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Sirens creator shares hidden meaning behind Kiki's locket

PSA: Netflix recently dropped the most binge-worthy thriller series on the streaming platform, Sirens. The show follows Devon, a troubled young woman from Buffalo, New York, who travels to a lavish coastal island to reconnect with her sister, Simone. But when she gets there, she finds Simone engulfed in a cult-like world, working for enigmatic billionaire, Michaela "Kiki" Kell. Over the course of the five episodes, Devon tries to convince Simone to return home to help take care of their ailing father, who is suffering from dementia. But as she gets sucked deeper into the world of the ultra rich, she becomes concerned that Simone and Kiki's relationship is too co-dependent, and that her sister is losing sight of who she really is. For the eagle-eyed viewers amongst us, you'll have noticed that when Kiki welcomes people into her inner circle, she gifts them a locket, similar to her own. But, is there another hidden meaning behind this understated piece of jewellery? Sirens creator, Molly Smith Metzler, who penned the play Elmeno Pea, which the series is based on, recently shed some light on this. While speaking to Variety, she explained that the lockets are a real thing in Nantucket, Massachusetts, a wealthy island that the fictional locale of Port Haven bears a similarity to. Metzler said: "It's something you can only buy in Nantucket, they're called basket necklaces, and they usually have ivory from Wales in them. But they're very expensive, they're handmade, and everyone in Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard is wearing them." For context, Metzler used to work at the Yacht Club in Martha's Vineyard, and revealed that many of the show's details were inspired by her time working there. Metzler then shared that the necklaces are a "status symbol," and "you're not in the club if you don't have one." While the pieces in Sirens aren't from Nantucket, Metzler noted that the show's costume designer, Caroline Duncan, made these versions. She concluded: "It's a great symbol of having arrived. You have the key, you have the necklace, but it's a little culty. It's a little like wearing a cross, like a religion. You know something that everyone else doesn't." Sirens is now streaming on Netflix.