Secrets We Keep – Season 1 Episode 5 Recap & Review

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17-05-2025

The Video Thread
Episode 5 of Secrets We Keep starts with Mike at the hotel by himself. Oscar is texting Viggo about posting a new video, and Katarina visits Cecilie while crying.
Viggo hides as he listens to Katarina, begging Cecilie to help her identify Ruby's body. Katarina is frantic, claiming she has never seen a dead body and doesn't want to.
Rasmus is out of town, so Katarina can only ask Cecilie. Cecilie agrees to meet with the police and identify the body. On her way out, Viggo asks to speak to her, but she brushes him away. She promises to talk when she returns from the morgue.
Once Cecilie arrives at the morgue, she positively identifies the body. She also recants her statement and tells Achia that she has no idea where Mike was that night. She took a sleeping pill and didn't hear him come home.
Achia calls Mike multiple times but gets only his voicemail. Cecilie returns home and informs Angel of Ruby's death. Angel is shattered and calls her friends.
The news of Ruby's death becomes a crime sensation given that Rasmus and Katarina were her employers. In the chaos, Cecilie forgets to pick up Viggo from school.
Viggo calls his dad, who picks him up and drops him off at the house. Cecilie confronts Mike again and demands to know if he is hiding anything. Seeing Ruby's bloated body has scared her straight.
Viggo listens as his parents fight. Mike maintains he is innocent and is not the father of Ruby's child. However, Cecilie doesn't believe him and sends him away.
Later that night, Katarina drops by to apologise and check on Cecilie. She gives Cecilie a pill to calm her down and assures her that Mike is innocent.
Cecilie is heavily affected by Ruby's death, and Katarina asks her to be strong for the kids. On the other side of the house, Viggo tries to talk to Angel, but she sends him away. She is busy planning Ruby's memorial service.
The next day, Aicha ambushes Mike in his office and demands to talk to him. Mike offers to prove his innocence by showing them his office CCTV footage. Aicha asks him to provide a DNA sample to exonerate him fully.
At home, Angel gets another call from her sister asking for more money. Angel lashes out at her and later apologises.
At the end of the day, Mike drops by the house and shows Cecilie the results of his DNA test. Fortunately, Mike is not the father of Ruby's child. He starts going off at Cecilie for not trusting him. Cecilie fights back and asks him to stop acting like a victim.
At school, Viggo refuses to put his phone away. The teacher notices he is watching one of the secret videos the boys have been sharing. He immediately calls Cecilie to the school and shows her the video.
The teacher thought the video was of Angel, but it is a video of Ruby. Someone secretly filmed it in her room while she was dressing after a shower. The teacher tells her more about the video threads. He also calls the other parents into a group meeting.
In the meantime, Ruby's autopsy doesn't rule out homicide or suicide. Carl thinks she committed suicide and wants Aicha to leave it at that. However, Aicha refuses to give up.
She drops by Rasmus's house and notifies him about the body release. Ruby's family wants to bury her in the Philippines, and Rasmus offers to help. He asks Aicha to talk to the press and clear his name. Aicha refuses, and Rasmus offers to do a DNA test to clear his name.
Back at school, the parents' meeting of the four kids involved in the video scandal starts. Katarina is dismissive until Oscar is mentioned as the main perpetrator.
The parents call for Oscar's expulsion, and Katarina loses it. She goes off at the other parents and punches the teacher on her way out.
After the meeting, Katarina tries to approach Cecilie at the parking lot. Cecilie calls her out for her behaviour and asks to put a stop to their sons' friendship.
Speaking of their sons, the scene cuts to Oscar chasing Viggo in the backyard. Oscar tackles Viggo and chokes him, threatening to kill him if he says anything about the video.
Katarina arrives first and picks Oscar. Cecilie finds Viggo in the backyard, looking scared. She tries to talk to him. Viggo mentions the video Oscar showed him and the threat he made.
Unfortunately, he refuses to talk about the video's content. Later that night, Cecilie cuddles Oscar to sleep. After he falls asleep, she heads to the living room. She is startled when someone throws a stone through the window.
The Episode Review
Our suspicion was right; Oscar is into some dark things, and Katarina is in denial. The other parents need to take accountability as well.
This is a serious offence, and the boys need to understand this. At the same time, it is a good thing that Viggo found a way to get the adults' attention. He has been asking to talk, and they have been brushing him off. It was sad that this was the only way he could get their attention.
The DNA test cleared Mike, but it is unclear if his marriage will survive this. Cecilie even brought up his past and accused him of hurting their neighbour's au pair. They no longer trust each other.
With Rasmus being confident enough to provide his DNA, he is most likely innocent. This leaves Oscar as the main suspect. The question is, did Katarina know what he did to Ruby? The way she is defending him is a bit suspicious.