For all its fascination over the last six decades, the troubled teen industry is not without its fair share of controversy . Thriving in the shadows of American life, the multibillion-dollar network of residential programs, therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, and so-called “reform academies” operates with minimal regulation and allegations that are a horror in and of themselves. It’s that very world of mystery that Netflix’s newest thriller, Wayward , tries to tap into. Created by Mae Martin , the series is set around a reform school in an eerily quiet Vermont countryside called Tall Pines Academy. But things are not what they seem.

With Toni Collette , Sarah Gadon , and Martin leading the cast, the show turns systemic trauma into psychological warfare th

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