Warning: Major spoilers for Netflix’s Our Little Secret.
Netflix Our little secret follows former partners Avery (Lindsay Lohan) and Logan (Ian Harding) as they are forced to spend the Christmas holidays together at their partners’ family home, and there are some fun events leading up to its heartbreaking ending. Directed by Stephen Herek, Our little secret introduces the audience to Avery and Logan, who met when they were children, and their strong friendship eventually turned into love. However, when Avery gets a job in London, Logan can’t handle the idea of her being away and they break up.
A decade later, Avery is dating Cam (Jon Rudnitsky) and Logan is dating Cassie (Katie Baker), and to their surprise, Cam and Cassie are brothers and invite them to spend a family vacation. Avery and Logan agree not to tell anyone they know each other and they help each other: Avery needs Cam’s mom’s approval, while Logan needs help with a construction proposal. However, everything gets complicated when Cam and Cassie’s younger brother, Callum (Jake Brennan), discovers Avery and Logan’s secret and tries to blackmail them, but everything ends up falling apart.
How Avery and Logan’s secret is discovered
Avery and Logan couldn’t keep the secret for long
Avery and Logan knew that Cam and Cassie had siblings, but they had no idea who they were dating. Avery and Logan reunite at Cam and Cassie’s family Christmas party and decide not to tell anyone that they have known and dated each other for many years. After being sent to put up the Christmas tree, Logan proposes a deal to Avery: he will help her win over Cam’s mother, Erica (Kristin Chenoweth), and Avery will help him with a construction proposal for one of Erica’s friends, Stan (Tim Prados). Avery accepts, and although they go through some absurd but funny obstacles, Avery finally gets Erica’s approval.
Unfortunately for Avery and Logan, Callum overhears one of their conversations and discovers that they dated, Avery ate the cookies and blamed the dog, and they are pretending not to know each other. Callum tells them he won’t say anything if they do as he says so they have to pick him up after a night of partying and later Logan gives him the Secret Santa gift he gave Avery since Callum doesn’t have a gift for his mother. After the Secret Santa exchange goes wrong because Logan gave Callum the wrong gift, the night takes a wilder turn.
Cassie invited Logan’s mother and grandmother to surprise Logan, who whispered to his mother to pretend she didn’t know Avery, but failed to warn his grandmother. Logan’s grandmother immediately recognizes Avery and although they try to blame her fragile memory and mental state, Logan’s grandmother ends up revealing that Avery and Logan dated. Cassie is heartbroken and Callum is shocked, but Avery subtly questions him about his own secrets as it’s very obvious that he and Stan’s daughter Sophie (Ash Santos) still have feelings for each other.
Avery confirms while packing that Callum had something with Sophie the night they all left and she had to leave early, so she decides to leave immediately. After saying goodbye to Avery, Logan tells Cassie that they need to talk, and it becomes clear that he also left that night after breaking up with Cassie.
The twists and turns in the case of our little secret explained
Avery and Logan weren’t the only ones with a secret
The revelation of Avery and Logan’s secret revealed other secrets in Erica and Stan’s families. Minutes before the Secret Santa disaster, Logan finds Cassie’s father, Leonard (Dan Bucatinsky), and Stan’s wife, Margaret (Judy Reyes), dating. in the closet. They force Logan to keep his secret, but it comes to light during the chaos of Avery and Logan’s secret. Erica reveals that she knew about the affair, telling Cassie that, thanks to this, Leonard was happier and she saw less of him, so everyone wins.
Stan and Margaret’s daughter Sophie is deeply hurt by her mother cheating on her father with Cam’s father, Cam is shocked by the affair beyond Avery’s secret, and Cassie is much more hurt by her father’s affair and his mother knowing this. than about Logan’s secret. Meanwhile, Callum enjoys witnessing the night being ruined and all the secrets and affairs coming to light, calling it the best Christmas ever.
