the wilds (2020)

[aphrodite_mine]

We finished season 1 (season 1 is all there is right now) last night, and while the show isn't going to be for everyone, it was pitched to me as "Skins meets LOST" and that plus the fact that the cast is almost 100% women was enough for me to give it a try. In addition to a rad premise, The Wilds has

• fully realized female characters
• fully realized queer characters
• fully realized mentally ill characters (though one autistic boy was really really badly cast)
• female friendship
• shades of grey morality
• diversity - main cast has two native actresses, two Black actresses, one South Asian actress, two "plus size" actresses

On the negative end there is

• a lot of adolescent trauma in flashbacks - I'm happy to provide specific warnings, and per-episode guides on request, and content is very rarely graphic, but quite intense
• a lot of adolescent trauma while stranded on an island (apocalypse-y feels)
• literal deus ex machina (it mostly works, with a little suspension of disbelief)
• randomly identifying a Bad Guy as Jewish in a one-off line
• also, it is only available (afaik) in the US via Amazon Prime, which is worth its own warning (bleh)

If you might be interested, I do recommend doing some light-spoiler reading, and definitely checking in regarding triggers, but I very much do recommend the show. If I get past my writing blocks I'll probably write a little for it, and I anticipate requesting it for next year's (THIS YEAR'S??) femslashex.