela: “Neither is she.”
At its core, I personally assume Sirens is about cycles of privilege and trauma, and when Simone chooses her path to turn into Michaela, it’s not as a result of the writers have a grand plan for her developing, it’s as an example how simply ladies are replaceable to a billionaire like Peter, and the way Simone’s traumatic childhood is what’s main her to betray the ladies near her and selfishly select affluence over connection and accountability.
I Assume It is Really Extra Highly effective To Go away Sirens Be
The factor is, I feel we’re purported to be each pissed off with Simone by the top of the present and likewise perceive her alternative. It’s clearly established that Simone had a extremely traumatic childhood the place her alcoholic father deserted her and left her to principally starve at one level, and the way being taken in by an prosperous girl who wants her for each little factor was type of excellent for her.
However, when Michaela abandons her by firing her and she or he realizes she’ll have to maneuver again in along with her father, she finds a strategy to keep in her fantasy by going to Peter. It’s her technique of survival. There’s one thing highly effective in sitting on this ending and understanding she’ll make a whole lot of the identical errors Michaela did, after which be thrown away in some unspecified time in the future, too.
I feel generally Hollywood forgets that one story with a starting, center and an finish is totally sufficient. Simply because one thing is well-liked doesn’t imply it wants a sequel. It simply means the creators made one thing good, and may get employed once more, and that could possibly be for one thing utterly totally different and new. I need to see extra belief in unique concepts; a part of why Sirens was fascinating to me. The ending goes to stay with me as a result of I’m undecided what’s going to occur to Simone, Michaela and Devon after the ending, as a result of what the collection needed to say by itself is sufficient.