It’s hard to describe Netflix’s limited series “ Sirens ” as a specific genre, which is exactly what attracted series star Meghann Fahy to the project. She plays Devon DeWitt, a woman hovering around the age of 30 and channeling the frustration of her derailed life into “saving” her sister, Simone (Milly Alcock), from the clutches of Simone’s micromanaging heiress boss. Untangling Simone from Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore) requires a weekend of sleuthing around the Kell beachfront estate, bringing both DeWitt and Kell family secrets to light in the process.

Simone manages to evade her sister’s attempts to drag her home to Buffalo to care for their neglectful, aging father for most of the premiere. However, the sisters lay their cards on the table in an emotionally fraught scene early

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