Warning: This Article Contains SPOILERS For Sirens.
Netflix’s new drama miniseriesSirensis full of shocking moments from start to finish, and Ethan’s (Glenn Howerton) fall from the cliff is certainly among them.Sirensintroduces charactersSimone (Milly Alcock) and Ethan during an intimate morning before Simone sneaks back over to get to her morning workout with her boss, Michaela (Julianne Moore). Ethan and Simone’s relationship seems off from the start, especially since they are keeping the secret from Michaela and her husband,Peter Kell (Kevin Bacon).
Life at the Kells' luxurious island compound seems perfect, as Michaela prepares for a high-society Labor Day weekend, but everything changes whenSimone’s older sister, Devon(Meghann Fahy), arrives. Devon’s unwelcome intrusion brings to light how much Simone is hiding from Michaela, including her relationship with Ethan.Sirenseventually builds to Simone receiving a proposal from Ethan, which she decides to reject. Their break-up leads to shocking consequences on both sides, includingEthan’s big falland Simone’s shocking decision inSirens' ending.
Simone Likely Didn’t Push Ethan Off The Cliff (Even Though He Says She Did)
Sirens Leaves Some Ambiguity
Ethan mysteriously disappears midway throughSirens, leading Simone to believe he abandoned her. However, he shockingly returns with her father in tow and asks her to marry him. After talking to him in private,Simone rejects Ethan’s marriage proposal, leaving the older man distraught and unable to understand her decision. As the chaotic night goes on, Simone frets over her reunion with her father and Ethan becomes increasingly drunk. Eventually, the two run back into each other outside, near the house’s steep cliff down to the beach below.
Ethan calls Simone a monster while walking increasingly close to the cliff. She tries to warn Ethan to watch where he is going, but the camera cuts away from them just before he falls, leaving exactly how he fell unclear.Sirenshints that Simone tried to save himbut was unable to stop his fall and went to get help right away. However, when Ethan wakes up in the hospital the next day, he tells a different story, accusing Simone of pushing him off the cliff.
The way the scene is filmed inSirensdoes leave the possibility that Simone could have pushed Ethan, but no one takes his statement seriously because of how unlikely it seems. Even though Simone does make some bad decisions, it would not have made sense for her to push Ethan. More likely, she truly did attempt to warn him, butEthan was so drunk and angry he was unable to properly understand. Ethan simply lost his balance and fell, or, even more strangely, perhaps something else made it happen.
Was Something Supernatural Really Happening In Sirens?
There Are Some Inexplicable Moments In Sirens
Strangely, the day before Ethan fell from the cliff,Simone had a dream that he had fallen and been impaled on driftwood. Though this only partially comes true, it is unusual that her dream ended up happening, hinting that some other force may have also played a role in Ethan falling. The same can also be said for several of the other events inSirens;Devon and Peter even have a conversation about the strange dreams that the island seems to produce for him.
Many of the men inSirensseem to be drawn in and pushed away by Devon, Simone, and Michaela in a manner that seems beyond their control.
Beyond Simone’s dream of Ethan falling,Devon also has a dream-like experience with Michaela in the bathroomin which the two discuss the death of Devon and Simone’s mother, with Devon waking up in a car immediately after. Additionally, inSirens’finale, Peter and Simone have a panic attack at the same time, and both go to the same spot on the beach, as if they were being led there. Many of the men in Sirens seem to be drawn in and pushed away by Devon, Simone, and Michaela in a manner that seems beyond their control.
These slightly supernatural instances highlightSirens' connections to Greek mythologyand the lure of the sirens in myths. While some of the scenes can be slightly funny, as with Devon’s suitors running down the beach after her, the allure of the show’s sirens proves dangerous as well. Ultimately, though,Sirens' main characters are simply women trying to stay afloat in a world that has been harsh towards them. Rather thanSirenshaving anything truly supernatural at play, the moments are meant to symbolize the harm that the characters do as well as the harmful things done to them.
