TELL ME YOUR SECRETS

Lily Rabe and Enrique Murciano

TELL ME YOUR SECRETS (2021). 

"Killer" Miller (Lily Rabe), the girlfriend of a convicted serial killer, has always been suspected of being his accomplice. After serving several years in prison, she is let out and put in witness protection under the name "Emma Hall." Her handler is a shrink named Peter (Enrique Murciano), who lives in the same small bayou town where she is relocated. Meanwhile Mary Barlow (Amy Brenneman) hopes that Miller can tell her what happened to her daughter, one of the psycho's victims, whose body has never been recovered. To this end, figuring that it takes a monster to find a monster, she hires supposedly reformed serial rapist John Tyler (Hamish Linklater) to find Miller. In the town where Miller now resides, girls in an orphanage begin disappearing ... 

Amy Brenneman and Hamish Linklater

Tell Me Your Secrets is an intriguing and initially absorbing ten-part series that examines these characters and others as you wait for it to all fit together and to give up the answers to various characters' questions. The problem is that there simply isn't enough story for ten parts. After a slow opening, the series builds up steam for the next few episodes, but then it simply goes on ... too long. Six episodes would have been more than enough to highlight the often interesting and sometimes unexpected interactions between these people, but after awhile you find yourself growing impatient and losing interest. This is too bad, as some of the revelations in the final episode are certainly compelling. Tell Me Your Secrets is marvelously acted across the board, with each actor credibly reacting to all of the twists and turns of the convoluted plot. I especially admired Hamish Linklater but everyone, down to smaller roles and nice turns by Richard Thomas and others, is excellent. NOTE: This is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. 

Verdict: You may not want to give this story the time it takes to tell, but suspense and mystery fans may want to give it a whirl. **3/4.