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The Wilds: Created by Sarah Streicher. With Sophia Ali, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause, Reign Edwards. A group of teens must survive after a plane crash leaves them stranded on a deserted island. The girls tell their stories to investigators who slowly piece together what happened to them.
- (26K)
- 2020-12-11
- Adventure, Drama, Mystery
- 60
The Wilds is an American drama television series created by Sarah Streicher for Amazon Prime Video. The series revolves around a group of teenage girls who are left stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash, but are unaware they are the subjects of a social experiment.
- Leah Rilke
- Rachel Reid
- Dot Campbell
- Shelby Goodkind
- Fatin Jadmani
- Toni Shalifoe
- Martha Blackburn
- Nora Reid
- Gretchen Klein
- Rafael Garcia
Leah’sstory draws us in with the very first episode and establishes her as withdrawn and secretive. She clings to one particular novel, which she continues to read when the plane takes a nose-dive and refuses to use the book to fuel their signal fire. We learn quickly that the book was written by her love interest, Jeffery, an author in his 30s who...
Although Rachel’s story isn’t explored until episode two, we learn immediately that she is very intense. Rachel is a competitive diver and sister to Nora Reid, who is also stranded on the island. Rachel is committed to flagging down help only so she can return to her toxic relationship with athleticism, which has driven her towards an eating disord...
Dot is particularly useful and a good leader on the island because of her knowledge of survival shows. She is dependable, resourceful, and rarely cracks because of her experience caring for her sick father. Because her father didn’t like oxycodone, she sold the oxy pills he was prescribed to other high schoolers. In particular, she sold to Andrew, ...
Shelby is an optimistic pageant queen and Christian from Texas. At the start of the series, she is very hopeful and attempts to keep the other girls' spirits high. She is very clear about her devotion to God. Her father is a conservative pastor who runs a conversion group for gay men. Her exterior often leads the other survivors to feel suspicious ...
Fatin behaves as the comedic relief and is a self-proclaimed girly girl. She is proudly promiscuous, has bold style, and was a professional cellist before being stranded on the island. Fatin’s suitcase is the only luggage to wash up onshore, and so she shares her clothes with the other girls. Related Link: The Wilds Season 2 Trailer Introduces a Ne...
Before the island, Toni was captain of her school’s basketball team and had a girlfriend, Regan, who broke her heart. Toni is particularly aggressive, standoffish, jealous, and unwilling to let people in. This is due to her absent parents, one of whom is a struggling addict. At home, Toni has consistently moved around in the foster system and event...
In comparison to Toni, Martha is very sweet and open. She is particularly caring about animals and is proud of her Indigenous North Americanheritage. She suffered a spinal injury as a child and had to go to physical therapy in order to walk again. She has trouble seeing the bad in people, especially a former mentor, but as a result she can provide ...
Nora is quiet, quirky, and reserved in comparison to her sister, Rachel Reid. Nora has some intellectual knowledge of the environment that is often helpful for the group’s survival. She cares deeply for Rachel, but her sister doesn’t often return this affection. Before the island, she dated a boy named Quinn, who also had a quirky personality, but ...
Gretchen, the organizer of the retreat and social experiment, and a former college professor, is an intellectual driven by the struggles of modern women. She sees her experiment as showing a way to solve big-picture problems and smash the patriarchy, but her drive often clouds her judgment between right and wrong. She is quite indifferent and sees ...
Rafael is one of the boys introduced in Season 2. Off the island, he lives in Tijuana but often crosses the border to go into a school in San Diego. He feels torn between the world his parents live in and life with his girlfriend in San Diego. His girlfriend often seems distant, and he is too passive to discuss why. Like Martha, he often has troubl...
Dec 22, 2020 · Here is Sarah Pidgeon (who plays loner Leah) with Mia Healey (Shelby, a sheltered beauty pageant queen from a conservative Christian family). And finally Helena Howard (quiet, intelligent Nora)...
Dec 12, 2020 · Creator Sarah Streicher ("Daredevil") takes a big swing on " The Wilds," a cross-genre, propulsive, and heartbreaking coming-of-age tale that is Amazon Prime Video 's first entry into young...
Sarah Streicher is a screenwriter and playwright from Toledo, Ohio. Among other projects, she's written on the acclaimed third season of Netflix's Daredevil and an upcoming Pixar feature to be directed by Domee Shi ( BAO ).
Dec 11, 2020 · Created by Sarah Streicher (Daredevil) and executive produced by Amy B. Harris (The Carrie Diaries, Sex and the City), the premise of the show is that they're on their way to a women's...
