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.

When "Maid" creator Molly Smith Metzler stepped off the ferry in Martha's Vineyard for a post-grad summer working at an exclusive yacht club, she immediately became fascinated by the women, who, outfitted in head-to-toe pastels,