Why Avery and Logan Get Back Together in Our Little Secret
Avery and Logan got their happy ending
Avery and Logan’s relationship didn’t end because they stopped loving each other. After Avery’s mother passed away, she had a hard time being at home as everything reminded her of her mother, so she found her dream job in London and took it. Logan saw this as Avery running away from her loved ones and tried to get her to stay, suddenly deciding to propose to her at her going-away party. Avery felt that Logan was unsupportive and he felt that she was abandoning him, so they broke up and didn’t speak again for a decade.
Although Avery tries hard to stay as far away from Logan as possible during her stay with Erica’s family, their chemistry is still undeniable and they are constantly attracted to each other.
At some point during those 10 years, Avery returned to town and met Cam, while Logan never left and met Cassie. Although Avery tries hard to stay as far away from Logan as possible during her stay with Erica’s family, their chemistry is still undeniable and they are constantly attracted to each other. Their chaotic vacation together also helps them see that they are with the wrong people.: Cam lies to Avery and is still attracted to Sophie, while Cassie is too immature and spoiled for Logan.
Avery and Logan get back together during Avery’s housewarming party, and Our little secret There is a time jump of one year at the end.
Avery and Logan have changed a lot during their time apart, but they still care deeply about each other and are a perfect match for each other, and they realize they should give their relationship a second chance. Avery and Logan get back together during Avery’s housewarming party, and Our little secret There is a time jump of one year at the end. Logan and Avery are living together in her family’s house, which she bought thanks to Logan telling her father she wanted the house, and they are engaged, with the final animated sequence showing their wedding.
What happens to Erica and her family in the time jump of Our Little Secret
Erica’s family wasn’t the same after that Christmas
Avery and Logan’s engagement isn’t the only revelation in Our little secretIt’s the ultimate time jump. When Logan starts working with Stan, Stan stops by their house to give them a box of cookies, and while Avery returns to his house, It is revealed that Erica is in the passenger seat of Stan’s car with her dog. Erica tells Avery to share the cookies before smiling at her, and Stan calls her “my love.”
It is understood that after all the secrets are revealed, Leonard and Margaret continue their relationship, with Erica and Stan staying together.
It’s clear to everyone, though not exactly to the children, that Erica and Leonard are trapped in a loveless marriage, which is why Leonard and Margaret have an affair and Erica goes along with it. However, there is a quick and subtle hint of something between Erica and Stan, even if they aren’t having an affair like their spouses. It is understood that after all the secrets are revealed, Leonard and Margaret continue their relationship, with Erica and Stan staying together.
Erica is completely different in Our little secrettime jump – happier, much more relaxed, and much kinder and gentler to Avery. Erica is no longer trapped in a loveless marriage and it showsSo Avery and Logan aren’t the only ones who get their happy ending in Our little secret.
How Avery gets her family home back at the end of Our Little Secret
Avery kept what’s most important to her
Before Avery leaves with Cam for her family’s home, Avery stops by her father’s house. It is then revealed that he is selling the house and has remarried, but it is only much later that Avery reveals to Logan that she doesn’t want her father to get rid of the house. Avery knows her father needs the money he will receive from selling the house as he is now retired, but she would love to keep the house.
Logan encourages her to make a bid and stop running from her past, as her past is what makes her herself, and the people who love her understand that. After the chaotic vacation with Erica’s family Logan tells Avery’s dad she wants the house, and he gives it to her (but she has to pay him, of course). Our little secret ends with Logan and Avery getting married and living in their family home, fulfilling their dream of raising their own family there.
Our Little Secret is a holiday drama in which two resentful exes spend Christmas together after discovering that their current partners are brothers. The film explores themes of reconciliation and the complexities of family dynamics during the festive season.
- Director
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Stephen Herek
- Release date
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November 27, 2024
- Cast
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Lindsay Lohan, Kristin Chenoweth, Ian Harding, Jon Rudnitsky, Chris Parnell, Tim Meadows, Dan Bucatinsky, Henry Czerny, Katie Baker, Ash Santos, Jake Brennan, Brian Unger
- Execution time
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99 minutes