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The Wilds. Other than feeling a rare sense of relief to be sitting on your couch instead of a deserted island, part of the exit survey is assessing where the first season left its characters by its cliffhanging finale. Much of the storytelling in the Amazon Prime original had its characters grappling with a number of traumas, but one piece of bliss did happen for Erana James and Mia Healeyâs Toni and Shelby by the end of the season.
Although the characters were at odds for most of the season due to Shelbyâs conservative Christian values clashing with Toni being an out and proud gay woman, late in the season we found out Shelby was being aggressive toward Toni because she had feelings for her all along. By the time
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Leah has her head buried in a book. Fatin s makeup is perfect. Martha is worried about her best friend, Toni, who seems increasingly angry. Nora is quiet. Her athletic sister, Rachel, is diligently measuring her food on an app that makes her iPhone double as a scale. Shelby is blonde and sunny. Dot is confrontational. Jeanette doesn t know when to stop talking.
All of them are sitting in a chartered plane en route to Hawaii to attend a young women s empowerment retreat The Dawn of Eve over a long weekend.
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The plane takes off, things don t go as planned, and these caricatures purposefully crafted to hit the stereotypical marks of every teen show ever are about to become the most compelling teenage girl characters seen in a genre TV program since Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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