Julianne Moore, who stars as Michaela in the series, tells TODAY.com the series started as a look at the Greek myth of sirens — winged creatures, half-birds and half-women, with songlike voices capable of luring sailors at sea to their demise.

Kevin Bacon also stars in Molly Smith Metzler's five-part limited series about a pair of troubled sisters and the couple of affluent benefactors who may be harboring dark secrets.