Although they’re very different shows, one scene in Netflix’s cult thriller Wayward will give The Handmaid’s Tale fans a bit of deja vu. Created by Mae Martin, the disturbing story weaves together the troubled teen industry with a townwide cult that wields psychology as a weapon to control its citizens.

Like the population crisis in The Handmaid’s Tale is mirrored in Wayward , where Evelyn has mandated that no children be born in the town for multiple decades. As such, Evelyn arranges for Laura, a former Tall Pines Academy graduate, to return to town to give birth to the first new baby.

Despite the many twists and turns in the story, Evelyn succeeds in her mission for Laura to bring new life to Tall Pines at the end of Wayward . However, it happens in a way that feels e

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