‘The Wilds’ is for every young woman who’s felt brutalized by their teenage years
Amazon Prime’s “The Wilds” is the perfectly harrowing, heart-pounding escape that everyone needs to experience. Released in December 2020, this show tells a winding tale of how eight high school girls from different backgrounds get stranded on a deserted island. At first glance, the show seems something of the caliber of “Lost” and “Lord of the Flies.” While true that this show features some good old survival tropes as well as some thrilling twists, “The Wilds” takes the whole genre of ‘stranded on an island’ to the next level by digging into the nuances and complexities of teenage girl life.
The Wilds Explores Many Female Relationships, but Toni and Martha s Is Strongest 64 Shares
If you ve already made it through season one of
The Wilds, you might be surprised that I m singling out Toni and Martha s friendship when there are other romantic storylines to appreciate like the exciting spark between Toni and Shelby, Nora and Quinn s bond, or Leah lustful adventure with Jeffrey but no, it s Toni and Martha I want to talk about. Now you re probably assuming I just really respect Martha (played by Jenna Clause) for giving the last pill to Toni (Erana James) when they both needed medical attention for food poisoning. And yes, that s part of it. But I had already expected Martha to give her own life for her best friend.
“The Wilds” is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. (Matt Klitscher/Amazon Studios)
It’s impossible not to draw comparisons to “Lost” and “The Lord of the Flies” and even “The Truman Show” when watching the ambitious and cutting-edge series “The Wilds,” a 10-part survivalist soap opera on Amazon Prime Video.
• A plane flying over the Pacific Ocean crashes, with a diverse group of passengers miraculously surviving and finding themselves stranded on a remote island that looks like paradise but contains dark secrets. We learn the backstories of the survivors in flashbacks to their lives before the crash.
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