You can now binge all 6 episodes of ‘deeply unsettling’ Netflix crime drama
Netflix viewers have a new show to add to their watchlists, after the streaming service dropped a Danish crime drama that has left subscribers ‘reeling’.
Netflix viewers have a new show to add to their watchlists, after the streaming service dropped a Danish crime drama that has left subscribers ‘reeling’.
Never one to leave you for even a moment without a dark new show to watch, Secrets We Keep – Reservatet in Danish – is the latest addition to the roster and follows a murky missing persons case in Copenhagen. In this six-parter, something is definitely rotten in the state of Denmark.
Set in an affluent suburb of Copenhagen, the Danish drama follows the disappearance of a young Filipino au pair called Ruby (Donna Levkovski), working for an incredibly rich family. The family’s neighbour Cecile (Marie Bach Hansen) begins to suspect something is afoot.
The case of a missing woman from abroad ranks low in the police’s list of priorities, so Cecile and her Filipino au pair Angel (Excel Busano) begin to investigate the rumours of foul play among other au pairs in the neighbourhood.
While the show isn’t based on a true story, it does attempt to lift the lid on a fact of Denmark society, that Filipino women represent the majority of the country’s au pairs, with 2,165 granted a residence permit in 2009 stats.
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Although the show only dropped on Netflix this week, many TV viewers have already torn through all six episodes and took to X to share their thoughts. Several were impressed with the show’s handling of Cecile’s own biases and reassessment of how she is raising her children.
Cecile lives next door to the incredibly wealthy family who Ruby worked for (Picture: Courtesy of Netflix) Filipino women represent the majority of the country’s au pairs (Picture: Courtesy of Netflix)@RamasScreen described it as a ‘deeply unsettling’ watch, writing: ‘Secrets We Keep started out like a regular missing person case but it gradually unravelled into a tangled web of social & sexual controversy that went right for the jugular.
‘The show compelled you to question your own prejudice & biases as well.’
@MittalVineet added: ‘Watched new series Secrets We Keep. Builds tension from the first frame and keeps it going. Also brings forth how different worlds co-exist and inequalities. Also a key takeaway is parenting cannot be outsourced.’
@EmpressTashe simply wrote: ‘I am hooked #SecretsWeKeep,’ while @archisengupta chimed: ‘Today was a great day, first watched Secrets We Keep which left me absolutely reeling and on-edge.’
Secrets We Keep is available to stream on Netflix.
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