History Series / TheWilds

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: While most of the girls are seen in off-island interviews, Nora and Martha are noticeably missing from these scenes. In episode 2, the way Rachel and the “agents” talk about Nora indicates ''something'' happened to her, but it’s currently unclear ''what''.]]

** Gretchen too, who appears not to see anything wrong with putting nine girls through hell to prove a female-centric society is better.

'''''The Wilds''''' is an American teen drama series created by Sarah Streicher for Creator/AmazonStudios, the first season released on December 11, 2020. The series is described as "equal parts angsty teen drama and survivalist adventure" by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refinery29 Refinery29]] while fans compare it to a female-centric ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''{{Series/Lost}}''.

* ActionGirl: All of the girls to some degree by the end of the season.

The show was renewed for a second season on December 19, 2020, eight days after its premiere. It's set to air on May 6, 2022.

The show was renewed for a second season on December 19, 2020, eight days after its premiere.

** [[spoiler:”Blame me, for fuck’s sake! I’m the reason we’re here!”]] said by Nora, who in fact [[spoiler:''is'' the reason they’re there, as she is TheMole.]]

* MixedAncestry: Flashbacks reveal that Nora and Rachel are actually biracial. They have a White father and Black mother.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Jeanette asks Gretchen, a feminist scholar, whether she hates men, and Gretchen says no, that in fact she's loved many. However Jeanette replies that she does hate them, [[spoiler:due to being sexually assaulted by one]].

** [[spoiler:”Blame me, for God’s sake! I’m the reason we’re stuck here!”]] said by Nora, who in fact [[spoiler:''is'' the reason they’re stuck there, as she is TheMole.]]

** [[spoiler:”Blame me, for God’s sake! I’m the reason we’re stuck her!”]] said by Nora, who in fact [[spoiler:''is'' the reason they’re stuck there, as she is TheMole.]]

* HopeSpot: At one point, a plane flies over the island that the girls try to flag down; [[RealityEnsues unfortunately, Gretchen makes sure the pilot doesn't talk]].

** Jeffrey Galanis- an author who was [[JailBaitWait grooming Leah]] and gets angry when he finds out it worked all too well causing her to lie about turning 18 about earlier than she actually was. When he has sex with her and finds out she’s still 16 he chastised her as if he wasn’t manipulating her. When she calls him from the island he tells her not to call and doesn’t even tell anyone when news breaks that she’s missing.

** Jeffrey Galanis- an author who was [[JailBaitWait grooming Leah]] and gets angry when he finds out it worked all too well causing her to lie about turning 18 about earlier than she actually was. When he has sex with her and finds out she’s still 16 he chastised her as if he wasn’t manipulating her, clearly more

** Jeffrey Galanis- an author who was [[JailBaitWait grooming Leah]] and gets angry when he finds out it worked all too well causing her to lie about turning 18 about earlier than she actually was. When he has sex with her and finds out she’s still 16 he chastised her as if he wasn’t manipulating her.

* HateSink: [[HeteronormativeCrusader Dave]] [[AbusiveParents Goodkind]], Shelby's father, a vocally homophobic man who helps send gay teenagers to conversion therapy and implicitly threatens his own daughter with the same treatment.

* AnArmAndALeg: Rachel has lost a hand in the future. Shelby has lost a foot.

* HypocriticalHumor: While preparing a speech, Gretchen gripes about her heels, giving a diatribe about how patriarchy has told women to fit into narrow fashion standards in order to oppress them. When asked why she still wears them, Gretchen replies that her legs look good in them.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Gretchen claims to be a feminist, but the entire premise of the series is that she's using the girls as unknowing lab rats. It's basically the opposite of feminist to run an experiment on people without their consent, even if it wasn't also regularly putting them in mortal danger.

* HypocriticalHumor: While preparing a speech, Gretchen gripes about her heels, giving a diatribe about how society has told women to fit into narrow fashion standards in order to control them. When asked why she still wears them, Gretchen replies that her legs look good in them.

** Unstated, but it seems odd how none of the girls (barring Jeanette’s [[spoiler: ultimately fatal]] stomach injury and Martha’s sprained ankle from the riptide) seem to have sustained any serious injuries despite surviving a plane crash. [[spoiler: Of course, this is a hint that there’s more to the crash than it appears. Episode 7 reveals that the crash was indeed simulated, all the girls were knocked unconscious by gas and were transported to the island by boats, and Jeanette (secretly working with Gretchen) got her injury from an accidental fall off a dock).]]

The show was renewed for a second season on December 19, 2020, 8 days after its premiere.