Sirens: Here’s the reason why only Simone addresses Michaela as ‘Kiki’ in the Netflix black comedy

Netflix’s black comedy, Sirens, which premiered on May 22, 2025, is fast turning into a hit series. Based on a play called Elemeno Pea by Molly Smith Metzler, who is also the creator of the Netflix series Sirens, narrates the events of a weekend in a beach estate that end with an explosive twist, which changes the lives of several characters.

Starring Julianne Moore as Micheala Kell, Milly Alcock as Micheala’s personal assistant, Simone, and Meghann Fahy as Simone’s older sister, Devon, who comes to the beach house to take Simone back to their home in Buffalo. However, she is shocked to see an unhealthy relationship between her sister and her boss, whom she addresses as ‘Kiki’. Turns out Simone is the only employee who calls Michaela 'Kiki,' while all the other employees address her formally.

Initially, it is hard to understand why she gets to address her boss so informally, but as the series progresses, we discover to what extent their relationship lacks boundaries. This intimate friendship also results in the explosive end.

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Simone calling Micheala ‘Kiki’ depicts their overly engaged friendship in Sirens

In Sirens, Meghann Fahy’s Devon goes to Port Haven to take back her sister Simone home. Simone works for the wealthy owner of the Island, Michaela Kell. As she tries to blend in on the Island, Devon hears several rumors about Michaela being a murderer and a cult leader, which alarms her and prompts her to get her sister away from her boss, with whom she appears to be too involved.

Simone, being Michaela’s personal assistant, is too close to her, which even involves sharing a bed. This overly indulgent friendship is seen as something more, due to which Simone is despised by the other employees. Simone’s relationship with the older woman also brings forth the fact that her personal and professional lives coincide, making it more difficult for her to differentiate between the two. Even after hiring her as a PA, Michaela considers her a friend among everyone else in her estate.

This friendship between the two in Sirens, beyond any personal and professional boundary, affects both of their lives in the end, after Michaela sees a photograph of Simone and her husband, Peter, kissing. Just like their over-the-top friendship, their separation involves extreme drama, too, as Michaela fires Simone, donating everything that belonged to her, reminding her that, at the end of the day, she was just an employee.

This decision of hers has a ripple effect that destroys her life, as Simone, in the end, takes her place as the new Mrs. Kell and gets into a relationship with Peter for real this time. Sirens ends with the revelation that news of Michaela being a murderer or a cult leader were just false rumours and Simone and Michaela were really just friends who didn’t set any boundary in their relationship. This makes the ending explosive for both Simone and her Kiki.

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More about Sirens

Sirens has just five episodes, and the show narrates a tale of class and power struggle in an entertaining and witty way. Simone's over-engrossed relationship with her boss, which ended in a conflict, depicted how boundaries are important in any setting, be it personal or professional.

Other than Julianne Moore, Milly Alcock, and Meghann Fahy, the Netflix black comedy also stars Kevin Bacon, Felix Solis, Glenn Howerton, and Bill Camp.

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Sirens is available to stream on Netflix.

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