The Secret Circle (Season 1)

The Secret Circle (2011) is a one-season supernatural drama you can watch online on iFILM — a CW production shot across Canada and the US, adapted from the book series by L.J. Smith. Britt Robertson leads a cast that includes Phoebe Tonkin, Thomas Dekker, Shelley Hennig, and Natasha Henstridge, with 22 episodes across the full run.

After her mother dies in a fire, Cassie Blake arrives in coastal Chance Harbor, Washington, expecting a quiet life with her grandmother. Instead she finds a tight group of classmates who've been waiting for her: a coven of young witches, one member short of the six required to unlock their combined power. Cassie is that sixth. What none of them have sorted out yet is why, sixteen years ago, one of their parents died — and what the surviving older generation is still hiding about that night.

The show moves at a pace that doesn't let the mythology get in the way of the character dynamics, which is rarer in this genre than it sounds. The mystery of the parents' past keeps pulling the season forward, and Henstridge brings enough ambiguity to her role to keep you second-guessing her through the finale. Stream all episodes of The Secret Circle online on iFILM.