Wayward Pines might not have a fantastic score on Rotten Tomatoes, but it is well worth watching anyway. The show is a sci-fi thriller based on the Blake Crouch novel series and has a similar tone to ...

Mae Martin’s Netflix series “Wayward” plunges viewers into the troubled teen industry, which has taken over a quiet town called Tall Pines. Martin stars in the series as Alex Dempsey, a police officer ...

This article includes mentions of abuse and brainwashing. Minor spoilers for Wayward are ahead! The hit show Twin Peaks never got season 4, but Netflix’s new surrealist mystery show with a 90% Rotten ...

Toni Collette as Evelyn Wade in episode 101 of 'Wayward'. The story is inspired by Martin's real life. “I was a wayward teen in the early 2000s,” Martin told Netflix’s Tudum in August 2025. “And my ...

The story of Wayward is told on two fronts. First, we have Alex Dempsey (series creator Mae Martin), a police officer moving into the small Vermont community of Tall Pines with his pregnant wife, ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix‘s Wayward has only been out for a few days and fans are already pleading for a second season. After premiering on Netflix on September 25, the show — created and ...

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Alyvia Alyn Lind as Leila, Sydney Topliffe as Abbie and John Daniel as Rory in episode 108 of 'Wayward.' The only thing more chilling than Wayward is the fact that it is based on reality. Following ...

While Wayward does not adapt a singular true story or non-fiction book, its horror is rooted in the very real phenomenon of the troubled teen industry. The series is a fictionalized exploration of the ...

Set in 2003, “Wayward” opens in the scenic town of Tall Pines, Vermont. As night falls amid the vast trees and lush greenery, a teenage boy breaks a window, climbs out of it and flees toward the ...