WEEKI WACHEE — The water is cold, but I’m too nervous to shiver. Instead, I propel my arms forward and think graceful thoughts. Flashes of purple and blue tails from my siren sisters flicker nearby.

Ryn (Eline Powell) finds shelter in the home of a local folklore expert, and encounters a device emitting a strange sound. Freeform/Eike Schroter Siren (8 p.m., Freeform) — It’s a tale as old as time.

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