Warning: This post contains spoilers for Wayward.

In the weeks leading up to the release of Mae Martin’s new show, the Canadian actor and comedian has heard time and again that the limited series—a thriller about the disturbing inner workings of an institute for “troubled” teens—seems like a “left-turn” from their previous work. Respectfully, they disagree. “I've written a lot about adolescence and adult characters processing their teens,” Martin said over a recent Zoom call. “So I really feel like it lives in the same universe as everything I've done.”

It’s true that Wayward , out in its entirety on Netflix today, is definitively darker than the stand-up comedy Martin has built a career on, but much like their 2020 semi-autobiographical series Feel Good , the show’s characters gr

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