If you’re even remotely into reality TV, you already know the genre is basically a buffet at this point. It's full of dating chaos, cooking battles, strategy games, social experiments… you name it, it probably exists. And while I’ve definitely dabbled in more of them than I care to admit, it’s rare for a new series to genuinely pull me in and keep me talking about it after the credits roll. Enter Netflix’s Million Dollar Secret. A show that not only caught my attention but somehow turned me into the person recommending it to basically anyone who will listen. And judging by its previous spot in Netflix’s Top 10, I’m very much not alone.
For the uninitiated, Million Dollar Secret is a reality competition set at a lakeside estate in British Columbia called The Stag. The premise? One of the players is secretly handed $1 million at the start of the game and no one knows who it is. From there, things get messy in the best way.
