Tell Me Your Secrets
TV Series2021–present · 1 season · 10 episodes · Returning

Tell Me Your Secrets

Taste attributes: crimedramamysteryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeExpect a serious, layered crime series, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

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7.5 /10

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Season

Season 1

· 2021 · 10 episodes
Episodes (10)
  1. 1Once I Had a Love19 Feb 2021

    Karen Miller’s in witness protection with a new identity: Emma Hall. When she befriends a local girl who then dies it triggers previously locked, dark memories of her dead serial killer lover, Kit Parker’s crimes. Emma fears she did more than give him an alibi. Mary Barlow the mother of one of the victims sets a…

  2. 2Burn Me When I'm Gone19 Feb 2021

    Emma finds Jess’ body has gone. Pete convinces her she has hallucinated on her medication but may be hiding secrets too. But she finds her own proof that what happened in the bayou was real and vows to find the truth while further memories of a dark episode with Kit begin to resurface. Mary holds a vigil for her…

  3. 3Someone Worse Than Me19 Feb 2021

    Emma searches for the truth about Jess and finds that Pete worked at Saint Jerome House. Wary of his increasing control over her she panics and reaches out to a figure from her past. But a chilling memory of her with Theresa reveals new secrets. Mary crosses her own moral line in her obsession to bring Karen Miller to…

  4. 4I Don't Know You19 Feb 2021

    Emma in freefall at her growing distrust of Pete. When she learns he owns the cabin she decamps to the storm shelter where she discovers eerie mementoes that make her feel unsafe. A violent encounter drives her to reach out to Esther and discover her death. Grief stricken she lies to Rose and flees the town. John and…

  5. 5I Got Here By Myself19 Feb 2021

    Emma’s return to Minnesota goes to the core of her being. Her secret protected by Esther is her daughter, Freya, being raised by foster parents. Emma wants Freya back but is finally persuaded by Pete to trust him and he will help her. Power shifts further to John in his relationship with Mary when she discovers his…

  6. 6I'm A Good Person19 Feb 2021

    Emma determines to start her life again to be the mother her daughter deserves. Mary and John face their own exiles from their respective worlds and despite her horror at John’s true nature she is locked in his chilling power game and must continue her connection in the hope it leads to the truth about her daughter…

  7. 7Now You See Me19 Feb 2021

    Faced with news of Theresa’s murder, Emma begins to fear what she may be capable of having done. A local woman with second sight triggers chilling memories that point to Emma’s involvement in Theresa’s death and lead to a disturbing discovery of further damage to girls at the group home. John draws closer to an…

  8. 8Be Mine19 Feb 2021

    Emma finds herself isolated and finally making sense of a past where she murdered Theresa because she was having an affair with Kit. To assuage her guilt she pursues the truth about Jess and puts herself in further danger and leaves herself open to the terrifying presence of John Tyler. Mary numbs her pain with sex…

  9. 9Gotcha19 Feb 2021

    Emma uncovers the truth at Saint Jerome House and unwittingly sets off a terrible chain reaction in Rose who reaches out to Mary. John gaslights Emma via Tom’s phone and arranges to meet her with terrifying repercussions. The trauma of this finally unlocks her memories and reveals Theresa as Kit’s murderous accomplice.

  10. 10The Dead Come Back19 Feb 2021

    Emma fights to survive John. Mary attempts a rescue that sees both women fight John to the death. In the coverup Mary learns the painful truth about Theresa. Mary reneges on her promise to clear Emma’s name and Emma has to flee. Finding her daughter has been taken by Theresa, Emma vows to find her. The killer of Jess…

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  • Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
  • Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
  • Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

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  • Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

A complex thriller revolving around three characters, each with troubling pasts clouding their intersecting motives: Emma is a young woman who once loved a dangerous killer, John is a former serial predator desperate for redemption, and a grieving mother Mary who is obsessed with finding her missing daughter.

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Characteristics

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SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

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Details

Genre
Crime
Year
2021
Episode length
46 min
Status
Returning
Studio
Made Up Stories
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