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Sirens Series-Premiere Recap: Big Little Cult Vibes


Welcome parties don’t get much less welcoming, or more creepy, than this one.

The only thing that seems completely hers in Michaela’s world is a secret relationship with Ethan (Glenn Howerton), an older rich guy whose spring formalwear includes blazers dotted with rubber duckies. But Fahy, Alcock, and director Nicole Kassell are also very good at their jobs, and so even downright bizarre moments like Simone chewing Michaela’s used gum or Devon randomly licking a landscaper’s neck wind up making a strange sort of sense. The scene where Michaela politely banishes Devon from the house with a check for $10,000 — which is, frankly, nowhere near enough for elder care, especially from an apparent billionaire — is the episode’s best, thanks to Fahy’s and Alcock’s nuanced reactions of furious and quiet (respectively) anguish.

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